Photography Tutorials

How to Take Perfect Fall Photos

By: Michelle Ecker on September 21 2017.

If you’re a nature photography enthusiast, autumn is a wonderful time of year to check out your local park or wildlife reserve and capture some beautiful outdoor scenery shots. To…
How to Use Automatic Exposure Bracketing

By: Michelle Ecker on September 1 2017.

Have you ever struggled to achieve an accurate composition because the subject you were photographing was under tricky natural lighting that you weren’t familiar with? How about a subject located…
Improve Your Action Shots

By: Michelle Ecker on August 25 2017.

If you’re trying to take some sports or general action photos this fall, it can be tricky to make sure the main moving subject in your shot stays in focus.…
How to Photograph a Solar Eclipse

By: Don Sheff on August 21 2017.

At NYIP, we're glad to have readers and students from all around the world. Some of you will be lucky enough to be in the path of a total solar…
How to Photograph Cities

By: Michelle Ecker on August 18 2017.

Many of our students tell us they absolutely love traveling to cities to capture awesome urban landscape shots. Crowded cities offer creative photographers so many opportunities, from pedestrian candid portraits…
Intro to White Balance

By: Michelle Ecker on August 10 2017.

Do you know how to use your camera’s white balance feature? Surprisingly, it’s a setting that many photographers overlook when exploring their new cameras. If you’re one of those people,…
Using Continuous Shooting Mode

By: Michelle Ecker on August 9 2017.

Have you ever tried using the continuous shooting function on your camera? If not, we highly recommend you explore it a bit. Once you get used to working in this…
3 Tips for Concert Photographers

on July 26 2017.

Are you headed to any concerts this summer? Any photographer who’s tried to capture awesome concert pictures (especially at nighttime, outdoor events)…
Take Better Portraits Outdoors

By: Michelle Ecker on June 7 2017.

If you are a portrait photographer, your technique probably shifts with the seasons depending on whether or not your clients request their pictures be taken outdoors. When you’re working with…
Our Favorite Shutter Speed Cheat Sheet

By: Michelle Ecker on May 31 2017.

If shutter speed is a concept that confuses you, it’s worth getting familiar if you seriously want to improve your shots. Put simply, shutter speed is just a way to…