Category: Technical

  • The Camera Features Ultimate Guide

    The Camera Features Ultimate Guide There are so many features now on a camera that its’ both mind blowing and confusing. The TV Analogy When we were in the market for a new TV, we discussed all the different features and benefits with retailers. By the time we had finished we were totally confused. Salespeople…

  • Displaying your Travel Photos

    Following on from 7 Ways to Organise Your Travel Photos and How to Back up your Travel Photos, we now move on to displaying your travel photos. After all it’s all very well to have them organised and backed up but what about showing them off. Let’s see what the best ways are for displaying…

  • 7 Ways to Organise Your Travel Photos

    So now you’ve come home with a hard drive full of travel photos. You’ve followed my article 7 Travel Photography Workflow Tips to use on the road. You can’t wait to have a good look at them and show them around. But where do you start? Well, read below to find 7 ways to organise…

  • 7 Travel Photography Workflow Tips to use on the road

    In the last couple of posts the travel photographer destination part I and part II, we discussed what to do when you reach your destination.  But what about your travel photography workflow whilst you are on the road? Follow me as I give you some tips and tricks on how to handle the photos you…

  • How to Back up your Travel Photos.

    In the days of film, the only form of back up was to guard your film and slides as if you’re life depended on it. Nowadays with digital imaging there are many ways of backing up your photos. I touched on this in Planning and Preparation for Travel Photos. So, follow me along as I…

  • Planning and Preparation for Travel Photos One of the most overlooked items when preparing to go on a holiday or to travel is planning and preparing for taking travel photos. Usually people think about accommodation, eating and transport. But never how they are will visually document their experience. So read on about Planning and Preparation for…

  • Learn how to use shutter priority in 15 minutes

    Learn how to use shutter priority in 15 minutes You’ve got the new beaut camera or maybe you dusted off an old one that you’ve had for a couple of years and instead of using your smartphone, you thought you would use this for your marketing images. After all you have had enough of searching…

  • Learn how to use aperture priority in 15 minutes

      You’ve got the new beaut camera or maybe you dusted off an old one that you’ve had for a couple of years and instead of using your smartphone, you thought you would use this for your marketing images. After all you have enough of searching for stock photos that just aren’t what you need.…

  • How to use the Rule of Thirds for Stock Photography

    When taking any photo, it’s the done thing to have rules. Now I don’t go along with rules all the time after all, aren’t they made to be broken? But this one is an essential rule for anyone starting out or even still learning (not that you ever finish learning but you get my drift)…

  • 10 Vital Facts about Camera Shutter Speed

    In 10 Vital Facts about Camera Aperture I wrote that “The aperture of a camera is the centre of the photographic universe – well maybe – the other centre, as some would argue, is the shutter.”  Let’s go to the other centre of the photographic universe, the Shutter and specifically Shutter Speed. In all honesty,…

  • Photography Tips from the Internet worth Reading

    To bring you the content that you enjoy on this blog, I read extensively, some it from physical and digital books (I have 100’s) and some from different places from around the net. After all I may be a photographer that’s been in sales and marketing for many years (too many some would say) but…

  • 5 Ways to Eliminate Camera Shake

    How many times have you looked at those beautiful images only to realise on closer inspection there’s a slight blurriness about it. It’s just not as crisp and clear as it should be. That’s called softness and is usually caused by Camera shake.     In my last post How to hold a camera correctly…

  • How to hold a camera correctly

    So, you think you can hold a camera or smartphone correctly? Well how do you know? Take a good look at your photos. No, not on the camera or phone screen but on your PC, Mac or Laptop. Even a tablet is better than a smartphone or camera screen but the bigger the better. Now…

  • Understanding the 3 points of the exposure triangle

    So, what is the exposure triangle? Well the exposure triangle is the relationship between aperture, shutter speed and ISO.Each one affects the other. OHM’s Law Remember Ohm’s law? Well if you don’t (I’m not even sure they teach it at school these days). It’s basically an electrical equation V Volts (power) = R Ohms (resistance)…

  • 7 Ways Good Photography Equipment Can Help You Create Great Marketing Images

    7 ways good photography equipment can help you create great marketing images   I’ve said in a “Why selecting a new camera is like selecting a new date (or TV)” that it’s not the camera but the person with their finger on the shutter button that makes or breaks a great photo. Well just to…