travel photography tips and advice
Snow Photography: How To Take Photos in Snow
Photographing in the Snow Your Quick Guide to Taking Snow Photos Photographing in the snow should be pretty easy because...
How to Overcome Creative Block + Avoid Burnout
Creativity is a wonderful thing. Like taking a break from the real world, it allows you to get caught up...
Sunrise Photography – Setting the Scene
How to Photograph Sunrise – Sunrise Photography Tips Photographing the warm glow of a sunrise is perhaps the most relaxing...
Travel Photography – Taking People Photos + Cultural Portraits
Taking Photos of People Whilst Travelling Capturing an image that depicts the way of life, local traditions and beautiful features...
The Secret Setting: Aperture Priority Mode
Aperture Priority – It’s Okay to NOT use Manual Mode! When you are learning photography two words sound about as...
How to Become a Professional Travel Photographer
Travel Photography: A Guide to Getting Started as a Travel Photographer The title of ‘Travel Photographer’ is the pinnacle for...
Camera Care: What To Do When Your Camera Gets Wet
Water and cameras don’t mix well at all. Whether it’s drops of rain, humidity or you’ve gone and dropped your...
PHOTO TIPS: Getting Creative with Shutter Speed
Learning to adjust your cameras shutter speed is one of the first steps to controlling how a photo is created....
The Best Settings for Aerial Beach Photos
Showcasing the world from above opens up a new perspective of natural patterns and colours. When it comes to coastlines...
How To Photograph The Northern Lights
Learn how to Photograph the Northern Lights Photo Tips for Photographing Aurora + Astro When the green waves of the Northern...
10 Ways to Create Better Travel Photos
Whether you travel around the world or just to the beach for the weekend, taking photos is all part of the fun...
Landscape Photography: Tips for Wide Angle Landscape Photos
Landscape photography doesn’t need to be complicated or just left to the professionals. Capturing a scene is all about composition...
How To: Make Sunstars in Your Photos
Creating sunstars is a simple and fun way to add a little flair to your landscape and travel photography. You’ve...
Shooting stars and Aurora Australis in Wanaka, New Zealand
After a day exploring Wanaka with a helicopter ride to Roy’s Peak, panoramic views over the majestic Aspiring National Park...
How to Edit Your Travel Photos in Photoshop
Photoshop Editing Tips The magic of Photoshop is something we are all familiar with. You’ve either seen fashion magazine images...
Photographing aerials of The Great Barrier Reef
Listed as one of the natural wonders of the world, The Great Barrier Reef is one big collection of sparkling...
Beach Photography: How to Take Beach Photos
Beach Photography Tips A quick guide to beach photos It’s summer here in Australia and I’ve found myself at the...
Underwater Photography: How to Take Split Landscape Photos
Learn to Take Split Level Underwater Photos Underwater photography is growing in popularity and there are so many techniques involved...
No tripod? No worries! The temporary tripod technique.
Photo Tips – Camera Stability without a Tripod A little flashback to my first attempt at long exposures in 2007...
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