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Ron Leach  |  Jul 10, 2025

There's a big difference between coming upon a beautiful animal in the field and understanding how to capture a spectacular shot of your imposing subject. This tutorial with expert Kevin Hatley reveals what he says are "five essential skills for success in wildlife photography."

Ron Leach  |  Jul 10, 2025

Everyone loves sunny, cloudless days with bright blue skies when travelling or spending a day at the beach. But when it comes to creating compelling landscape photographs, well, not so much.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 10, 2025

In the next five minutes you'll learn why and how changing the aspect ratio of your photo is a quick-easy-way to strengthen its impact on the viewer. The five-minute tutorial from the Better Pics YouTube channel explains how to get the job done with precision using an oft-ignored feature in Lightroom's Crop tool.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 09, 2025

One foolproof method for transforming a dull landscape photo into an attention-grabbing winner is to embellish the shot with natural-looking light rays. This video from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates a very effective Lightroom process for getting the job done to perfection.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 09, 2025

If you’ve yet to explore Adobe's amazing color grading presets you're missing out on a quick-and-powerful method for enhancing images to perfection. The quick video below from photographer Aaron Nace explains how to add these "essential" tools to your everyday workflow.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 08, 2025

Shutter Priority and Manual are the two exposure modes that stand out for capturing sharp images of fast-moving subjects, whether you're shooting sports, birds in flight, or energetic kids running around the house. This important tutorial from the Hamed Photography YouTube channel demonstrates how each mode works and when one delivers better results than the other.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 08, 2025

Today's enlightening tutorial from British pro James Feaver recounts how much he struggled with post processing when first embarking on his photography journey, and he describes his dismay like this: "I would spend hours and hours editing my photos, wake up the next morning hating what I've done, and have to start over."

Ron Leach  |  Jul 08, 2025

There's a lot to digest if you're just getting started in photography, including camera-setting terms, basic concepts, and other important nomenclate that's essential to understand. The quick explainer below from photographer Ed Verosky clears up all the confusion so you can evolve your skills with confidence.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 07, 2025

It's not always possible to be out in the field when Golden Hour paints the landscape and our subjects with soft, glowing light. This video below the popular PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates how easy it is to mimic the beautiful effect with a straightforward c

Ron Leach  |  Jul 07, 2025

If you're struggling with flat colors in landscape, travel, and street photography the culprit is likely an incorrect White Balance setting that don't match the task at hand. Today's quick tutorial from Nifty Photographers demonstrates how to configure your camera properly and employ custom White Balance to capture vibrant images in various conditions.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 03, 2025

We frequently preach our strong preference for fixing a disappointing photo instead of deleting it—especially when the image captured a rare and spectacular moment that won't be repeated. Not only can this exercise create a great image for your gallery, but it's also a valuable teaching moment so that you don't repeat shooting mistakes in the future.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Jul 02, 2025

Shutterbug readers love photographing birds. One look at our Photo of the Day gallery confirms it. So we asked Owen Deutsch, a renowned bird photographer, to share his expert advice.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 02, 2025

Today's step-by-step Lightroom post-processing guide from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel reveals a simple and effective method for creating eye-catching nature and landscape photos by accentuating foreground elements in an image. The straightforward technique works wonders for drawing viewers into a scene, balancing exposure and color, and improving the impact of composition.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 02, 2025

Most photographer prefer to complete the image-editing process with speed and efficiency so they can get back out in the field with camera in hand doing what they love most. This quick tutorial from the Better Pics YouTube channel will help streamline your processing workflow by explaining how to bulk resize images in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR).

Ron Leach  |  Jul 02, 2025

Today we're taking a close look at why one of our favorite instructors insists that "Auto ISO is the secret tool for better exposure in any light." While everyone is familiar with this mode, Hamed explains that the secret nature of the oft-ignored setting is than many folks fail to understand all of its benefits and how to them to use.

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