Photographing

Master the fundamentals of photography, including exposure, composition, and working with light to capture great images.

Getting started with Photographing

  • How to Use Focal Length to Compress Elements in a Photograph

    How to Use Focal Length to Compress Elements in a Photograph

    Marie Gardiner
  • A Photographer's Guide to Light: Noticing Diffuse Reflection

    A Photographer's Guide to Light: Noticing Diffuse Reflection

    Marie Gardiner
  • How to Adjust the Shadows in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

    How to Adjust the Shadows in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

    Jamie Evan
  • All Photographing tutorials:

    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. What We Expect to See: When to Crop Limbs in a Portrait

      What We Expect to See: When to Crop Limbs in a Portrait

      Tutorial Beginner

      Deciding where to crop a portrait can be a challenge. This quick tip explains how we see and how those principles can help us make good cropping decisions.

    3. 5 Essential Projects To Get You Started as a Weekend Filmmaker

      5 Essential Projects To Get You Started as a Weekend Filmmaker

      Tutorial Beginner

      You've heard the advice many times: forget the excuses, just go out and shoot! It's the only way to learn! Sounds great! But what to shoot? Many filmmakers...

    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. 3 Street Photography Tips for Capturing the Decisive Moment

      3 Street Photography Tips for Capturing the Decisive Moment

      Tutorial Beginner

      Speed is the essence with street photography. You have to shoot from the hip if you want to catch the action. Here are three tips to help you to capture the...

    7. Sight Lines and Framing for Dynamic Video Composition

      Sight Lines and Framing for Dynamic Video Composition

      Tutorial Beginner

      Get your subjects eyelines right and camera positioning becomes simple. This video tutorial will show you how to split the frame into thirds, in your...

    8. 3 Natural Portraits With Window Light

      3 Natural Portraits With Window Light

      Tutorial Beginner

      Photographing portraits with available light has many advantages. In this tutorial, we'll explore one of the best ways to photograph with available light:...

    9. 6 Creative Ways to Shoot Portraits in a Tunnel

      6 Creative Ways to Shoot Portraits in a Tunnel

      Tutorial Beginner

      Tunnels are great landscape features with a lot of photographic potential. In this tutorial, you'll learn different ways to take advantage of this setting...

    10. Hot Pictures: Better White Balance With the Kelvin System

      Hot Pictures: Better White Balance With the Kelvin System

      Tutorial Beginner

      Photographers know "Kelvin" as the system of arbitrary numbers we change in camera to correct our white balance. In this article, you'll find out what it all...

    11. Creative Aspect Ratio Techniques

      Creative Aspect Ratio Techniques

      Tutorial Intermediate

      In this tutorial, you discover why certain aspect ratios work well and how to shoot for a particular framing style.

    12. Quick Tip: How to Take Great Portrait Photos at Night

      Quick Tip: How to Take Great Portrait Photos at Night

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Through my career as a photographer, I've been to many strange places at even stranger hours of the night—or should I say morning? In this tutorial, I'm...