Creative Trick Photography Tutorials - YouTube

Creative Trick Photography Tutorials - YouTube: ""



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5 Secrets for Successful Family Photo Shoots – PictureCorrect

5 Secrets for Successful Family Photo Shoots – PictureCorrect: "Bring out the best in your subjects and take memorable family portraits with these tips from author and professional photographer Kirk Tuck! Learn even more essential skills for capturing beautiful family portraits in his online Craftsy class, Professional Family Portraits (at no cost)."



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Travel Photography: What Should You Pack? (Video) – PictureCorrect

Travel Photography: What Should You Pack? (Video) – PictureCorrect: "How do you choose which camera gear to bring with you when you travel? Photographer David Hobby packed light on his vacation to Hong Kong.  Here he discusses exactly what he carries in his traveling camera pac"



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How to Create Broad Portrait Lighting in Your Home – PictureCorrect

How to Create Broad Portrait Lighting in Your Home – PictureCorrect: "Family portrait photographers know too well how tricky it can be to create an effective lighting rig at home. Kids move, furniture is everywhere, windows vary in size. This video, hosted by portrait photographer Tamara Lackey, gives a solid overview of what might come up when working from home, and why a broad, basic lighting rig is the best option to cover your bases:"



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How to Simplify and Improve Composition with Normal or Long Lenses

How to Simplify and Improve Composition with Normal or Long Lenses: "A potential issue with wide-angle lenses is that you try to include too much information in the frame. It takes real skill to create a strong composition with lenses that have a wide field-of-view. It is easier with normal and telephoto lenses, because you can utilise their narrow field-of-view to compose strong yet simple images with little in the background to distract the viewer."



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Tips for your Next Adventure Photography Trip

Tips for your Next Adventure Photography Trip: "Many landscape photographers’ love for wilderness, drives them to venture far in search of wild and remote locations. The lure of solitude and unfamiliar scenery motivates many to photograph far off the beaten path. Adventure photography at it’s best."



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Breaking the Rules: Ignoring the Rule of Thirds - Digital Photo Secrets

Breaking the Rules: Ignoring the Rule of Thirds - Digital Photo Secrets: "I’m not going to say, “Rules were meant to be broken”, because everyone already knows that. Besides, it’s such a cliché. So I’ll just say that in photography, the word “rule” doesn’t mean the same thing as at means, say, in politics. Not that it means anything there, either."



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Camera Basics: Exposure Compensation - Digital Photo Secrets

Camera Basics: Exposure Compensation - Digital Photo Secrets: "This topic may sound dry as a bone but exposure compensation is one of those things I wish I had figured out a lot earlier in my photography experience. As a beginner photographer I was just excited to get out and use my camera, so I basically got it out of the box, put it in auto mode, and began taking pictures. That was great for a while but soon I was itching to have more control and use more of its functions. The next step for me was Aperture Priority mode. It allowed me to start taking more control over my camera, without the complexity of Manual Mode."



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Mastering Panning: Photographing Moving Subjects - Digital Photo Secrets

Mastering Panning: Photographing Moving Subjects - Digital Photo Secrets: "I am just going to lay this out there right from the get go: panning is not easy! You must be willing to experiment to master this technique. What is panning, you ask? Well, simply put panning is a technique in which you move your camera along in the same direction and speed as the moving object you are photographing. The result is a relatively clear, focused subject with a blurred background. This is different from simply using a slow shutter speed to create motion blur because the subject itself is in focus. Slow shutter speed is key though, so muster up some patience and read on to find out about this cool technique."



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Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images - Digital Photography School

Stop Taking Pictures, Start Creating Images - Digital Photography School: "There’s one surefire way to start becoming a better photographer. Stop taking pictures.

A picture is what you take when you accidentally mash your hands on the shutter release while your camera sits idle on the living room table. It’s when you bump the camera while it hangs from your shoulder and snap that oddly angled picture of your feet. It’s the photos you took of your friend just because they asked you to. It’s also generally what most of us are shooting the first time we pick up our cameras – myself included."



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