Welcome! My name is Jeff Wignall and I'm the author of more than a dozen bestselling photo how-to books--including The NEW Joy of Digital Photography that has sold more than 100,000 copies. On this site I'll teach you how to be a better digital photographer and how you can use any digital camera to take great digital pictures. There are dozens of tutorials here and I add new ones all the time. Contact me using the contact form and I'll be happy to answer your photography questions.
The Digital Photo Tutorials
Click on the links below for a full list of tutorials.
Create more dramatic images--take a giant step closer to your subjects...as long as you're not standing on a wharf!
Tips for getting great butterfly photos. Spring is here and you can do get great close-ups with any camera!
Yearning to go back to the 60s? Learn to take intensely cool and intensely colored Black Light Photos. It's easy and you can do it with any digital camera and a simple black light bulb.
Add interesting surface textures to your photos using Texture Overlays in Photoshop. A simple and fun creative technique.
Now you see it, now you don't! The fun and magic of the Clone Stamp. Learn how to remove things you don't want, add things you do want and even swap subject matter between photos. It's very easy!
Here's everything you ever wanted to know about lens apertures in this multi-part tutorial.
The Night Portrait exposure mode lets you take perfectly exposed flash portraits while still recording the ambient night lights.
Create amazing sparkler portraits! Here's how to use sparklers and a touch of fill-in flash to create some stunning and creative portraits. Plus, see how I created the image that has been viewed more than 30,000 times on Flickr!
Photograph City Skylines at Night: Learn the secrets of how to get the most dynamic photos of city skylines at night. Hint: the best skylines are shot at twilight.
