The first love of a photographer should be the subject matter. Then, you can focus on getting the gear that will help you take amazing photos of your chosen subject matter. Please don’t do the other way around because each photography genre has its particularities and works better with specific lenses and gear. Landscape photography is among the most permissive …
Cull Your Images
The first advice you get as a novice photographer is to take multiple photos of the same scene. You can always cull your images in post. Photography captures moments, and you have only one chance to do it. You can’t turn back time to take another shot. When the photo session is over, you only have the photos saved on …
Speed Up Your Editing Workflow
Editing Workflow is an important step in creating amazing photos, but photographers prefer to take photos, not edit them. Although photo editors tempt you with ingenious features, there are some tricks to help you speed up your editing workflow. Whether you use a complex photo editor like Photoshop, one dedicated to photography like Capture One, or a free web-based photo …
Mother’s Day Photography Inspiration
The second Sunday of May is dedicated to the maternal figures in our lives. Mother’s Day reminds us to love and appreciate the person who loves us the most and always by our side. Because love and memories go well together, Mother’s Day is also an occasion to take many pictures. Whether you’re a professional photographer who offers Mother’s Day …
What is a Focal Point and How to Choose it
If you’ve just started to learn photography, you probably heard that a great photo has a strong focal point and a well-balanced composition. These requirements aren’t hard to achieve but can be hard to notice at the beginning. It would help if you learned to deconstruct the scene you want to photograph into visual elements and understand their relationships. But …
How to Photograph Wildflowers
Wildflowers are far more difficult to photograph than the flowers you find in gardens and parks. They grow in remote places and require you to adventure by foot, carrying your gear with you. Wildflowers are also smaller and have a shorter blossoming season than other flowers. You need to know how to take good photographs in natural light conditions, check …
Four Photo Editing Steps to Fix Your Photos
With so many photo editors and filters at hand, it’s easy to fix your photos or produce amazing artworks. However, it’s also easy to overdo it and process your images too much. If you photograph the real world and want natural-looking images, photo editing should be subtle and honest. Focus on getting the right exposure, a well-balanced composition, accurate colors, …
Create Sharp Photos with Focus Stacking
There are times in a photographer’s life when lighting conditions, gear, and camera–subject positioning don’t align the way the photographer wants and a shallow depth of field is impossible to avoid. You have to choose between sacrificing your composition and rethinking the frame or finding a way to extend the depth of the field. The good news is there is …
How to Deal with Photographer’s Block
Photographer’s Block
How to Use Analogous Colors in Photography
Thanks to Sir Isaac Newton, we can interpret the relations between colors using the color wheel. The color wheel is a circular representation of the visible spectrum, and it helps us choose colors to create contrast or, on the contrary, create a subtle palette. Analogous colors are sets of colors situated next to each other on the color wheel. Between …