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 …
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 …
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 …
Create Amazing Composition Using Unusual Angles
Learning to use composition techniques is the basis of photography. Rules teach you to observe and decompose the space you photograph. They help you understand the transition from a 3D space to a 2D photo and compose using lines, shapes, colors, and concepts. However, respecting the rules doesn’t mean that all your photos should be taken while standing, from your …
How to Take Good Pictures without a Flash
There are times when you don’t even think about using a flash and times when you can’t do anything without it. But there are also times when you don’t want to use a flash, such as portraits or animal pictures. And there are also times when a flash will be useless, as is the case with landscape and wide-angle photographs. …
Tips for Close-up Photography
Variety is key when you want great photos. As most photographers, you’ve chosen your preferred photographic genre and subject matters and is little you can change here. But you can change the way you frame your images and present your subject matter from a unique perspective. One way to create more exciting compositions is close-up photography. If you look at …
Photographing Winter Colors
Winter is associated with a limited color palette featuring shades of brown, gray, and low saturated green and blue. Snow usually makes things better but what if you aren’t lucky enough to live in an idyllic place and benefit from snowy winters? How can you photograph wet and foggy cities that lack color and personality? How can you present in …
How to Create a Powerful Photo Series
Photographing everything you like and want to share with your public is a great way to acquire technical and compositional skills. Diversity is good especially when you target commercial photography. However, when you find your inner voice as a photographer and focus on a limited range of subject matters, you need to learn how to present your portfolio cohesively and …