Local adjustments are often a better approach when trying to brighten just one part of a picture.

Most versions of Photoshop have a Shadows/Highlights control. Within the adjustment panel is a rather magic adjustment...

You often hear horror stories about placing the horizon line in the middle of the picture... well I say "don't be scared"!

One of the best ways you can get good at something is just to keep doing it... but here are a couple of pointers anyway!

Photographing fountains is a good way of learning about shutter speeds!

Old machinery is a popular subject for many photographers... so how are you going to make you photograph a little more interesting!?

Focussing at night is never easy, but here is an old school solution that might work the next time you are in a dark place!

Balance... it is all about the balance!

Photographs like this are bread-and-butter for many photographers... the trick is to make them look good!

A little bird told me once that getting the plumage looking good is essential! Try this for an option!

There is only one way to get better lighting and that is to keep exploring it until you can actually "see" it. And that is the easy answer!

One catch light good! Two catch lights bad!

If something is passé you need to give it a twist and then make it your own.

Just like a sentence gives us the order in which we should read words... design is used in photography to tell a viewer how to read an image.

An interesting idea can occasionally be made stronger with just a hint of digital trickery.

Getting the horizon straight can make all the difference to a photograph. But how can we see the horizon through brick walls?