The question I get asked over and over by photographers starting out on their photography journey is When is the best time to take pictures outside? This will depend on several factors such as what subject you are trying to shoot, weather conditions, seasons and location but mostly photographing in soft light can give the best results especially in landscape photography. Source ..read more

There are a lot of Photoshop tips and tricks out there, but finding the one that best fits your needs can sometimes feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use Photoshop’s Content Aware Fill feature to remove unwanted elements from photos. Table of Contents What is Content Aware Fill? Removing Object Using Content-Aware Fill Content Aware Fill... Source ..read more

Camera Metering modes can vary from model to model and with the continual development work by manufactures more sophisticated methods appear year on year in the way of Smart Metering modes. These complexed modes have their place to aid the photographer by using the latest technology to improve the cameras ability to accurately match its meter reading to what is in the frame. Source ..read more

Smart objects are non destructive layers containing image data from raster or vector images such as Photoshop or Illustrator files. You can think of it as a protective container allowing you to edit your image in photoshop without altering the original file. What are the advantages to using Smart Objects in Photoshop? The main advantage of using smart objects is that they are flexible and allow... Source ..read more

While searching through my photographs for that perfect image to accompany an article I was writing, it was frustrating to find that all the best suited images were either the wrong aspect ratio or didn’t have enough free space to add the text I needed. When I took the images I didn’t plan on using them in this way and focused more on composition than for publication but there is a lesser known... Source ..read more

One of the basic fundamentals to editing in Photoshop is the ability to make key specific selections of desired areas within an image and being able to change them in isolation. There are many different tools to use depending on what you want to select such as Marquee, Lasso, Magic Wand and Quick Selections tools which are selectable from the tool panel. What can be less obvious is how to deselect... Source ..read more

While out taking some long exposure photographs the other day I got talking to someone who was just started out in photography and was interested to see what I was photographing and asking a few questions about my camera settings. Sometimes it’s easy to take someones understanding of camera settings for granted and as I rattled through what I was doing they asked What does b stand for when... Source ..read more

It is a scary moment, you are flying your DJI drone and for the first time you get a notification on the display to switch to ATTI mode. Like everything in life it always seems to happen when you least expect it and for me it was while I photographing a shipwreck with the drone over the sea on a relatively windy day. If you are flying drones then then you need to know and understand the different... Source ..read more

One of the most rewarding and challenging photographs to take is a night landscape illuminated by just a sky full or stars which for me personally is one of the most enjoyable although frustrating at times especially here in the UK due to the weather. If you are into nightcapes, photographing the night sky over a beautiful landscape then you would have heard of the “Rule 500 in Photography” also... Source ..read more

While reading through my favourite photography magazine looking at all the latest cameras and gadgets on the market that I could spend a small fortune on I wondered what are the most expensive cameras? Camera Technology these days moves so fast it’s hard to keep up and while reading about the latest cameras I decided for a little fun to do some research and find which is the most expensive camera... Source ..read more