Adam Coupe

Better Portraits - Head Shots

Better Portraits - Head shotsWhere do you start when shooting images of people? Well a good place to start is with head shots… It's really satisfying for someone to tell you that you've really captured their personality in a photo - here are some tips t... Read >

Photography Technique - Mastering Focus

Knowing how the focusing system on your camera works and how to override it and take control yourself can make all the difference to your photography.Mastering focus and where to apply it to create dramatic images can transform your photography. It doesn... Read >

Photography Technique - Close Encounters

Photography Technique - Close EncountersThey say small is beautiful - this article shows how you can make it big in close-up and macro photographyTired of landscapes? Bored with Portraits? Looking for a brand-new challenge? Then try your hand at close-u... Read >

Photography Technique – 10 Great Tips for Silhouette Photography

Photography Technique - 10 Great Tips for Silhouette PhotographySometimes the best pictures are stumbled upon, but you can increase your chances of getting a great silhouette image by knowing what a good shot contains. Don't forget that when the lighting... Read >

Photographic Technique – Winter Dusk Photography

Photographic Technique - Winter Dusk PhotographyMany of the best 'night' shots are, in fact, taken between the period between sunset and darkness. The crossover period, between sunset and darkness when there's still colour in the sky, is a crucial time - ... Read >

Photography Technique - 10 Tips to Add Zing to Your Autumn Pictures

Photography Technique - 10 Tips to Add Zing to Your Autumn Pictures1 Get the Exposure RightAlthough digital images can be tweaked in Photoshop to correct a reasonable degree of exposure error, you should always strive to get it right in-camera first time.... Read >

Photography Technique - 10 Tips For Capturing Autumn Landscapes

Photography Technique - 10 Tips For Capturing Autumn Landscapes1 Just Add WaterWater in its many forms is a great ally when shooting landscapes. Still water in lakes and lochs is ideal for capturing reflection. If you get down to the water's edge you ca... Read >

Photography Basics – Ten Tips for Shooting Autumn Leaves

Photography Basics - Ten Tips for Shooting Autumn Leaves1 Use Backlighting. Perhaps the most attractive way to illustrate autumn leaves is when they're backlit, so they glow beautifully and the rich colours are revealed at their best. Sunny weather prov... Read >

Photography Technique – Capturing Late Summer Landscapes

Photography Technique - Capturing Late Summer LandscapesThe days might be shortening, but you need to pick and choose your light carefully during the late summer.Summer light can be incredibly harsh. By 6am - roughly two hours after sunrise - the colour t... Read >

Photography Technique – Capturing Autumn Light

Capturing Autumn LightUse the great light at this time of year to shoot more than just scenics, including eyecatching architecture, early morning spiders webs, vivid rainbows and perfect silhouettes.As well as the chasing the changing light to make the mo... Read >

Photography Technique – Architectural Photography at Night

Shooting Buildings at NightShooting at night is a great way to inject more pizzazz into your architectural photos.As an evening strolling through any town or city centre will prove, brightly coloured floodlights can transform even lacklustre buildings int... Read >

Photography Technique – Autumn Close-ups

Autumn Close-upsAs well as shooting subjects and scenes on a large scale, autumn is also a great time of year for close-up photographyIf nothing else, the carpets of fallen autumnal leaves we see covering the ground beneath every tree from the middle of O... Read >

Photography Technique – Capture Autumn Colour

Capture Autumn ColourFrom fallen leaves to luscious landscapes, in autumn everything turns a kaleidoscope of colours.Autumn is the most photogenic time of year for outdoor photography. Not only is the landscape transformed into a kaleidoscope of glorious... Read >

Photography Technique – Frozen Water Close-ups

Photography Technique - Frozen Water Close-upsGet outside and take some creative close-ups of our winter wonderland - or why not make your own at home?When the temperature drops, the outside world gets a new lease of life which brings endless opportunitie... Read >

Photography Basics - Introduction to Lenses and Focusing

Introduction to lenses and focusing One of the most important things in any camera, whether it's a digital model or a traditional film camera, is the lens. The lens is your camera's "eye" and it captures the scene. Professional photographers don't have wh... Read >