Category Archives: Photo
Photo Critique 128
Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer constructive feedback on the image. It’s a great way to learn more about photography, … Continue reading
Camera Exposure Modes Explained
If you’re just getting started with photography, the letters on your camera’s dial might feel like hieroglyphics. With a variety of modes, it can be hard to pick what’s right for the current shooting situation. Today, we’re going to explain … Continue reading
Mastering Mobile HDR Photography
With over 500,000 apps for the iPhone and a growing amount for Android and Windows mobile devices and smart phones, the ability to capture a picture anytime, anywhere is reaching a tipping point. It is moving from fanciful gadget to … Continue reading
A Beginner&8217s Guide to Family Portrait Photography
Getting all your family in the same place at the same time can be hard enough. Add to that trying to organize them into a coherent group for their photograph to be taken, and it can be a nightmare. But … Continue reading
Quick Tip The Real Secret to Avoiding Noise
Noise is something that drives many photographes wild. In the pursuit of technical excellence, many shooters attempt to eliminate the presence of what I refer to as the digital era’s equivalent of grain. Photographers chase many different solutions to eliminate … Continue reading
10 Ways to Effectively Light a Portrait Shoot
As a photographer, it’s essential that you understand how the light is working within your shots. Contrary to popular belief, lighting a portrait shot doesn’t have to be tricky or complicated. You don’t need a wealth of expensive equipment and … Continue reading
Completing a Newborn Baby Portrait Session on a Beach Tuts+ Premium
We have another Photo Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at some of the more advanced techniques of composition. Learn more after the jump! As the title explains, this tutorial aims to … Continue reading
The Best Way to Learn Landscape Photography
As one of the most practiced forms of photography, landscapes attract many to pick up a camera and start shooting. Photographers enticed to capture unique scenes are constantly striving to make great photographs of the areas that surround them. Because … Continue reading
Improve your Image Management with Photo Mechanic
Although Adobe’s Bridge and Lightroom as well as Apple’s Aperture are extremely popular and powerful image pre-processing and managment applications, Photo Mechanic is a powerful and intuitive application geared toward photojournalists and newsrooms. It handles about 95% of my image-management … Continue reading
Your Ten Step Guide to Catching Action Shots
A statement that I hear a lot from photograph beginners is, “I tried to take a photo of my children playing football, but it just came out blurry, what am I doing wrong?” Capturing movement with your camera isn’t something … Continue reading
An InDepth Look at Dusk and Twilight Photography
The dusk and twilight hours are undoubtedly my favorite time of day to take photographs. When I was starting out I couldn’t help but be captivated by sunsets and want to capture they beautiful colors with my camera. This guide … Continue reading
70+ Inspirational Interior Design Shots
Articles\ Inspiration 70+ Inspirational Interior Design Shots Simon Bray on Feb 14th 2012 with 0 comments Tweet Pin It Being able to take great photos of interiors can be an extremely useful skill to have in your possession. If you … Continue reading
A Primer to Digital Medium Format Camera
Over the last few months, I’ve observed a trend among several well known photographers. No longer satisfied with crop factor cameras or even 35mm equivalent full frame digital cameras, more and more photographers are jumping to digital medium format. What … Continue reading
Quick Tip Show Your Valentine Love with Light Painting
Valentine’s Day is soon upon us, and we all know that loved ones like to receive homemade gifts. Here’s a simple but fun idea that’s perfect for creating a gift, and you’ll learn a new photographic technique along the way! … Continue reading
A StepbyStep Guide on Planning and Completing a Personal Photography Project Tuts+ Premium
We have another Photo Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members today. In this tutorial, we’ll give you look into create what is arguably the most reward thing a photographer can undertake. Learn more at the jump! Do you ever feel … Continue reading
Lightroom 4 Beta Packed with New Features
In six short years, Adoble Lightroom has changed the way many photographers manage their images. With powerful cataloging and developing features, Lightroom offers photographers the ability to customize their photo management workflow and manage the thousands of images more efficiently … Continue reading