Experienced Lightroom users understand why dodging and burning is an "essential" technique that enables them to control light and shadow for perfectly balanced tones through a scene. The standard approach typically works pretty well, but this tutorial reveals a unique trick that delivers absolute precision every time.
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Adobe just announced major enhancements to AI-powered editing in Lightroom & ACR, a text-to-video app based on Firefly, Project Neo (3D design app), significant speed enhancements in Illustrator and more.
One challenge faced by all landscape photographers, especially when shooting with wide-angle lenses, is creating order out of the chaos that often appears in complicated, expansive vistas. Failing that, your images can be confusing because the viewer is unsure exactly where to look.
There's no doubt that Apple makes cutting-edge products, but when it comes to revealing how they work, well, not so much. That's why we often turn to experts like Evan Ranft to demonstrate the finer points for taking advantage of the iPhone's advanced camera features.
It's often said that it's OK to make mistakes as long as you only make them once and learn from the errors of your ways. That's the topic of this quick tutorial from the Wildlife in Focus YouTube channel, specifically as it pertains to photographing birds and other forms of wildlife.
Many of us have busy schedules with jobs and other obligations that prevent from us being out in the field in early morning and late afternoon when Golden-Hour bathes the landscape with soft, beautiful tones. This means shooting in the middle of the day when high contrast and harsh illumination pose a difficult challenge.
If you had to guess what one expert considers the number one skill of professional photographers (without looking at the lead image above), we doubt that your answer would be visualizing the world in three dimensions. But you can take this notion to the bank, according to instructor Simon d'Entremont.
Last week we posted an eye-opening tutorial describing common "myths" about ISO settings than can easily compromise the quality of landscape, nature, and wildlife photos. We're following up on that today by demonstrating how so-called "bad photography habits" may actually improve your imagery in several ways.
Some photographers intentionally introduce lens fare for creative purposes but most of the time our goal is to eliminate these unintended distractions. Doing so by conventional means can be a very arduous and time-consuming task, but today you'll learn an effective trick for getting the job done in seconds,