Tutorials
Bracketing vs ND Grads for shooting landscapes – which is best?
Jan 28, 2021
John Aldred
There are many ways to shoot landscape photography and which method you’ll use generally depends on the scene laid before you. But there’s one debate…
How to remove anything from your photos using GIMP
Jan 26, 2021
Chris Parker
Removing anything in GIMP is easy when you know the steps… and practice! When planning this GIMP tutorial, I had a choice; simple or…
My top ten astrophotography tips
Jan 26, 2021
Jay Evans
Introduction With the Milky Way season already under way in Eastern Australia, we know there will be hundreds of photographers pointing their cameras at the…
Quick and simple business guide for photographers
Jan 22, 2021
Nicholas Goodden
A professional photographer for quite a few years now, I thought some of you may be interested in some photography business advice and tips through…
How to create this epic rainbow eye effect in camera
Jan 20, 2021
Maximilian Simson
When I was photographing eyes a few weeks ago I came across a fascinating phenomenon: The human iris and especially blue irises produce rainbow coloured…
Birefringence: How to photograph rainbow colors at home
Jan 19, 2021
Maximilian Simson
What does “Cross Polarization” mean? Cross polarization is a technique that allows us to virtually eliminate specular highlights from images by using polarized light, but…
How to create a natural light portrait studio in your garage in under 5 minutes
Jan 18, 2021
John Aldred
While I’m a big proponent of using flash in my photography, particularly portraits, there are times when the natural light gives you everything you need…
What is cross polarization and how you can use it in your photography
Jan 18, 2021
Maximilian Simson
Cross polarization is a technique that uses two polarizing filters – one on the light source and on e on the camera lens – to…
Understand the difference between high and low key portraits and how to shoot them both
Jan 15, 2021
John Aldred
There seems to be a lot of confusion as to exactly what high and low key portraits are and the differences between them. At least,…
How to create lighting gradients in your shots with coloured gels
Jan 14, 2021
Jake Hicks
Using coloured gels can be a little unforgiving, especially if you’re new to using strobes. But one of the biggest reasons using gels can be…