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Ron Leach  |  May 10, 2022  |  0 comments

Let’s face it: photographing birds can be challenging, especially when your subjects are in flight. But even birds resting on a tree limb are often fidgety, and their erratic movements require special techniques.

Ron Leach  |  Apr 14, 2021  |  0 comments

Good photographers constantly strive for a creative edge that gives their images something special. This could mean an unusual technique, uncommon subject matter, or even a new piece of gear. And in this quick tutorial you’ll find 10 simple tips for making striking photographs with the WOW factor.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 22, 2021  |  0 comments

Many outdoor photographers consider autumn the most exciting time of year to shoot. That’s because skies tend to be dramatic, the light is often interesting, and colorful fall foliage is everywhere you look.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Sep 12, 2023  |  0 comments

Every autumn millions make the pilgrimage to New England, the Great Smoky Mountains, a local woodland or their own backyard to capture the magnificence of Mother Nature's fiery fall foliage display. Although winter lurks just around the corner, everyone rejoices in summer's last natural fireworks celebration. Here are 10 tips from MPB to help you make the most of the annual limited-time experience.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 06, 2017  |  0 comments

There’s always something to learn about improving one’s landscape photography, and what better way to up your game than with some great tips from top pros Nick Page and Thomas Heaton?

Ron Leach  |  Sep 18, 2017  |  0 comments

There’s always something to learn about the art of landscape photography, and the quick tutorial below from pro photographer Ray Salisbury offers 10 great tips that will definitely help you up your game.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jun 30, 2016  |  0 comments

As a Shutterbug reader, you know how to shoot fireworks. But what do you say to your friends and kinfolk when they ask you for advice? Simple—just send them the link to this article. It’s a nice, relatively short list of 10 tips for photographing aerial pyrotechnics. Because after all, there’s more to fireworks than what meets the sky. 

Paul Reiffer  |  Jun 15, 2015  |  0 comments

Paul Reiffer is a commercial and landscape photographer who shoots with a Phase One medium format camera system. Reiffer is known for his city and landscape photography and he travels the globe extensively looking for the perfect shot. In this story, Reiffer offers ten tips on how to take the best vacation photos.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 01, 2023  |  0 comments

There's a pretty big divide among photographers about the use of Photoshop's innovative artificial intelligence (AI) tools when editing images. Some shooters are excited by the new technology, while other consider it "cheating" and question whether the resulting images can rightly be considered "photographs."

The Editors  |  Dec 27, 2000  |  0 comments

Winter is one of the most beautiful times of year, providing everything from sunny-clear to blizzards for the phtoographer to capture on film or memory card. Here are 10 ideas for you to try this winter.

1. A Touch of Color

Winter snow can be a beautiful photo subject, but a photo of just snow can be pretty dull. You...

Ron Leach  |  Mar 22, 2018  |  0 comments

Yeah, we know that the weather in some parts of the country seems more like winter in Siberia than spring in America, but April showers and spring flowers really are right around the corner. And this tutorial will help you capture great landscape photos when the season changes for real.

Henry Anderson  |  Sep 07, 2022  |  0 comments

Fall isn’t officially upon us yet – many people consider the first day of autumn to be the autumnal equinox, which is on September 22nd this year – but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t get ready to start photographing fall foliage.

Cynthia Boylan  |  Jun 17, 2015  |  0 comments

COOPH (The Cooperative of Photography) recently partnered with photographer Ray Demski to create a video that highlights 14 smart and practical travel photo tips and tricks. The video, which is embedded below, was shot in beautiful Venice, Italy and features tips to make your photo adventure much easier, safer and more fun.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 03, 2017  |  0 comments

Now that summer is in full swing and many of us have vacations in the works it’s time to bone up on travel photography skills so you can come back with spectacular images.

Henry Anderson  |  Apr 14, 2021  |  0 comments

Setting up a camera for a particular type of photography is one of the most underrated things you can do as a photographer. Most photographers get so comfortable using their cameras a certain way, they never stop to figure out whether there are some settings they should turn on or off.

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