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Basic Photography Tips for Beginners

Basic photography tips for beginner and intermediate photographers. Whether you're shooting with a DSLR or mirrorless camera, you'll find tips on ISO, exposure, composition, and basic photography techniques that are both interesting and informative.

I write articles on topics as diverse as night photography, travel photography, portrait photography, street photography, and even macro photography. I also curate the highest quality content from photographers I know personally.

photography tips, tutorials and guides

Photography tips for anyone who's looking to improve their skills in photography.

Other readers like yourself find that my monthly photography challenges help them get out using their camera and practicing the tips they’re learning. Or, they benefit from my free basic photography course for beginners, which provides structure while they learn photography.

You'll learn to get better and better shots each month.

These photography tips will get you closer to achieving those "WOW" moments from your friends and family when you show them your photos.

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Any one of these photography tips could help you take your shots to the next level. From how to use your lens, off-camera flash tips, or taking better waterfall pictures through post-processing with Lightroom or good photo backup procedures.

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5 Ways to Think Like a Photographer and Take Better Photos

December 11, 2019 by Darlene Hildebrandt

take better photos by thinking like a photographer

Here is a list of five ways you can start to think more like a photographer. Practicing these things will help elevate your work naturally. 

What to do When Your Camera Won’t Focus

December 5, 2019 by Darlene Hildebrandt

what to do when your camera wont focus

A frustrating problem that many new photographers experience is when the camera won’t focus. In this article, I’ll cover 6 things that may cause that and what you can to fix this issue if it happens to you. 

How to Create More Interesting Mountain Photography

November 12, 2019 by Matt Chesebrough

When you return from a trip are you disappointed that your mountain photos don’t seem to contain the same sense of scale and wonder that you witnessed firsthand? In this article, I’ll provide some suggestions for improving your mountain photography.

Luminar 4 – Quick Preview of its New Powerful AI Tools

October 24, 2019 by Darlene Hildebrandt

Luminar 4 with AI Sky Replacement taken for a test drive. In this video, you’ll get a look at the newest version of the powerful photo editing software, Luminar 4 by Skylum. I am usually against any sort of AI or automated editing, but Skylum has done it right with Luminar 4 and I’m super impressed!

How to do Better Mobile Phone Photography – 7 Easy Tips

October 9, 2019 by Matt Chesebrough

In this article, I’ll give you 7 easy to follow tips to help you do better mobile phone photography. Take your cell phone photos up a notch.

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