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Stuck in a rut? Use these tips to improve your photography today

Aug 8, 2023 Alex Baker

They say that practice makes perfect, but actually, that’s a lie. Only perfect practice makes perfect. If you simply repeat the same thing over and…

What are handheld light meters and how do you use them?

Aug 6, 2023 Daniela Bowker

A handheld light meter used to be an essential piece of kit. They are less common now but this is why and how you should be using one.

Lindsay Adler’s essential gear for on-location shoots

Aug 4, 2023 Alex Baker

Photographers often work in different environments, from the controlled studio setting to the dynamic challenges of shooting on location. If you don’t have a large…

Symmetry in photography – everything you need to know

Aug 2, 2023 Daniela Bowker

Symmetry exists everywhere around us. It is within nature, for example, in flowers and starfish. This means that artists have been reproducing symmetry in their…

Four easy outdoor natural light portrait setups using just one modifier

Aug 2, 2023 John Aldred

Many photographers occasionally (or often) find themselves outdoors having to shoot a portrait. We don’t want to lug a ton of light gear around, so…

Top Secret: Six best action photography tips

Aug 1, 2023 JT Armstrong

Shooting a moving target: This phrase certainly has more than one connotation, especially coming from an ex-military combat photographer. While I’ll be using examples from…

How to use triangles in photography composition

Aug 1, 2023 Daniela Bowker

Triangles are versatile and expressive shapes, so it is hardly surprising that they are a bedrock of composition. They are used by painters as well as photographers as a key composition technique. You can use them to organize your frame, to introduce tension into your scene, as an alternative to the rule of thirds, and so much more. This meant we thought it was worth taking a deeper look at triangles in photography.