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Knowledge is power. Discover MPB advice to help you advance your visual storytelling.

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10 November 2025

Learn: How to Prepare for a Photography Portfolio Review

Take your portfolio to the next level with an in-depth guide to preparing for a photography portfolio review from FotoFest's Sarah Ansell.

A wide shot of an African bush elephant walking around during the daytime.

10 November 2025

Advice: 10 Steps to Become a Wildlife Filmmaker

Award-winning documentary filmmaker Nina Constable shares her advice for making it in the wildlife filmmaking industry.

A black-and-white photo of Josh performing a backflip outside a shop, image by Simon Murphy

10 November 2025

Learn: 15 Tips for Street Portrait Photography

Simon Murphy shares his advice for photographing street portraiture, from permission & directing to honesty & patience.

Wide image from the back of the crowd of a Phish concert. Taken on a Nikon D800.

7 November 2025

Guide to Concert and Live Music Photography

James Joiner shares decades of live music experience. Nail the setup, settings & strategies to help you score an encore.

A person in a bright red dress lying peacefully in a small blue rowboat on dark water, surrounded by tall green reeds. Shot by Alina Rudya on a DJI FC220.

4 November 2025

Learn: Top 10 Tips for Natural-Light Portraits

Portrait photographer Alina Rudya shares her advice on using natural light to elevate your portraiture.

Northern lights landscape with a house and trees with snow in the foreground

31 October 2025

Learn: How to Shoot the Northern Lights

Resident photographer Ian shares his advice for capturing the best possible imagery of Aurora Borealis.

16 October 2025

How To: Create a Wildlife Camera Trap

Learn to create a wildlife camera trap with Vishal Subramanyan’s tips for capturing elusive animals in nature.

10 October 2025

Guide to Sports Photography

Our full sports photography guide with in-depth advice, recommended camera gear and interviews with the experts.

A towering rubber figure rises from the mud in Stephan Gladieu’s Homo Detritus, turning Kinshasa’s market chaos into raw environmental art.

8 October 2025

Learn: Top 6 Tips for Conceptual Photography

Build your own world with intent—conceptual photography tips from Stephan Gladieu.

Forest shot with bare trees and shrubs with orange leaves in the foreground, shot by Vivienne Arnold with a Fujifilm X-H2S

24 September 2025

Learn: 5 Tips for Forest and Woodland Photography

How to improve your tree photos: Vivienne Arnold shares her advice and recommended setup for shooting green landscapes.

US Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher saves a shot during the England vs USA Women’s World Cup semi final in Lyon, France, on July 02, 2019.

23 September 2025

Diary: Women’s World Cup Photography with Elsa Garrison

Follow sports & football photographer Elsa Garrison covering the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia & New Zealand.

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28 January 2022

MPB Meets: Portrait Photographer Karli Evans

Photographer and director Karli Evans translates the vibrancy of Miami seamlessly with her lifestyle visuals.

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A lighthouse on the coast with grass and flowers in the foreground at Newborough Beach in North Wales, shot with the Fujifilm X100V by James Popsys

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Learn: How to Prepare for a Photography Portfolio Review

Advice: 10 Steps to Become a Wildlife Filmmaker

Learn: 15 Tips for Street Portrait Photography

Guide to Concert and Live Music Photography

Learn: Top 10 Tips for Natural-Light Portraits

Learn: How to Shoot the Northern Lights

How To: Create a Wildlife Camera Trap

Guide to Sports Photography

Learn: Top 6 Tips for Conceptual Photography

Learn: 5 Tips for Forest and Woodland Photography

Diary: Women’s World Cup Photography with Elsa Garrison

MPB Meets: Portrait Photographer Karli Evans

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