Tutorials

Lighting setup: Beautifully soft DIY LED top light

Jul 25, 2024 Jake Hicks

Many of you already know I’ve predominantly switched all of my lighting to LEDs in the last year or so. But why? Was it the…



How to avoid memory card failures and horror stories

Jul 25, 2024 Alex Baker

If there’s anything that will make a photographer lose sleep, it’s the thought of losing an entire shoot of images due to a memory card…



Say goodbye to Shrek skin: Edit green cast with this simple Photoshop technique

Jul 24, 2024 Dunja Đuđić

Unwanted green tones in your portraits can happen for many reasons (one of them is owning an old Nikon camera and using auto WB; ask…



Spice up your composition with ‘dirty’ foregrounds

Jul 24, 2024 Alex Baker

If you feel like your photographs are looking a little bland, you might need to be a little bit dirtier. At least, in your foregrounds….



Escape your photography rut with the red car theory

Jul 24, 2024 Alex Baker

When you first start out with a camera, you are often just taking photographs everywhere and anywhere for the sheer joy of it. But do…



How to get over your shyness and approach strangers to photograph them

Jul 22, 2024 Alex Baker

Whether you’re on vacation, into street photography, or are a budding portrait photographer, photographing people is often a necessary part of being a photographer. It…



How to stop people stealing your photos

Jul 19, 2024 Alex Baker

To watermark or not to watermark? That is the question that has plagued photographers since the dawn of the internet. And, of course, everyone has…



Why street photography is perfect for beginners

Jul 19, 2024 Roman Fox

I started my photography in London. That wasn’t out of choice, it was because London was on my doorstep and I didn’t have money or…



Welcome to the littlest slideshow on Earth

Jul 17, 2024 David Prochnow

Lay-dees and gent-tell-men, please direct your attention towards the 10x eye loupe, through which, you will cast your eyes on the most amazing sights ever…



How to master soft beauty portraits with large umbrellas

Jul 16, 2024 Alex Baker

What’s your favourite light modifier? From octaboxes to beauty dishes, I’ve had a few, and my preferences have changed gradually over the course of my…