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Photography Explained Podcast
Rick McEvoy
227 episodes
4 days ago
Send us a text Ever wondered why your photos don't look as good as the scene you remember? 🤔 The answer isn't a new camera or expensive software—it's mastering seven simple editing adjustments that transform flat photos into stunning images. ✨ Host Rick McEvoy reveals the exact editing workflow professional photographers use on EVERY photo. Learn how to make your images pop without spending hours editing or a fortune on gear. 💥 These aren't complex techniques—they're straightforward adjustmen...
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Send us a text Ever wondered why your photos don't look as good as the scene you remember? 🤔 The answer isn't a new camera or expensive software—it's mastering seven simple editing adjustments that transform flat photos into stunning images. ✨ Host Rick McEvoy reveals the exact editing workflow professional photographers use on EVERY photo. Learn how to make your images pop without spending hours editing or a fortune on gear. 💥 These aren't complex techniques—they're straightforward adjustmen...
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Arts,
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Episodes (20/227)
Photography Explained Podcast
Why Your Photos Look Flat & How to Fix Them
Send us a text Ever wondered why your photos don't look as good as the scene you remember? 🤔 The answer isn't a new camera or expensive software—it's mastering seven simple editing adjustments that transform flat photos into stunning images. ✨ Host Rick McEvoy reveals the exact editing workflow professional photographers use on EVERY photo. Learn how to make your images pop without spending hours editing or a fortune on gear. 💥 These aren't complex techniques—they're straightforward adjustmen...
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1 week ago
24 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
📸 Train Your Eye: Master Photography Right Where You Are🌍
Send us a text Tired of feeling like you need an exotic location for great photos? 🎒 The truth is, the most amazing photo spots are often right outside your door. The key is learning how to see like a professional photographer. 🎁 Host Rick McEvoy gives you his essential 11-Point Checklist for training your eye and taking captivating photos, no matter where you are. Stop just looking, and truly see the world around you! ✨ 💥 What You'll Master in This Episode: Light First! ☀️💡 Always look for t...
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3 weeks ago
15 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
📸The Art of Light: From Harsh to Heavenly ✨
Send us a text What transforms an average photograph into a stunning one? It’s light. Photography literally means "drawing with light" ✍️, but simply having light isn't enough—you need to understand how to use it as a creative tool 🎨. In this essential, practical guide, host Rick McEvoy shows you how to stop fearing "bad" light and start seeing it as an opportunity. We dive deep into the five core principles of photographic light, covering everything from the physics of harsh vs. soft light ☀...
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1 month ago
21 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Essential Accessories for Every Photographer (Without Breaking the Bank)
Send us a text Ever wondered what gear you need beyond your camera? 🤔 The answer isn't a new lens or a bigger flash; it's a few simple, affordable accessories that can make a huge difference. ✨ They protect your gear, make shooting easier, and help you get better photos. 📸 In this episode, your host Rick dives deep into ten must-have items that professional photographers can't live without, showing you how to get the most out of your camera without spending a fortune. 🤑 Simple but effective a...
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1 month ago
19 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
ISO Explained: The Simple Guide to Better Photos in Any Light ✨
Send us a text Ever wondered why some photos come out looking dark 🌑 and others are sharp but grainy? 🌾 The answer lies in one simple camera setting: ISO. 📸 It doesn't let more light in; instead, it's the digital amplifier of your photo's data. 🔊 Mastering this one setting lets you get a sharp, correctly exposed photo in any situation. 🎯 We’re diving deep into ISO, showing you what it is, how it affects your images, and the professional techniques for using it to get the cleanest photos possi...
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2 months ago
20 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
🎙️Finding Your Best Angle, Simple Tips for Better Composition 🖼️
Send us a text The Secret to Amazing Photos Isn't a Camera. It's How You Use Your Eyes. ✨ Have you ever wondered what separates a simple snapshot from a truly captivating photograph? It’s all about composition—the art of purposefully arranging everything within your photo frame to guide the viewer's eye and tell a clear story. In this episode, your host, Rick, demystifies this powerful photographic tool, sharing five simple, practical, and highly effective tips to help you move beyond taking ...
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2 months ago
21 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Your First Five Steps into Landscape Photography (Even in Your Local Park!)
Send us a text 🏞️ Photography Explained Podcast - Episode 213: Your First Five Steps into Landscape Photography (Even in Your Local Park!) 📸 What if you could take stunning landscape photos without traveling to exotic locations? In this episode, your host Rick McEvoy makes photography accessible by showing you how to find beauty right where you are—even in your local park. We’ll get straight to the point with five simple, practical steps to help you capture images you'll be truly proud of. 💡 ...
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3 months ago
26 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Creative Use of Depth of Field: Blurry Backgrounds, Sharp Subjects 🎯
Send us a text Ever wondered how some photos make the subject leap out with a dreamy, soft background, while others keep every detail crystal-clear from front to back? That, my dear listener, is the magic of Depth of Field (DoF)! ✨ In this episode, Rick McEvoy, your plain-English photography guide, unlocks this fundamental concept, showing you how to wield it for stunning, professional-looking images every time. Forget complex jargon; we're talking about depth of sharpness – how much of your ...
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3 months ago
21 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Master Your Camera Modes: A Simple Guide to Auto, Aperture, Shutter & Manual Settings
Send us a text Are you tired of your camera making all the decisions? 😫 Want to take control and unlock its full creative potential? This episode is your straightforward guide to understanding camera modes and transforming your photography from guesswork to glorious! ✨ 💡 Why Camera Modes Matter (Beyond Auto!) Ever wondered why some of your photos are perfect in Auto Mode, and others just... aren't? It's all about control! Your camera's shooting modes – that dial on top with letters like M, Av...
