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Harness the Power of Curves for Creative, Dynamic Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 10, 2025

If you overlook Curves when editing your images you're missing out on one of Lightroom's most powerful tools that can easily be mastered, even by inexperienced users. Today's beginners guide from the Adobe Lightroom YouTube channel explains how to get started today.

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Pixels Schmixles—What YOU Can Do With a Low-Res Digital Camera
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 08, 2025

What’s the best thing to do with an old, sub-2-megapixel camera? Go out and capture some remarkable images, that’s what.

Can you take good pictures with a 1.2-megapixel camera? Can anyone? Here’s a small album of images shot with a diminutive Sony CyberShot DSC U10 to challenge your preconceptions. The images were all captured 20+ years ago at various locations in the US, Germany and Japan.

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Create Epic Landscape Photos with a Pro's "Secret" Masking Technique (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 07, 2025

If you're serious about nature and landscape photography and looking for a quick post-processing trick that will take your images to the next level, you've come to the right place. That's because the video below from expert Austin James Jackson reveals "the pro masking secret that most people don't know how to use, and how you can use it to transform your images."

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Jumpstart Your Creativity with Lightroom's 1-Click Adaptive Presets (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 06, 2025

Today's time-saving post processing tutorial demonstrates how easy it is to enhance a photograph with one click by applying Lightroom's game-changing Adaptive presets in a selective manner, i.e. just where they're needed. The video lesson below is presented by the popular Adobe Lightroom YouTube channel that boasts 37M views, 358K subscribers, and almost 900 instructional videos.

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EASY HOW-TO: Product Images POP Via Photoshop's AI-Powered Harmonize Feature
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 05, 2025  |  First Published: Nov 06, 2025

Create more compelling product images using the powerful Harmonize feature in Photoshop. Whether you're a product reviewer, content creator or just want to add more excitement to you social posts, this easy how-to tip takes less than five minutes.

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7 Key Camera Settings From a Street Photography Pro (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 05, 2025

Get ready for some expert advice from a Finnish pro who reveals seven smart camera settings that are guaranteed to change how you shoot on the street. The promise is that there will be no more missed shots or incorrect exposures if you heed Peter Forsgard's advice.

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How to Use EV Compensation in Manual Mode to Nail Exposure Every Time (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 04, 2025

Mastering your camera's Exposure (EV) Compensation feature is truly essential for capturing properly balanced photos in difficult light like when your scene includes prominent areas with both light and dark tones. Selecting a positive value brightens the shot while negative settings accomplishes the opposite in varying degrees.

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LR's NEW Variance Tool Fixes Color Problems in Seconds (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Nov 03, 2025

Adobe just released their fall update with a host of powerful features that we'll cover extensively in the coming days. Today's video from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel takes a deep dive into Lightroom's new Variance tool that one expert says, "easily fixes a BIG problem in seconds."

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Get Closer: Laowa 180mm f/4.5 1.5X Ultra Macro APO
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 01, 2025

Laowa just introduced a 180mm f/4.5 telephoto macro lens for full-frame cameras that delivers 1.5X image magnification at its closest focus setting. Shutterbug had a chance to exercise an early sample for a few weeks. Here is our review.

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Minimalist Bird Photography: Stunning Clean Shots (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Oct 31, 2025

Earlier this week we brought you an unconventional beginners guide to minimalist black-and-white photography, demonstrating how restraint and simplicity can deliver landscape images with greater impact. We're following up on that lesson today with an interesting video that applies these same principles to photographing birds and other wildlife subjects in the field.

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