Photography Tutorials — Basics

Get some tips on how to take a good shot of a fireworks display.

An introduction into the wide variety of photography styles and genres, written by Chris Haslego.

An explanation of landscape photography and different methods by Colin Hartness.

Framing (or cropping) is a facet of composition that, in the basic sense, encompasses good scale (the relative "size" of objects in the picture, or how much space they use), angle (how you hold your camera), etc. When framing, you don't always have t

This effect can be achieved with any kind of bright light source, but of course the most commonly used is the sun around sunrise or sunset.

With the technology there is today in digital photography, making huge pictures with digital stitching software is surprisingly simple.

In portrait photography there are a few guidelines that you should review and think about when you take pictures of people.

Learn about histograms to help perfect your photo.

Before you are able to take the kind of pictures you want to learn to take, it is important to think about the equipment you would like to start out with.

Photography at night can be used to create amazing photo effects.