Edinburgh Photography Workshop
Find out how with a few clicks in Photoshop
7 new lenses from Tamron & Sigma
Why is it better than a traditional tripod?
Rumours and news from Canon, Sony and Olympus
Create your backup strategy
25% off this great software!
Two days in Birmingham
Find out why I'm not going to write blogs anymore
A family portrait of the Princess of Wales has led to controversy
Improvements in denoising and demosaicing
How to make a quiet street look busy!
Make it easier to plan landscape shots
Stability, functionality and space-saving design in a travel tripod?
The latest releases from photography guidebook publisher FotoVue
Tools, tips and techniques to plan a day of shooting
Why buy a new camera that can’t take pictures?
A guide to creating black-and-white images.
The big three camera manufacturers announce Digital Signatures this year
New Year is a great time to tidy up Lightroom
A new year can lead to new beginnings.
Using flash modes to enhance your photography.
Studio quality lighting that can be used in the field.
Looking for Christmas gift ideas for the snapper in your life?
A round-up of all the best photo deals
Sony’s new Alpha 9 III introduces some new vocabulary to photography
Two zooms and a wide angle for cropped sensor cameras.
Did you change the clock on your camera?
New Lens Blur feature in Adobe Lightroom
Getting sharp photos isn’t only the settings you use.
How to get great photos when the rain is falling
Make a calendar the easy way
Capturing the World in a Different Light
Join photographers across the globe in Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photo Walk
Why you shouldn’t believe what you read
DxO completes its re-build of the Nik Collection suite
An insight into shooting the Edinburgh Festivals
Using Lightroom Masks to speed up editing
Using PhotoMechanic Code Replacement for fast and accurate captions
The latest Adobe Photoshop Beta development
Thinking of getting into photography?
The GP-E2 does the job, but why is it needed?
Snap up some great photography bargains
Training the curatorial team at the Surgeons' Hall Museum
The photography gadget you never thought you needed
Is Sun Moon Expert a challenger to Photopills or TPE?
BA & HND students at Edinburgh College exhibit their work
We’ll never believe a picture again!
The latest iteration launched by DxO
Two photo planning apps – which one is the best?
Make your landscape photographs sharper
Which forecasters can you trust?
Denoising and better selections
A bridge camera isn’t the best way to start your photography journey.
Upgrade to get a pixel boost
Camera Connect app updates
What does it mean?
More control of how RAW files are processed
How a private tour can help you achieve your goals?
What is it, and why does it help?
What you can expect to see in the coming months
A new level of control over colour
Is it worth paying £900 more?
Do we need to worry about AI?
How odd numbers create more connection
Let Adobe Lightroom help decide
How to update your copyright statement in Lightroom
Use the New Year to improve your photos
Review of the Kase Neutral Night Filter
7 Tips for Cold Weather Photography
Tips on getting over a creative block
Top 10 recommendations for Christmas gifts
Free up space to edit quicker
3 new camera launches - when can we expect to see them?
Review of five images from past attendees of our workshops
This year’s Lightroom 2022 update is huge!
Improved de-noising and a new colour space
A walk along part of the Water of Leith
Go through your back catalogue of photos and make a calendar
How to keep your Lightroom catalogue tidy
Photography isn't just pressing a button
The story behind the picture
Forget losing your lens cloths with WaterBear
Switching from Crashplan to Backblaze
No time for photography is an excuse, not a reason
How to record what’s on the back of your camera
Nine photography mistakes you should avoid
Social Meet-up at the Botanics
Find out what's new in the latest DxO Release
Susan Allan’s journey to passing an HND in photography
Canon launches two crop sensor mirrorless cameras
Shoot direct from your camera into Lightroom
Why does it happen, and how can we use it?
More ways to create selections using Adobe Photoshop.
Part 1 of making Photoshop selections
Three-months in. How's it going?
Streamline you photo studio booking
Enhance your RAW files with PureRAW 2
It's not just Lightroom and Photoshop
What to look for in your first camera
Two recent attendees share their views
The world of tripod heads has been turned upside-down with the revolutionary new Platyball head
Why you should care about copyright
Improve the speed of your editing
10 resolutions to take better pictures
How to get front-to-back sharp images
Interview with gallery owner, Chris Close
10 christmas gifts for photographers
Portfolio review part II
Photo deals this Black Friday
New product
In the field with Slik tripods
8 tips for a great firework photograph
New features in Adobe Lightroom
PhotoLab 5 and FilmPack 6 updates
Time to get creative bokeh
Tools that Lightroom is missing
Design to Print Guide
What's the right system and when?
