Photography Equipment Features

Photographic Lessons from a Political Convention

When photographer Steve Simon covered the 2008 Democratic National Convention, he solved problems that affect all of us who takes pictures, whether we use basic point-and-shoots or high-end SLRs.

Learn Wedding Photography from the Pros

What gear do you need? What settings are best? What shots are must-takes? And how do you protect your media and your business? Three professional wedding photographers spill their secrets.

Photography Secrets from One of the World's Top Shooters

Joe McNally, whose work has graced the pages of Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, and Time (to name a few), shares the stories behind some of his greatest shots as well as the lighting techniques he used to make them great.

The iPhone As Photo Accessory

You use the iPhone for talking, watching movies, listening to music, surfing the Web, and... helping you take better product shots?

Framed and Exposed: Camera Accessories You Just Gotta Have

Once you read this gear round-up, you'll be opening your wallet and making some room in your camera bag.

Expand Your Photography with Specialty Lenses

If you have a digital SLR but haven't yet explored the world of unusual lenses, you're in for an eye-opening treat.

Framed and Exposed: Tips for the Traveling Photographer

Lenses, Power, and Storage in a Faraway Land

Framed and Exposed: Make a Clean Sweep of Your Camera

Dust on your sensor can ruin a good picture, or at the least can mean tedious fiddling around in Photoshop. Here's how to take matters into your own hands.

Year-Round School

Thanks to the Internet, back-to-school time isn't limited to the fall anymore. These online resources can help you improve your skills and invigorate your creativity.

Creativeprose: Free Photography Podcasts

I'll preface this list by saying that it is necessarily limited. New photo-oriented podcasts pop up all the time, and you could listen to them all day every day and not get through everything

Shoot Better Outdoor Portraits

How to fight harsh outdoor sunlight... and win!

Do You Need Pricey Photo Software?

If you're a digital photographer who shoots regularly, you can benefit from workflow software. But if you already have Bridge (which comes free with Photoshop), do you really need to pay for Aperture or Lightroom? Read this and find out.

Framed and Exposed: Death, Taxes, and Focal Lengths

Some things in this life are certain. Others that seem like immutable truths are pure hogwash. Ben Long uncovers a photographic myth.

Find the Great Images Inside Your Photos

Noted photographer Vincent Versace explains how to think of your images as patterns, and how to interrupt those patterns for the most effective photos.

Creativeprose: What You Saw

Creativeprose readers from Trinidad to Israel, New Zealand to Canada, and many points in-between submitted photos of their surroundings.

First Look at Aperture 1.5

Let our expert take you on a in-depth tour of the just-announced Aperture 1.5, Apple's pro-level digital imaging software.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers: Part 1

What you see on your monitor is usually not what you get from desktop printers. Here's Part One of a four-part series on printing photos that won't disappoint.

Get Great Photos from Desktop Printers

Read this four-part series and you'll master every step you need to take to produce great photos from your desktop printer.

Find Your Photos Fast

Is your hard drive overflowing with photos? Can you locate specific pictures quickly? If you answered yes to the first question or no to the second, you're a candidate for this digital photography workflow.

Creativepro.com Digital Camera Buying Guide

Don't throw away your money on a camera that isn't right for the way you shoot and the photos you want to take. Follow along with this fully updated, five-part guide and you're practically guaranteed to be happy with your choice.