Lighting Tutorials

STAR WARS DAY Celebrate Star Wars Day by using LED lighting and a sprinkling of flour to create cinematic toy photography

Video Colour gel photography can be used to warm up or cool down background tones, but did you know you can use blue gels to add warmth? Here's how...

How to Claire Gillo shows you how to shoot landscape scenes through a crystal ball for a different approach on the genre

How to Take great shots every time by following our simple rules of photography – but know when to break them too!

How to How to take control of lighting and posing to photograph captivating fine art images of the female form

TUTORIAL Find out how to add mysterious orbs of light to your scenes with this fun and fascinating light painting technique

CHEAT SHEET We explain how (and why) to use your camera's histogram

CHEAT SHEET Learn how lighting direction affects your photography – and the three main types of directional light you can use

CHEAT SHEET How do you go about lighting a portrait with just one light source? Here are six things to try

TUTORIAL Our resident Canon EOS expert deliberates whether aperture priority mode will give you the sharpest shots