Photography & Video Tutorials

Free tutorials, learning guides, and online courses to help you learn photo and video skills. Whether it’s digital imaging, editing and post-production, visual storytelling, business, or something you’ve not yet discovered, our team of expert instructors have you covered!

Kinetic Photography: Techniques and Stunning Examples
Today we're going to take a brief look at a particular moving type of photography that attempts to channel chaos into beauty: kinetic photography. As you can...
Josh Johnson
30 Apr 2010
Inspiration
The Simple Guide to Mounting a Remote Camera
Looking to capture action in two places at once? Need to place a camera somewhere hard to shoot handheld? This article will give you step-by-step tips to...
Dak Dillon
28 Apr 2010
Shooting
Quick Tip: Automated Watermarking With Photoshop
People have mixed opinions over watermarking photographs, and whether it's really necessary. The fact remains that it's a good way to prevent your images...
David Appleyard
24 Apr 2010
Post-Processing
Friday Photo Critique #29
Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer...
David Appleyard
23 Apr 2010
Photo Critique
Phototuts+ Reader Profile: Moondancer
Today I'm going to be interviewing Moondancer, the collective nickname of a married couple of photographers who work together. Laura Amodio, the 42 year-old...
Diana Eftaiha
23 Apr 2010
Reader Profiles
Simple Steps for Shooting Amazing Silhouettes
Silhouettes can be an excellent way to add drama to a scene. The stark contrast and lack of detail in the subject infuse a psychological effect into the...
Josh Johnson
22 Apr 2010
Shooting
Quick Tip: Dramatic Portraits With Off Camera Flash
This quick tip article is all about getting your flash off the camera, and using it in creative ways to capture great, dramatic portraits. Whether you use a...
Micheal Beaulieu
21 Apr 2010
Lighting
Inspiration on the iPad: The Guardian Eyewitness
Today we'll be taking a look at how devices like the iPad can offer motivation and inspiration to photographers, taking time to investigate a particularly...
Scott Wills
21 Apr 2010
Inspiration
40 Terrific Photographic Textures
Texture photography forces us to look at the world in a different way. It makes the everyday beautiful and the boring profound. Macro lenses allow us to look...
Josh Johnson
20 Apr 2010
Inspiration
10 Tips for Contemporary Wedding Photography
Never before has the genre of wedding photography been more creative or dynamic. Couples today are wanting to step away from the traditionally posed, sepia...
Micheal Beaulieu
19 Apr 2010
Inspiration
Friday Photo Critique #28
Friday Photo Critique is our weekly community project, where we publish a photograph submitted by one of our wonderful readers, then ask you all to offer...
David Appleyard
16 Apr 2010
Photo Critique
DSLR's with Video Capability Compared
Today we'll be exploring a fairly new technology: DSLR's that shoot video. We'll take a brief look into how and when these cameras came around, compare a few...
Josh Johnson
15 Apr 2010
Video