About Take Better Shots

Take Better Shots is a photography education site built around one idea: photography is a skill, and skills can be learned. We’ve been publishing tutorials, gear breakdowns, and creative thinking on the craft since 2017.

Our goal is to take the intimidation out of learning photography. The technical stuff — aperture, shutter speed, ISO, composition, light — isn’t complicated once it’s explained in plain language with real examples. The creative side isn’t mysterious once you’ve shot for a while and built the habit. We aim to be the resource that helps with both.

What you’ll find here

  • Tutorials on photographic technique — exposure, composition, light, focus, and storytelling. Beginner-friendly without being condescending.
  • Gear reviews and buyer’s guides that we update as the market shifts. We focus on what genuinely helps a photographer improve, not what costs the most.
  • Genre deep-dives: landscape, portrait, street, wedding, macro, real estate — each with its own challenges and rewards.
  • The mindset side of photography: dealing with creative block, building confidence, and shooting consistently over years rather than days.

Who’s behind it

Take Better Shots is written by a small group of photographers and educators. Our managing editor is Monica Radulescu, who has written the majority of our tutorial content on composition, light, and creative practice. Bryan Elliott runs the site and contributes gear and technical coverage. We also publish work from guest contributors who bring expertise in specific genres.

Editorial decisions are made by humans who care about photography — not by AI content generators. We’re not a hub of recycled press releases; every post is read, edited, and stands on its own as something worth your time.

How we make money

Some posts on this site contain affiliate links to camera retailers like Amazon, B&H, and Adorama. If you buy through them we may earn a small commission, at no additional cost to you. Affiliate revenue keeps the site online; it does not influence our recommendations. We only link to gear we’d recommend regardless of whether it pays a commission, and we’ll happily tell you when a less-expensive option is the smarter buy.

Get in touch

Have a question, a topic request, or want to contribute? Email us at hello [at] takebettershots.com. We read everything, though it sometimes takes us a while to reply.

Thanks for reading. Now go make a photo.