Cleaning a camera lens is definitely something that every photographer is going to need to do at some point. Doing it properly is imperative if you’re to take perfectly clear images. This great little video from the folks at the unofficial Nikon Help Hotline on Youtube have put together this great video on how to [...]

Shooting models lends itself to slightly different equipment than say, a landscape shoot.  Here we will explain what you need for your first model shoot and why it will become useful. Photo By Cillian Storm While a DSLR is a given, lens choices will make the difference here.  Anything in and around the 100mm range [...]

Some of us have one, some of us don’t, but use one. I’m talking about a studio, and what do all studios have? Lights! Studio lights are quite different to speedlights; size and power output being just two of these differences. They’re often referred to as monoblocs, and can have a number of light shapers [...]

Wedding photography is one of the largest and most varied areas of photography around. Different photographers have different styles, and no wedding album will be exactly the same. Many wedding photographers have kit worth tens of thousands which can be quite off-putting for somebody just breaking into this industry. So what kind of kit do [...]

Gone are the days when a computer was a used to connect to the world, a camera was used to take photos and a phone was used to call people. Today, you can do so much more with every device you own, and mobile phone photography is quickly gaining ground on digital photography. Here are [...]

The fact that the iPad does not have a camera does not stop it from being one of the most powerful photography tools on the planet. There are tons of free and cheap apps which can turn all of your photos into dazzling masterpieces. Of course once you’ve got these beautiful works of art, you [...]

Photography is about capturing light, this is something we’ve covered several times.  There are instances though where there is not enough natural light, or light in a place you would like it to be that you’ll need to create your own.  For this, flashes exist. Getting started in flash photography is actually really simple, and [...]

This is a guest post from Chris Gin – you can see more from Chris at his Website, Flickr and Facebook. As a landscape photographer I rely heavily on filters. The ones I use most often are my graduated neutral density (GND) filters which help balance the intensity between the sky and foreground. However another [...]

If you’re in the market to finally make the jump from your point-and-shoot to the added functionality of a dSLR, the first thing you want to do is decide which entry-level camera is right for you. In this article, we’ve taken the most popular models and compared them side-by-side so that you can make the [...]

As photographers we love accessories, it’s just the nature of the beast. One of the accessories that can often be hard to choose is the right camera bag. Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions about camera bags is there isn’t just one perfect bag, but rather a perfect bag for any particular situation. In this [...]