Jeff Meyer

In our new infographic we've illustrated the color temperature scale and show you where some of the more commonly used white balance settings sit within it. We've also shown where some common shooting conditions, such as hazy skies and sunsets, sit within the color temperature scale and what white balance setting you might want to use to capture accurate colors in these conditions.

Below you can find a sampler of each of the 10 packs of free textures and direct link to download them today.

We've put together our latest photography cheat sheet, a visual guide taking you through several simple portrait lighting set-ups, and showing the different effects they create.

Are you a frustrated family portrait photographer? While we can't offer much help in the way of crying babies, we can help with a number of common obstacles we face when taking pictures of family. In the latest of our Photography Cheat Sheet series we've come up with what we believe are four of the trickiest conditions for shooting family portrait photography. Within each scenario we've crafted a handy little flow chart to get you through each challenging situation and come out the other side with a top-notch family portrait. Simply drag and drop the infographic inside on to your desktop to save as a handy reference the next time you're called in to action as the Official Family Photographer!

Knowing how to read your camera's histogram is the most important thing you can do to ensure a good exposure.

If you can't use your knowledge of composition and exposure to take pictures of people in public, landmarks, animals, art work, or whatever, then what good is having a camera?

Portrait photography is challenging for a whole host of reasons. Getting your portrait right in-camera is only half the battle. Knowing how to edit your portraits can be quite difficult when it comes to cropping a photo. Cropping in an awkward position on your subject can end up ruining a perfectly good shot. In the latest of our photography cheat sheet series of free infographics, we've put together this easy guide for understanding some of the best places to crop a subject in a portrait, and some of the places where you should not. 'Yes' areas are marked in green, while 'bad' locations are marked in red.

We have interviewed some of the best and most famous photographers in its time. Here, we gather together some insightful words of advice from more than 50 of our interviews.