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. 5 Amazing Assets to Add Lovely Light to Your Photographs

      5 Amazing Assets to Add Lovely Light to Your Photographs

      Tutorial Beginner

      Get beautifully lit photographs by trying our top tips coupled with some of our favourite presets from Envato Elements.

    2. The Portrait Photographer's Quick-ish Guide to Studio Lighting Ratios

      The Portrait Photographer's Quick-ish Guide to Studio Lighting Ratios

      Tutorial Beginner

      It’s easy to know good natural light when you see it, but artificial light requires command and control to create the look you want. Learn how in this quick...

    3. How to Build a Film Style Look in Adobe Lightroom

      How to Build a Film Style Look in Adobe Lightroom

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn the magic combination of sliders and settings in Adobe Lightroom to take your images back in time.

    4. How to Make Great Landscape Photographs With Your Smartphone

      How to Make Great Landscape Photographs With Your Smartphone

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial, learn how to make the most of your smartphone’s camera for shooting landscapes: Most of us have our mobile phone with us when we’re out and...

    5. How to Use Lens Compression to Create Better Photographic Compositions

      How to Use Lens Compression to Create Better Photographic Compositions

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn more about using longer focal length lenses to create compression between the subject and background.

    6. How to Choose the Best Lens to Use for Portrait Photography

      How to Choose the Best Lens to Use for Portrait Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn more about what matters when it comes to choosing the right camera lens for portrait photography.

    7. How to Use a Telephoto Lens (to Photograph Far-Away Things Nicely)

      How to Use a Telephoto Lens (to Photograph Far-Away Things Nicely)

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn more about using a telephoto camera lens to create more reach and background compression.

    8. How to Choose the Best Video Camera for Your Trip

      How to Choose the Best Video Camera for Your Trip

      Tutorial Beginner

      Video can take you to the heart of the action and make your audience feel like they're there themselves, but it can also get in the way of your adventure. In...

    9. When and How to Use Wide Angle Zoom Lenses

      When and How to Use Wide Angle Zoom Lenses

      Tutorial Beginner

      Going wide can help put your viewer in the midst of a scene; learn more with this quick lesson.

    10. How to Create Your Own Diffusion Panel for Clean and Simple Video Lighting

      How to Create Your Own Diffusion Panel for Clean and Simple Video Lighting

      Tutorial Beginner

      As a filmmaker, you know how important it is to get your lighting right, but this can only really come from a good understanding of how light works. Knowing...

    11. Setting the Standard: What's a Standard Zoom Lens?

      Setting the Standard: What's a Standard Zoom Lens?

      Tutorial Beginner

      Learn more about the benefits and limitations of the standard zoom lens in this video lesson.

    12. How to Use the Sun for Soft and Flattering Outdoor Video Lighting

      How to Use the Sun for Soft and Flattering Outdoor Video Lighting

      Tutorial Beginner

      Diffusing light can let just enough in to soften the light and make it useable. In this lesson we’ll cover how and when to use a diffuser: light when your...