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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    1. 5 Smart Ways to Use Your iPhone in the Photo Studio

      5 Smart Ways to Use Your iPhone in the Photo Studio

      Tutorial Intermediate

      The iPhone isn't just a great camera. It's also a versatile tool that can be used by photographers in many different ways. In this article I look at some of...

    2. How To Use Your iPhone Like A Pro Video Camera

      How To Use Your iPhone Like A Pro Video Camera

      Tutorial Intermediate

      It's easy to take great photos with your iPhone. Taking great video is much more challenging. In this tutorial I look at a few ways you can get the highest...

    3. Choosing Progressive Versus Interlaced Video Recording

      Choosing Progressive Versus Interlaced Video Recording

      Tutorial Intermediate

      It's sometimes hard to know whether it's best to shoot in a progressive or interlaced format when it comes to filming. This tutorial will give you a brief...

    4. 5 Tools to Create and Share Studio Lighting Diagrams

      5 Tools to Create and Share Studio Lighting Diagrams

      Tutorial Beginner

      Photographers working with artificial lighting are always asked about their setups, and sometimes they have a hard time explaining how they positioned their...

    5. How to Photograph an Eclipse

      How to Photograph an Eclipse

      Tutorial Beginner

      This week there's an eclipse visible from the UK and Ireland and I plan to photograph it. Here's how you can too!

    6. Back-Button Focusing: How to Use Full Auto and Full Manual Controls at the Same Time

      Back-Button Focusing: How to Use Full Auto and Full Manual Controls at the Same Time

      Tutorial Beginner

      With most cameras, you depress the shutter button half way to focus and then to actually take the picture the button is pressed the entire way. With back...

    7. The Photographer's Go Bag: Building Your Everyday, Everywhere Camera Kit

      The Photographer's Go Bag: Building Your Everyday, Everywhere Camera Kit

      Tutorial Beginner

      Make sure you're always prepared by keeping some gear ready to go. Advice on bags, lenses, flashes, filters, and various other things you should make sure to...

    8. Introduction to LED Panels for Photography and Video

      Introduction to LED Panels for Photography and Video

      Tutorial Beginner

      After a recent article centered on the use of cheap LED bulbs for Photography and Video, it makes complete sense to look at LED panels used in the same...

    9. Trigger Time: Intervalometer Basics for Time-Lapse and Long Exposures

      Trigger Time: Intervalometer Basics for Time-Lapse and Long Exposures

      Tutorial Beginner

      An intervalometer, or remote timer, is basically a way to take a sequence of many photographs automatically. You sometimes find this feature in your camera...

    10. Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

      Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

      Tutorial Beginner

      A simple three-point light kit is the most popular lighting setup for creative professionals of all fields. Learn the basics of how to use three point...

    11. A Guide to Using Consumer LED Bulbs for Photography and Video

      A Guide to Using Consumer LED Bulbs for Photography and Video

      Tutorial Beginner

      LED lights are rapidly being adopted and will become mainstream in households, meaning you are going to use LEDs for your indoor photography and videography....

    12. Radio Triggers for All! Take Creative Control of Your Lighting

      Radio Triggers for All! Take Creative Control of Your Lighting

      Tutorial Beginner

      If you're just starting out with flash photography and you want to up your game, the fastest and easiest way to improve your lighting is to move your flash...