ShareWorking with models can be rewarding and frustrating, often all at the same time.  For many photographers shooting falls more into documenting, even if you are composing the shot.  If you think about it, wedding, engagement, family, landscapes, birding, photojournalism, and even macro photography are all ways to document what you see.  Working with a [...]

ShareAperture is about viewing and managing your images and as such your primary workspace is going to be the viewer. As we mentioned in the last tutorial, Aperture’s main window can be used in three basic modes, Browser, Split View and Viewer and in this tutorial I will discuss some of the details of each [...]

ShareIn the first of this series of tutorials, I showed you how to import images into Aperture, Apple’s image management software for Mac OSX. With the images now safely in an album we are going to have a closer look at the basics of the Aperture interface. Lets start at the top. Along the top [...]

ShareWhile wondering through the Tate Gallery in London many years ago lavishing myself on a feast of paintings by William Turner I came across a small note book of his, secured within a glass cabinet in a less than conspicuous corner of the foyer. It was not dissimilar to a school boy’s exercise book and [...]

ShareRemember this article? Here’s one of the follow-ups! Today, I’m going to show you how to use props to aid you in your flying ambition. What you will need: A camera A tripod A prop to sit/stand/recline on Optional: Trigger release Flash (entirely up to you) Other props to add to the look of the [...]

ShareIt happens to us all, at first you don’t notice it, then it begins to bug you,, finally it’s time to do something about it. The devilish dust bunnies or sensor spots to give it it’s more common name. So what can you do about? Well these days, there are plenty of options, from software [...]

ShareDo you have a solid technical understanding of your camera and how to take a good travel shot, but lack the examples you need to take your photography to that next level? Many of us have that understanding, but need that extra bit of practical guidance to get our photographs from good to great (or [...]

ShareSometimes, as a photographer, you’re going to want to lead people to look at a specific part of your images. There are a lot of various techniques that can be used to help you draw the eye of a viewer in situations like this, so let’s look at a few of them. Compose With Lines [...]

ShareThis is a guest post from Light Stalking’s Light Painting group admin, Todd Edson. Check out Todd’s photography site or follow him on Google + and Facebook. This group exercise is going to show you how to create a light stencil box & stencil to use with your long exposure low light photography. The uses [...]

ShareThere are quite a few common questions that any photographer gets asked regularly. As they’re so common, we thought we would cover a few of them! 1) How Do I Get the Background Blurry? – So you have taken a beautiful portrait of your newborn child with beautiful light and a wonderful and peaceful expression [...]