Photography Basics

Aside from looking at your specific camera body choosing your lenses is likely to be one of the most important photographic decisions you ever make....

The word ‘photography’ draws its origins like so many other things, from Greek. In its original form the word means ‘drawing with light’, and this is...

Photography has become such an intrinsic part of everybody’s lives that it has become difficult to imagine what the world would have been like...

If you are shooting on film one of the first choices that you have to make is amongst the plethora of film types available. Of course the most...

One of the most fundamental premises of photography is that of focus. This is perhaps the most obvious thing to a viewer as it determines what is...

It is often the case that the ambition of an amateur photographer vastly outweighs their budget. Many would-be photographers are put off by the...

When looking at the most important inventions in history the camera must surely rank highly. It has transformed the way that we look at the world...

The increasing use of the internet has had both positive and negative effects for photographers. On one hand it has given photographers access to...

Exposure is the most important principle in photography. It is vital that any photographer who is aiming to progress past point-and-shoot cameras...

For many people the golden age of photography came some time between the ‘30s and ‘50s. It was during this time that some of the great documentary...

The advent of the single lens reflex is one of the most important developments in the history of photography. SLR technology has been adopted...