Failure. Everyone’s afraid of failure. But that shouldn’t be the case. After my long history of failing, I would prescribe failure to any photographer wishing to truly learn their trade. Read on to see why.

Those that can, do. Those that cannot, teach. Is that such a bad thing? I think not. I think that teaching is a great way to learn. Read on to find out why.

Bryan Peterson, a very popular photography writer, is back with a new book – Understanding Photography Field Guide. We read through a copy and traveled with it for the past few months to evaluate it. Read on to see what we learned and what we thought.

Social media is an incredible resource to photographers, no matter how deep into photography you are. To see a number of the benefits based on our own observations, please read on and leave your thoughts.

Pocket cameras vs. SLR – is there really a debate to be had? There is a place for both in anyone’s camera bag (or pocket), and a pocket camera has just as much merit as an SLR. To see our full thoughts, read on.

There’s been an awful lot of discussion lately on twitter about shooting in full manual mode and using your in-camera meter.  I thought I’d take a moment to reiterate some past articles that we’ve done which are closely related to the topic.  If you’re learning how to shoot in manual mode, or if you just [...]

I’ve just happened upon a very well-written article over at Black Star Rising written by John Sevigny.  The article, Some F-Stops Are More Equal Than Others, discusses the natural flaws in lenses (flaws being unavoidable) and about how even the best lenses will have f-stops that aren’t as clean or clear as others.  This is [...]

I have twice before written articles mentioning how autofocus could be a pitfall for focusing blunders (Read: Avoid Focusing Pitfalls in Photography and Proper Manual Focusing Technique)  Alistair Scott seems to be in the same camp as I when it comes to autofocus.  In his article, 10 Reasons to Turn Off Your Autofocus (Digital Photography [...]

Lifehacker is one of those sites you stumble upon every once in a while.  It doesn’t always relate to something that’s interesting to you, but occasionally they pull through.  In celebration of the end of the year, Lifehacker has a number of great re-caps in a number of categories.  But since photography is our thing, [...]

I just got wind of a great course being offered by BetterPhoto.com:  Better Exposure:  How to Meter Light.  The course is being taught by Sean Arbabi.  If you remember, we reviewed his book, BetterPhoto Guide to Exposure, back in March.  It’s a open-structured online course (Lessons via E-mail) with full access to Sean during the [...]

Over at Epic Edits, Brian Auer conducts a formal review of FotoTV – an educational site dedicated to photography. Like the name implies, it’s chock full of educational videos – all high quality and seemingly impressive.  Wander over to Epic Edits and read the full story:  Site Review (Plus Giveaway):  FotoTV.  At the risk of [...]

As we go into the winter and we are spending more time indoors, now is as important a time as ever to brush up on some of the finer details of photography technique. To benefit your studies, I have compiled this list of great articles we host here at Shutter Photo.

Many inexperienced photographers look forward to the day when they can expect to trash fewer failed photos. But is that necessarily the case? For that matter, is that ideal? Read on to see what you can expect as you grow as a photographer.

Two great posts that I stumbled upon recently that I wanted to share with you on the topic of landscape evironmental photography.  First is an article from Andre Gunther,  How to Find Great Places to Photograph, which teaches some of the basic tools necessary for navigating the great outdoors.  And the other post is from [...]

Do you really have a strong relevance as it relates to your photogenic world? The ever-changing world effects your emotions, and you need to be aware of how it all works. If this confuses you…read on.