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. Capture the Perfect Panning Shot Every Time

      Capture the Perfect Panning Shot Every Time

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this video we will show you a simple camera technique that will add incredible impact to action images. Panning is the technique of capturing moving...

    2. Quick Tip: 3 Reasons Not to Become Attached to One Camera

      Quick Tip: 3 Reasons Not to Become Attached to One Camera

      Tutorial Beginner

      Sticking to one camera and becoming familiar with it's ins and outs may seem like a good idea. You'll soon be an expert with that particular piece of kit,...

    3. How to Perfectly Capture a Plate of Food With Spot Lighting

      How to Perfectly Capture a Plate of Food With Spot Lighting

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Since one of the most important aspects of photography is how to control your lighting, today I'll be explaining how to perfectly light a scene for a warm,...

    4. How, When, and Why to Use a Polarizing Filter

      How, When, and Why to Use a Polarizing Filter

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Polarization filters are specially adapted glass that, when turned at an angle to a light source, will reduce glare from reflected surfaces. The most...

    5. 13 Steps for Shooting the Perfect Water Droplet

      13 Steps for Shooting the Perfect Water Droplet

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Photos of water droplets aren't hard to come by. Flickr is littered with them and although some might look impressive, they all seem to have very similar...

    6. How to Perfectly Capture the Rise of a Full Moon

      How to Perfectly Capture the Rise of a Full Moon

      Tutorial Beginner

      The full moon. Steeped in legend and myth, a full, orange moon rising from the horizon has sparked the imagination of humans for millennia. For...

    7. Achieve Beautiful Landscape Photos with a Neutral Density Filter

      Achieve Beautiful Landscape Photos with a Neutral Density Filter

      Tutorial Beginner

      One of the most useful pieces of kit that you can own is a set of Neutral Density Graduated Filters. They can rescue a landscape image which would otherwise...

    8. The Ultimate Guide to Create Your Own 35mm Pinhole Camera

      The Ultimate Guide to Create Your Own 35mm Pinhole Camera

      Tutorial Beginner

      Why spend $3,000 on the newest and greatest camera when you can make one at home and at the same time participate in a centuries old tradition of image...

    9. Recreating a Professional Studio Lighting Effect

      Recreating a Professional Studio Lighting Effect

      Tutorial Beginner

      There is little doubt that studio photography is very popular - it's just a shame that it is such an expensive hobby! Despite the high costs of a full studio...

    10. Getting Phenomenal Nature Shots With a Wide Angle Lens

      Getting Phenomenal Nature Shots With a Wide Angle Lens

      Tutorial Beginner

      Wide-angle lenses do a number of things very well - one of them is the ability to keep near and far objects in focus, and present the landscape in a striking...

    11. A Beginner's Guide to Lumen Printing

      A Beginner's Guide to Lumen Printing

      Tutorial Beginner

      In this tutorial, I will be introducing an unconventional way of printing known as "lumen printing". "Lumen" is understood as the projection of light...

    12. Taking Amazing Studio Portraits On a Tight Budget

      Taking Amazing Studio Portraits On a Tight Budget

      Tutorial Beginner

      So there I was in my socks, standing on a milk crate with a beautiful half-naked woman lying motionless on a painter's tarp in the middle of by bedroom...