Filters & Accessories

With so many filters and accessories to choose from, how do you select the right ones for your photography? Read our guides to get the answers you need.

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  1. How to Create Natural Looking Makeup for Photography: Men With Darker Skin

    How to Create Natural Looking Makeup for Photography: Men With Darker Skin

    Tutorial Beginner

    In my Makeup Basics for Photo and Video course, I enlisted makeup artist Eva Jewel to show you how to apply natural-looking makeup for a range of different...

  2. DSLR Video in 60 Seconds

    DSLR Video in 60 Seconds

    Tutorial Beginner

    Do you wonder whether to choose a camcorder or DSLR when filming? Maybe a professional camcorder is out of your budget and you're wondering if a DSLR will do...

  3. Five Fantastic Film Cameras for Under $100

    Five Fantastic Film Cameras for Under $100

    Tutorial Beginner

    Film is alive and kicking but to find out just how lively it is, you need a film camera. These fantastic film cameras will get you shooting film without...

  4. A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

    A Beginner's Guide to Shooting Long Exposure Water

    Tutorial Beginner

    We’ve all seen those silky smooth, impressive waterscapes and lusted over the places they were taken. In this tutorial, I’ll take you through how to start...

  5. Visual Storytelling With the 5-Shot Method for Video Sequences

    Visual Storytelling With the 5-Shot Method for Video Sequences

    Tutorial Beginner

    In a film, the visual narrative is a thought process that you construct for the viewer to take them on a journey. Every film, whether it has two sequences or...

  6. How to Use Your Camera's Self-Timer Instead of a Remote Shutter Release

    How to Use Your Camera's Self-Timer Instead of a Remote Shutter Release

    Tutorial Beginner

    Buying a remote shutter release can be expensive or sometimes we just forget to have it with us. This quick is a nifty alternative using your self-timer.

  7. Choosing Progressive Versus Interlaced Video Recording

    Choosing Progressive Versus Interlaced Video Recording

    Tutorial Intermediate

    It's sometimes hard to know whether it's best to shoot in a progressive or interlaced format when it comes to filming. This tutorial will give you a brief...

  8. How to Photograph an Eclipse

    How to Photograph an Eclipse

    Tutorial Beginner

    This week there's an eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland and I plan to photograph it. Here's how you can too!

  9. The DSLR Revolution: No Longer Just About the Camera

    The DSLR Revolution: No Longer Just About the Camera

    Tutorial Beginner

    When the DSLR video camera came along, the dream of making beautiful, cinematic films became an affordable reality. While it's easy to get hung up on the...

  10. Essential Makeup Tips for Every Portrait Photographer

    Essential Makeup Tips for Every Portrait Photographer

    Tutorial Beginner

    Makeup applied well can correct most skin imperfections, saving time in retouching portraits after the shoot. Having a makeup artist on set is ideal, but...

  11. How to Photograph Jewelry

    How to Photograph Jewelry

    Tutorial Beginner

    You might not be invited to shoot jewelry for Christie’s catalogs, but taking pictures of your own jewelry can be a of fun, and a lesson about the way light...

  12. Shooting a Bounty Hunter-Inspired Fashion Portrait

    Shooting a Bounty Hunter-Inspired Fashion Portrait

    Tutorial Advanced

    The American film, Domino starring Keira Knightley, was about a female bounty hunter whose good looks took a backseat to her martial arts skills and the...