While light is critical to all areas of photography, it has its greatest impact in nature photos, especially when photographing landscapes.
Close-up and macro photography
How to capture high quality close-up and macro photos – tips and advice on depth of field, focus stacking, macro lighting, exposure, and selecting the right camera and lens gear.
Portraiture lighting, focus and exposure tips
When shooting a portrait, you are effectively translating a three-dimensional face into a flat plane of space. Positioning the camera in a way that complements the subject’s features and using appropriate camera and lens settings play key roles in the success of a good portrait.
Lens accessories
A run-down of the main accessories for lenses, including hoods, filters, adapters and ring lights.
Wide angle lenses
Buying and shooting tips for different types of wide angle lenses.
Telephoto and super-telephoto lens tips
Extended-range zoom lenses, popular telephoto ranges, teleconverters, and telephoto lens buying and shooting tips. By Margaret Brown.
Camera settings for video
Camera setting tips for creative, high quality video recordings.
Candid and street portraits
While everybody knows what candid photos are – and most of us have been subjects of them in one way or another – few people fully understand the exact nature of this diverse genre and even fewer are really proficient at taking candid shots.
Time-lapse and interval recording
How to create a video that shows processes that normally wouldn’t be visible in real time, like flowers opening or stars moving across the sky.
Cameras and lenses for portraiture
Different types of portraiture have slightly different equipment requirements.
