Category: photography

Learn the exposure triangle easily with a little help from Kool-Aid

John Aldred

The exposure triangle is something every photographer really needs to learn and understand. It’s the relationship between ISO, aperture and shutter speed. It’s why a good exposure can have many different combinations of settings. But understanding the relationship between all can be difficult for new photographers to wrap their head around. This video from Jonathon […]

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I travelled from Dubai to the US with cameras and electronics under a travel ban

Kate Hailey

On March 21, 2017, the United States implemented a ban on bringing certain electronic items in your carry-on luggage from 10 airports based in the MENA region. This affects direct flights to the US from these airports. Shortly after the US announced their ban, the UK followed up with a ban of their own, affecting […]

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These 3 things may prevent you from improving in photography

Dunja Djudjic

Even if you are satisfied with your photos and make great ones – there’s always room for improvement. But sometimes, you can feel like you’re running in circles. If you feel you’re stuck in a rut with your work, you should watch this great video from Peter McKinnon. It could change your point of view, […]

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Minimalist photography tips for bloggers to create awesome and effective images

John Aldred

Bloggers in general are not photographers. But, they regularly need photography. Many simply inhabit inexpensive or CC-Zero stock photography websites to find images to attach to their content. Pretty much everybody owns a camera these days, though, even if it’s just the one in their phone. This video from COOPH with blogger & YouTuber Jenny […]

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News Corp Australia sacks most of their photographers to cut costs

Dunja Djudjic

News Corp Australia is experiencing a severe wave of job cuts. One of Australia’s largest media companies is trying to make up for the financial losses, and photographers and subeditors are first under the impact. This media company owns over 100 newspapers. These include The Daily Telegraph, the Herald Sun and the Courier-Mail – which […]

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Simplified posing for beginners, breaking down the building & tweaking of poses

John Aldred

Posing is probably the most difficult part of shooting portraits for most photographers. The technical side can be learned relatively easily. Your style just develops over time based on what you like. But posing, directing a subject, getting the expressions that you want. Is art in itself. And if you’re working with the general public […]

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Whenever you’re in doubt, here’s why you should just go out and shoot

Dunja Djudjic

No matter how much you love photography, let’s face it – sometimes it’s hard to talk yourself into going out and shooting. You want to go out there and take photos, but at the same time, you’re subconsciously looking for reasons not to do it. The excuses can be many – you want to save […]

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Photographer documents abandoned places in Fukushima in this devastating photo series

Dunja Djudjic

The very thought of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster can bring tears to your eyes. It’s been more than six years since this event, and consequences still remain visible. Many photographers have tried to explore this place and document the aftermath of the terrible accident. Very few of them have succeeded, and one of them is Rebecca […]

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Winners of 2017 Pulitzer Prize for photography announced

Dunja Djudjic

This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners have been announced. As every year, photographers are among winners as well. Both winners illustrated violence and fear, but on different sides of the world. Daniel Berehulak won the Breaking News Photography Award for documenting violence in Philippines, brought about by a government assault on drug dealers and users. E. Jason […]

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How to photograph a high end cosmetics product shot with inexpensive equipment

John Aldred

Even if you don’t photograph products regularly, they’re great test subjects to learn lighting. You get to play around, experiment, and explore how light interacts with different surfaces. And you get to do it in a very controlled way. But high end cosmetics typically have a certain look to them that can be difficult to […]

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