Simplicity in photography dictates that you have to take a simple picture that will speak to everyone who sees it. When it comes to social campaigns and product advertising, color is king. A great way to…
Backlighting, as the name suggests, is when the lighting is behind or in back of your subject. It’s the lighting that can be seen in portraits as rim lighting, softly illuminating hair and clothing, and…
You probably understand by now that if you use Adobe Lightroom, using develop presets can save you loads of time during your post processing. Presets just make things easier and give you more consistent results…
Put simply, EV (Exposure Value) allows you to underexpose or overexpose your image. In this article, we will look at understanding EV and learn how to use it to its full advantage. However, in order…
If you’re a photography hobbyist, there comes the time, inevitably, when you may want to decide on actually making a buck or two from your work. As your skill, experience and confidence all rise from…
When people think about the important factors in photography, the exposure triangle of ISO, shutter speed and aperture is what usually springs to mind first. But almost as important is focal length, as this has…
Modern camera lenses are beautifully complex pieces of optical engineering. Even fully manual so-called “legacy” lenses are intricately constructed and deliver outstanding performance in terms of image quality. But even with all the benefits that…
A long time ago, when cameras did not yet have all the technology they now possess – and when practically everything was done manually – the Sunny 16 Rule was every photographer’s best friend and…
Photoshop is one powerful piece of software. Today we’ll look into creating some realistic mist and apply the effect to our image to give it a bit of a mysterious look and vibe. I’ll go…
An integral part of exposure, shutter speed is easy to get wrong. While its counterparts – ISO and aperture – can be trickier, you’ll be surprised at how many opportunities there are to screw up…
If you want correctly exposed images, you need to determine how bright a scene is. And whilst experienced photographers can often estimate a fairly accurate exposure, a light meter is a far more accurate way…
Creating a multiple exposure photograph back in the film days was a matter of combining two or more exposures to create a unique image. The idea was to open the camera shutter multiple times to…