Whether you are new to photography, or have been photographing for a while, I’m sure you’ve gone through times when the ideas weren’t flowing, and inspiration was nowhere to be found. This happens to all of us. So how do you find ways to stay inspired and get the creative juices flowing again? Try abstract […]

Open up any photography magazine or website, and I promise there will be at least one article, and a half dozen ads, discussing image sharpness and how to get it through technique or gear. Don’t get me wrong, sharpness is great. When I’m shooting a classic landscape or portrait, if the image is a hair […]

Many photographic situations rely on keeping your camera as still as possible during exposure for pin-sharp images. You may have practiced hard to develop a steady hand and you’ve probably used tripods, remote shutter releases or image stabilisation to reduce the risk of camera shake. But, is keeping your camera still always a good thing? […]

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Intentional Camera Movement or ICM is a creative way to capture motion in a photograph, including the techniques of panning and zoom bursts.

Learning a new technique can be rocky, but that doesn’t mean you have to spend all your time chiseling away at complex systems to create the effect you’re looking for. Texture Effects gives you the power to cut through the learning curve and get straight to creating images your way. Check out our quick start… Continue Reading

A Guest Post by Claire Woollam from The Digital Iris. The Oxford Dictionary defines texture as ‘the way a surface, substance or piece of cloth feels when you touch it, for example how rough, smooth, hard or soft it is’. As photographers we constantly strive to capture what we see in our pictures. Shooting textures […]

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