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…
How To Successfully Work With Natural Light
No matter what type of photography you’re doing, the lighting is one of the most important things to consider. The light will have a significant impact on your resulting images, and, often it’s what separates…
An Intro to Architectural Photography
If you’ve ever looked through the pages of National Geographic or any other magazine that spotlights fantastic pictures of buildings and structures, then you’ve likely seen architectural photography at its finest. It takes a lot…
Conquer Your Fear of Heights With Aerial Photography
This genre of photography is exceptionally cool… if you don’t have a fear of heights and don’t mind spending a lot of your free time in flight, that is. We’re not talking about capturing photos…
Tamron 10-24mm f3.5-4.5 Di II VC HLD – Lens Review
I remember a few years ago when I was getting ready to upgrade my main camera body so I decided to sell off some lenses to lessen the blow. The first one I put up…
The Photography Show 2017: Round-Up
Every year, The Photography Show runs at the N.E.C in Birmingham, UK and is the biggest trade show for photographers in the country. I went up to the show to catch up on the latest…
Dropping Focus In Adobe Lightroom – Video Tutorial
In this tutorial video we’ll go through the various steps you can take in Lightroom in order to enhance your portraits by dropping focus, and selectively adding a bit more soft-focus to parts of your…
Interview With Brian Griffin – Circa 1978
Brian Griffin is one of England’s most influential and creative photographers. Born in Birmingham in 1948, Brian’s work draws from influences as diverse as Renaissance masters, through to Symbolism and Surrealism, with ‘film noir’ lighting…
The Clinical Photography Walkthrough
For those who may not be familiar, let’s first define what clinical photography is. Clinical photography is a little-known-though-unique genre in photography. It is a means to capture and record the daily presentation of clinical…
How To Shoot Amazing Night Photography. Every Time.
If photography by definition is writing with light, then the concept of night photography may seem like a contradiction. But as we all know, it’s perfectly possible to create amazing images at night and there…
How To Recover Shadows & Highlights In Your Photos
Two of the most important and highly used features in Lightroom are the Shadows and Highlights sliders. This is especially true for the newer versions of Lightroom (starting in version 4). These sliders provide you…
How to Get The Most Out of Your DSLR
If you’re like most photographers, you’re probably planning your next purchase and looking for a new camera or another piece of equipment that will help you to capture those jaw-dropping images that you’re after. But…