Have you mastered your camera in manual mode? Congratulations… it’s incredibly freeing isn’t it?! But can you take a good photo in all kinds of light? Or do you avoid certain light situations? I’m talking about those darker corners of your home, full sun, midday sun, strong backlight, hard light… the list goes on. If […]

Click Love Grow Advanced Grad and mentor Emma Davis shows us today how to take beautiful bubble pictures of kids running around, playing, and enjoying some bubbly time!   Tips For Awesome Bubble Photography I love to take pictures of my kids at the park — which is just as well given how much time […]

Have you ever wanted to try pet photography? Our Click Love Grow Grads shoot everything from portraits to macro, food to landscapes, and our Advanced Photography Course has helped many budding photographers find their niche. For Advanced Grad Corina Clarke, that niche is pet photography… specifically, dogs. We adore seeing all the stunning pet portraits […]

Taking on a long-term photography challenge is a great way to improve your photography skills, and for Advanced Graduate Deb Signorelli, it has also been an opportunity to spend quality time with her teenage son, Ben. At the start of the year, Deb jumped on board our Project p52 with the intention of taking one […]

Learning how to bring your photographic vision to life is one of the biggest takeaways from our Advanced Course. Most of our students join us because they’re competent in manual mode and ready to take their photos to that next level artistically. And Toni McDonald is one of those students. Toni was shooting in manual […]

When you look back at images of your childhood, what is it that you love most about them? For those of us born before the digital era, our baby albums are likely filled with faded prints, some out-of-focus, some underexposed, negatives long since lost to the sands of time.   But it’s not what they […]

Backlight usually makes us think of golden hour beach photos… warm light, sandy feet and sunkissed faces. Yum! But there’s so many ways to use backlight beyond the beach, and today’s highlights reel of images from our talented Grads is the inspiration for this tutorial. Read on experiment with backlight to bring a little magic […]

We all know that feeling of losing ourselves in photography; we find flow and all sense of time and reality fade away. We tune in and create work that speaks to us. Maybe we discover something new or perhaps we create nothing worthy of processing at all but a seed of an idea starts to […]

Are you your family historian? You know what I mean… that person in the family who documents all.the.things in photos, driven by a desire to not forget a single thing. Not to mention it’s a tangible way to ensure your future generations know your family’s story. From the big things to all the little everyday […]

When we learn to confidently shoot in manual mode, there’s no question it’s a game changer. It’s a totally liberating feeling to master your camera! It gives us the power to create technically sound photos every time… no more unintended motion blur, or over and under exposed photos. But ultimately, we want more than just […]