Photographing

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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. Step By Step: Shooting the Perfect Model Head Shot

      Step By Step: Shooting the Perfect Model Head Shot

      Tutorial • Advanced

      Like making a perfect omelette, taking a perfect head shot for a modeling portfolio is a simple process. Yet, it's all the small details that go into the...

    2. Quick Tip: Top Tips for Pet Photography

      Quick Tip: Top Tips for Pet Photography

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Pet photography is very similar to photographing children - it's difficult to coax and encourage them into the perfect composition. But when you get it...

    3. 12 Tips & Tricks for Shooting Great Textures (And a Free Texture Pack!)

      12 Tips & Tricks for Shooting Great Textures (And a Free Texture Pack!)

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      In this tutorial, I am going to share twelve useful tips & tricks that will help you to shoot great textures. I have been photographing textures for...

    4. How To Photograph Beautiful Wildflowers

      How To Photograph Beautiful Wildflowers

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Wildflowers display some of the most brilliant colors found in nature. This often makes them difficult to photograph, but this tutorial will guide you...

    5. Achieving Better Focus and Sharpness in Your Images

      Achieving Better Focus and Sharpness in Your Images

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      The most common complaints I hear from most photographers of any experience level are "My images aren't sharp" and "I can't get my focus to lock." Most want...

    6. The Magic of Wide Apertures: Technique, Lenses & Settings

      The Magic of Wide Apertures: Technique, Lenses & Settings

      Tutorial • Beginner

      You've probably seen plenty photos taken with wide apertures (we've written about this technique before on Phototuts+). They are easy to recognise because of...

    7. The Art of the Detail Shot: Capturing Beautiful Detail Photographs

      The Art of the Detail Shot: Capturing Beautiful Detail Photographs

      Tutorial • Beginner

      One of the things that makes photography a successful art form is that it can show a viewer things in a different way. As photographers, we notice small...

    8. Step By Step: Taking Beautiful High Key Photos of Flowers

      Step By Step: Taking Beautiful High Key Photos of Flowers

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Flowers are a beautiful and popular subject, but taking photos of them outdoors is often a frustrating process. You have to wait until the flowers are in...

    9. Concert & Gig Photography: Everything You Need to Know

      Concert & Gig Photography: Everything You Need to Know

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Like most people, I've listened to music my whole life - certain events even seem to have their own soundtrack! As I've grown up, I've decided that music,...

    10. The Ins and Outs of Street Photography: 10 Simple Steps

      The Ins and Outs of Street Photography: 10 Simple Steps

      Tutorial • Beginner

      Street photography emerged in the late 20th Century as a means for capturing everyday life, for documenting social activity, and to "hold a mirror up to...

    11. The Complete Handheld Lightmeter Guide

      The Complete Handheld Lightmeter Guide

      Tutorial • Advanced

      Almost every modern camera currently being produced has a lightmeter built into it. It's the device that measures the exposure, and allows for accurate...

    12. How to Choose Your Best Photo in a Series - Every Time

      How to Choose Your Best Photo in a Series - Every Time

      Tutorial • Intermediate

      Twice a month we revisit some of our reader favorite posts from throughout the history of Phototuts+. This tutorial was first published in August, 2009. ...

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