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. How to Make Advanced Shots With a Long Lens

      How to Make Advanced Shots With a Long Lens

      Tutorial Advanced

      The long lens can be used to enhance location shoots, create extreme changes of focus and strengthen your compositions. This lesson includes tips on lighting...

    2. How to Edit Photos With VSCO

      How to Edit Photos With VSCO

      Tutorial Beginner

      As far as mobile apps go, VSCO Cam has it all: a great camera, sophisticated filters and editing options, and social features that allow you to instantly...

    3. What Is Light? A Photographer's Introduction to Lighting Fundamentals

      What Is Light? A Photographer's Introduction to Lighting Fundamentals

      Tutorial Beginner

      Visible light is only a portion of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum. Light is a rather complex subject. Despite this complexity, there are some...

    4. How To Use a Gimbal: Minimize Up and Down Motion

      How To Use a Gimbal: Minimize Up and Down Motion

      Tutorial Beginner

      A gimbal can smoothen your camera's jitters, but it can't hide the up and down motion when you're walking or running. Changing the way you walk is essential...

    5. 10 Top Tips to Get Started with Still Life Photography

      10 Top Tips to Get Started with Still Life Photography

      Tutorial Intermediate

      There aren’t many photographic practices that date back further than still life photography. When photography originated, it was necessary for exposures to...

    6. How To Use a Gimbal: Advanced Shots

      How To Use a Gimbal: Advanced Shots

      Tutorial Beginner

      Once you've mastered the art of walking while shooting with a gimbal, you can create some more interesting shots by simply getting off your feet and onto...

    7. How to Make Cinematic Shots with a Medium Lens

      How to Make Cinematic Shots with a Medium Lens

      Tutorial Beginner

      The medium lens creates shots that look like normal human vision, but when used creativity this can still lead to cinematic imagery.

    8. How to Protect Your Camera Gear While Travelling

      How to Protect Your Camera Gear While Travelling

      Tutorial Beginner

      Travel often involves a camera’s two worst enemies: water and sand. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to protect your gear from the elements.

    9. 8 Tips for Taking Sports Photos Like a Pro

      8 Tips for Taking Sports Photos Like a Pro

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Are you looking to shoot better sports photos, and make an impact? Sports photography presents you with many opportunities to capture dramatic and vivid...

    10. How to Make Advanced Cinematic Shots With a Short Lens

      How to Make Advanced Cinematic Shots With a Short Lens

      Tutorial Advanced

      The short lens isn't just for shooting wide-angles, but for controlling how your video conveys the scale of a scene. Use the short lens to increase speed,...

    11. How to: Edit DSLR RAW Photos With Your Smartphone

      How to: Edit DSLR RAW Photos With Your Smartphone

      Tutorial Intermediate

      It's now possible to shoot RAW images on your DSLR and edit the files with your smartphone. In this tutorial, I outline the workflow I use to achieve it.

    12. How to Make Cinematic Shots With a Wide-Angle Lens

      How to Make Cinematic Shots With a Wide-Angle Lens

      Tutorial Beginner

      When you shoot with a short lens, it affects the way all your video looks. Not only does this lens give you a wide view of the scene, but it changes the...