How do NFT's work?
Reliable and affordable camera flash
extend your image with content-aware fill
Which apps can you trust?
Buy one camera, get second free!
Five photos reviewed
A stunning two-volume guide by James Rushforth
Full-frame? Cropped? Micro-four-thirds?
Review of the Freewell magnetic VND filter
How do you know when to open the wallet?
When to switch to spot metering
Is it worth it?
Do something different
3 hours on Scotland's Isle of May with puffins.
Sharpen tool in Adobe Lightroom
More tools, easier to use
When to use Lightroom Filters and Masks
It's a buyers market
Should you always buy expensive?
Using the proper focus modes
Two controls can help get sharper images. This week, drive modes
Has Canon and Nikon forgotten that beginners want to use mirrorless?
How Viltrox can help the transition from Canon DSLR to Mirrorless
What you need in the UK to be ready to fly a drone legally
I can't use Manfrotto tripods anymore
Restarting after COVID lockdown
What's new with the K9 Holder?
Spring-clean your Lightroom catalogue
A great new update to the CRM system
Canon R5 and R6 compared
Speed up your Photoshop editing
Getting started with abstract photography
Sony launches most advanced mirrorless camera
Straighten horizons with LR Transform
How to photograph framed art
Hands-on with the SmallRig L-Plate
Ideas to improve your photos
Let the Library module work for you
Deep-dive to import your photos into Lightroom
Christmas Ideas for Photographers
Testing new products from Kuvrd
The impact of COVID tiers in Scotland on our workshops
Great tech but is it good photography?
Make your new R5 and R6 camera work for you
How to make your calendar process slick for next year
Make a living from photography
Time for Night Photography again
A photo chat with Konrad Borkowski
Seascape Workshop - COVID secure
Photo-location guide
Final four myths to debunk
Three more myths to debunk!
Busting the myths of photography (Part 1)
How can you create your personal style when you are taking pictures?
Canon launches the R5 and R6
What are the best ways of learning photography?
What's changed in the latest Lightroom update?
What's a brief, and how do you succeed in delivering for clients?
A deeper dive into Nik Collection 3
Non-destructive editing added to Silver Efex pro
Keeping you safe
6 of the best photography podcasts
Add metadata on your phone with MetaGear
We talk to Suzanne Porter, founder of clik-trip, the photography marketplace
The autofocus operations and modes to get your shots super-sharp
Is Canon about to blitz the mirrorless opposition with the Canon EOS R5?
In this second part of the series, we look at Publish Services
Once you’ve taken and edited a photograph in Adobe Lightroom, you’ll want to share it.
You could be missing new features or vital security updates on your camera if you don’t update firmware
Understanding how light works can allow you to control the intensity of shadow in your portraits
Create a professional-looking border in one click in Lightroom
What can we expect from the big 3 camera manufacturers in the rest of 2020?
How can you manage enforced downtime as a freelancer positively?
In this week’s blog, we let chance create out-of-this-world shapes with smoke photography
Who would think that a simple water drop or two can make a beautiful photograph?
How to create a contemporary flower photograph
A capture to processing guide for fine art flower images
We explain the difference between Compact, DSLR and Mirrorless camera types
Our views on the benefit of the Adobe Photographers Package over other editing tools
Want to get front to back sharpness in your photographs?
We’ve got our hands on the new Canon RF 28-70 lens made for the full-frame mirrorless R range
This week I interview previous workshop attendee Billy Waugh who has just gained an LRPS distinction
As we move from one year to the next we try to get better by making a New Year resolution. Here are 5 photography related ones for 2020
As we come to the end of the decade, let’s look back and see how cameras have changed in the last 10 years.
Use Adobe Lightroom flags and collections to choose your best photos for a calendar
Are you stuck for something to buy the photographer in your life?
What is the right lens to use when you’re heading out to take landscape photographs?
The Lightroom panorama feature has been updated in Classic Release 9.0 with Fill Edge.
The quick way to convert your photos to give a different look and feel
First impressions - moving from 1DX MkII to EOS R
How do you find photo locations and shoot them?
Moving your camera during an exposure can give some really artistic effects
A neat little Photoshop trick to give you a mindfulness image.
With the addition of a simple hand torch, it’s easy to use light painting in night photography
It’s always good to remember that most photography is for social reasons.
Does your camera take a while to process after taking a long exposure? That’s Long Exposure Noise Reduction. What is it and do you need it?
Improve your landscape and seascape photography skills by attending an Edinburgh Photography Workshop session
When do you need to use a graduated filter and what’s the right one to use?
