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. A Photographer's Guide to Brightness: How to Read Lighting Intensity

      A Photographer's Guide to Brightness: How to Read Lighting Intensity

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you'd like to know more about the essential role that light plays in photography, then you’ll love our course, A Photographer's Guide to Light. In this...

    2. A Photographer's Guide to Light: Noticing Diffuse Reflection

      A Photographer's Guide to Light: Noticing Diffuse Reflection

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn about diffuse reflections and how they work, and then you can then apply that knowledge to create better images.

    3. How to Use Polarised Reflections: A Photographer's Guide to Light

      How to Use Polarised Reflections: A Photographer's Guide to Light

      Tutorial Beginner

      Photons have an electromagnetic field that fluctuates as it moves through space. In this lesson, you’ll find out why that matters to photographers.

    4. A Photographer's Guide to Transmission: Understanding How Light Filters Through

      A Photographer's Guide to Transmission: Understanding How Light Filters Through

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this video tutorial from A Photographer's Guide to Light, you will learn the basics of light transmission.

    5. 4 One-Light Setups: Split, Broad, Short, and Profile Lighting for Portrait Photos

      4 One-Light Setups: Split, Broad, Short, and Profile Lighting for Portrait Photos

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this lesson, you will learn about split, broad, short and profile lighting. You will learn how to use each of these techniques to bring out the best in...

    6. How to Record a Remote Guest Interview Video With Riverside.fm

      How to Record a Remote Guest Interview Video With Riverside.fm

      Tutorial Beginner

      Riverside.fm is a easy-to-use solution for creating podcasts with remote guests. In this tutorial we'll share some tips and tricks to help you and your...

    7. How to Record a Remote Video Podcast with Riverside.fm

      How to Record a Remote Video Podcast with Riverside.fm

      Tutorial Beginner

      Riverside.fm is an easy to use, one stop solution for creating amazing podcasts with remote guests, few technical skills required.

    8. How to Use Portrait Mode to Photograph People Using the iPhone 13

      How to Use Portrait Mode to Photograph People Using the iPhone 13

      Tutorial Beginner

      Easily apply settings on your iPhone camera that will allow you to create the best photos right at the click of the button!

    9. The 5 Basic Elements of Portrait Photography — Quick Start Guide

      The 5 Basic Elements of Portrait Photography — Quick Start Guide

      Tutorial Beginner

      The 5 elements to decide when making portraits are Background, Lighting, Pose, Position of the Camera, Color or Black and White. Learn how in this tutorial.

    10. How to Use 1 Off-Camera Flash to Make 3 Different Portraits

      How to Use 1 Off-Camera Flash to Make 3 Different Portraits

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Learn how to make a headshot, 3/4 length, and full-body portrait using one light in three setups in this photography tutorial from our free course.

    11. How to Take DNG Photos with Open Camera on Android — Free, Open Source App

      How to Take DNG Photos with Open Camera on Android — Free, Open Source App

      Tutorial Beginner

      Open Camera opens up functionality and generally giving you more control over the images you capture. Let’s take a look at some of its main features.

    12. How to Bounce Light into the Shadows in a Portrait Photo Using a Reflector

      How to Bounce Light into the Shadows in a Portrait Photo Using a Reflector

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Learn all about fill light, how it works, and the easiest ways to create and use it: by reflecting it from your main light.