Nature photographer Nigel Danson has followed up his popular video from this summer titled “7 Simple Photography Tips I Wish I Knew Earlier,” with a new clip on a similar subject. Titled “7 Beginner Photography Mistakes to Avoid,” in the below video Danson shares some tips he’s learned along the way to becoming a successful photographer.
There have been LOTs of videos in the last few years offering photography “hacks” to help give your images a unique look in no time. Here's another good one.
When it comes to purchasing a first camera for new photographers, you can seek recommendations from a friend, or members of a camera club (if you belong to one), or the person behind the counter at your favorite store. You can even consult reviews from blogs and YouTube. You can also choose not to do any of these things.
How did I get to be the photographer I am today? It’s a question I get asked a lot by beginner photographers and, I think, there are some valuable lessons in my story. First though, I want to talk about how I view the work of other photographers.
Travel photographer Pierre T. Lambert has been on worldwide photo tour, shooting images and sharing how-to videos about his experiences. During his travels, he’s mainly been using two lenses for his Sony mirrorless camera: a 16-35mm and 70-200mm f/2.8.
Photographer and YouTuber Chris Hau teams up with two full-time professional landscape photographers to offer up eight “non-typical” landscape photography tips.
Do you find yourself making the same photography mistakes over and over again? Or do your images look a little blah and you can’t figure out why? It could be simply that you’re a beginner photographer who needs an experienced set of eyes to tell you what you’re doing wrong.
It’s an antique photo technique that reveals the secrets of motion in images: chronophotography. Never heard of it? Well, you can learn more about this amazing technique in the below video from Light Club that explores “sequence photography,” which was invented in 1882 by Étienne-Jules Marey using a gun-like chronophotographic camera.
Getting accurate color in an image can make or break a photo. This is especially true if you’re a professional photographer and want to nail the skintones of your model to keep your clients (and the model) happy.
Photographer Sorelle Amore is here to give you a pep talk. If you thought you can’t make money as a photographer, you are wrong. In fact, as she points out in the below video, there are (at least) 31 ways you can make money as a photographer.
If there ever were a contrast in photography styles it would be between popular street photography YouTubers Pierre T. Lambert and Sean Tucker. While Lambert loves how self-imposed time restrictions on his photography get his juices flowing, Tucker is much slower and more deliberate in his approach to making a photo.
If you’re still learning about lens filters, the video below from photographer Lizzie Peirce teaches you everything you always wanted to know about them but were, perhaps, afraid to ask.