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While visiting Pétarel Lake in the French Alps, Shutterbug reader Michael Arzur captured a glorious sunset thanks to preplanning and a bit of luck.

Landscape photographers typically strive to capture images with attention-grabbing colors, but sometimes flat lighting conditions make this difficult to achieve in the camera. Fortunately, there's a simple Lightroom tool for making the fix as you'll see in this tutorial from the popular PHLOG Photography YouTube channel.

In what is, perhaps, another depressing sign of the times for full-time, in-house photography jobs, Sports Illustrated has laid off all of its staff photographers.

Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products,
announced that award-winning sports photographer Peter Read Miller will be the
featured photographer on Kingston's Icons of Photography Web site beginning
today. Each month, Kingston® spotlights a world-class photographer who provides
helpful tips and interesting anecdotes for taking better pictures. Whether they're
providing a unique process or special trick that gives them a competitive edge,
or an explanation of how to make digital imaging a natural part of their workflow,
these accomplished icons deliver useful suggestions that photo enthusiasts at
all levels can apply to their photography.

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Of course sports photographer Eric Bakke can capture the peak action moments. He’s team photographer for the Denver Broncos, shoots X Games for ESPN, and contributes sports images to newspapers, magazines, and organizations. Here, though, we want to talk about his pursuit of a different kind of sports image, one that most often pictures a single athlete and aims for art over action.

Instructor Ejaz Khan makes this bold claim: "Spot Metering is the ultimate tool for photographers aiming to master the creative use of light." In this 13-minute episode you'll learn when, why, and how to harness this technique for unmatched exposure control with precision.