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. The Camera's Eye: How Cameras See

      The Camera's Eye: How Cameras See

      Tutorial Beginner

      The camera doesn't'see' the world the same way that the human eye does. Good photographers learn how their cameras 'see' and exploit this to create better...

    2. The Best Way To Learn Sports Photography

      The Best Way To Learn Sports Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      Whether you're a sports fan or not, it's hard to deny the huge popularity of sports in modern culture. In today's tutorial, instead of giving you tips about...

    3. 14 Composition Techniques that Will Instantly Improve Your Photos

      14 Composition Techniques that Will Instantly Improve Your Photos

      Tutorial Beginner

      Understanding composition is something that every photographer should take time to do. Without the need to invest in any expensive equipment, appreciating...

    4. "Exposing to the Right" Exposed as Signal to Noise Ratio

      "Exposing to the Right" Exposed as Signal to Noise Ratio

      Tutorial Beginner

      There's an absorbing debate about 'exposing to the right' going on at The Online Photographer right now (you can read the piece here).

    5. The Art of Using Aspect Ratios in Digital Photography

      The Art of Using Aspect Ratios in Digital Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      There are many facets to the art of composition, but one you may not have thought about much is aspect ratio. Aspect ratio is is a term used to describe the...

    6. Quick Tip: Shooting a Classic Creepy Halloween Photo

      Quick Tip: Shooting a Classic Creepy Halloween Photo

      Tutorial Intermediate

      I was recently sent to an assignment at a local haunted house attraction called The Dent Schoolhouse for the annual Halloween issue of the newspaper I work...

    7. A Ten Step Guide for Stepping Up Your Video Skills

      A Ten Step Guide for Stepping Up Your Video Skills

      Tutorial Beginner

      More and more SLR cameras are now being sent of out of the factories with amazing HD video modes. Whereas previously photographers often kept to just...

    8. A Guide to Perfect Portrait Posing and More

      A Guide to Perfect Portrait Posing and More

      Tutorial Beginner

      As an aspiring-to-go-pro photographer or a casual shooter, it's important to understand the basics of portrait photography, whether your posing a spouse,...

    9. Quick Tip: The Rule of Thirds

      Quick Tip: The Rule of Thirds

      Tutorial Beginner

      The Rule of Thirds. What is it? Why is it useful? How does it work? It's probably a term you've heard photographers and artists using, but you've been left...

    10. 10 Tip Guide to Getting Started with Street Portraiture

      10 Tip Guide to Getting Started with Street Portraiture

      Tutorial Beginner

      Have you ever walked down the street, passing strangers who catch your eye. I'm not just talking about checking out attractive members of the public! The...

    11. Quick Tip: Ad Hoc Photography

      Quick Tip: Ad Hoc Photography

      Tutorial Beginner

      Ad Hoc photography is by no means a technical term, and in essence it's probably as far removed from any technical photographic exercises that one could...

    12. 10 Top Terrific Tips on Creating Your First Photobook

      10 Top Terrific Tips on Creating Your First Photobook

      Tutorial Beginner

      In the last few years, it seems that one of the latest photographic fashions has been to creating your own photobook. Now widely available through online...