Unlock Creative Photography

Stop feeling uncreative for once and for all - here are some of the best strategies for learning to improve your creative process and step up your photography.

Bird photography is one of those genres where you can’t go 10 minutes without reading about how useful that $10,000 lens is, and how important it is to have a camera that costs as much as a used car. But this article will focus on tips and techniques that work no matter what gear you use, and will allow you to capture great photos even with cheaper equipment.

This guide will go through all of Nikon’s F-mount lens lines and naming conventions, for everyone who’s ever wondered what all the different letters on a lens means or what the difference between different lines are.

Have you ever heard people talk about the extra reach crop sensor cameras give, or how full frame cameras are better in low light, but didn’t know exactly how all that worked? This article will explain the difference between field of view, depth of field, and ISO performance between crop and full frame sensors, and show examples of each.

So you want a shutter release - either for long exposures, or to minimize camera shake. The question is, do you go with a wireless shutter release, or a cable release? Having used both types, I’ll go over the pros and cons, as well as some tips for making the most of them.

Ever since Nikon released their new E line of lenses, photographers have been rejoicing. Better exposure consistency between shots, presumably better reliability, and some great glass. However, with this technological innovation comes a challenge for some photographers - there’s no way to change the lens’s aperture if it’s not mounted to a camera. Fortunately, there is a solution, albeit not an ideal one.