52 Tips for Improving and Transforming Your City Photography

52 Tips for Improving and Transforming Your City Photography

City photography, also known as urban photography, is a distinct branch of photography. In this guide, you’ll learn the basic principles for taking great photographs in any city, then receive a few dozen tips for improving your photos. It’s a lot to take in at once, but once you’ve mastered these principles, you’ll be ready…

25 Tips and Tricks to Master Panning Photography

25 Tips and Tricks to Master Panning Photography

Learning to perfect your technique in panning photography may be more simple than you think. With a step by step technique guide, you can follow the steps to learn panning photography in no time at all. Follow our guide below.  Understanding Panning in Photography Panning photography is a technique in photography that uses a slow…

Photography Cheat Sheet: All You Need to Know

Photography Cheat Sheet: All You Need to Know

Whether you’re a professional photography shutterbug or an aspiring photography amateur, the art and science of photography can quickly feel confusing. There are so many different photography techniques, terms, and tidbits to keep track of, it’s easy to occasionally forget some of the basics. Photographers of every skill level benefit from photography cheat sheets, and…

Low Key Photography: How to Embrace More Artistic Shadows

Low Key Photography: How to Embrace More Artistic Shadows

Low key photography can produce some impactful photos, but taking a great image requires special techniques and composition skills. Here’s what you should know to take your low key photography to the next level. Understanding Low Key Photography This type of photography is a picture-taking style that heavily features dark tones and colors. It may…

The Ultimate Beginners Guide for How to Get Into Photography

The Ultimate Beginners Guide for How to Get Into Photography

Getting started in photography is easy. In fact, if you’re looking for how to get into photography, all you really need is a camera and a willingness to learn. This photography guide covers the basics of what you need to know to become a good photographer, then a great one. As you get into photography,…

How to Shoot and Light for High Key Photography

How to Shoot and Light for High Key Photography

High key images use highlighting to eliminate shadows and dark tones. These images are appropriate for upbeat photos. You can use this method when photographing any subject, but the results depend on the composition and the way you want the viewer to perceive the photograph.  What Makes an Image High Key? High key photos are…

58 Simple Ways to Quickly Improve Your Cat Photography Skills

58 Simple Ways to Quickly Improve Your Cat Photography Skills

Who doesn’t love pictures of cats? Some people say that the internet itself exists to share pics of cats, and going by how many there are, they might be right. However, cats are notoriously uncooperative, so taking a great cat picture requires more than just aiming your camera.  Here are some cat photography tips to…

20 Amazing Tips for Better Beach Photography

20 Amazing Tips for Better Beach Photography

Trips to the beach are some of our fondest summer memories. What better way to capture them and remember them forever than to take a photo of your beach trip? In this guide, we’ll go over some of the best beach photography tips to take great beach photographs using a variety of lenses and camera…

The Secrets Behind Mastering Outdoor Portrait Photography

The Secrets Behind Mastering Outdoor Portrait Photography

Families, seniors, couples, and businesses look to outdoor portrait photography for one-of-a-kind, stylized images. If you have not yet embraced outdoor photography, then you are missing out on a useful revenue stream. These photography tips and tricks will help you grow your business with outdoor portrait photography.  Outdoor Portrait Photography Tips Shooting outdoor portraits is…

Rodeo Photography: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide

Rodeo Photography: The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide

Saddle up for Action with this Beginner’s Guide to Rodeo Photography Ever heard the expression “This ain’t my first rodeo”?  Well, it’s not.  I grew up in the shadow of the world’s biggest outdoor rodeo…Cheyenne Frontier Days.  I spent many cold mornings at the knee of my father as he announced slack or tagged along…

How to Create the Perfect Bright White Background for Photography

How to Create the Perfect Bright White Background for Photography

Using a white background, also known as high key photography, is one way that photographers create an expressive or joyful atmosphere in their photos. This technique is especially popular in portrait photography when the photographer wants to make sure the subject is the focus of the photo.  Tips to Create a White Background in High…

How to use Fill Flash Outdoors

How to use Fill Flash Outdoors

Grab your flash and head outside. We’ll show you how to use fill flash outdoors! You’re shooting outside in great lighting conditions. So why in the world would you want to add flash? It’s all about filling in the shadows and balancing your ambient light with the exposure on your subject. Today we’ll learn how…

Photography Tips to Make Ugly Locations Look Amazing!

Photography Tips to Make Ugly Locations Look Amazing!

Stuck with the muck? Here are some photography tips for making ugly locations look amazing! One of the most iconic images from my home state of Wyoming is the T.A. Moulton Barn. If you’re a fan of landscape photography, I’m sure you’ve seen an image of it. There are about 8.98 million images of it…

Photoshoot checklist: One more tool to help rock your photography sessions

Photoshoot checklist: One more tool to help rock your photography sessions

Improve your consistency and confidence with a photoshoot checklist Are you looking for ways to improve the flow of your photo sessions, your post-production workflow or your consistency? Consider developing and following your own photoshoot checklist! Have you ever finished a photography session that felt awesome at the time only to feel disappointed later with…

Beginner’s guide to understanding flash triggers and receivers

Beginner’s guide to understanding flash triggers and receivers

Get started understanding flash triggers and receivers and up your off-camera flash game! Flash photography feels really intimidating at first. There are all these different settings and terminology. Taking your flash off-camera and shooting wirelessly? That seems even more overwhelming! Triggers, receivers, signals, groups…just argh! I know plenty of photographers who quit even trying to…