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Night Photography Tutorials

Do you know your way around your camera? Are you feeling comfortable with the basics and can take some pretty good photographs? Well then, congratulations you are now an intermediate photographer!

Here, you will find everything you need to be inspired and start creating better images.

intermediate photography student laying on the ground to get the shotTake your photography from beginner to intermediate with our guides including:

  • Tips for editing in Lightroom
  • Improving your images with focal points
  • How to overcome fear in photography
  • Using shadows in your images
  • How to take more interesting pictures
  • Examples, tips, and practice to improve your photographs

In this intermediate photography section, you will find everything you need to improve your photography and start taking more professional looking photographs.

Not only will I help you to overcome some of your photography fears, but I’m going to guide you through framing, building composition and how to choose the perfect time of day to photograph outdoors.

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How to Photograph the Northern Lights

by Steven Li | Last Updated: September 3, 2022

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Heading out to photograph the northern lights may test your patience, but when you finally do see them, the tips and advice in this guide to shooting the aurora borealis will have you coming home with some amazing photos of the night sky.

With 7 solar flares in the past 7 days and if you’re in the right location, the information in this article couldn’t be more timely.

8 Best Tips for Photographing the Magical Aurora Borealis

by Dan Zafra | Last Updated: November 11, 2022

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To help you capture the best possible Aurora images, I am going to give you some of THE best tips that I’ve learned after many years of shooting the Northern Lights worldwide!

Light Painting Experiments to Improve Your Photography

by Matt Chesebrough | Last Updated: April 26, 2021

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In this article, through a couple of different experiments you’ll learn the basics of light painting and explain some of the science going on behind the scenes in this unique long exposure photography technique.

Night Photography Settings – Guide to Getting the Best Exposure

by Jim Hamel | Last Updated: January 22, 2022

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In this article, night photography expert Jim Hamel will give you some tips on camera settings and how to get the best exposures after the sun goes down. Bonus – follow his quick processing tip to bring life to your nighttime photos!

Night Photography Quick Tip – Adding Light

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: September 26, 2022

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Would you believe this image of a classic Cuban car was lit with a cellphone? Read this night photography article for a quick tip on how to add light to your subject at night. See the before and after images, and the complete step by step sequence of how we did it.

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