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4 months ago
24 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
How to Get Sharp Photos Every Time: Beyond Just Focusing! 📸✨
Send us a text Is your camera secretly plotting to make your photos blurry? 😈 You know the feeling: that perfectly composed shot, only to find it looks like it was taken by a ghost. A soft-focus nightmare! 🤦‍♂️ Well, my dear listener, I'm Rick McEvoy, your humble host, and I'm here to banish that blur for good! In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the true secrets to achieving consistently crisp, clear, pin-sharp photos, every single time. Trust me, it goes way, way beyond just ta...
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4 months ago
35 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Taking Great Photos in Direct Sunlight: 5 Tips for Beating the Harsh Light
Send us a text 🌞 Is Harsh Sunlight Ruining Your Photos? Not Anymore! 🌞 Ever look at your beautiful outdoor scene and see only blown highlights, dark shadows, and squinting faces? You're not alone! Direct sunlight can be a photographer's biggest challenge, turning vibrant moments into high-contrast headaches. But what if you could turn that harsh light into your secret weapon? In Episode 209, Rick unlocks the pro secrets to stunning photography in direct sunlight! Discover 5 game-changing tips...
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5 months ago
30 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Polarising Filters - What Are They? Do I Need One?
Send us a text Polarising filters attach to camera lenses and reduce reflections and glare, and can improve colour saturation. They can simply make your photos look better. What is not to love, eh? And they don’t cost a lot either. And I have a couple of these that I absolutely love. In this episode, I will tell you when, how, and why I use my polarising filters. So let me tell you all you need to know about polarising filters – how utterly splendid. All explained in plain English, without th...
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5 months ago
28 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Neutral Density Filters - What Are They? Do I Need One?
Send us a text Neutral density filters attach to camera lenses and reduce the amount of light getting through to your camera sensor without affecting the colours (hopefully). Neutral density filters allow you to take long exposures in daylight, allowing you to flatten water and make clouds super cool, streaky, blurry, amongst other things. Neutral density filters allow you to use wide apertures in bright conditions and can also prevent you from getting overexposed photos in bright conditions....
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5 months ago
23 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
21 Composition Tips For Better Photos Of Buildings
Send us a text Do you want to take better-composed, more interesting photos of buildings? So do I. And in this episode, I will give 12 things that will help you take better photos of buildings. And here they are. Take one photo and get the best composition you canUse the rule of thirdsTake a photo, then try a different focal length to get a different lookTake photos from different anglesMove back and forwardsUse leading linesFind the best lightCapture intricate architectural detailsFill the f...
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6 months ago
25 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
11 Landscape Photography Composition Tips That Will Instantly Improve Your Shots
Send us a text Do you want to take more interesting landscape photos? Well, I do, and I hope that you do too. It is too easy to go somewhere and take average, boring photos of something you never do anything with. I have taken loads of these myself, so don’t worry. And it is so easy to take the same photo of something we have all seen a thousand times. Let’s not do any of that. No, there is so much more that we can do, and in this episode, I am going to tell you 11 things you can do to help y...
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6 months ago
25 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
11 Travel Photography Composition Tips That Will Instantly Improve Your Shots
Send us a text Do you want to take more interesting travel photos? Well, I do, and I hope that you do too. It is too easy to go somewhere and take average, boring photos of something you never do anything with. I have taken loads of these myself, so don’t worry. And it is so easy to take the same photo of something we have all seen a thousand times. Let’s not do any of that. No, there is so much more that we can do, and in this episode, I will tell you 11 things you can do to help you t...
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7 months ago
26 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Understanding Focal Length and Its Effect On Composition
Send us a text The focal length you use to take a photo will significantly affect the photo you create. It will determine what is in a photo, what is not in a photo, how small or large the elements of the photo are, and how the elements in your photo relate to each other. The focal length you use will also determine the depth of field, or as I like to call it, depth of sharpness, that there is in a photo. So, if you want to learn how to use focal length to create better compositions, li...
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7 months ago
18 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
What Are The Rules Of Composition? (And Which Do I Use?)
Send us a text The rules of composition are not rules. The rules of composition are guidelines, ideas, things that we can use to help us. But you need to know what the rules of composition are so you know which rules you are going to use, if any. You don’t have to use the rules of composition, and you will never use all of them. Certainly not in the same photo, but you will see why, so don’t worry. Find the ones that work for you, and they can help you get better compositions. And better comp...
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8 months ago
19 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
What Makes a Good Composition in Photography?
Send us a text Photography is about more than just taking a photo—it’s about taking the best photo you can every time. A rubbish composition will give you a rubbish photo. A great composition will give you a great photo. Create better compositions, and you will end up with better photos – and in this episode, I help you to do just this – what is not to love? So, if you want to learn how to create better compositions, listen on. In this episode, I tell you Why is composition?What are the...
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8 months ago
18 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Photography Composition Tips and Techniques – How I Take Photos
Send us a text The single most important thing we can do to improve our photos is to think about what we are taking photos of before we take them. We need to take the time to get the best composition every time we take a photo. The success or otherwise of any photo starts and ends with what is in the photo. Photography composition is what you include in a photo, what the light is doing and how the elements within the composition relate to each other. In this episode, I tell you Why this...
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9 months ago
33 minutes

Photography Explained Podcast
Send us a text Ever wondered why your photos don't look as good as the scene you remember? 🤔 The answer isn't a new camera or expensive software—it's mastering seven simple editing adjustments that transform flat photos into stunning images. ✨ Host Rick McEvoy reveals the exact editing workflow professional photographers use on EVERY photo. Learn how to make your images pop without spending hours editing or a fortune on gear. 💥 These aren't complex techniques—they're straightforward adjustmen...