Photography for Beginners Articles

Why We Shoot The Blue Hour Like the golden hour, the blue hour is one of the very best times of day to take photographs. It’s that brief period of time just before the sun rises or sets when the sky goes a deep blue-purple color.  In urban areas, the lights come on, kicking out […]

Spring is one of the best times to capture interesting photographs. It is a time when everything springs back to life and the great outdoors is filled with colours, fragrance and beautiful soft light. Depending on where you live, spring season may be early or late, and for the southern hemisphere, it may be the fall season which is also a great time for photography.

Here are some inspirational photography ideas that you can try during this spring season.

If you struggle with shooting creativity, you are not alone. The creative mind is somewhat like riding a roller-coaster while blindfolded. There are twists, turns, highs, and lows, and you never quite know when they are coming.  Life On The Shooting Creativity Roller-Coaster During those highs of shooting creativity, you may well be going out […]

There is something quite magical about images taken at night, isn’t there? Night photography, especially late-night photography, can often convey a sense of calm and tranquillity that we rarely see at other times of the day.  But there is so much more to night photography than taking a simple photograph of a lit-up building. We […]

Stonehenge. A majestic, mysterious, and over 5000 years old. All very well, but what has this got to do with photography, I hear you ask. If you have ever met anyone that has been to Stonehenge, or indeed if you have been yourself, there is one recurring theme in people’s thoughts of it. It’s relatively […]

Getting a new DSLR can be quite an overwhelming experience for a new photographer. All the knobs and buttons seem to do a thousand different things (and they do), but the dirty secret of photography is that, at its core, knowledge of the exposure triangle is what will make your new DSLR sing. If you […]