Life On The Click

In this post I want to talk about why, contrary to popular belief, I think prime lenses are great for beginner photographers, and how using them can help develop strong habits for better composition and photographs. Zooms lenses (lenses that provide a range of focal lengths) are extremely popular nowadays. Prime lenses (ie. no zoom, just one fixed length) though are renown for producing very high quality photographs, but are not as flexible - they pretty much follow the philosophy of doing one thing, but doing it well.
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Outdoor portraits are very difficult for a lot of photographers. Many times, the bright sun, which one might initially think would provide plenty of great light, ends up casting dark shadows on subjects’ faces. The result is a contrasty photo with faces enveloped in shadow and backgrounds overexposed.

How do you get great outdoor portraits where the subject is well exposed with a nice blue sky in the background and the faces are bright and clear?
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A basic understanding of how to use your camera’s auto-exposure system is essential in helping you achieve a great photo.

Most point and shoot cameras do a decent job of automatically nailing the right exposure settings to get you a great shot. But don’t you hate when the photo turns out too dark or too over-exposed at the hint of a tricky lighting situation?

How do you overcome this? Read on!
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In this post we’ll take a look at four tips every photographer should know how to use and when.

These four simple techniques will help take a photo to the next level.
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A huge part of how professional photographers take fantastic shots is their mindset when they’re shooting.

What’s the one thing anyone can do to take their photography to the next level?

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Remember when you bought your camera? You imagined yourself taking fantastic travel shots with it (just like out of the magazines!) but when you actually got around to shooting your vacation photos, you ended up with the same old blah shots!

Yep, we’ve all been there at some point!

There are two essential elements that you need to make exciting and dynamic photos that will wow your audience instead of boring them.
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