How to Capture Natural Smiles Out of Kids (And Adults!)
How to Capture Natural Smiles Out of Kids (And Adults!) When photographing children and adults, nothing is more wonderful than capturing an authentic beaming smile. Photo sessions can sometimes be awkward and uncomfortable to your subjects, so getting a natural smile takes some skill. Rather than settling for forced smiles and uncomfortable photo shoots, follow […]
Mississauga’s Best Photography Locations
Mississauga is home to some of our favourite photography destinations in the GTA! It’s such a livable city and we love that the community is so invested in it’s green space! So we’ve put together a few of our favourite spots in our Boats & Gardens tour of Mississauga! Take your time to stroll through […]
Copying Edits in Lightroom
Editing Made Easy – Copying Edits in Lightroom Editing… Often it feels like a royal pain. I mean, you’ve just been out and about and enjoying taking [hundreds] of photos and all of a sudden you realize they’re not quite ready to go. Import, organize, edit, export and repeat. Over and over again. We’re going […]
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
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
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)
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
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 […]