Composition Tip – Shadows
Shadows Shadows are a great technique to use in photography. They provide a lot of contrast to your photographs, can evoke emotion and certainly make the photograph more interesting to look at. Here are some great ways to add this special effect: Shadow photography can be a great technique to use in the middle of […]
Composition Tip – Using Contrast
Using Contrast Contrast can be one of the most powerful visual elements across any art discipline. By placing subjects or tones of opposite nature side by side, the artist can create a powerful juxtaposition. In photography, there are many ways to achieve this effect and really make a photo come alive. In this article […]
4 Ways to Steady Your Hands-On Photos
How to Steady Your Photos When Shooting Hands-On Taking steady, well-focused photos is one of the photographer’s greatest struggles. While we enjoy the freedom of point-and-shoot photography, shaky hands can compromise the overall quality of your photos. We find it incredibly easy to rely on tripods to steady our shots, but creating an overreliance on […]
Shooting Fireworks
5 Tips for Shooting Fireworks! Happy Canada Day! Today is the day we get to celebrate Canada’s 151st birthday! In honour of this very special occasion, we’ve composed our top 5 tips for getting those spectacular fireworks shots. Read up and enjoy the festivities! Tip 1: Manually Focus. Check out our last blog […]
Focusing your camera at Night
Focusing at Night – Tips to get Crystal Clear Night Photos Focusing your camera at night can take a little practice. For many systems, simply Auto-focusing when the sun goes down no longer cuts it. Here are a few tips for focusing your camera for those crystal clear night photos: Use manual focus. (Usually the […]
5 Tips to Add Some FUN to Your Photography
5 Tips to Add Some FUN to Your Photography! Photography is already seriously good fun, but we’ve come up with 5 really simple and creative ways you can add a little extra fun to your photos every now and then. Note, we don’t recommend you use these tricks with every photo you take, but it’s […]
Top 3 Family Photography Tips
Here are three tricks to help you take better family photographs. The biggest tip is to ALWAYS have your camera ready!
Top 3 Travel Photography Tips
Here are our Top Three Tips for taking photos while travelling. Shhh… don’t tell anyone!
Meet Tina Quinn – LPC Alumni
CONGRATULATIONS to Tina Quinn! Congratulations Tina! Your photo of the Louvre in Paris was totally spectacular and definitely worth the title of WINNER of our Learn Photography Canada Alumni Black & White Photography Contest. We have been lucky enough to have Tina on our Ultimate PLUS Package, which means she’s taken all of our […]
Black & White Photography Contest FINALISTS
Announcing our FINALISTS: Black & White Photography We’re thrilled to be announcing the finalists for our Black & White ALUMNI Photography Contest! Check out our top 15 AMAZING entries below! Shot by Dan Ross: Up close and personal with exotic bark at the Calgary Zoo 1/160 sec at f 8.0, 200 mm, ISO 200 […]