A Great Use for Shutter Priority
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
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]