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Ron Leach  |  Nov 14, 2025

Today's interesting tutorial from the Lightroom-only Color & Editing Mastery channel encourages you to replace the conventional approach of editing with Curves, with a less- familiar method of employing Lightroom's Curves panel that many pros prefer. And you can grab a FREE selection of time-saving presets in the description beath the video.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 13, 2025

Today's eye-opening tutorial is for those of you who struggle with flat, dull outdoor photos—even in beautiful locations and good light. Instructor Serge Ramelli demonstrates a beginner-friendly shooting and editing workflow that's guaranteed to take your landscape imagery to the next level.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Nov 12, 2025  |  First Published: Nov 13, 2025

I was wrong. Bokeh is far more important, useful and beautiful than I'd thought. Let me explain.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 12, 2025

Adobe has enhanced Lightroom's landscape masking capabilities in the most-recent update, and there's a new-and-improved way to achieve precision results. Pro Austin James Jackson brings you up to speed on these important developments in the thorough tutorial below.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

Ron Leach  |  Oct 30, 2025

There are times when we're out in the field and our widest lens doesn't enable us to squeeze an entire expansive vista into the frame. That's when it's time to shoot multiple images and merge them during post processing to create one spectacular ultra-wide shot.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Oct 29, 2025  |  First Published: Oct 30, 2025

Just in time for Halloween, an exciting new camera filter from Cozen. This adjustable X-Ray Filter lets you peer through organic material with ease! Ogle your neighbors, check your feet for fractures and even detect Zombies!

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