Landscape photography is one of the most popular genres around as has been since photography first began. This post covers basic landscape photography tips and techniques, the essential equipment you will need and composition ideas. What is Landscape Photography A tricky question to answer … landscape photography can be anything from a huge expansive scene … Read more
Children portraits photography is a very general subject; the term “child” covers a period of up to 20 years at least. The new-born phase is very different to that of the toddler. And similar changes occur right through until their late adolescent years. Each phase is endearing, very special and fascinating and each child is … Read more
5 Simple photography tips and techniques for the absolute beginner. You’ve just bought your DSLR camera (a Nikon D3400 I presume 🙂 ) and have this beautiful bit of technology in your hands with no idea where to start. Let’s give you a helping hand and get you started off on the right foot. First … Read more
Let’s talk about manual mode in photography – seen as everyone says you’re never going to be a photographer until you learn to use your manual settings. Why does everyone say this? If you have a DSLR camera and are not shooting in one of the manual mode options you are not getting the most … Read more
My favourite photography genre is portraiture and I thought it might be useful if I gave you some of the portrait photography tips and techniques I use. The tips will concentrate on basic camera settings, best lighting for portraits and good shooting techniques to produce outstanding portraits. Most of this post will refer to females … Read more
Following on my earlier post in search of the best waterproof camera bag I thought it might be helpful if I provide a full review of the Lowepro ProTactic 450 AW Camera Backpack in this post. The Lowepro camera backpack was my third choice – hard to believe that such a great bag can come … Read more
I was recently looking for a good waterproof camera bag to hold up to the rainy conditions we experience in New Zealand and one of the bags that was in the running was the National Geographic Camera Backpack (model a5270)- which I discuss in more detail below. The Nat Geo Camera bag came a close second to … Read more
For some years now I have owned a Bos Camera Strap (BosStrap) and am very happy with it. I think it’s one of the best kept secrets in the photography world. Let’s face it the straps that come with cameras are horribly uncomfortable, often too short and, after a very short time, feel like they … Read more
With so much advice and so many models to choose from the newbie photographer will no doubt struggle to decide what is the best camera for a beginner photographer in 2020. In this post I will cut out all the hype and focus on what’s important by getting straight to the point of what I … Read more
In this post I will give you a couple of ideas on how to make money in photography – nothing spectacular here, just things that each of us can do to make money from what we love doing. We all love photography and it is said “Do what you love and the money will follow” … Read more
