Are you fired up, ready to go, can't wait to get on site and take the first shot. I hope so. Because if you are not, think about changing jobs - your giving the rest of us a bad name. Too many photographers approach a wedding as just a way to ...

Astrophotography is a complex activity, you can not simply point a camera at the sky and take a photo. There are a wide range of technical challenges that must be solved. Learning the basics is just the first step in the process, there are a ...

In the world of fashion and high-end portrait photography, lighting is the key to professional-looking images. Having the ability to control the light that falls on your subject allows you many different ways of expressing an idea photographi ...

All the cameras coming out now are colored, and also have a lot of options you can choose from to make photographing easy for you. However, there’s always a lot of nostalgia and implications when doing black and white photography. For one, a ...

"The thing that should strike you from this exercise is just how different a three-dimensional form can look when lit from different angles. 1. Light has depth of field. 2. With enough light, you can turn a white wall black. " cont ...

Outdoor portraits can offer a sense a drama or romance that can be hard to achieve in a studio setting. The early morning or evening sky can serve as a stunning backdrop for a portrait. The trick is in lighting your subject properly. T ...

A particular technique that I always love is dragging the shutter to go for a really long exposure and I’m always very amazed by the results. That was the first technique I learnt actually. Though I must say I didn’t really learn much from jo ...

Studio photography is easy because you can get exactly what you want. Studio photography is hard because you can get exactly what you want. Soft light, hard light, hair light, background. Everything is under your control. If you are a tr ...

"High dynamic range (or HDR) technique allows you to reveal detail and contrast that are missing from normal images. Generally, HDR is used to deal with high contrast subjects to allow you to capture more highlight and shadow detail than conv ...

I think what will be surprising for many of you watching today's tutorial will be the utter simplicity of the set-up. I'll show you a small shooting space, a simple background, and a very easy one light portrait technique. For me, it' ...

Are you happy with color in your photos? This is ultimately the driving force behind color management for most people. If you take photos with your camera, print them, give them to friends and family, and everyone thinks they look great, you ...

There’s an old cliché about a picture being able to speak a thousand words, so you’d imagine that having shot a great image, you wouldn’t need to say any more. You could just edit it, make it available for sale and let the eloquence of its co ...

Explore the world of off-camera lighting thanks to Strobist Links to Strobist articles out of the Lighting 101 ( © Strobist ) : Two Things Your Flash Needs to Have Traveling Light Light Stands Super Clamps Ball Bungees Umb ...

Taking pictures with your new digital camera can be handy. You won’t have to waste films, so you can practice all the time while simply deleting the pictures you don’t really like. Most of all, they come with a lot of handy programs, one of w ...

Almost every bride has that one thing that they will consider the most important part of their wedding day, and will usually spend the most amount of money on it. Remember that once the cake is cut, the guests are gone, and the dress is clean ...