Category: Photography Tips

How to use composition patterns to improve your travel and people photography

Etienne Bossot

When doing photography in general, and in my case Travel photography, the use of a photography template can be very beneficial and help improve the overall performance. By photography template I mean pre-defined, well-known and efficient photography composition templates that are recurrent and relevant in photography, and fit popular “good taste”. Knowing your usual and […]

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How to stabilize your camera even in horrible light conditions

Dunja Djudjic

Working in low light conditions can be very frustrating for photographers. If you have a tripod and shoot a steady scene – well, you basically don’t have a problem here. But the conditions are often far from ideal. First, you don’t have a tripod. The light is horrible to say the least, yet you must […]

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What I’ve learned fifteen years into photography

Patrick Beggan

I’ve been doing this long enough that I honestly can’t remember why or how I started. I mean, I remember my origin story… but as an adult I also know that is probably a distillation and summary of what exactly went on. There are no easy lessons now. Fifteen year lessons: Photography is communication. Why […]

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7 Tips to make your camera’s battery last longer

John Aldred

With the number of extra gadgets and doohickies built into our cameras these days, battery life is diminishing. Larger sensors, faster processors, more memory, built in WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS all drain our batteries faster than they used to. Keeping spare batteries on you is always a good idea when you’re out with your camera. […]

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5 Reasons to Shoot With a 50mm Prime Lens

Rose Clearfield

When you bought your DSLR camera, most likely it came with a kit lens. Modern kit lenses are a great pace to start. However, after a while, you may find yourself itching to try other lenses. There are so many lenses on the market that it’s often overwhelming narrowing down one or two lenses to […]

How to define the chin on sky-faced subjects.

Joseph Parry

Really quick and dirty article for you this week on a handy little tip I found myself having to find for a solution to a problem. I was doing a photoshoot with this subject when I noticed how awesome the decking looked, I decided that I wanted to get a…

10 Tips On Taking Natural Light Portraits

Daria Huxley

Intro to natural light portraits Portraiture is one of the most challenging, but also rewarding areas of photography. Natural light portraits play an important role in this major photography field. Have you ever wondered what makes an outstanding portrait photo? There are various techniques that can be used to take great portraits, and here…

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10 Tips On Taking Natural Light Portraits

Daria Huxley

Intro to natural light portraits Portraiture is one of the most challenging, but also rewarding areas of photography. Natural light portraits play an important role in this major photography field. Have you ever wondered what makes an outstanding portrait photo? There are various techniques that can be used to take great portraits, and here…

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