It seems as if everyone is trying to be a landscape photographer these days. With the advent of digital imaging and the corresponding ease in cranking out pictures, photography is everywhere. Because of this, it’s getting harder and harder to create landscape images that are different and not the same old stereotypical stuff that everyone else is shooting.

Many photographers go to great lengths to put their own creative stamp on their work, using such things as camera filters or complex computer editing techniques to gain a unique style.

Want to capture the perfect portrait every time? Keep reading to learn some tips professionals use that you can adopt – even without a fancy camera or a studio of your own. Learn what you need to know about simple but effective lighting, flash photography, and more. You should also consider following a photography course online that would guide you step by step until you could take truly memorable portraits time and time again.

Good lighting is key to any successful portrait. With on-camera flash, you encounter problems that detract from a quality picture. For example, flash brightly illuminates your subject in an unnatural, flat light.

“The limitations of inkjet technology are of little consequence when their output is used as an intermediate step on the way to a photographic print.”

Writer of the upcoming and long-awaited second edition of Beyond Monochrome, British photographer Chris Woodhouse shares a chapter from his new book that details the process of how to get silver-gelatin prints from inkjet positives.

Chris Woodhouse ARPS, is an English electronic engineer and photographer, who designs f/stop timers and enlarger meters.