Leading By The Hand – How to shoot landscapes without a tripod
Capturing stunning landscapes with a tripod isn’t always possible. X-Photographer Mark Gilligan explains how to perfect your hand held shooting technique.
True Blue: Shooting landscapes in the twilight with the GFX 50S
Most photographers are aware of shooting at ‘golden hour’, but ignoring ‘blue hour’, the short time before sunrise and after sunset, can provide stunning results, as Mark Bauer proves.
A Quest to Capture the Golden Hour: Wild Camping in the Lake District
Chasing after that ethereal golden hour sunrise but not a fan of the early starts? X-Photographer Mark Gilligan tried out wild camping to rise with the sun. Here’s how he got on.
Here comes the sun – a guide to photographing sunbeams
Want to learn how to capture those dramatic sunbeams, starbursts or beautiful back-lit scenes? X-Photographer Chris Upton has some very useful advice!
See more of the world: Iceland with the GFX 50S
A trip to Iceland never fails to provide interesting shots as Landscape photographer Mark Bauer demonstrates in this article, sharing some of his stunning shots captured on the medium format Fujifilm GFX.
A Story of Composition: We don’t take a photograph, we make it
Creating beautiful landscape images, which invite the viewer to become immersed in the scene, can be tricky. X-Photographer Mark Gilligan gives us his advice on how to get the best from your landscape photography by focusing on your composition.
Wide vs Tele: From one extreme to the other
The most popular question X-Photographer Mark Gilligan is asked is “what lens do I need?”. In this blog Mark compares wide vs tele lenses for landscape photography.
IN FOCUS: 11 inspiring photography locations around the world
IN FOCUS is a series of articles where we ask some of the UK X-Photographers to give us advice, provide insight into their photography and share some of their favourite images of all time. In this blog, we wanted to go in search of the most inspiring locations for photography.
FUJIFILM GFX 50S: A Professional’s View
Eager to try out the FUJIFILM GFX 50S, professional landscape and wedding photographer Steven Hanna recently put the medium format system through its paces. In this interview, we find out how he got on.