How to Get Your Photos Featured in Magazines
Getting your first photos published in print is a dream that comes true. The feeling of seeing your signature below the photo in a magazine is all the incentive you need to pursue your career…
Articles published in 2017
How To Successfully & Safely Photograph a Solar Eclipse
For sky watchers, or those who would like to witness an incredible and potentially once-in-a-lifetime event, a total solar eclipse is especially spectacular. A solar eclipse, for many, is life-changing, and could easily prove to…
Review of the Remarkably Powerful Elinchrom ELB 1200
Elinchrom have always been one of the leading manufacturers of studio and on-location flash lighting, and they are market leaders in bringing out new and innovative products. I’ve been using Elinchrom lighting for over 20…
How To Shoot Awesome Yearbook Photos Every Time
Yearbooks serve as an excellent, pictorial record of the past year in the life of a student. The highs, the accomplishments, the challenges, etc. Yearbook photography is big business as the end of each school…
Processing an Aerial Photo in Lightroom & Photoshop
Aerial photographs tend to contain quite a lot of information – the sky, clouds, landscape, possibly some roads, and buildings as well. In this video we’ll go through the various steps, in Lightroom as well…
Interview with London-based Photographer Liam Ricketts
Today’s interview is with Liam Ricketts, a London based photographer, who specialises in portraiture and lifestyle work. Liam has worked for a variety of high profile clients, including Sony, Universal, Warp Records, Leo Burnett, M&C…
Would You Use a Telephoto Lens for Landscape Photos?
Wide-angles are the go-to lens of choice for most landscape photographers; ideal for capturing sweeping vistas, and enhancing the sense of distance and scale in a composition. But are these lenses always the best option?…
Protest Photography 101
One of the most difficult things to photograph is an action scene or a situation where a lot of things are happening at the same time. This is why not a lot of photographers –…
5 Tips to Spark Up your Creativity
This article is the continuation of my previous article 6 Tips To Instantly Level Up Your Photography – which mostly contained technical tips to accomplish better results in your photography. This article is focused more…
In-Depth Review of Tamron’s SP 70-200mm f/2.8 Di VC USD G2 Lens
So many times it occurs to me what a wonderful time we as photographers operate in today. We find ourselves constantly being introduced to new and better gear… cheaper cameras, faster glass. That last bit…
Insurance for Photographers: What You Need To Know
Bottom line: You need insurance as a photographer. Though it may seem like you don’t because you may think nothing can go wrong, you actually do. When it comes to photography, it’s always best to…
Understanding The Basics of High Key vs. Low Key Lighting
In photography, if you want to create a certain kind of mood, one of the things that you can do is use high and low key effects. These effects are important if your intention is…