Probably 90% of all photos taken are shot from eye level. There are lots of good reasons to choose a low or high shooting angle. Follow our guide to varying viewpoints for tips on viewpoints to shoot low and how to utilise viewpoint to photograph from up high.
The large majority of all photos taken are shot from eye level. There’s…
Lines are capable of leading the viewer’s eye through the frame in different directions, usually either towards or away from a point of interest. Here’s our guide to photographing with leading lines.
Leading Lines
Lines are capable of leading the viewer’s eye through the frame in different directions, usually either towards or away from a point of interest. Here’s our guide to…
A selection of useful tips to help you create perfect pictures that capture the joys of travel photography.
If you’re planning a trip abroad with your camera, keep the following tips in mind while you’re shooting and you’ll return home with some stunning images and interesting travel photography tales.
Explore
When you arrive, explore the area first. If you’re in a major city…
John Freeman explains the techniques he employed to convey the colour, flavour and energy of the Rio Carnival and shares his tips for shooting low-light action.
Carnivals take place in many cities and although they can all be colourful and spectacular, together with their own characteristics, none can compete in sheer scale and numbers to Rio Carnival, the annual celebration in…
As New Order once observed, the world’s in motion, so why not convey that in your pictures? Niall Benvie shares his creative blur techniques to teach you how to shoot subjects in motion.
The more detail our cameras are able to resolve, the greater our appetite, it seems, for ‘creative blur’. When I helped to judge an international nature photo competition…
Looking for inspiration this summer? There’s a whole world of photo opportunities on your doorstep, from modern design masterpieces to ancient mounds. Read our guide to the best of the British Heritage photography opportunities.
For such a small island we have a wealth of heritage dotted across Britain so, wherever you are in the country, there is bound to be a…
Most cameras will provide you with a choice of exposure modes for your metering as, although the system is clever enough to work out how to expose the image, it cannot predict if you want to get creative with your exposure or bring detail out of certain areas. Our metering guide will help explain the various metering systems.
Metering is something…
Pro landscape snapper and ND addict Jeremy Walker explains why you need Neutral Density filters.
Welcome to the mysterious world of Neutral Density filters, a land of black magic and alchemy, combinations, improbable mathematical formulae; a land with a language all of its own: NDs, Grads, Big Stoppers, Hard and Soft edges, point threes, sixes or nines, and so the list…
There are various camera viewing options which enable you to view the scene you’re photographing and compose your picture as you want. We explain the different camera viewing options available from LCD displays to viewfinders.
The LCD screen
One of the primary camera viewing options, all digital cameras have an LCD screen to review your pictures – on compacts they’re also usually…
Modern focusing systems are very sophisticated and there are lots of options to fine-tune it to suit your situation. Read on for our in-depth guide to focusing your camera.
For a subject to be recorded clearly, the camera’s lens needs to focus on it, and to do that the camera needs to know how far away it is. And in order…
What is focal length? It’s the lens that determines how much of the scene you see in your viewfinder, and ensures that it is recorded in sharp focus. Here’s our guide on all you need to know on focal length.
Focal length
Different lenses produce differing angles of view. Some lenses show a wide area of a view (wideangle), others a narrower…
If you’re interested in travel photography and planning to visit a far-flung land, then read our essential tips for capturing travel photography images to remember. Tim Daly looks at the lay of the land.
They do say that travel broadens the mind, and it can certainly broaden your photographic experience. Sharing your holiday experiences with friends and family by showing them…
Your digital camera will offer a selection of shutter release modes, which determine the timing of the picture being taken. Here we look at how to make use of these shutter release modes to always ensure the perfect shot.
In normal use you press the shutter button, the camera takes a picture, you press it again and it takes another one.…
The aperture, or ‘f-stop’, is the hole in your lens and does more than control how much light comes into the camera. We explain how adjusting your camera’s aperture affects your image.
Cameras use two main methods to control the amount of light reaching the sensor. While the shutter speed determines the duration of time that the sensor is exposed to…
Too much or too little light and your subject will be too dark or too light. Luckily your camera has a high-tech metering system, here’s everything you need to know to master your camera’s exposure and metering settings.
Photographs are made of light, and to be successful the sensor must receive the right amount of it. Too much or too little…
