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. How to Perfectly Capture the Rise of a Full Moon

      How to Perfectly Capture the Rise of a Full Moon

      Tutorial Beginner

      The full moon. Steeped in legend and myth, a full, orange moon rising from the horizon has sparked the imagination of humans for millennia. For...

    2. Achieve Beautiful Landscape Photos with a Neutral Density Filter

      Achieve Beautiful Landscape Photos with a Neutral Density Filter

      Tutorial Beginner

      One of the most useful pieces of kit that you can own is a set of Neutral Density Graduated Filters. They can rescue a landscape image which would otherwise...

    3. The Ultimate Guide to Create Your Own 35mm Pinhole Camera

      The Ultimate Guide to Create Your Own 35mm Pinhole Camera

      Tutorial Beginner

      Why spend $3,000 on the newest and greatest camera when you can make one at home and at the same time participate in a centuries old tradition of image...

    4. Recreating a Professional Studio Lighting Effect

      Recreating a Professional Studio Lighting Effect

      Tutorial Beginner

      There is little doubt that studio photography is very popular - it's just a shame that it is such an expensive hobby! Despite the high costs of a full studio...

    5. Getting Phenomenal Nature Shots With a Wide Angle Lens

      Getting Phenomenal Nature Shots With a Wide Angle Lens

      Tutorial Beginner

      Wide-angle lenses do a number of things very well - one of them is the ability to keep near and far objects in focus, and present the landscape in a striking...

    6. A Beginner's Guide to Lumen Printing

      A Beginner's Guide to Lumen Printing

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial, I will be introducing an unconventional way of printing known as "lumen printing". "Lumen" is understood as the projection of light...

    7. Taking Amazing Studio Portraits On a Tight Budget

      Taking Amazing Studio Portraits On a Tight Budget

      Tutorial Beginner

      So there I was in my socks, standing on a milk crate with a beautiful half-naked woman lying motionless on a painter's tarp in the middle of by bedroom...

    8. An Introduction to Photogram/Contact Printing

      An Introduction to Photogram/Contact Printing

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial, I will be going through a black and white printing process that does not require a great deal of equipment, time or money. This process is...

    9. Make Your Subject Stand Out With a Rim Lighting Effect

      Make Your Subject Stand Out With a Rim Lighting Effect

      Tutorial Intermediate

      I have long been a fan of rim lighting and, given the opportunity, would prefer to use it over a single light source. Rim lighting, which is often referred...

    10. Beginner's Guide to Sports Photography

      Beginner's Guide to Sports Photography

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial you will learn the basics of shooting professional sport images - whether at your local high school or a professional sports stadium....

    11. How To Shoot the Perfect Lightning Photograph

      How To Shoot the Perfect Lightning Photograph

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Photographing lightning is a lot of fun, but it can be quite challenging and even dangerous if you do not use a little forethought and planning. This...

    12. 10 Top Tips for the Amateur Wedding Photographer

      10 Top Tips for the Amateur Wedding Photographer

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Wedding photography can be lucrative, fun, and a great way to show off your photography skills. Although the industry is filled with professional wedding...