Tutorials Archives

10 astrophotography tips to raise your nighttime photography game

Jul 5, 2021 John Aldred

Astrophotography is arguably one of the more technically challenging genres of photography out there. And even if you do know what you’re doing, it can…

How to fake that gelled split lighting look in Photoshop

Jul 3, 2021 John Aldred

Using multiple differently coloured gels to light your subject and their environment has become a very popular subject over the last few years – and…

Is there really that big of a difference between 12-Bit and 14-Bit RAW?

Jul 2, 2021 John Aldred

12-Bit used to be the standard for most raw files in the early days. Then, somewhere around 10 years or so ago, most of them…

It turns out that yes, you can edit HD video on the $99 Raspberry Pi 400

Jun 28, 2021 John Aldred

Every day I see questions in Raspberry Pi groups on Facebook asking if it can do this or that and can it really replace a…

How to save $2,000 when buying a camera body

Jun 24, 2021 Illya Ovchar

One of the best ways to save money when buying photography equipment is buying used. Sure, there may be one or two risks involved, the…

Lighting setup: Classic editorial portrait lighting

Jun 23, 2021 Jake Hicks

There will always be ‘classics’ in any industry. Sure these classics may not turn heads or make the headlines and they may even take a…

When and why you might want to use ND filters for your photography

Jun 23, 2021 John Aldred

Along with polarizers, Neutral Density (ND) filters are pretty much the only filters most people really need these days. But what are ND filters? How…