With so many lenses on the market, all with different apertures and focal lengths, how do you know which is the best lens for wildlife photography? The best lens for your wildlife photography depends on two very important considerations: what you will be shooting and your budget. Lenses with long focal lengths (‘long lenses’) are … Read more
Whether you want to learn how to photograph as a hobby or are learning how to take professional photos in order to earn a living, you have to start somewhere. When I started my career in photography I read as many magazines as I could looking for photography tips for beginners. This was before the … Read more
My friends often ask which photography books I would recommend. Here are my Top 5. Check out the last one – it’s not about photography at all!
Photographing fireworks is not as hard as it seems. This quick guide will get you ready to take the best fourth of July fireworks photos! There are only two things you really need to know about photographing fireworks to take expert shots: Exposure Stability Exposure The shot at the top was taken with an ISO … Read more
Take a look at this waterfall photograph. Notice how the falling water looks smooth and like fog or cotton. Do you want to know how to do that? It’s easy, read on… The secret to making moving things blur in a photograph is to keep the camera’s shutter ‘open’ for a long time. When photographing … Read more
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If you’re making this one mistake, you are probably never going to be a great photographer! This is the mistake that I made at college. I saw others make it too. None of those who failed to spot their mistake became great photographers. Instead they either made an acceptable living but never excelled or gave … Read more
Is it worth paying more for extra megapixels? Or are you being taken in as a sucker by the marketers? Read on to find out… Camera A has 37 megapixels. Camera B has 21 megapixels. Will Camera A produce better photos that Camera B? Sales people will always exploit our weaknesses. A lack of knowledge … Read more
Avoid this important mistake and become a much better photographer faster. One of the great things about writing a blog about any subject is that we get the chance to pass on the tips that we wish we’d known when we were first starting out. Whether anyone listens or takes note is another matter! So … Read more
Learn this professional photographers’ secret to help you capture the shots you’d otherwise miss. I was lucky … I learned photography as an apprentice to a multi-award winning professional photographer. Most of the things I learned I don’t remember learning. They are natural to me now and I don’t even think about them. One of … Read more