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Photoshop recently added their Super Resolution feature to Adobe Camera Raw, which allows you to enlarge images by a factor…

From product shots to landscape photographs, we received a great variety of images for our first competition of 2021. Here…

Recently I did a live show where I photographed a pair of earphones. The main purpose of the show was…

There’s an almost endless list of camera lenses to choose from when it comes to DSLR and mirrorless cameras, so…

Not having enough lights can make product photography challenging, to say the least, but the good news is that there…

I’ve tested, rented and owned a lot of different modifiers over the course of my career, but what would be…

If you’re looking to create eye-catching images of mascara or elegant photos of perfumes, keep reading for my top tips…

When it comes to using studio flash, one of the things that often causes confusion is flash duration. Flash duration…

As it’s becoming easier and easier to be a ‘photographer’, it’s getting harder and harder to make your work stand…

From cars to motorcycles, lighting considerations, angles, polarisation, space requirements, assistants and more, I’m going to share my top 10…

Whether you’re a keen enthusiast or aspiring pro, you’ve probably shot a few landscape images in your time. Chances are…

As photographers, we get inspiration for our photography from all around us. Music, art, experiences… even work by other photographers.…

Learn how to improve your business portraits, corporate headshots, and environmental portraits with this live critique show, where Karl will…

Many people are familiar with standard modifiers such as softboxes or grids, but I often get a lot of questions…

How can you tell if your pictures are any good? The difficulty in finding the answer to this is that…

If you have an understanding of photographic fundamentals such as shutter speed, aperture and how to expose an image, you’ve…

Parabolic reflectors are one of my favourite modifiers, but due to the price of them many photographers often try to…

There’s a lot you can do with just two studio lights — trust me, I’ve shot everything from bottle product…

If you’re looking to practice your product photography, bottles are something you can easily get your hands on if you…

Along with a variety of lenses, spare batteries and lens cleaning cloths, most photographers will also have a selection of…

Capturing movement photography can be a time consuming and frustrating process, and freezing that perfect moment often requires split second…

You’ve probably heard about the rule of thirds or golden spiral, but they aren’t necessarily the most effective photography composition…

For our fourth ‘Working to a brief’ assignment, members have been tasked with creating a product shot of a pair…

LED lighting has come a long way in recent years and grown in popularity, so why do most professional photographers,…

This year certainly didn’t go how we expected it to, but instead of focusing on the negatives, we thought we’d…

After working through all of the entries for our final competition of the year, we have finally decided the winner…

If you truly want to enter the magnified world of macro photography, you’ve probably been told you need a dedicated…

If you’re looking to improve your food photography, you’ve probably seen the same old advice repeated in every article out…

It can be easy, when creating an image, to think “I’ll just fix it in Photoshop afterwards”, but that type…

Black backgrounds can look very effective in photography, and they’re a popular choice for everything from portrait photography to products.…