Jul 17, 2012

Google Play Books have some fantastic offers on photography books at the moment, with a number of great books on sale for £0.01 – yep, just one, solitary UK penny! The books on offer include the fourth book in Scott Kelby’s great Digital Photography book series (the first of which you can read my review of over here). The books you buy on Google...

May 1, 2012

I came across this great video tutorial whilst browsing around YouTube, and thought it was definitely worth a share. In the video, he talks about camera settings, technique and photoshop skills too – and even more detail can be found on his blog post. If trying this with your cat at home, please do make sure the cat’s happy and you have a safe...

Apr 2, 2012

Created with cinemagr.am Notice my wife blinking in the photo above? Pretty Harry Potter-esque, huh? It only took about 5 minutes to create, and you can do it easily – and for free – by getting the Cinemagram iPhone app. These images where just a certain part of the frame are animated are also called ‘Cinemgraphs’; I remember finding...

Mar 23, 2012

I don’t tend to do much ‘personal’ posting on the site, as I tend to do more guides/interviews/tips/reviews etc – but I wanted to break that trend today. I’ve been looking back through some of my old photos, and comparing them to my newer ones, and it’s just so apparent how much better my shots have become since starting to...

Mar 4, 2012

I’m really thrilled to have another ‘learn from the experts‘ interview here on LearningTheLight.com, and this time with none other than Crash Taylor, one of the UK’s most inspiring and exclusive wedding photographers. If you’ve followed this site for a while you’ll know that I have the utmost admiration for wedding...

Feb 19, 2012

I’m really happy to be reviewing the Sun Sniper DPH (Double Plus Harness) Strap today; apologies that it’s been so long since I last did a post on here (the birth of my daughter has meant quite a busy time for me!), I’m going to be keeping the site more up-to-date from now on, honest! Anyway, I digress, back to the review. Here’s a shot...

Jan 15, 2012

Camera: Canon 7D Lens: Canon EF-S 17 – 55mm f/2.8 IS USM Aperture: f/8 Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec ISO: 100 Flash: Off-camera flash, using Lastolite Ezybox 24″ x 24″ Softbox Kit and 580 EX II Flash Focal Length: 35 mm Shooting Mode: Aperture Priority Post processing: Lightroom 3; increased fill light, slight increase in exposure, added...

Jan 2, 2012

The following in a guest post by Villian, from Villian Conception. You can also follow Villian on Twitter and Facebook – thanks for your guest article, Villian! Visualizing in Photoshop is a skill that very few learn, it is something that pros do daily.  You must see before you can reveal to your audience.  Visualization in Photoshop is the process of...

Dec 7, 2011

I’ve been really lucky this week, and have managed to bag an interview with Jordan Weeks, an incredibly talented sports photographer from the UK. Jordan has been commissioned for photography gigs all across Europe, and he caught my eye last week when I stumbled upon some of his brilliant surf photography – some examples of which are further in this...

Nov 15, 2011

Last month we ran our very first photo competition, asking you to show us your ‘proudest photo’, with your story of how you got the shot. We had lots of entries, and were really impressed with both the quality of the shots, and your accompanying tales – thanks so much to everyone who entered, or who ‘liked’ other people’s...