Photography

You shouldn’t have to choose between taking the family photo and actually being in it. With a tripod, a self-timer, or a compatible remote, you can get everyone in the frame without asking someone to sit out or handing your camera to the nearest willing relative. A little preparation goes a long way toward getting a photo you’ll actually want to frame.

The best photo gifts aren’t necessarily made with your best photographs. They’re made with the images that mean something: a familiar face, a favorite place, or a moment someone might have forgotten you captured. With a little thought, those photographs can become something worth keeping, displaying, or using long after the holidays are over.

Golden hour in autumn brings warm, low-angle sunlight that can turn leaves translucent, give landscapes depth, and create flattering portraits. The key is planning around your location, then adapting your exposure and shooting position as the light changes. This KEH Camera article combines practical fall photography tips with settings and scouting advice you can use with the gear you already own.

A strong photography portfolio is not a storage place for your best-looking images. It is a focused argument: this is the work you can make, this is how consistently you can make it, and this is why a client or hiring manager should trust you with the next assignment. Here’s how to build a photography portfolio that gets you hired: practical image selection, sequencing, presentation, and portfolio projects, with KEH Certified™ pre-owned gear supporting the work when your current kit no longer meets the job.

Aperture, shutter speed, and ISO work together to determine how bright or dark your photo looks. Together, these three settings make up the exposure triangle, one of the most important photography fundamentals to understand.

Horror photography is all about controlling what the viewer sees and what they have to imagine. A face half-hidden in shadow, a figure outlined in a doorway, or a familiar room lit from the wrong direction can create more tension than a frame full of effects.

Pet photography is more than pointing a camera at a cute dog. It’s a specialty that combines technical skill, patience, animal handling, and a solid business plan. From puppy milestones and outdoor action portraits to fine-art images of beloved companions, photographers can build a range of services around the way people connect with their pets.

Every photographer develops their own way of seeing the world, but building a signature style takes time, experimentation, and a willingness to work with what you have. From learning to shape light with a single flash to turning everyday locations into striking portraits, the best creative breakthroughs often come from mastering the fundamentals and making them your own.

Dim rooms, blue-hour streets, candlelit dinners, school plays, night markets—low light has a way of turning good photo ideas into blur, noise, and frames that are simply too dark. It’s tempting to assume a newer camera will magically fix everything, but technique often makes a bigger difference than you might expect. These eight low-light photography tips focus on smarter decisions you can make with the gear you already own, helping you create sharper, cleaner, more intentional images.

Shorter days and colder weather mean more time shooting indoors. Living rooms, studios, cafés, kitchens, and window-lit corners can all make great settings, but they also put your gear to the test. Less light, tighter spaces, mixed color temperatures, and moving subjects can make sharp, well-exposed photos harder to get.

Medium format has a reputation for being “better,” but that depends on how you shoot and what you want from your images. A 35mm film camera can be faster, lighter, less expensive to feed, and easier to carry all day. Medium format gives you a larger negative and often encourages a slower, more deliberate approach.

Moving to mirrorless doesn’t necessarily mean starting your lens collection over.