Making the most your camera

Making the Most of Your Camera So you have this gorgeous camera system, and you love it, and it takes amazing photos (even though we all know that comes from the photographer more than the camera!), but it stays in the cupboard way longer than it should. Rest assured you’re not alone! Most of us […]

Photographing Christmas Lights

Great tips for Photographing Christmas Lights! “Tis the season for amazing Christmas light displays! From decorative houses in your neighbourhood, to local light displays cities are in full swing of amazing light displays. Now is the time to get out there and enjoy taking photos of some of these spectacular works of art. Here are […]

Christmas Gift Guide

The Definitive Christmas Gift Guide for the Photography Lover Male or Female,  young or old, photography is a hobby that is accessible for just about everyone. So if you’re blessed with someone in your life who loves being behind the lens, this is the Christmas gift guide you need to read. We’ve tried to pull […]

3 Tips for Getting Better Depth of Field

Getting Better Depth of Field   Are you struggling to get that creamy, smooth background you’re craving in your photos? Here are 3 tips for getting a better (in this case more shallow) depth of field for those stand-out photos. Not following these tips? That’s ok! Remember you can always join our Digital I – […]

Practice Makes Perfect

Practice Makes Perfect   At Learn Photography Canada, we love helping people learn about their cameras and photography in general.  In our beginner photography course, we provide a solid foundation for people to learn their cameras in a hands-on fashion while taking pictures of iconic sites in Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga and Kelowna. […]

Lightroom Shortcut Cheat Sheet – Part 1

Lightroom Cheat Sheet outlining a series of keyboard shortcuts for the Lightroom program

Your FIRST Lightroom Shortcut Cheat Sheet Welcome to the first of our Lightroom Shortcut Cheat Sheets. These sheets are designed to be printed and put in a place that is nice and close to your computer. As part of our 5 minute photo fixes, we’ll be compiling these to help expedite your editing time and […]

Using the Spray Can Tool in Lightroom

Baby girl wearing pink suit sitting on carpet with black dog in background

Editing Made Easy – Using The Spray Can Tool in Lightroom Lightroom is such a powerful program and is full of amazing, nifty, simple tools. This week we’re talking the Spray Can Tool  . This tool allows you to very quickly copy organizational settings across a bunch of photos. It’s perfect to use if you […]

Composition Tip – When to Square Up (and when not to)

Female monk standing in temple in corridor with large pink pillars on either side

Composition Tip: When To Square Up (And When Not To)   When it comes to composition in photography there is so much to think about: depth of field, rule of thirds, lighting – the list goes on. Our suggestion is this: take it one step at a time. Enjoy just taking photos, and as you […]

A Great Use for Shutter Priority

Ghosting of people walking along European style street with lit up shops and customers in background at night

Shutter Priority – Capturing Ghost people If you’ve been to our Digital I – Beginner Photography Course then you will know that we don’t spend a lot of time covering Shutter Priority (this is the S or Tv mode on your camera). But we sometimes mention one great use for this mode: Ghosting ??… Just a […]

3 Tips for Capturing Sun Stars

Long exposure photograph of ornate gold temple at night

Sun Stars and How to Capture Them!   Learning how to capture the starring effect with your camera is one of the best fun (and most satisfying) tricks around. We’ve compiled our top 3 tips for getting the best sun star effect. Remember that because your sun star is related to your aperture, each of […]