Dozens of film directors have made a good living from selling ideas like this one, but what is the secret to success?

Vignettes are a lot like vinaigrettes... you have to be careful not to add too much!

There is more to being a photographer than just hoping the nostalgia or beauty of a subject will make your photos great...

On-camera flash might help capture the moment but it does not always capture the mood!

One of the most important questions you can ask yourself as a photographer is, "Am I convinced by what I see?"

A beautiful image made on a sunny day and yet it is grey!! What can be wrong?

Unless you are a scientific photographer there is no right or wrong exposure or composition for any image... just ideas that work better than others!

I think you have been paying attention to the lessons... now for another lesson!

Photography is all about taking, and often making, opportunities. You need to work with whatever those opportunities are.

There are three essential elements that go into making any photograph – get your note paper handy.

Given the choice between a technically perfect, average moment or a technically average, perfect moment I will go for the latter - every time.

Photographing the moon is all about getting the timing right - and we are not talking in minutes, but days!

The best photos are never the obvious ones - photography was never meant to be that easy! Rather, the best photos are the ones you have to go looking for.

Night photography presents a photographer with a totally different take on the world, as well as the opportunity to work with shadows and silhouettes. Use them to tell the story!

Keeping your lens clean is important... otherwise it can make photographing beautiful images like this all the more challenging.

More so than almost anything else, the secret to making a great photograph is controlling your exposure and contrast.