Starting out in wedding photography can be stressful and a daunting experience. Structuring your day and preparing properly is the key to succeeding and creating great photographs for the happy couple. I wont go into the technical side of things, this guide is about planning and structuring the day.

Taking a meter reading of the light that is in your shot can be the difference between an under/over exposed shot and one which is just right. I am not an expert on this subject, so rather than trying to write a tutorial I have found a selection of great articles from around the internet for your reference…

Taking photos as a hobby is one thing, but what about when someone asks you to take photos for them to display. I was recently asked to take some photos of a friends car. Here is the process I used to make sure that not only I was happy with the outcome, but more importantly, they were!

A ‘Polar’ Panorama is a panoramic photo that has been ‘rolled’ 360 degrees to make a small planet type effect. It is quite a simple process (once you have the right photo!)

What Is Aperture?

The main purpose of a lens is to collect the available light. The aperture of the lens is the size of the lens opening. The larger the aperture, the more light allowed to reach the image sensor.
Aperture is expressed as F-stop, F2.8 is the smaller the F-stop number, the larger the aperture.

To help with your landscape photos I have searched the web and found the following, very useful photoshop tutorials.

After a bit of ‘Google Drift’ I came accross a fantastic video tutorial on BlueHourPhoto. As well as a great gallery of similar effect photographs it explains how to use LucisArt to achieve the transformation illustrated below….