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. Creating a Meaningful Photo Essay of a Marathon

      Creating a Meaningful Photo Essay of a Marathon

      Tutorial Intermediate

      When you work for a daily newspaper or shoot for an organization that covers a lot of the same types of events, your images can begin to look the same and...

    2. How to Shoot Images for a Stop Motion Animated GIF

      How to Shoot Images for a Stop Motion Animated GIF

      Tutorial Intermediate

      GIFs have a bit of a low brow reputation from being deployed on silly websites in the 90s, but they can be used for more sophisticated purposes. Our GIF will...

    3. Capturing Masterful, Modern Headshots

      Capturing Masterful, Modern Headshots

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Headshot photography is hard work, and there is a reason why celebrities, actors, politicians and business people will pay hundreds, if not thousands, of...

    4. Wine Product Shoot: Conceptualising a Portfolio Project

      Wine Product Shoot: Conceptualising a Portfolio Project

      Tutorial Advanced

      A couple of weeks ago I was looking at a wine bottle on the dining table and wondered about photographing it. I forgot about that until last week or so when...

    5. Creating an Editorial Portrait of an Artist

      Creating an Editorial Portrait of an Artist

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Shooting a portrait of an artist has been a common assignment in photography classes for decades. It's also a common task for editorial photographers. I...

    6. 10 Successful Steps Every Concept Shoot Needs

      10 Successful Steps Every Concept Shoot Needs

      Tutorial Advanced

      Creating your own shoot is beneficial for several reasons. You'll have the ability to be the creative director and to challenge yourself to build your...

    7. A Guide to Making Better Photos With Natural Light

      A Guide to Making Better Photos With Natural Light

      Tutorial Beginner

      Photography depends on the available light, and natural light is the more common form of light photographers use. Learn to get the most out of natural light...

    8. Creating a Hip Hop Stage in the Studio

      Creating a Hip Hop Stage in the Studio

      Tutorial Beginner

      Part of having a studio space, whether that's a spare bedroom or an industrial warehouse, is the ability to create the illusion of location, whether through...

    9. Taking Your First Steps With Product Photography

      Taking Your First Steps With Product Photography

      Tutorial Intermediate

      From the outside, product photography seems like fairly standard photographic practice. But I recently asked a friend who works for an e-commerce company...

    10. Quick Tip: Use Your Camera's Custom Modes for Better Quality HDR

      Quick Tip: Use Your Camera's Custom Modes for Better Quality HDR

      Tutorial Intermediate

      It's fairly well known that the more close-together exposures you can supply a tonemapping algorithm, the better the final output will be. You'll get more...

    11. Shooting Portraiture at Night: A Practical Tale

      Shooting Portraiture at Night: A Practical Tale

      Tutorial Intermediate

      I love night shooting and night photography. I think it's the ambience that comes from a dark blue environment dotted with yellow-orange lighting. It's like...

    12. Shooting a Red Hot Chili Pepper: Flaming Food Photography

      Shooting a Red Hot Chili Pepper: Flaming Food Photography

      Tutorial Advanced

      In this tutorial, I'll show you how to do some commercial food photography and set it on fire! I'm going to take you through a step-by-step process of food...