Photo Equipment

Discover the best photography equipment to achieve better results. Read our guides to the best cameras, lenses, lighting, tripods, filters, and more.

Getting started with Equipment

  • How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    How to Use the BMPCC: Complete Guide to Setup, Filming, and Post-Production

    Marie Gardiner
  • All Equipment tutorials:

    1. Canon and Nikon vs. Everyone Else: Buying Your First DSLR

      Canon and Nikon vs. Everyone Else: Buying Your First DSLR

      Tutorial Beginner

      To the beginner, there's a bewildering array of cameras out there these days. They advertise a multitude of features often wrapped up in technical jargon and...

    2. Five Tips to Improve Your Holga Photography

      Five Tips to Improve Your Holga Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      The Holga is cult camera responsible for some great images. Today, we'll look at five ways to make better pictures with your Holga. We'll take a look at a...

    3. How to Photograph Fabric and Clothes

      How to Photograph Fabric and Clothes

      Tutorial Beginner

      From handmade knits to high end silks, fabrics are all around us. Today, we'll take a look at the techniques needed to photograph them. Your crafting friends...

    4. A Step-by-Step Look at an Outlandish Musician Shoot

      A Step-by-Step Look at an Outlandish Musician Shoot

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Thinking up interesting and engaging ideas for promotional portrait shoots is one of my favourite things. To try to engage the viewer and to represent the...

    5. How to Use Your Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT

      How to Use Your Canon Speedlite 600EX-RT

      Tutorial Beginner

      The introduction of radio for flash triggering in Canon starts with the Speedlite 600EX-RT, a flash that opens new horizons but also forces users to learn a...

    6. Quick Tip: Creating Artificial Bokeh in Your Own Home

      Quick Tip: Creating Artificial Bokeh in Your Own Home

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Bokeh refers to the out-of-focus area of a photograph, usually created by sources of light and color behind the subject. This quick tip will show you...

    7. Photographing Wild Birds in Civilized Places

      Photographing Wild Birds in Civilized Places

      Tutorial Beginner

      Just because hawks and eagles do not abound in your area does not mean you must give up photographing birds. There are lots of species around every home if...

    8. How To Create a DIY Low-Cost Neutral Density Filter

      How To Create a DIY Low-Cost Neutral Density Filter

      Tutorial Beginner

      Neutral density filters are one of my favorite creative tools. With the ability to cut down light and stretch your exposure times for a creative effect,...

    9. Using Light to Shape Landscape Photography

      Using Light to Shape Landscape Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      My favourite landscape images don’t grab my attention purely because of the place they capture, but because of the way in which they are represented in the...

    10. 7 Tips for Shooting from a Helicopter

      7 Tips for Shooting from a Helicopter

      Tutorial Beginner

      I hope you will have the opportunity to shoot photos from a helicopter once in your life. It is a fun and amazing experience, especially for those of us who...

    11. Creating Your Personal Tabletop Studio

      Creating Your Personal Tabletop Studio

      Tutorial Beginner

      The practice of tabletop photography can start with a sheet of paper, some cardboard and window light. But soon you'll want more control in your own little...

    12. Quick Tip: Simple Steps for Avoiding Camera Shake

      Quick Tip: Simple Steps for Avoiding Camera Shake

      Tutorial Beginner

      Camera shake is a problem that all photographers face. Although lots of lenses come with VR (Vibration Reduction) or IS (Image Stabilization) technology, not...