Which camera filters do you need? There are literally hundreds of different types of camera filters aimed at manipulating your images before they are taken. Filters can be really useful tools to help you get the look you want in your images but these days with great Photo shop tools available to us do we really need all these expensive filters? Well as a...
Learn MoreAs I briefly mentioned in my article on the Exposure triangle Aperture can be explained as the width of the lens opening which lets light into the camera, the wider this opening the more quickly light is allowed in to the camera and onto its sensor (or film). If you want to allow light in more quickly then you simply use a larger aperture. Aperture is measured...
Learn MoreAnother element of the photographic triangle which I talked about in my article The exposure triangle is Shutter Speed which relates to the amount of time which the shutter remains open to let light onto your sensor, it is measured in time ranging from 30 seconds or more to 1/8000th of a second or less. Again shutter speed can be measured in stops and changing...
Learn MoreThe best way I have ever heard to explain ISO is to imagine that your camera is a bee hive and that ISO represents the number of bees and light is represented as honey. When there are just 100 bees they can collect x amount of honey in a certain amount of time. If you double the number of bees to 200 hundred (equivalent to increasing by 1 stop) they could collect the...
Learn MoreThe Exposure Triangle The exposure triangle or photographic triangle refers to the inter-connected relationship of the 3 elements that make up an exposure or image. In the excellent book Understanding Exposure Bryan Peterson explains about the reciprocal relationship between Aperture, shutter speed and ISO and that if one element is altered it effects the...
Learn MoreLandscape Photography: Lines It’s easy to take a photograph of your surroundings, and you might get...
Learn MoreBlack and White Photography Tips If you are like me and you love black and white photography then hopefully you will find this quick list of black and white photography tips helpful. Shoot in Raw format No matter whether I’m shooting for colour or black and white I almost always shoot in raw format because this allows you to capture the maximum detail and have...
Learn MoreCamera Settings Guide Digital cameras and particularly Digital SLR cameras come with a mesmerising amount of settings and controls these days so here is a quick camera setting guide to some of the most important ones and what they do. Control Dial settings: :Green Rectangle mode- a simple automatic mode which will choose all your settings for you,...
Learn MoreHow to be a photographer During my time being a professional landscape photographer I am often asked how to be a photographer or more specifically what does it take to become a professional photographer. There is of course no one correct answer to this because there are many different genres in which to become a professional photographer. There are some common...
Learn MoreA lot of people have cameras these days and so beautiful scenes are being photographed all the time but why is it were so often dissapointed when we look at the image? So often it doesnt reflect the beauty of the scene we witnessed. What we often see with the naked eye makes for a beautiful scene but why doesnt this always translate into a great image. Below I will...
Learn MoreHaving just returned from a trip to the Yorkshire Dales and other parts of the country I have now had time to reflect upon the trip and the images I took. In landscape photography there is certainly a lot of emphasis placed upon waiting for the “right light”. However what is the right light? During my trip I had limited time to try and capture shots of...
Learn MoreI recently wrote an article discussing how to create great landscape prints, this article had tips on settings , profiles and papers to use based on my experiences and I hope it saved you some time and expense by pointing you in the right direction. Obviously some experimentation will still be needed to see what works for you and your style of photography but at least you...
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