Photographing

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

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  • 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 content:

    1. 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...

    2. 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...

    3. 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...

    4. 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...

    5. Shooting a Surprise Proposal

      Shooting a Surprise Proposal

      Tutorial Intermediate

      A few weeks ago I was called upon by an old friend to shoot him proposing to his girlfriend at an out-of-town location I had never been to before. It was a...

    6. Shooting a Sunset Wedding on a Hot Air Balloon

      Shooting a Sunset Wedding on a Hot Air Balloon

      Tutorial Intermediate

      As a wedding photographer, you only have one chance for every moment. We all have to handle curveballs on the big day from the florist running late to the...

    7. Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment

      Micro Macro: Low Power Microscopy Without Lab Equipment

      Tutorial Intermediate

      When pursuing macro photography, there's always the urge to probe deeper, get closer. We want to marvel at the infinite layers of detail offered by the world...

    8. Getting Great Skin Without Photoshop

      Getting Great Skin Without Photoshop

      Tutorial Intermediate

      Whenever photographers hear “flawless skin,” they immediate think of Photoshop, assuming that is the only path to pleasant skin texture and tones. Of course,...

    9. Creating a Richard Avedon Inspired Portrait with Film

      Creating a Richard Avedon Inspired Portrait with Film

      Tutorial Advanced

      I think every modern portrait photographer owes something to Richard Avedon. In the second half of the 20th century, he dominated the field. With an eye...

    10. Load Your Canon with Presets and Nail Your Favorite Settings in Seconds

      Load Your Canon with Presets and Nail Your Favorite Settings in Seconds

      Tutorial Beginner

      With the vast amount of options available to DSLR users, it can be confusing and time-consuming to select all the relevant settings to get the shots that you...

    11. Documenting a Birth Story from Beginning to End

      Documenting a Birth Story from Beginning to End

      Tutorial Advanced

      Being invited to document a birth story is exciting, despite the long day. Whether you are a hired photographer or a close family friend, knowing as much as...

    12. Creating Realistic Composites, Part 1: Shooting on a Green Screen

      Creating Realistic Composites, Part 1: Shooting on a Green Screen

      Tutorial Advanced

      From the incredible imaginations of sci-fi movie directors to the impactful stills of photographers like Joel Grimes, composite imaging is used for making...