A blue moon usually happens once every two or three years, and double blue moons only happen three to five times in a century. This hasn’t happened since 1999 and won’t happen again until 2037. As a lunar month lasts about 29.5 days, and a calendar month can last between 28 and 31 d

April is a great time to look for and photograph water voles, as they start to become more active after a long winter. They get busy marking out their territory and breeding. The best settings for shooting wildlife with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 II Where to find water voles Look along

Exposure lock enables you to lock your camera’s exposure. Exposure Lock has all sorts of uses and is especially useful if the lighting conditions change rapidly. As standard, the GoPro features auto exposure which will adjust quickly when the scene gets brighter or darker. Alt

In most situations your camera’s light meter can properly read the brightness of a scene and suggest the optimum exposure settings to capture a great image with a nice range of tones. But as intelligent as camera technology is these days, there are still those times where it gets co

This is the last in the present series of articles on colour management, so I thought I would round off with some recommendation for equipment you can use for best results. Obviously you want to use a good camera, but practically any decent quality modern camera is capable of delive

Having a basic compact camera doesn’t mean that you can’t take great photos or use advanced techniques. Here are 8 things that you can do whatever camera you’re carrying. Create a shallow depth of field As recently as just a few years ago shallow depth of field was

Unlike the stills options on your iPhone, the video options are somewhat limited. Even so, the small amount of adjustment that you do have will still enable you to do a great deal. Here we show you iPhone video to the next step   When I say limited, I do mean limited, as standard a

One of the handy features introduced in the Nikon D850 is a Silent Live View Photography mode, commonly called the quiet mode or quiet shutter, that employs the camera’s electronic shutter to eliminate shutter sounds. Thanks to this electronic shutter, if you switch to Live View wit

It’s the first day of March and that means the first round of our monthly photography competition has closed and the second one is now open. This month, the theme is ‘Water and Reflections’. March’s Competition This is the second round of our new competition that r

Even a light dusting of snow can add a little romance and interest to a view that you’ve seen on many occasions, but many people find it difficult to photograph. This simple guide to photographing snow will set you on the road to perfect pictures. 01 Increase the exposure Because sn

One of the handy features included in the Nikon D850 is a Focus Shift mode that enables you easily to shoot focus stacked images with stunning depth of field. It’s one of our favourite features on the camera, and in this tutorial we’ll show you how to quickly set up the Nikon D850’s

It looks like many of us will experience more snow this weekend and doubtless, lots of parents will be begged to take their kids out for some fun with a sledge. With this is in mind, we thought we’d share a few tips on how to video the action with a  GoPro We’ll make thi

Timelapse videos are popular subjects to shoot because of their ability to show changes that take place slowly over time. One of the great things about the Nikon D850 is how easy it is to capture a timelapse video. In fact, there are two ways in which you can capture a timelapse wit

The DJI Mavic Air made headlines when announced because of its compact design. Clever engineering allows you to fold the propellers into drone’s body for portability. But as we’ve heard from some readers, how to unfold the DJI Mavic Air and fold it back again isn’t as obvious as it

Tonight, Wednesday 31st January, we will experience a once-in-a-lifetime event – the collision of three lunar sights in the form of a ‘Super Blue Blood Moon’. The ‘Blue Moon’ is the rare moment when a second full moon appears during one calendar month, and a ‘Super moon’ is when the

What is display calibration? Hardware calibration for your display is the single most important step in your colour managed workflow, and nothing will really make sense without it because everything you view and edit would essentially become guesswork. The tool we use for this purpo

In this feature, I’m going to look at how to get started with video. Nothing fancy but enough for anyone with a camera, phone or other video-enabled device to get started and capture something decent. Be it camera or phone, video is now a significant feature and although it ca

If you’ve always admired landscape images with blurred streaks of cloud in the sky or seascapes with billowing, soft water, but never had a go at producing one yourself, it’s not as daunting as you might think. Daytime long exposure techniques can add a real sense of dr

Printer Calibration To ensure consistent colour as we move images through our colour managed workflow, every stage requires calibration and profiling. Printing is no different, however the printer effectively self-calibrates when switched on. The big variable is the choice of paper

Many photographers dream of being a professional landscape photographer, but delivering first-rate images day after day is a significant challenge. While this might daunt many people, it’s something that Matt Pinner relishes. He’s constantly trying to evolve his photogra