Types of Photography

Learn about the different types of photography, from studio to portrait and from still life to street photography. Follow tutorials in a range of genres.

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Landscape & Nature

Fresh Eyes Every Day: The Challenges and Rewards of Photographing Close to Home

Tutorial • Beginner

The practice of photography is often associated with journeys to far places, preferably exotic, as if only that offers good photographs. Learning to...

Jose Antunes • 31 Dec 2014
Street

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...

Marie Gardiner • 23 Dec 2014
Light

How to Photograph Paintings and Prints with Copy Lighting

Tutorial • Beginner

Having an accurate representation of your artwork is essential to your online portfolio. In this tutorial, learn how to photograph paintings and prints in a...

Jeffrey Opp • 22 Dec 2014
Portrait

Quick and Easy Three Light Portrait Setup for Photo and Video

Tutorial • Beginner

A simple three-point light kit is the most popular lighting setup for creative professionals of all fields. Learn the basics of how to use three point...

Ben Lucas • 21 Dec 2014
Smartphones

Bramping: Making Advanced Time-Lapse With TriggerTrap

Tutorial • Intermediate

Bramping is an advanced time-lapse technique for working with dynamic light. In this tutorial I show how to use your smartphone and a TriggerTrap mobile...

Harry Guinness • 11 Dec 2014
Image Correction

Balancing Skin Tone and Creating Skin Tone References

Tutorial • Intermediate

Skin tone varies widely between ethnicities and individuals. This tutorial teaches you how to use a precise method of colour management in Adobe Photoshop to...

Dawn Oosterhoff • 7 Dec 2014
Types of Photography

How to Make a Colourful Bubble Macro Photo with Oil and Water

Tutorial • Beginner

This tutorial, using oil and water, is a fun way to try some new macro photography with a fairly quick set up and immediate results.

Marie Gardiner • 24 Nov 2014
Still Life

Make, Find, and Improvise: Creative Backgrounds For Still Life and Macro Photographs

Tutorial • Beginner

There’s a huge craze for adding textures to macro and still life photographs. Whilst there are a wealth of resources online, it’s always nice to create...

Marie Gardiner • 9 Nov 2014
Studio

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...

Simon Bray • 4 Nov 2014
Exposure

5 Ways to Experiment with Long Exposures for the First Time

Tutorial • Beginner

When you’re starting out as a photographer, you see a lot of photos and just think, how did they do that?! Sometimes, these clever photographs involve long...

Simon Bray • 30 Oct 2014
Portrait

Essential Makeup Tips for Every Portrait Photographer

Tutorial • Beginner

Makeup applied well can correct most skin imperfections, saving time in retouching portraits after the shoot. Having a makeup artist on set is ideal, but...

Dawn Oosterhoff • 28 Oct 2014
Street

Architectural Composition: Space, Pattern, Line, Abstraction

Tutorial • Beginner

This tutorial shows how to create simple but effective architectural shots, looking at lines, symmetry and negative space.

Marie Gardiner • 27 Oct 2014