By using the lens’s widest aperture you can greatly enhance your photographs, from portraits to still lifes. Read on for John Freeman’s guide to shallow depth of field.
We’ve all seen those pictures where only a thin sliver of the image is in sharp focus, while everything else, whether in front or slightly behind the focal point, drifts into a blur.…
Just because we are surrounded by a world of colour it doesn’t mean our photographs are going to express the scene as our eyes first saw it. Read on for John Freeman’s guide to colour.
Saturation
Good colour pictures can be found in situations where the camera is often put away. When we are about to take our shots, we always consider…
As the nights get lighter and the temperatures begin to warm, check out our ten top summer photography tips for some inspiration and guidance on how to take great summer shots.
1. Summer Photography Tips – Aerial Photography
Summer is a time for all manner of aerial goings on, from air shows to balloon festivals, and they’re great subjects for photography. Make…
We look back at the annual Travel Photographer of the Year contest to glean a selection of tips and ideas on how to take better shots and improve our travel photography skills.
The annual Travel Photographer of the Year competition is one of the highlights of the photography calendar and should be essential viewing for anyone interested in travel photography.
Looking back…
The pairing of shutter speed and aperture is fundamental to photography. The latter primarily controls depth of field, while the former can transform an image…
The relationship between shutter speed and aperture is the basis to the understanding of exposure and photography on the whole. While the latter primarily controls depth of field, the former can transform images with presence of…
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…
