Wildlife


Top tips for how to shoot floral still-lifes

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Do you aspire to take stunning flower photographs? Professional botanical photographer Emma Peios shares a few tips for how to shoot floral still-lifes.

1. Natural light
If you don’t have studio lighting when shooting floral still-lifes, natural daylight can be just as effective. Try to find the biggest window in your house and consider the direction that the window faces. For example,…

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is always one of the highlights of the photographic year. Here’s a selection the 2009 winners…

Now in its 45th year, the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is very much the Oscars equivalent within the world of wildlife photography and, as such, has always attracted huge numbers of entries from amateur and…

Top tips for photographing cats and dogs

pets dog tips

In our top tips for photographing cats and dogs we show you how to get the best pet portraits in your own home…

Photographing pets: pet photography tips and tricks

Pet photography guide

Our guide to photographing pets tells you all you need to know for great pet photography. Including camera setting, equipment, framing and getting the final shot…

Bird photography: How to photograph garden birds

How to photograph garden birds - a Grey Wagtail

It’s easy to get fantastic pictures of the birds in your garden, we tells you how, and what kit to use…

How to photograph zoos

How to photograph zoos

We show you how to photograph zoos using just a digital SLR with a long zoom lens, and lots of patience, followed by some careful post-production work in Photoshop….

5 top tips for successful zoo photography

Follow our zoo photography top tips to achieve great zoo pictures. Including advice on lenses, viewpoints and backgrounds…