Jul 5, 2011

The following is a guest post by Expansys. Do you have some photography tips or tricks that you’d like to share with our readers? Contact us and we’ll look to get your article up on the site! When summer arrives the world is full of colour, daylight hours are longer and many people head off on holiday. It is this time of year, along with Christmas,...

May 2, 2011

This is going to be a pretty short ‘How To’, but it’s a tip that I think can be really, really useful – and one that should make you think twice before deleting any of your photos. Basically, I think we should all be aware of just how much detail our fancy DSLRs record; all those megapixels at our disposal shouldn’t go to waste. So,...

Mar 17, 2011

If you’ve been wondering how the pros get those lovely blurred background in their photos of people, then wonder no more, because I’ve found a nice little video that runs through just exactly how you can get those blurred backgrounds too. By the way, I did a whole tutorial on how to blur the background in your photos a little while...

Feb 14, 2011

Yep, that’s right, it’s LearningTheLight.com’s first anniversary today – I don’t really know why I started the site on Valentine’s Day 2010 (not the most romantic thing I’ve ever done…!), but at least I’ll always remember the site’s anniversary date now! I’d like to thank everyone for taking the...

Jan 31, 2011

We’re really happy to announce the first ever competition on LearningTheLight.com – the first of many, we hope! ‘How To Shoot A Reportage’ is an excellent eBook by professional photographer Enzo Dal Verme, who has had his work featured in Marie Claire, Vanity Fair and Grazia, among others. His book is full of tips and guides on just how...

Dec 30, 2010

The new year is nearly upon us – doesn’t it come around quick? Before thinking about 2011, though, I thought it would be interesting to have a look back at LearningTheLight.com’s first year, and see which articles were the most popular. By looking at my Google Analytics data, I can see which posts on the site had the most visits, and so,...

Jul 23, 2010

When I first started to learn about the theory of photography, the one thing that caused me the most confusion was to do with f-stops and aperture. Did a higher f stop number mean a smaller aperture? And did that thus mean more depth of field? Or less? Argh, it was so confusing and hard to learn…! So, I bring to you an incredibly easy way to remember how...

Jul 16, 2010

Have you ever wondered why the EXIF data isn’t showing for your photos on Flickr? I know I have, and, though it hasn’t been a major concern over the past couple of months that I’ve been using the photo-sharing site, I did wonder why my shots weren’t showing that info. The EXIF data, by the way, is all the information about how your photo...