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There are hundreds of pages of great photography tips and tutorials on ImprovePhotography.com for you to learn photography, but if you're new to the website you may have missed some of our best articles from the past. So here are our best bits, separated by topics of interest.
Featured Photography Articles
- 22 Things You Can Do Today to Change Your Photography Forever (At the time of writing, this one article has been read more than one million times!)
- The Photography Tips that 96 Photographers Wish They Would Have Learned Sooner
- 10 Tips for Capturing What You See
- 9 Weird Photography Tricks That Actually Work! (This site crashed our server 6 times when it was released because so many people shared it. Now, we've beefed up our server to the point of being un-crashable)
- 13 Things Your Camera Wishes You Knew
Beginning Photography Resources
- The Photography Basics Series is a collection of a several articles I've written to help you get from picking up your first camera to understanding the basics of photography. If you're a beginner, start here.
- The Absolute Simplest Guide to Learning Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed (Has a cool flash app that lets you see the affect of changing camera settings on the picture)
- How to PROPERLY Hold a DSLR Camera (It's amazing how many people were holding it wrong all along and didn't know!)
- 10 Tips for Sharper Photos
The Business of Photography
- 20 Myths About Starting a Photography Business (And their solutions!)
- In DEFENSE of Momtographers Everywhere (It really makes me mad when “elitist” photographers pick on newbies)
- 14 Ways to Make More Money as a Photographer
- 68 ESSENTIAL Wedding Photography Tips
Lighting and Flash Photography
- How I Fooled 316 Photographers (An advanced tip that even many pro photographers don't understand)
- Jim's Recommended Flash Photography Kits–Cheap! (Explains each piece of gear needed for off-camera flash and where you can find it cheap!)
- Gary Fong Lightsphere vs. Tupperware (Hilarious but actually helpful)
- Yn-560 Flash Review (A $70 flash that actually delivers amazing quality!)
Portrait Photography
- How to Get That “Photo Studio Look” Without the Studio (I received a lot of “Wow! That was a cool trick!” emails after writing this one)
- 101 Portrait Photography Tips (This post took me two full working days to write and compile)
- 10 Tips for Posing Groups (All right, I got a bit carried away on this one about the bad group poses, but it was a fun post)
- What the People in Your Portraits Are DYING to Tell You
- 15 Reasons Your Portraits Still Look Like Snapshots (I didn't intend for this title to come off condescending, but it might if you read it wrong)
- 7 KILLER Portrait Posing Tips (By the awesomely amazing Dustin Olsen)
Landscape Photography Tips
- No Guts, No Glory in Landscape Photography
- Where to Focus for Landscape Photos
- On-Location Landscape Video Tutorial
- Organic HDR–It's HDR without the HDR!
Post-Processing
- Understand Photoshop in 10 Minutes or Less
- How to Calibrate Your Screen for Photo Editing
- 15 Tips for Stunning Black and White Photos
Comments
Hi, Jim,
I’m a long-time amateur photographer who has never progressed much beyond the postcard stage. As a result of a recent trip to New Mexico and exposure to an old friend who has become an amazing photographer, I have subscribed to Photoshop CC, and I bought the Nik Collection. I have no idea how to use any of that yet, but I’m going to the fundamentals by reading and listening to as much about photography as I can.
I am so impressed with your podcasts and website; I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone so obviously dedicated to the interest of his followers! Really, I think you’re absolutely remarkable, and I love listening to the podcast. I’m slowly learning a lot.
Thanks so much, Jim!
@David – Please email us at info@improvephotography.com and we’d be glad to help.
I don’t see anywhere on website, where I can ask a question. I have Nikon d4 and Nikon d800. I own 24-70, 70-200, macro 105, 50mm and Nikon 85 1.4. I’m looking for a wide angle zoom lens with fast glass. Do you have any suggestions for 3rd party good wide angle zoom lens, besides Nikon? I’m hoping to hear from you and hoped I am sending my question to the right place. Thanks for any help you can give me on this question. Also I have a second shooter that I use for weddings. I usually hang onto most of my lens for my two cameras. What would you suggest for a nice ex lens for my Nikon 7000 that I could put on for her that would give her more versatility than the 50 mm. I don’t want to stick to much money into this camera but need more than the 50 mm. Any suggestions to make our next wedding go a little smoother?
I’m so grateful that I find this site, thanks so much Jim for sharing your skills and experience!