Nov 9, 2011

This is just a super quick post to say that we’re now on Google+, so why not head over to our page and add us to your...

Sep 1, 2011

The Canon 5D MK II is a fantastic peice of kit: a brilliant camera for still photography, and pretty darn fantastic for videos too. Check out these music videos, all filmed with the...

Aug 25, 2011

If you’re a regular reader of LearningTheLight.com, you’ll have noticed that I like wedding photography – a lot. I’ve written a piece on why you can learn lots from wedding photography, for instance, and have recently been lucky enough to interview two top wedding photographers, Emma Case and David Charlwood. Anyways, I was lucky enough...

Aug 15, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I asked our followers on facebook if they had their own website, blog or Flickr stream, and I was really, really impressed with the quality of the sites people had. So I thought I’d link to their sites here, just as a small thank you for following us on facebook, and for taking part and communicating with us there. (By the way, if...

May 8, 2011

If you have a DSLR and love taking photos of your family and friends, you’re soon going to be known as ‘The Photographer’. Now, this is no bad thing – indeed, it’s nice that people think you can take some good shots – but one of the things this means is that you never end up having any photos that you’re actually in...

Apr 19, 2011

What do you get when you cross a whole bunch of cameras, a lot of willing photographers, and a massive amount of creativity? The Matrix on a budget, that’s what! Check out this fantastic...

Apr 2, 2011

Just a small post, this one, as I just wanted to say that our iPad Photobook, that we created in conjunction with 28 fantastic Flickr photographers, has now been downloaded over 1000 times (1003, to be exact…!). It’s totally free to download, and can be viewed on iPad, iPad 2, iPhones, iPod Touches and, of course, PC and Mac. Thanks again to all of...

Mar 14, 2011

Would you like to receive some feedback on a photo you’ve just taken? Perhaps you’d like advice on what camera settings you used, how it was composed, how it could perhaps have been taken a little differently – or perhaps you’d just like to show us a photo you’re especially proud of! Either way, we’d love you to post your...

Feb 17, 2011

OK, this isn’t going to be a text-heavy post, because I want to just show you what Adobe Lightroom (available from Amazon US and UK) can do – and can do so easily! I’ve literally only just discovered this fantastic piece of software, and have only been playing with it for an hour, but I’ve been blown away by just how easy it is to use,...