Outdoor Photography How To

Vignettes are a great tool for improving the impact of photos captured indoors or out. They can help guide a viewer's eyes through an intricate scene and emphasize the primary element within the frame.

How about an "advanced" shooting technique that's easy enough for anyone to master in minutes? What makes this method so cutting edge isn't because it requires special skills, but rather because it delivers eye-catching effects that stand out from the crowd.

We recently featured a quick tutorial explaining how to use Tone Curve post-processing tools to rehabilitate poorly-exposed photographs. But most photographers prefer getting things right in the camera, and that's what you'll learn how to do in the next six minutes.

Have you ever marveled at breathtaking images with a wide range of colors and impeccable exposure in different portions of the frame, and wondered how the photographer created such amazing balance? Today you'll learn the straightforward secret you're missing.

It can be difficult to nail exposure when photographing complicated landscape scenes, especially when snow covers the ground and can easily "fool" your camera's light meter. This tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel provides a quick-and-effective fix using Lightroom's Tone Curve tools.

Are multiple exposures a happy accident or a stroke of creative genius? Well, that depends if you created the image with intention or if it was a fortunate mistake. This tutorial from the Adorama TV YouTube channel explains everything you need to know for giving images a unique look by creating impressive double exposures in the camera.

Professional photographers spend years studying, practicing, and refining their shooting and editing techniques before really hitting their stride, and this video from an accomplished pro is intended to shorten your learning curve by revealing five "huge mistakes" made by self-taught shooters.