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I believe that there are three things which make a photo great; exposure, composition and focus. In this blog we are talking about why focus is one of those three things.
So let’s start with what focus is. When you hear a photographer say that something is in focus, they are talking about...
I believe that exposure is the most important part of photography. I believe that if you do not master exposure then your photography can never be consistently good. So why do I value exposure so highly? Keep reading!
What is exposure?
Before I can explain why getting a good exposure is so...
There are many photography apps on the market these days, so it can be a hard choice when choosing one to use. Do you need to pay for an app to get the best option? Do you just need something to do quick edits? Do you also need to be able to store and organise your...
In an ever-growing market of products, you really need to make sure that your product photos stand out from the crowd and stop scrollers in their tracks.
Yes, the standard flat lay and white background shots are great, but if you really want to create photos which grab the viewer’s...
So everyone is telling you that you need to be creating at least 3 pieces of social media content per week. But where are you going to find enough interesting, engaging and relevant things to share with your audience?
Here are 10 ideas to get you started:
- Product Photos
This...
There is a bit of a rumour going around that using more than one photo on your Facebook posts increases the engagement.
Having spent some time experimenting with different types of posts on my own social media pages, this is a rumour that not only interests me, but that I believe could very well...
The best way to improve your product photography quickly is to practice daily. Now, don’t worry, I am not saying that you need to spend hours taking photos every day. NO! Completely the opposite. I am just asking you to take one photo a day. You are probably already taking an average of one...
Do you look at other people’s photos which they say they have taken with their iPhone and thought “how the hell did they do that?”
Well, the iPhone camera is an amazing tool and when you know how to use it, it makes taking beautiful photos so easy. So, because I know how much...
Watermarking your photos is a way of protecting your copywrite, which became very popular with the birth of the internet and digital images. It is also a useful marketing tool to quickly and easily identify who took the photo.
But you can’t just add a watermark to every photo you...
In photography, composition is essentially the way that you arrange your objects within a frame. I believe that composition is the first thing you should learn when starting photography for a variety of reasons:
- It is the easiest of the photography skills to learn - you don’t even...
This blog is designed to be an inspiration for you to get out and shoot some random photos. I really love capturing details. I think most of the fun is finding these cool little things which no-one would have looked at if you didn’t show it. So, here is a list of things for you to take...
This is the 5th in my series on photography experiments which you can do at home. In this episode we experiment with glasses, water and patterned backgrounds.
You can do this with any camera, even the one on your phone.
Share your photos in the comments.
