Digital photography is great and you can always put that photo in a slideshow, but when it’s something you’re really proud of, make sure it takes pride of place in your home as a framed print.

There is a phenomenon in photography called chimping, where a photographer will take a photo and immediately look down at the preview that appears at the back of the camera, stick their elbows out and go ‘ooo!’ or ‘ahhh!’. When you group a large amount of photographers together all chimping, you can really see what I mean!

There are many things in life that are replaceable, but photos of your once in a lifetime moments aren’t. Protecting them is so often overlooked; and the importance is only realised when its too late.

Learn about aperture and depth of field in a groundbreaking tutorial where you can watch the effect of aperture live and in camera.

In this post I’d like to talk about depth of field, one of the cornerstones of great composition in photography and the key to great photo prints.

Understanding aperture is fundamental to taking great photographs to develop as a canvas print or photo prints – but what is aperture?

Getting the shutter speed right is vital to keeping moving subjects in focus or emphasizing movement – but what is shutter speed?

Over the coming months I’ll be looking at a wide range of free essential online training for Adobe Photoshop CS4 to help you understand digital manipulation and create the perfect image.

So now you’ve been introduced to Camera RAW it’s time to start looking at some of its great functions in more details, starting with the preview and clipping warnings.