Tutorials
High Key, Low Key, Or Just Badly Exposed?
Here is Wikipedia’s definition for Low-Key Lighting: Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating…
How Not to Be an Ass: Music & Concert Photography Etiquette
Concert photography is a community within itself, where you often end up seeing some of the same photographers at many events. Though most photographers may…
The Complete Guide For Shooting Spirograph Light Paintings
Spirographs are a unique form of light painting where a mesmerizing patterns is being light painting into the sensor. It is kinda the adult version…
The quick 5 minute composite
So I rarely do composite type images preferring to do as much in camera as I can. However sometimes it can’t be helped. Do do…
How To Create and Use Color Lookup Tables in Photoshop
The last few version of Photoshop (from PS 6, I think) have a powerful tool called LUT (or Look Up Tables). You can think of LUT…
How To Automate Your Backup With NAS, Dropbox, Gdrive, OneDrive And Many Others
In this post I’ll explain the structure and scheme that I personally use for backup. It’s not the cheapest, not the easiest, and perhaps not the…
Thinking different – a couple of distinctive creative lighting techniques to try
I always love playing with light, creating new techniques or finding a new gadget to help my images stand out from the crowd. I also…
How I Use This Colour Lighting Recipe To Delight My Clients
Here is a simple recipe you can use to add colour and subtle narrative to your images. It will delight your clients and help your…
Using Smoke Bombs In Portraits For A Strong Effect
Here is a technique I did not think I will ever be covering on the blog, using smoke bombs. In fact I did not even…
Tonight There is a Rare Supermoon Lunar Eclipse, Here Is How To Shoot It
Tonight we will witness a rare astronomical phenomena called “supermoon” total lunar eclipse. This happens when a lunar eclipse happens in conjunction with the event of…






































