Photography Tips and Tutorials for Beginners

This page contains a collection of articles we have written for those who are just getting into photography. These photography tips for beginners should hopefully help our readers to enhance their knowledge of photography and get the best out of their equipment.

Photography gear and how to buy it:

1. What is a DSLR?
2. DSLR vs Point and Shoot
3. How to Buy a DSLR Camera
4. First Nikon DSLR and Lens
5. First Nikon Lens?

Understanding basics of photography:

1. Understanding ISO – A Beginner’s Guide
2. Understanding Aperture – A Beginner’s Guide
3. Understanding Shutter Speed – A Beginner’s Guide
4. Understanding Digital Camera Modes
5. Understanding ISO, Shutter Speed and Aperture – A Beginner’s Guide

Other photography tips:

1. What is Bokeh?
2. How to Take Good Pictures
3. How to Take Sharp Photos
4. Nikon Lens Bokeh Performance
5. How to Photograph Children
6. How to Photograph Birds
7. How to Photograph Textures
8. How to Photograph the Moon
9. How to Photograph a Lightning
10. Astrophotography: taking pictures of stars
11. Focal length comparison on Nikon DX (1.5 crop factor) cameras

Software and post-processing:

1. What is EXIF Data?
2. How to remove EXIF Data?
3. Nikon RAW (NEF) Codec for 64 bit Vista or Windows 7
4. How to add frames to photos in Photoshop