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Beginner Photography Tutorials

Beginner photography tutorials for new or amateur photographers looking to improve their skills and learn the basics of digital photography.

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Learn camera basics and practice them with our monthly photography challenges, designed to get you out the door and applying what you’re learning.

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Here are a few hand-picked beginner tutorials that are popular on this site:

  • Choosing the Best Digital Camera for You
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  • How to Use Depth of Field
  • Learn about Lenses & What They Do

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Three Things to do Before you go do any Photography

May 23, 2012 by Darlene Hildebrandt

Guest author John Davenport shares with us some of his tips for pre-planning your landscape or location photography shoot. Finding a good location, helpful apps, researching sunset times, and park info.

How to use Depth of Field

March 22, 2012 by Darlene Hildebrandt

This article will help you understand depth of field, what it is and how to create stunning out of focus backgrounds using your aperture setting.

Kodak the end of an era – is the iconic yellow box dead?

March 8, 2012 by Darlene Hildebrandt

Kodak files for bankruptcy. Wow. My thoughts and memories about my time learning photography when Kodak was such a huge part of my life.

How to Create Texture in your Photographs

February 21, 2012 by Darlene Hildebrandt

how to create that look of texture in your images

Tips for Photographing in Bad Weather

February 16, 2012 by Rick Rouse

Many photographers prefer to stay indoors on cold, rainy, or overcast days, but bad weather often provides a host of opportunities for taking great pictures that simply aren’t available when the weather is nice. For example, some of my favorite images were captured on soggy days when the colors of autumn virtually burst right out of the scene! That being said, it is critically important to protect your camera gear, and yourself, from less than optimal weather conditions. Here are a few tips:

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