Photography Theory

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  1. When and How to Volunteer Your Time as a Photographer or Videographer

    When and How to Volunteer Your Time as a Photographer or Videographer

    Tutorial • Beginner

    As photographers or videographers, we can often be asked to give our time and expertise for free. Ultimately of course, the decision is yours, but hopefully...

  2. Is Your Photo Practice Ready to Grow? Find Your Cost of Doing Business

    Is Your Photo Practice Ready to Grow? Find Your Cost of Doing Business

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Building a profitable photo or video business can be hard. Before you can price yourself without pulling numbers out of thin air, you have to know what your...

  3. Stuck Indoors? You Can Still Make Great Photos When You Have to Stay Home

    Stuck Indoors? You Can Still Make Great Photos When You Have to Stay Home

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Staying home, either for a day or two or longer periods, does not mean you’ve to give up on photography. There are fantastic photography projects to pursue...

  4. Anything But Neutral: Using Color to Create Emotional Images

    Anything But Neutral: Using Color to Create Emotional Images

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Not every photo has to mirror reality. Sometimes, adding a color cast can change an image's entire mood and tone. Here's everything you need to know about...

  5. 6 Practical Ways to Boost Your Photography Business This Year

    6 Practical Ways to Boost Your Photography Business This Year

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Any one, small change could end up having a significant positive impact on your business. What one thing are you going to do boost your business this year?

  6. James Kerwin, Urban Explorer: Go Slow and Respect Your Subject

    James Kerwin, Urban Explorer: Go Slow and Respect Your Subject

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Urban Exploration, or "urbex" is the investigation of lesser seen or abandoned urban areas. With the accessibility of digital cameras, the urbex movement is...

  7. Better Pictures Through Words: The Lost Art of Photo Field Notes

    Better Pictures Through Words: The Lost Art of Photo Field Notes

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Although a picture can say a thousand words, photographers have discovered that taking notes helps them to create better photos. We look at the evolution of...

  8. Second Camera: A Photographer's Guide to Working in a Team

    Second Camera: A Photographer's Guide to Working in a Team

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Being a secondary photographer at a wedding is a great way to build your portfolio, network, make some money, and work up to becoming a primary or solo...

  9. Another Escape Magazine: Building A Holistic Body of Work

    Another Escape Magazine: Building A Holistic Body of Work

    Tutorial • Beginner

    In this interview series we've asked creative professionals who work with photography - editors, designers, advertisers, and directors - how they view and...

  10. Envato Stories Meets Tuts+ Instructor Jordy Vandeput

    Envato Stories Meets Tuts+ Instructor Jordy Vandeput

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Earlier this year we sent two Envato staff around the world in 80 days. Their mission: to tell the stories of Envato's global community. They met up with...

  11. 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...

  12. Stéphane de Greef: Combining Nature Photography With Documentary

    Stéphane de Greef: Combining Nature Photography With Documentary

    Tutorial • Beginner

    Inspired by Don McCullin and Piotr Naskrecki, Stéphane de Greef is a forest engineer, cartographer and photographer with a long career in humanitarian work...

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