Portrait photography is such an essential part of wedding photography, but it’s much more important than you think. There are many other genres of photography where you can apply these tips to better your results. Apart from kiddie and family photos, this will help you whenever you are photographing people, whether for commercial purposes or [...]

Whenever flash is used in photography, it is important to understand the behaviour of light. Light from the Speedlight can be characterised by the following attributes: 1. Quantity 2. Quality 3. Contrast 4. Colour 5. Direction Quantity The quantity of light we use is determined by many factors which can and will influence the final [...]

In our previous post, we discussed the use of flash as a fill light in images. When do we make the choice to go Manual or TTL for our flash? The short answer is for on-camera flash, use TTL and for off-camera, use Manual flash – or put another way, if your subject is constantly [...]

As photographers, we are always striving for that ‘magical’ moment we want to capture – and then the prevailing light forces us to switch on that sometimes dreaded device called a flash! Sometimes we seek solutions in better or ‘faster’ lenses or plain ignore the fact that when confronted with a not so great lighting [...]

Have you ever seen a photo that evokes emotion or excitement or anticipation or nostalgia that leaves an impression long after you have seen the image? I am sure you have and that probably plays a part in your passion for photography? It is an interesting phenomenon that deserves some closer scrutiny. I have had [...]

I want to share a simple Lightroom tip to help you speed up your workflow, while shooting tethered. Most photographers have never tried shooting tethered. In this post I want to show you how to set up your tethered mode and I want to show you how to create and run a automated preset, while [...]

So you’ve been an Awesome Assistant for a while and taking lots of photos of your own. You’ve had some small paying jobs and know some of the ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of the industry by now. You have your own equipments and a website/blog that showcases your work – paid or otherwise – and you’re [...]

So you love photography! You think in images, get distracted by pretty pictures and trawl around the photography forums daily reading reviews for the latest gadgetry and imagining the day when you’ll buy the kit of your dreams. So what now? You decide to take the big leap (or baby steps) into the world of photography but [...]

I received an email from a photographer today that I thought might be a good topic to discuss and share about on KIKI. The photographer has been shooting weddings for some time now, but she still feels stressed. She asked my advise and wanted to know how I go about not stressing and enjoying a wedding :)

While editing a wedding I came across some interesting things that might sound really basic, but I believe it’s worth sharing. When I started out as a photographer I was so worried about the background and my camera settings that I forgot to look at the light. After a few weddings I realized that light was the most important, not the pretty fountain or the pose, but the LIGHT was key!!