We’ve written in the past about your camera’s anti-aliasing filter – also known as an optical low pass filter – which sits over the sensor and is used as part of what’s called the demosaicing process. Basically what your low pass filter does is subtly soften images to he

The monopod sometimes gets stigmatised as a cheaper, less stable alternative to the proper photographer’s tripod. But this is one of the greatest myths in photography. As any photographer who’s been around the block (or racetrack) and he or she will tell you that a monopod is one of

Knowing how to use lighting in whatever form is an essential photographic skill; from natural light to flash and constant lighting, it needs to be manipulated in order for you to capture better images. In this tutorial we’re going to take a look at five basic studio lighting t

How you decide to crop your image is as important as any other photographic factor; from the initial composition of the scene through to the digital darkroom enhancement. In this tutorial I’m going to take a look at the basics and introduce you to the Crop Tool, and how to crop your

You should change your camera’s ISO settings to a higher sensitivity value when you want to avoid blurring in your images. The trade off shooting at high ISO settings is the addition of more noise the higher you go up the scale. But most cameras these days are well adept at keeping

In the first of a new series of guest blog posts, Catherine Connor of Aspire Photography Training explains how to find inspiration when building your photographic business. It’s sometimes nice to start off with a quote that perhaps sets the tone and theme for the thread within

Adobe has always stated its intention of moving to a subscription-based business model, but up until this month photographers and designers still had the opportunity to buy its Creative Suite 6 software. Launched in 2012, CS6 was the last version of Adobe’s standalone package of sof

Have you turned a room in your house into a simple home photo studio? Oh, the fun you will have… Home photo studio photography is unlike any other genre, as it gives you total control over the environment, from the lighting and background down to the music you keep playing in

In this excellent video tutorial, Youtuber Eye Stocker shows how to apply colour grading techniques in Adobe Lightroom. The tutorials starts by explaining what colour grading is, and takes you through the concepts of adding complementary colours to an image’s shadows, midtones and h

Imagine you’re out in the forest, tracking wildlife and just at the moment a family of deer rushes past, your camera’s battery dies. It’s a nightmare scenario that no photographer would wish on anyone. But sometimes we forget, or lose, our back-up camera battery. Luckily, there are

The makers of LandscapePro are asking for willing photographers to submit their unedited landscapes to help their developers improve the software. In an email to its customer database, Anthropics Technology, makers of LandscapePro and PortraitPro photo editing software, said: “We ar

Planning a photography trip for wildlife can be daunting. With so many ‘wildlife hotspots’ around the world, many come with hefty price tags, lengthy travel and an element of risk. Here are some top tips to sway the odds in your favour. Do your research Are you going at the right ti

With photography it’s very easy to get lost down the rabbit hole of your favourite subject or genre. But there are some rules, methods and ways of working that stand out because they can help you improve your images whether you like to shoot landscapes, portraits or even macro photo

Makers of the open-source photo editing software GIMP have sought funding in order to develop more advanced features for the platform. GIMP has always been offered free, but in a recent post its makers have asked GIMP’s users to donate what they can to Øyvind Kolås, who fronts

GoPro are one of the few companies that supply free editing software with their action camera, or more accurately a free download, and although it’s free there are enough features to give you everything that you need to edit and enhance your GoPro footage. To get your copy jus

Automatic, the software company behind WordPress, has launched a new plug-in that allows users to upload images to the web platform directly from Adobe Lightroom. The new plug-in also imports titles, captions and any keywords you’ve added to your images in Lightroom into the file st

In this handy infographic from Tusk Photo, you’ll discover the essential gear you need for wildlife photography and what features and specifications to look for to get the images you want. As the infographic says, wildlife photography is one of the more challenging forms of ph

Adobe has extended its Android Creative Cloud apps for Google Chromebook users, offering select applications free to students. As part of Google’s beta program, students will be able to download Creative Cloud apps from the Play Store for free download, giving students using Chromeb

Focusing is perhaps the most important control on your camera, and focusing manually gives you total creative control. What’s more, turning off your autfocus can help you achieve more accurate sharpness in some situations, such as low-contrast subjects and fast-moving targets

Is 2017 the year you finally become the photographer you know you can be? We think it is. So if you want to take your photography further this year, where do you start? Good question. In this post we’ll suggest seven simple things you can do to ensure you’ll be a better photographer