Building a Photography Portfolio That Holds Together Photographers who've been shooting for a year or two tend to accumulate work faster than they can evaluate it. They have folders of images — som...
Long Exposure Photography: Settings, Gear & Techniques The first long exposure most photographers make is an accident. They leave the shutter open too long in low light and get something blurred and stran...
Finding Your Photographic Voice: The Compelling Image Somewhere around year three or four, photographers tend to hit a problem they didn't see coming and can't name once it arrives. By then the technical...
Why Your Black and White Photos Look Flat — and How to Give Them Depth Black and white photography looks simple from the outside. A lot of people think you can take any photo, remove the color, add a little contrast, and...
Mastering Light: Why Natural and Artificial Light Are Both Important in Photography Light is everything in photography. You can have a great subject, an expensive camera, and a beautiful location, but if the light is wrong, the photo...
Stop Fearing the Dark: My No-Nonsense Guide to Mastering Light By David Bathgate, Founder of The Compelling Image I was sitting in this hole-in-the-wall cafe in Paris about twelve years ago. It was one of thos...