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Ron Leach  |  Jan 13, 2020  | 

The difference between making captivating portraits and those that don’t quite work often requires nothing more than some solid advice from an expert. If you’re struggling to capture stunning portraits, the quick video below may forever change your technique. 

Ron Leach  |  May 08, 2020  | 

Portrait photography can be particularly challenging when you’re shooting with natural light in urban locations where illumination can be complicated and ever changing. But the quick tutorial below offers five simple tips for getting the job done.

Shutterbug Staff  |  May 22, 2019  | 

If you're shooting landscape photos, one of the first things you want to ensure is that they're in focus. Even better is if you can nail "perfect focus" in your landscape shots.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 18, 2021  | 

If you’re running out of fresh ideas, and need a quick jolt of inspiration, this fun video will provide a quick jump-start and get your creative juices flowing once again. You’ll pick up five eye-popping ideas in less than three minutes, enabling you to shoot images with the WOW! factor.

Steve Meltzer  |  Jan 26, 2017  | 

Great photographs are not the result of great cameras. Superb cameras help, but the real secret to making great images is the ability to see photographs in your mind’s eye before you take them. Once this ability to “pre-visualize” an image is learned, it quickly becomes second nature. Here are five simple tips to jump-start your thinking outside the camera.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 18, 2024  | 

Photographing action requires a few special techniques if your goal is to capture attention-grabbing images of motion. Today's basic primer from B&H Photo Video provides a handful of straightforward tips and techniques from a top expert.

Ron Leach  |  Jan 19, 2022  | 

Winter landscape photography can be a serious challenge, with dreadful, uninviting weather and bleak, barren scenes devoid of color. But rather than stow you gear until conditions improve, take a look at the tutorial below and pick up a few tips for making truly epic images this time of year.

Shutterbug Staff  |  May 14, 2019  | 

Wide-angle lenses and, in particular, the popular 16-35mm focal length, are the tools of the trade for landscape photographers. But just having a wide-angle lens does not mean you will shoot great landscape photos.

Dan Havlik  |  Feb 18, 2019  | 

Because mirrorless cameras, by their very nature, have no mirrors like their DSLR counterparts, their sensors can get exposed to the elements when you take off the lens. That means things like dust, debris, moisture and general nastiness can stick to the sensor and defile your photos.

Ron Leach  |  Jan 04, 2018  | 

The art of photographing surfers requires special skills and a few tricks of the trade. In the 50-second video below, you’ll learn five great photography hacks that you can use when shooting in the water, or even while capturing seascapes from the shore.

Henry Anderson  |  Jul 14, 2022  | 

If you’re interested in getting started in photography but don’t know where to begin, the below video from TMIDD is a great place to start. In the clip at the bottom of this post, he tells you the five most basic things every beginner photographer needs to start shooting.

Ron Leach  |  Apr 06, 2021  | 

Careful preparation is essential for all forms of outdoor photography, whether you shoot travel scenes, landscapes, or adventure images—especially when you’ll be in the backcountry far from home. To that end, one of our favorite instructors put together the checklist below, to help you avoid the unexpected.

Dan Havlik  |  Jan 04, 2019  | 

In the below tutorial titled “5 Mistakes Photographers Make When They Begin Video (I made those)”, Lambert covers all the basics including how to set the white balance in video, what shutter speed to use, what frame rate to pick, and more.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Mar 13, 2019  | 

Sharp photos are good but even sharper photos can better. How do you ensure you’re getting the sharpest photos possible?

Henry Anderson  |  Jun 14, 2022  | 

Street photographer is fun, but street photography can be intimidating. Someone who has learned the hard way is Tim Northey, aka TKNORTH, who says street shooting has become his favorite genre of photography, but it wasn’t always that way.

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