Focal Length for Portrait Photography With so much lens choice available, which is the right focal length for portrait photography? This is something I often get asked by students at workshops and by those looking […]
High Contrast Photography – Summer Photography Ideas I find it helpful to have mini photography projects throughout the year. They can help you to boost your skills and creativity. In this blog post we will
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Creative Lighting with Speedlights I am a big fan of mixing natural light with flash. Location shooting often lends itself to creative lighting with speedlights. It might be simply supplementing the existing light to soften
Take Better Landscape Photos – Prepare Properly If you want to take better landscape photos then one of the most important things to consider is preparation. Quite simply, if you don’t prepare properly then you
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Creative Bluebell Photography At certain times of the year there are seasonal displays of flowers that many of us are tempted to photograph. However, all too often, everyone’s images can end up looking rather similar
Fork Art Photography Project Sometimes we need fresh inspiration to keep our photography skills sharp and to stop us getting stuck in a rut. Photography projects are great for this and they can be anything
Light Metering Modes – Measuring Light for Photography For your camera to make decisions about which aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings to use, it needs to measure the available light in the scene you
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Photography Books You Should Read I know that reading books may not be as fashionable as it was, but I want to introduce to some photography books you should read. These are books that have
Improve your Photography using your Mistakes Wait! Don’t press that delete button too soon! You can actually improve your photography using your mistakes. It is well worth thinking about what went wrong and why you
Why you should learn to edit your photos Some people don’t seem to understand why you should learn to edit your photos. Surely you can get it all right “in camera”? This apparently noble purist