ShareAperture priority mode on your DSLR is one of the things that most photographers have to use at some time or other. But one of the most confounding things about getting your first DLSR is the myriad of decisions you have to make about what that actually means and if it’s the right mode to [...]

ShareThere is a long standing convention in photography that if a building has straight sides, then that is how it should look in a photograph. Almost any textbook you pick up about photography (especially architectural photography) will mention and stress this point. Now, while making sure your verticals are vertical is a skill any photographer [...]

Share“It’s a wrap!” are three of the most important words for a fashion photographer. Knowing that you’ve done an excellent job and that the day has been productive, fun and creative makes it worthwhile to wake up early for 6.30 am call times and the lifting of some hundred pounds of equipment to the location. [...]

ShareIn almost any city there are a heap of great statues that get photographed thousands of times by tourists every year. Nothing wrong with that, but sometimes it’s good to try to make your images stand out a little. Here are a few tips to get your statue photographs to stand out from the crowd. [...]

ShareWhen people mention Thailand, some of the images that come to mind are the postcard photos of beaches, the water festival ‘Songkran,’ or their favorite Thai food. For a photographer, Thailand has a lot to offer. If you are ever in Bangkok for a few days, one of the places you just have to shoot [...]

ShareThere are a lot of ways to ruin a photograph, but when you take enough photos you will come to be very familiar with a few problems that seem to recur. These common problems can be a real pain, but luckily a lot of them have quite straight forward remedies. Here are a few of [...]

ShareAnimal photographs are inherent crowd-pleasers that elicit emotional responses.  Of course, not everyone can hop on a plane to head deep into a rainforest, a savannah or a jungle to capture exotic creatures.  What you can do though, is head to a zoo.  While it’s inherently not a “natural” environment for animals, there are several [...]

ShareWho says people can’t fly? We’ve all done it at one time or another – gazed into the sky wondering what it’d be like to soar like an eagle, watching everything get smaller and smaller below you. Or maybe you dream of what it’d be like to float like a feather on the breeze. It’s [...]

ShareCapturing travel portraits is one of the hardest assignments you can undertake as a photographer. Traveling to a new place where you may not be that familiar with the customs, there is no way you can predict who you’ll meet, and even less chance of developing some definite expectations of what images you can make [...]

ShareWhen shooting into the sun or other light sources, you may notice that some of your images have a unique quality to the light – this is known as a “starburst” effect. This can create a very strong focal point and add an entirely new dimension of interest to your image. Photo by Christopher O’Donnell [...]