The end of the year always provides a good opportunity to organize your thoughts, as well as your desk, for the coming year. With that thought in mind, as began removing some clutter from my desktop, I came across several news items that surfaced late in 2014 that I think you’ll find both interesting and useful as we all get set to begin a new year.

The old year is ending, the new year is here, and that means it’s time for New Year’s celebrations. No New Year’s Eve is complete without fireworks. You’ll be photographing

In the end, you can’t cheat the camera. What they see is what we get and in 2014 we were busy either catching, or being caught by a camera lens. And the device truly dominated the headlines in 2014.

Celebrations and parties are key parts of our lives. They’re full of emotions, moods, foods… and for a photographer, more openness, better poses, and other people actually asking you to

We wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hope you have a great time and more great photos ahead!

For many, Christmas is the most magical time of the year. The family is together, and it would be a shame not to document them together too. “Document” them? Yes—because Christmas photography can be about more than just children before the tree. How should you approach this task, and what equipment should you use? Read on to find out.

Christmas is magical for just about everyone, but especially for children. That’s why children’s smiling faces are front and center in Christmas photography. They’re also front and center in today’s selection of Christmas photos from our Zonerama users. Don’t forget: Christmas is a time of emotions and loved ones, so make sure all of that makes its way into your photos!

Sometimes even the most careful of us forget a gift or two… or even haven’t yet had a free moment to buy any at all. Fortunately you can buy Zoner Photo Studio right up to the very last minute. It’s a great way to rescue your Christmas.

Painting and drawing with light are two of the most entertaining roads to producing creative photographs. Together they form an area of photography where groups of people of all ages can work together and have fun together. With a little patience and enough time, you can create works reminiscent of actual paintings.

While we saw a veritable sled-full of great photo gear this year, here are few relatively inexpensive items we eyed that we think make excellent gifts for shutterbugs of all levels, without blowing your holiday budget out of the water.