Travel Photography How To

For several years, Shutterbug has shared the link for the fall foliage prediction map that covers the lower 48 states and is maintained by the folks at SmokeyMountains.com. Here's the 2025 version. The map is interactive, intuitive and updated regularly.

Cluttered backgrounds are often unavoidable when shooting in the field, and this distraction will easily deemphasize a key subject in wildlife shots, nature photos, or even landscape images with an element that deserves to really stand out. Today's tutorial featuring German expert Christian Mohrle demonstrates how to save the day with the thoughtful use of Lightroom's easy-to-apply Lens Blur tool.

See the ladies paint their faces and prepare for their final performance. They blush as you watch them audition their most brilliant colors before fading to brown with a sigh that only the birds hear. The crisp autumn air deepens their beauty but loosens their grip as, one by one, they drift back to the ground from whence they came.

Everyone is a photographer when Mother Nature presents her magical fall foliage fireworks pageant. Who can pass a tree emblazoned with orange and crimson leaves without snapping a pic? Now is the time to get your gear in order, make your travel plans, and otherwise prepare to capture the best show the earth can offer.

We're taking a look at a new masking feature that one pro describes as "hidden" because many Lightroom users don't know it exists. In barely four minutes you'll learn how powerful it is for enhancing skies, balancing color and light, and adding depth to your images with just a few clicks.

You may have heard photographers discuss the popular concept of "bokeh" even if you don't know how to pronounce it. Simply put, the powerful technique enables you to accentuate the key subject in an image by understanding how to render out-of-focus areas with the frame.

This is another of our "fix-it-don't trash-it" post-processing tutorials than can quickly turn an unimpressive outdoor photograph into a spell-binding image that really grabs attention. In the video below you'll learn how to introduce natural-looking light to photos that don't quite make the grade.