Photo Equipment

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

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  • 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
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    1. Make Your Own Camera Bag

      Make Your Own Camera Bag

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this quick tip, I'll show you how to make your own padded camera bag for a fraction of the price of a store-bought one.

    2. Scanography: Cameraless Pictures With Your Scanner

      Scanography: Cameraless Pictures With Your Scanner

      Tutorial Beginner

      Scanner art, or scanography, is a fun and ethereal method of creating photograph-like art with your scanner.

    3. 10 Tips on How to Photograph a Business Conference

      10 Tips on How to Photograph a Business Conference

      Tutorial Beginner

      The sound of working a business conference may not fill you with excitement, but if you do it well, they can become a solid line of work and you may even...

    4. Mind the Gaps: Creating Convincing Crowd Scenes

      Mind the Gaps: Creating Convincing Crowd Scenes

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Shooting convincing crowd scenes is difficult when you only have a few actors. This tutorial shows how to create a the appearance of a huge crowd with a...

    5. Ergonomic Principles and Practice for Photographers

      Ergonomic Principles and Practice for Photographers

      Tutorial Beginner

      It’s easy to unintentionally hurt ourselves when photographing and it’s difficult to shoot when hurt. We can prevent injury by changing our posture and how...

    6. Macro Equipment: Getting Started With Close-Up Photography

      Macro Equipment: Getting Started With Close-Up Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      An introduction to popular macro photography methods and choosing lenses for close up photography.

    7. 4 Alternative Camera Strap Systems

      4 Alternative Camera Strap Systems

      Tutorial Beginner

      Aftermarket camera straps have been available for a long time, however, poor quality and unnecessary features have made market options difficult for users...

    8. Create a Surreal Miniature Portrait: The Shoot

      Create a Surreal Miniature Portrait: The Shoot

      Tutorial Advanced

      In this tutorial, you will be learning how to create a surrealistic portrait with extreme proportions. I'll run you through how to setup and capture the...

    9. 10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Camera

      10 Things You Didn't Know About Your Camera

      Tutorial Beginner

      As digital SLR cameras become more and more popular, features that used to reserved for professionals are now available to everyone. More and more technology...

    10. Making Photos That Look Like They Were Shot at Night

      Making Photos That Look Like They Were Shot at Night

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Creating a photo that looks like it was shot at night can be difficult. In this tutorial, we’re going to take a look a creating some images that appear as...

    11. A Quick Start Guide to 6 Specialty Lenses

      A Quick Start Guide to 6 Specialty Lenses

      Tutorial Beginner

      Often, lenses in the photography community are similar in design. Each brand has similar focal length ranges and speeds for their popular lenses (all major...

    12. Using Flashes to Create Light That Looks Natural

      Using Flashes to Create Light That Looks Natural

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Back in college, I was taught there were two ways to light a subject with strobes or flashes. You can make the light part of the story of the image, showing...