6 Great Tips & Tricks to Make Your Water-Themed Images Pop
You love how the sun’s rays shimmer on the water and the fun splash as your kids hit the pool. But what’s the best way to shoot these images and capture the splendor of the…
Articles published in August, 2015
How to Make the Most of the Gear You Already Have
A few weeks ago I wrote about the problems of having Gear Acquisition Syndrome, whereby we constantly crave new gear. Moving on from that (if you can!), it’s important to think about how to make…
How to Create a Lomography Effect in Adobe Lightroom
As we all know, fashion trends tend to revive things from the past, and the photography world is no exception to that rule, which may be one way to explain the sudden surge of “vintage”…
How to Take Pictures of Starry Skies
The night sky has filled mankind’s imagination with images of splendor for countless generations. It’s magical, mystical and aesthetically pleasing, to boot. It’s no wonder that, as soon as we developed the technology to photograph…
Want to Use a Green Screen? Here’s What You Should Know
Green screen effects allow videographers to expand their artistic capabilities. This visual technique has become increasingly popular in many realms of videography, ranging from stock photography to Hollywood blockbusters. Using a green screen takes your…
How To Create Presets in Lightroom Classic (+ 5 Free Presets)
Presets are one of the most powerful ways to speed up your photo editing workflow. They enable a photographer to save time by not having to painstakingly adjust each aspect of an image. When using…
Saving Instagram Photos & Videos with 4K Stogram
It’s no secret that Instagram is one of the most popular photo sharing apps out there. One feature it lacks though is the ability to download your photos and videos, especially when you want to…
How to Break Into Commercial Photography the Easy Way
Commercial photography is shooting images for commercial use. Examples of this lucrative take on photography include images for advertisements, merchandising, and even product placement. Brochures, flyers, leaflets and restaurant menus also display commercial photography. In…
The Need to Know on Railroad Photography
It’s no secret that photographers like to take risks. The trick with photography is to take educated risks and know when to cut and run. The words of Walter Sherman, “I’mma risk it.”, tend to…
8 Crucial Things You Need to Know About Capturing Catchlights
Photography is an art that constantly grows. Just when you think you’ve covered everything you need to know about it, something new comes up. A new technique, tips & tricks, and a couple of upgraded…
How to Stitch a Panorama in Adobe Lightroom Classic
Stitching images together to create wide panoramas is now possible using Lightroom 6/Classic. Gone are the days when you had to open up Photoshop to create awesome panoramas. Obviously, great panorama photos start with an…
The State of Digital
As an ex film photographer, I spent many years resisting ‘going digital’. I’d always primarily shot on medium format film, using Hasselblad cameras. I’d always loved Hasselblads – they were quite rightly regarded as having…