Featuring video support, automatic focus checking, and other exciting new features, Excire Search 2026 plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic makes its debut. Here's what's new.
How's this for a bold statement: "Lightroom is lying about exposure." So says highly acclaimed landscape photographer Mark Denney. He's also a post-processing expert, so it pays to listen closely when he makes such an emphatic claim and provides a straightforward fix.
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.
Last week we brought you a no-nonsense primer for inexperienced users, demonstrating how to unlock the power of Photoshop's Selective Color tool when editing images for accurate colors and tones. Today the folks at Photoshop Together are back with another straightforward guide—this time bringing you up to speed on the oft-ignored Blend If feature.
Echt Optik just announced the availability of the Polygraph Filter for popular smartphones. With one snap you can separate fact from fiction, liars from fibbers, and fools from their money if you play your cards right.
More and more photographers are discovering the joys of using inexpensive vintage lenses on modern mirrorless digital cameras. These relics of the past often deliver excellent image quality with a unique look and superior all-metal construction as compared to their modern counterparts.
Are your photos consistently ruined by digital noise even when you thought your camera settings were correct? Perhaps you've asked yourself why your photos look grainy, or when it's safe to shoot with a high ISO. These questions and others will be clearly answered in the six-minute tutorial below.
Jon Sienkiewicz | Sep 10, 2025 | First Published: Sep 11, 2025
Add several magnitudes of precision to your close focusing technique. Oben's Macro Focusing Rails allow you to adjust the distance between the camera and subject in very tiny increments, enabling very accurate manual focus. If you shoot 1:1 macro or greater, you need an Oben Macro Focusing Rail. And they are surprisingly affordable.
Photoshop's Selective Color tool represents a powerful non-destructive means of employing an adjustment layer to correct and enhance specific colors in an image. There are many practical applications like creating outdoor photos with a "cinematic" look or fixing skin tones in portraits by eliminating unwanted red and magenta tones.
Amazingly sturdy neck straps, sling straps, a wrist strap and more have been announced as the core of 3 Legged Thing's new Axis Strap System. Shutterbug has been field testing several preproduction samples and we like them—a lot!