Yearbook Academy / Learn by making

Photography Field Guides

I am still learning, and I always will be. Let’s make a photograph that teaches us something.

Double exposure: a portrait with another world inside

Combine a simple human shape with a texture from the world around it. Learn the two-frame process on the Fujifilm X-T2, then practise choosing what belongs together.

Generated panning illustration of a helmeted cyclist on a park path against horizontally streaked trees.

Movement: freeze the gesture or follow the flow

Use shutter speed and your own movement to choose how action feels. A sharp instant and a moving blur can both tell the truth of a moment.

A silhouetted person carries a golf club and a glass on a staircase beside a tall curtained window.

Shadow play: make the missing light matter

Use a window, a wall and a little patience to build a photograph with shape. Learn to control a silhouette, separate a subject and make a shadow part of the composition.

Open the composition playground