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. Step By Step: Shooting the Perfect Model Head Shot

      Step By Step: Shooting the Perfect Model Head Shot

      Tutorial Advanced

      Like making a perfect omelette, taking a perfect head shot for a modeling portfolio is a simple process. Yet, it's all the small details that go into the...

    2.  How To Diffuse Your Pop-Up Flash with a Fong Puffer

      How To Diffuse Your Pop-Up Flash with a Fong Puffer

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Don't you just hate that little pop-up flash on your camera? Harsh shadows, blown highlights, ugly photos; no fun at all! If only there were a way to turn...

    3. 12 Tips & Tricks for Shooting Great Textures (And a Free Texture Pack!)

      12 Tips & Tricks for Shooting Great Textures (And a Free Texture Pack!)

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial, I am going to share twelve useful tips & tricks that will help you to shoot great textures. I have been photographing textures for...

    4. The "Oh So Famous" Cereal Box Snoot

      The "Oh So Famous" Cereal Box Snoot

      Tutorial Beginner

      In today's tutorial, we've been given permission to publish a really interesting chapter of a new photography book - Home Studio Photography. It will take...

    5. Achieving Better Focus and Sharpness in Your Images

      Achieving Better Focus and Sharpness in Your Images

      Tutorial Intermediate

      The most common complaints I hear from most photographers of any experience level are "My images aren't sharp" and "I can't get my focus to lock." Most want...

    6. The Magic of Wide Apertures: Technique, Lenses & Settings

      The Magic of Wide Apertures: Technique, Lenses & Settings

      Tutorial Beginner

      You've probably seen plenty photos taken with wide apertures (we've written about this technique before on Phototuts+). They are easy to recognise because of...

    7. The Art of the Detail Shot: Capturing Beautiful Detail Photographs

      The Art of the Detail Shot: Capturing Beautiful Detail Photographs

      Tutorial Beginner

      One of the things that makes photography a successful art form is that it can show a viewer things in a different way. As photographers, we notice small...

    8. Step By Step: Taking Beautiful High Key Photos of Flowers

      Step By Step: Taking Beautiful High Key Photos of Flowers

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Flowers are a beautiful and popular subject, but taking photos of them outdoors is often a frustrating process. You have to wait until the flowers are in...

    9. The Art of Using Backgrounds to Create Moody Photos

      The Art of Using Backgrounds to Create Moody Photos

      Tutorial Beginner

      Sometimes when you're taking a photo, you can be concentrating so much on your subject that you forget about the background. I'm sure you've seen the...

    10. Concert & Gig Photography: Everything You Need to Know

      Concert & Gig Photography: Everything You Need to Know

      Tutorial Beginner

      Like most people, I've listened to music my whole life - certain events even seem to have their own soundtrack! As I've grown up, I've decided that music,...

    11. The Ins and Outs of Street Photography: 10 Simple Steps

      The Ins and Outs of Street Photography: 10 Simple Steps

      Tutorial Beginner

      Street photography emerged in the late 20th Century as a means for capturing everyday life, for documenting social activity, and to "hold a mirror up to...

    12. The Complete Handheld Lightmeter Guide

      The Complete Handheld Lightmeter Guide

      Tutorial Advanced

      Almost every modern camera currently being produced has a lightmeter built into it. It's the device that measures the exposure, and allows for accurate...