digg_url = \'http://digg.com/educational/What_Mona_Lisa_Can_Teach_You_About_Taking_Great_Portraits\'; When it comes to famous images the Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most recognized in the world. When I visited the Lourve in Paris a couple of years ago I was stunned by the crowds of people gathering around this small image, pushing and shoving to get close and [...]

This post is written by a portrait photographer from Portland Oregon. Christina Nichole is an instructor with The Institute in Photographic Studies. Her work can be found at ChristinaNicholePhotography.com. On location portrait photographers find summer the perfect season to book their portrait schedule. It’s beautiful outside and many people want to take advantage of the weather [...]

Today Yanik Chauvin from Image-Y shares how he uses EV Compensation. I’ve been using the EV (Exposure Value) button on my camera more than any of the other buttons so I thought I would share with you why and when I use it. Remember that I shoot with a Nikon so shutter speed and aperture are [...]

image by padawan Today I want to get some discussion going around ‘best shots’ - and give you a chance to show yours off. What is the best photo you’ve ever taken? If it’s hosted somewhere online (like Flickr) please share a link to it. Why do you consider it to be your best shot? Tell us about how [...]

Weekly Assignment Well, this week, we finished the Sunny Days assignment, which may have been difficult if you’re one of those people in the middle of winter. But if you’re stuck in winter, these sunny pictures should be just the ticket to warm things up a bit. Our winner this week was MatthewBotos for his wakeboarder [...]

“What ISO is best for my pictures?” Changing the ISO setting on your camera changes the sensitivity to light of the image sensor inside of it. The lower number that you select the less sensitive the sensor is to light (and conversely the higher the number the more sensitive it becomes). This is useful when you’re shooting in [...]

Sometimes it is what is missing from an image that makes it so special. One of our most popular posts on this site is How to Photograph Silhouettes. One of the things that I love about Silhouettes is that the lack of detail created by a silhouette can leave the viewer of the image to fill [...]

The following article on capturing fast moving images was submitted by wildlife photographer and author Joe McDonald from hoothollow.com. Learn more about Joe and his work at the end of this post. Some of my most successful and exciting images have involved high-speed flash photography of wildlife in action, and incorporated a lot of planning, [...]

Every month or two I like to create a list of helpful tutorials and resources from around the photographic web. This time I think you’ll agree that there’s been some wonderful tutorials written. I’ve included 17 from other sites - 5 from our archives (this time last year) and 3 great photoshop video tutorials. 17 Hot [...]

Today Peter Carey explores different photo storage options for when you are traveling. It’s very easy today to take more pictures in a single week long vacation than ever imagined possible ten years ago. For one thing, not many people had digital cameras ten years ago and those that did had a lot of [...]