Bad weather or photographers block doesn’t need to stop you from being creative.
Using a slower shutter speed and panning can give a sense of movement
Come and join a free Photo Walk through Edinburgh's streets
Adobe Lightroom 8.4 update has added the functionality to output files as a PNG file. Does it improve your social media posts?
Speed up your editing process and save disk space with Lightroom previews?
Why does high ISO noise happen and how do you remove it?
What should a photographer be paid as a fair day's pay?
An ideal solution to protecting your cameras by using two bags
Some of the language used in photography is confusing. What exactly is a stop?
A comparison of the Kase Wolverine Filter System and Lee Filters
Using a different shutter speed can blur or freeze motion in your subjects.
Owner of Dundas Street Framers, Mark Bowman, chats about photography and the importance of photographs in a frame
A photographic journey of the Western Highlands and Isle of Skye
What’s the difference between Lightroom, Classic and Mobile version?
Find great locations throughout Scotland with a great book
Changing the sync modes on your flash can give creative results
The latest update of Lightroom Classic has added a brand new feature, Texture Control.
The temperature of light can change the look and feel of your photographs
Create a professional looking headshot with just 2 lights
The final part of a photographers guide to the Isle of Skye
A photographers guide to some familiar and not so familiar locations on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
A photographers’ guide to some familiar and not so familiar locations on the Isle of Skye in Scotland
Look after your photographs by having a strong back-up strategy.
Shoot and process a star trail image
The tool most press photographers use, Photo Mechanic, has just got seriously better.
Birmingham’s NEC played host to the UK’s largest gathering of photography suppliers, The Photography Show 2019
Whether or not to head out at the weekend is always a challenge – which is the best weather service?
Eleven photography apps for your mobile device that will help you get better photos
Bring your best images together without using valuable disk space
A conversation with Edinburgh Photography Workshop client, Sally Anderson
What’s the best format for shooting on your camera?
Getting to know keyboard shortcut codes will speed up your Lightroom editing
There are hundreds of different tripods on the market – which is best for you?
Make the subject of your photo front and centre by filling the frame
How to produce a better balance to your pictures by using the space around the subject
Finding symmetry in your shots helps to give a graphic design feel to your images
Guide your viewers to see what made you take a photograph
Where you put things in your shot is just as important as good exposure
The latest update from Adobe to Lightroom CC Classic has improved the way you work
Here are the Christmas gifts photographers would love to find in their stockings this Christmas.
A great enhancement to the planner in Photopills
How to achieve the Schindler’s List effect of a colour pop.
Some of the best Black Friday photography deals available in the UK
Ever struggled taking photographs through glass?
How to get better results in high contrast scenes
A daily cleaning routine to keep your camera and lenses in top shape.
Using High Dynamic Range can let your camera ‘see’ what you can
Create a really dramatic hero shot on one of those dreary winter days
Take better seascape photos by joining the Forth coastline Landscape & Seascape workshop
Impressive light-trails that make your night-time images look stunning
The low down on one of the most important tools in a landscape photographers kit
Disasters can strike at any time so here are a few common photography school-boy errors to avoid so you get brilliant photographs
Concluding post on a recent two-day private photo-tour
First of two posts on a recent two-day private photo-tour
Shoot in the blue hour to get fabulous night-time images
How to find dust spots in your photos and fix them
Why do I need more than one filter?
A look at how Adobe’s Lightroom organises your files and catalogues
Gain protection of your copyright by adding metadata - part 2
Stopping your pictures from being stolen – part 1
Slow down time; increase dynamic range and see through water
How to get better, sharper photos
If your camera doesn’t have GPS you can still track where you’ve snapped
Second of two posts that look at photographing in Namibia. Part 2 – photography tour
Photograph and process the milky way in Adobe Lightroom
Edinburgh Photography Workshop gains TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for 2018
First of two posts that look at photographing in Namibia. Part 1 - personal tour
Using the key ingredient in photography to improve your pictures
Why we shouldn’t get obsessed with aperture to change depth of field.
Take great looking images and spend less time on your computer with this handy 20-second edit
The hidden feature that guarantees sharper photographs
How to take great panorama images and then get them ready to be printed
Why understanding hyperfocal distance will make your photographs sharper from front to back.
Getting the exposure right when shooting things that are black or white
Sunrise to sunset along the banks of the Forth River with Edinburgh Photography Workshop
Edinburgh Photography Workshop partners with the Arienas Collective to bring the #1 Rated workshop for beginners to Edinburgh's Georgian New Town