There are many ways to sharpen your images and reduce noise using Lightroom but some are better than others. In fact, some sharpening and noise reduction methods in Lightroom can actually degrade image quality.
Every photographer wants to take better photos but there's so much advice out there – some of it good, some of it not so good – that it's hard to know who to listen to. According to photographer James Popsys, the best person to listen to if you want to get shoot better images is yourself.
Here's something awe-inspiring to start your weekend with. In the below video, underwater photographer and dive expert Ocean Ramsey has a close encounter with what she says is "possibly the largest great white shark ever recorded."
Here's a fun photo project you can try this weekend. Just grab a regular umbrella – we know you have one hiding in the closet somewhere – and follow along with COOPH's tutorial below titled "5 photo hacks with your umbrella."
Three very different, very exciting camera bags—one shoulder, one photo backpack and one waist pack. Considering the variety of clever designs, abundance of high quality materials and outright affordability, there’s probably never been a better time to buy a camera bag. (Except maybe during that two-year period back in the middle of the Pleistocene epoch when cheap Diprotodon skin from Australia was flooding the market…)
Pierre T. Lambert shoots a lot of street photography videos and he often gets asked by viewers what are his favorite camera settings. So in the below video, Lambert shares his tips on what settings he uses, why he thinks camera settings are actually not that important, and how to get the most out of your street photos no matter what gear you're using.
Beginner portrait photographers should check out the below tutorial from Bach Photography. Titled "How to Instantly Improve Your Natural Light Portrait Photography," it's a great starting point for anyone wanting to shoot beautiful portraits using only natural light.
No human being is created perfect, and photographers probably know that firsthand. Still, everyone wants to look best in their portraits. That desire usually translates into hours of tedious retouching with Photoshop or the likes of it. Whether you are a fashion, an event, or a wedding photographer, you probably wish to make portrait enhancing a breeze. Well, there is software that can grant you that wish.
There are lots of ways to sharpen your images in Lightroom but do you know the best methods? In the below video, photographer Mark Denney shares what he says are the "five best ways to sharpen your landscape photos in Lightroom."