Polar Panoramas: shoot and stitch 360 degree pictures

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 01/11/2012 12:00pm
    Polar Panoramas: how to shoot and stitch 360 degree pictures

    Take your photography to extreme wide angles. Our new tutorial shows you how to stitch 360-degree pictures to create amazing polar panoramas.

    9 creative photo ideas to try in November

    | Inspire | 01/11/2012 01:00am
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    9 creative photo ideas to try in NovemberAs part of our ongoing series to help you get more creative with your digital camera, each month we publish some fun, seasonal, creative photo ideas to help inspire your imagination.

    For November we aim to have you out and about honing your night photography skills by shooting cityscapes at dusk, far away galaxies, the depths of the earth and everything in between!

    Photography effects: bending light to make magical colours

    | Photography Tips | 30/10/2012 17:35pm
    Photography effects: bending light to make magical colours

    Refraction patterns made by bending light through glass objects can produce stunning photography effects without any photo editing required. Here’s a really simple way to achieve the effect at home.

    Landscape photography ideas for taking dramatic pictures of the sea

    | Landscape, Photography Tips | 29/10/2012 02:00am
    Shoot Like A Pro: Landscape photography ideas for dramatic pictures of the sea

    The changing nature of the tide and weather can make or break your coastal landscapes. Here’s how 
to capture stunning pictures of the sea that reflect its differing moods…

    A different type of light painting tutorial: use handheld flash during long exposures

    | Night, Photography Tips | 22/10/2012 12:00pm
    A different type of light painting tutorial: use handheld flash during long exposures

    Follow the simple steps in our new light painting tutorial and learn how to use your flashgun handheld, creatively firing it at different points in your scene during long exposures.

    Landscape photo ideas for creative pictures of mountains and hills

    | Landscape, Photography Tips | 22/10/2012 02:00am
    Shoot like a pro: landscape photo ideas for creative pictures of mountains and hills

    As our Shoot Like A Pro series on landscape photo ideas continues, this week we take a look at how to take creative pictures of mountains and hills. We’ll give you our best photography tips for emphasising the grandeur of mountain ranges and how to use hills as the perfect backdrop for creative landscape photos.

    Digital Grids: make an image out of letters and numbers

    | Photoshop Tutorials, Tutorials | 20/10/2012 05:00am
    Digital Grids: make an image out of letters and numbers

    Creating images as digital grids is more complex than just overlaying some numbers – but the results can be impressive. FInd out how it’s done in our latest Photoshop tutorial.

    Digital infrared photography: the best settings to use on your converted camera

    | Photography Tutorials, Tutorials | 18/10/2012 11:45am
    Digital infrared photography: the best settings to use with your converted camera

    OK, so you’ve converted your camera for digital infrared photography. Now what? Here are the best settings to use with your modified DSLR to get stunning infrared photos.

    7 cheap photo accessories you really need to own

    | Photography Tips | 17/10/2012 12:38pm
    7 cheap photo accessories you really need to own: close-up lenses

    Everyone knows about using a tripod and the benefits of using flash. These are some of the more common budget photo accessories on the market, and everyone has them. But if you really want to transform your photos, there are plenty more essentials available to you for under £100.

    Leading Lines: photography’s most underrated composition device

    | Photography Tutorials, Tutorials | 09/10/2012 16:42pm
    Leading Lines: photography's most underrated composition device

    Never underestimate the impact that leading lines have on your photo compositions. Even if you don’t plan on making lines a major feature of your picture, you can’t get rid of them. So you have to work around them.