Tutorials

    Top advice from Joel Grimes: follow your own path
    Oct 30, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    [editor’s note: Joel Grimes just released a new portrait photography tutorial. We took the opportunity to ask Joel for his best advice and it is outlined…

    How and when to ask for photography advice
    Oct 29, 2016 Daniela Bowker

    ‘Please I need your help fast.’ Gosh, that’s a fairly desperate title for an email. Normally I’d delete that sort of missive as being a…

    An Introduction to Infrared Photography
    Oct 28, 2016 Rick Battle

    The human eye is incapable of seeing infrared light, so Infrared photography is truly a way to show your audience something they can never see…

    This is what 10Bit 4:2:2 video actually means
    Oct 27, 2016 John Aldred

    The new Panasonic Lumix GH5 will record 10Bit 4:2:2 video internally, but what exactly does that mean? how will it benefit you? Isn’t video just…

    Three Photoshop tricks for a scary Halloween
    Oct 27, 2016 Udi Tirosh

    If you are a retoucher, there is no question about your favorite holiday. Let me guess… Halloween :) Stefan over at the Raw Exchange just shared…

    This is how I meter and expose landscapes for color film
    Oct 26, 2016 Alex Burke

    Looking back through my archives, I realized that I’ve covered topics like film selections and scanning film but to date I’ve skipped one really important part:…

    Tips for photographers on Instagram – How small pictures can make a big difference in a mobile driven world
    Oct 24, 2016 Samuel Zeller

    Quite often other photographers tell me “I don’t have time for another social network and I don’t need Instagram”. Yet they spend hours posting on…

    5 top tips to improve your food photography
    Oct 24, 2016 John Aldred

    Food photography is something we’ve pretty much all tried. Even if our gastronomical efforts are only limited to Instagram, it helps to be able to…

    How to use shutter speed to your advantage to help you get the film look
    Oct 24, 2016 John Aldred

    There’s more to getting the “film look” with video than simply shooting your camera at 24 frames per second. It’s not just the colour grading,…

    Why The Golden Ratio Is Better Than The Rule Of Thirds
    Oct 24, 2016 Jon Sparkman

    A long time ago I was a young art student, being told about the “Rule Of Thirds”. I was told it’s one of the most…