Photography Tutorials

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Photography isn't rocket science, and digital cameras are really no more complicated than film cameras. They all work on the same basic optical principles, and produce the same end results. Learning the basics about how your camera works and how you can control what it does is the foundation of creative photography. These tutorials appear on TrustedReviews.

Wildlife Photography Part 1

Getting started in wildlife photography is easier than you might tink

Home Studio Part 1 - Buying the right equipment

Home Studio Part 2 - Basic portrait techniques

Hints and tips for setting up and using your home photo studio.

Fireworks

It's nearly bonfire night, so here are some tips on photographing fireworks.

Picture Framing

By popular request, a guide to framing your digital prints

Weddings Pt. 1 - Planning and preparation

Weddings Pt. 2 - On the day

Weddings Pt. 3 - Printing and making the album

Sooner or later someone will ask you to shoot their wedding

Geotagging

GPS receivers are already in our cars and our mobile phones, and now they're in our cameras too.

Image Compression

Find out why your camera has different quality settings, and how they affect your pictures.

Chromatic Aberration

Why Pink Floyd has the answer to those coloured fringes on your photos

Image Noise and Noise Reduction

What is image noise? We just don't know

Rechargeable Batteries

How they work, and why they stop working

How to photograph flowers

...and anything else that waves around in the wind.

Landscape photography Pt. 1 - Depth of field and Hyperfocal distance

Landscape photography Pt. 2 - Preparation

Landscape photography Pt. 3 - Composition

Learn the secrets of successful landscape photography with this extended three-part tutorial.

Holiday photography - Hints and Tips

How to take better holiday snaps this year, plus a few things you didn't know about travel insurance.

Spring photo tips

Some handy hints and tips for the new snapshot season.

Understanding exposure

A very important tutorial for anyone who's just bought their first manual-exposure camera.

Spot metering

How to use one of your camera's most useful features.

Shutter speed and camera shake

How to avoid blurry photos, and how to follow a moving subject.

Aperture and depth of field

Find out what all those F-numbers are for, and how to use them.

Focal length explained

Use your zoom control creatively to alter angle and perspective.

Basic flash techniques

Use an add-on flashgun to improve your indoor photography.

Composition pt. 1

Composition pt. 2

The secrets of good composition, with hardly any maths involved.

Camera sensors explained

Find out why more megapixels isn't always a good thing.

Zoom lenses explained

Find out what moves where when you zoom in and out.

Memory cards explained

Confused by all the different sizes and formats of memory card?

Using Camera Raw

What Raw is and how to use it for better photos.

Portraits pt. 1

Take professional-looking portraits at home without spending a fortune on lighting equipment.

Macro photography

Most digital cameras can take extreme close-ups. Here's how to get the best from it.

Snow scenes

All that white stuff can confuse your camera's light meter. Here's how to cope with it.

Panorama stitching

Capture wide open spaces by joining several photos together.

Composite images

Use high-speed continuous shooting and multiple layers to make striking composites.

High Dynamic Range (HDR)

HDR photography is all the rage at the moment. Here's how those distinctive-looking images are made.

Shooting for online auctions

Selling all your old junk on eBay is a lot cheaper than hiring a skip to throw it in. Make sure it sells with professional-looking photos.

Shooting for photo libraries

Make a bit of spare cash from your photos.

Cold weather care

How to keep your camera shooting in freezing weather.

Wet weather survival

If you live in the UK you'll need this one.

Sharing your photos online

Use online photo sharing sites to show your pictures to the world.

Create your own website

How to make your own photo gallery website. It's a lot easier than you might think, and it's free!

Concert photography

Feel the warm thrill of confusion, and try to get a photo of that space cadet glow while you're at it.

Shooting in Infrared

Shoot Victorian graveyards in atmospheric spook-o-vision and be the envy of all the other Goth kids. Derek Acorah not included.

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