Lily Sawyer
DP School (dPS)
United Kingdom
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How to Use a Speedlight at Wedding Receptions and Events
If you shoot weddings or events you'll want to read this article on how to use a speedlight effectively to get the best lighting in tricky situations. → Read More
4 Beginner Tips for Creating Dramatic Portraits with One Flash
Even if you are a beginner using speedlights or studio strobes, you can follow these tips to create a dramatic portrait using only one flash. → Read More
5 Tips for Creating Romantic Portraits of Couples
Some simple yet solid tips to help you create romantic portraits of couples, whether it be for engagement portraits or weddings you can apply these tips. → Read More
5 Creative Uses for the Super Versatile 50mm Lens
If you want to make better use of your humble 50mm lens, try these 5 creative uses for it to take your photography to the next level. → Read More
4 Tips to Leverage Natural Light Using Just your Camera and One Lens
If you do not have a flash or any other lighting gear you have to just make do with your camera and lens that you do have. Here are some tips to help. → Read More
3 Tips for Creating Double Exposures In-Camera Using Flash
Have you ever wondered how double exposures are done in digital cameras? I have. Back in film days, we knew that to double expose a frame, all you needed to do is rewind it back to the frame you have just exposed, thereby taking two separate shots using one frame of the film. Nowadays with … → Read More
5 Tips for Developing an Eye for Details in Your Photography
Training your eye to see details if very important in photography. Here are 5 tips to help you work on this skill to improve your photography. → Read More
How to Use Two LED Lights to Achieve Moody Portraits
This article has tips to help you create moody portraits simply, using just two LED lights and a reflector. → Read More
Tips for Taking More Natural Engagement Portraits
Here are three tips from a wedding photographer to help you take more natural looking engagement portraits. → Read More
3 Rookie Mistakes to Avoid When Shooting on a White Background
Read this tutorial and learn how to avoid the most common beginner mistakes when shooting on a pure white background. → Read More
5 Reasons Why Converting to Black and White May Improve Your Image
Consider that converting to black and white may actually improve some of your images. Here are 5 reasons and situations where black and white may do that. → Read More
Wedding Photography
This is a chance to discuss wedding photography and whether or not you think it's a specialism, or do you need to know a bit of everything to do it? → Read More
How to Take Low Key Head shots
This article gives you tips for adding more drama to your head shots with a low-key style of lighting. → Read More
4 Steps for How to Make a Creative Photo Diary
If you are a visual learner like me, seeing images and written words reinforces your memory, and enhances your learning. Concepts, ideas, and experiences associated with images, colors, and action, stay longer in our memory, help us savour the moment, and relive the events more clearly. Spring is in sight, the days are getting longer … → Read More
5 Troubleshooting Steps for When Your Nikon's Autofocus Stops Working
You’re in the middle of a photoshoot and suddenly you notice nothing in your viewfinder is in focus. Your shutter and AF-ON buttons (if using back-button focusing) do not seem to work. All eyes are on you, and the pressure is on to quickly fix the problem. Where do you start? Or perhaps you have … → Read More
How Thinking Film and Shooting Digital Can Improve Your Photography
Film is not dead. But since the advent of digital photography, about 20 years ago, film has certainly taken a back seat. Since just over a decade ago, when digital cameras were widely available to the masses, film has almost been completely replaced. However, there’s a lot to be learned from the disciplines of analog … → Read More
How to Add Vintage Frame Overlays Using Alien Skin Exposure X
Here is a quick and snazzy tip on adding some cool retro and vintage frame overlays to your photographs, including polaroids and borders, using Alien Skin Exposure X. It’s easy as pie, and takes seconds! Unlike Photoshop, adding frames in Exposure X does not require masking, or the use of layers. But first… why add … → Read More
2 Quick Ways to Add a Sunflare in Photoshop
Sunflares can make an otherwise dull image, look pretty dramatic. It’s very tricky to get good images of a sunflare in-camera, especially when using natural light only, as the contrast between the light and dark parts of the image is often too great that no amount of Active-D lighting can fix. Thankfully, we have Photoshop … → Read More
How to Use the Channel Mixer in Photoshop to Change Colors in Your Images
There may be times when you want to play around with some elements in your images. Perhaps you want to change a color to a more suitable one in post-processing. One of the tools you can use in Photoshop is the Channel Mixer. It is a simple process that allows you to change the color … → Read More
4 Quick Ways to Add a Vignette to Your Images in Post-Processing
What is a vignette? The word vignette comes from the root word vine, which originally was taken to mean a decorative border on a page. In photography, this translates to a border around the edge of the image. This border is caused by a reduction of light from the center of the image, or a … → Read More