Jo Plumridge is a British writer and photographer who specializes in design, travel and comedy pieces. As a photographer, she focuses on portraiture. This post was originally published on the ...

Photography can be so much more expressive when you venture beyond point-and-shoot. For newbies stepping up to a more capable camera, such as an advanced compact, a mirrorless compact system camera, ...

Welcome to another edition of Let’s Talk Photography! This week I’d like to share my thoughts on shutter speed. As we’ve discussed previously, the most important thing to learn in photography is the ...

Hopefully our guides to ISO, aperture and shutter speed have made those photographic terms a little less daunting than they once were. If you now feel like you understand those concepts and are ...

Compared to ISO and aperture, shutter speed is a relatively straightforward concept to understand. It's the period of time that a camera's sensor (or film) is exposed to light after you hit the ...

Today the Lytro Light Field Camera is receiving a firmware update that unlocks manual controls such as ISO sensitivity and shutter speed. But just in case you haven’t heard of it yet, the Lytro is a ...

We've all seen the magic of long exposure photography – those dreamy, slow-shutter shots where waterfalls turn into silk, clouds streak across the sky and the ocean looks like sheets of glass. This ...

The default camera app on Apple’s iPhone is actually quite good. It has an intuitive interphase, as well as a surprising amount features and manual controls. You can easily switch between lenses — ...