ShareA quick trip into the back garden often throws up a slew of photographic opportunities. For people who are lucky enough to have a few dragonflies around, the colourful creatures are a great subject. Enjoy this collection and don’t forget to check out our own tutorial on how to photograph dragonflies. by , on Flickr [...]

ShareSome people love them and some people hate them, but whatever your tastes you should probably know a little about the vignette effect in photography. A vignette photo has edges that fade to either white or black, typically gradually, although it can be an effect that is used dramatically as well. This effect can be [...]

ShareI’ve got news for you. Your flash is smarter than you are. Think about it? How long would it take you to read the ambient light of your scene and then calculate the proper exposure to balance your fill flash with the background light? Your flash does this in the blink of an eye, and [...]

ShareInspired by this week’s Light Stalking weekly challenge (you have entered, haven’t you?), we decided to go looking for what others have done with the theme of reflections. Using water to get a reflection shot narrows the theme a little further, but also allowed us to find some amazing shots! Check them out, and share [...]

ShareManaging how your camera captures light often means taking opportunities that nature throws at you. One such opportunity is a hazy day. If you manage to get it when golden hour is happening some great things can happen with your photographs. We think this collection demonstrates nicely what can be done with a bit of [...]

ShareHeading out with a camera in the city can be a heap of fun. Street scenes and architecture can produce some great scenes for photographers and when you shoot with black and white in mind, the results can be very powerful. We think these shots show what we mean. Share your own in the comments! [...]

ShareThere is a pervasive idea among artists and the public in general that great photographers have an innate ability to produce brilliant photography. That you can be naturally endowed with an inherent ability in this medium. That the truly great photographers simply possessed something that the rest of us didn’t and could never achieve. The [...]

SharePhotomatix has been the leading HDR photography software since 2003. While HDR photography has been around as an idea for many years, HDRsoft made it a public sensation with the advent of Photomatix. The most recent release of the Pro version of the software, version 4.2, is a major step up and ensures that Photomatix [...]

ShareNothing says there’s a big celebration on like fireworks and with July 4 come some of the biggest fireworks displays you will ever see in America. Happy birthday America – it looks like you had a good one! by , on Flickr by , on Flickr by , on Flickr by , on Flickr by [...]

ShareWhen you work in an industry which involves creating work and putting it in front of an audience, eventually you are going to get some negative and rude feedback – it’s par for the course and it is water off a duck’s back. But there’s the problem. A good insult should really get under somebody’s [...]