Photography by subject

Different subjects ask different things of us. The patience landscape demands is a world away from the quick reflexes of street, and what works for architecture will get you nowhere with wildlife. This section is organised around what you're pointing the camera at, so you can go straight to advice tailored to the kind of photography you love (or the kind you're itching to try).

Whatever your subject, you'll find genre-specific guidance here on the techniques, settings and approaches that suit it best. Learn how to photograph architecture so buildings look as striking as they did in person, or how to capture a beautiful sunset without ending up with a flat orange smear. Each genre has its own quirks and its own rewards, and part of the fun is discovering which one truly clicks for you.

Plenty of photographers spend years convinced they're a landscape shooter before stumbling into portraiture and never looking back. So treat this as an invitation to explore. Dip into a genre you've never tried, borrow a technique from one subject and apply it to another, and don't feel you have to specialise before you're ready. The camera's the same. It's only ever the subject, and the approach, that changes.