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Ron Leach  |  Oct 15, 2025

Have you ever spoiled an otherwise great shot by clipping highlights on a sunlit wildlife subject? Maybe a bright white bird is blown out and totally devoid of detail, or perhaps it's just the wings that are grossly overexposed.

Ron Leach  |  May 03, 2024

What if we told you there's a "secret" Photoshop feature that will take your landscape edits to the next level, and that it delivers epic results for beginners and experienced users alike? This is exactly what you'll learn in the five-minute tutorial below from photographer Steve Arnold.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 08, 2022

As the great Ansel Adams once said, “Dodging and burning are steps to take care of mistakes God made in establishing tonal relationship.” And that holds true whether you’re working with film in the darkroom or editing digital images on the computer.

Ron Leach  |  May 20, 2021

There’s a promising new feature in Photoshop that you may want to add to your bag of editing tricks. Called “Depth Blur,” it’s a component of Photoshop’s Neural Filters and it works with just one slider.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 31, 2023

Adobe is constantly at work updating Photoshop and Lightroom with effective new features. Some familiar tools may fall by the wayside, but as you'll see in today's tutorial from the Photoshop Café YouTube channel, these are usually replaced with more powerful options.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 12, 2025

Adobe has enhanced Lightroom's landscape masking capabilities in the most-recent update, and there's a new-and-improved way to achieve precision results. Pro Austin James Jackson brings you up to speed on these important developments in the thorough tutorial below.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 04, 2024

Have you ever captured what would be a great photograph, were it not for an abundance of image-killing noise? If so, the following video from the Birdman Photography YouTube channel will help fix the problem thanks to a new Denoise tool in Lightroom.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 12, 2024

Most photographers would agree that our craft is all about striving for a perfect shot. And many times that involves capturing what the great Henri Cartier-Besson referred to as "the decisive moment." The ultimate goal is to get things right in the camera, but this Photoshop tutorial is all about what one pro describes as "cheating the perfect moment."

Ron Leach  |  Apr 06, 2023

One of the most common image-editing tasks is cleaning up a photo by eliminating distracting elements. Until recently the standard approach involved turning to Photoshop’s Object Selection tool, and using or one or more time-consuming options to vaporize and fill the mess.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 17, 2025

Lightroom boasts a wide array of transformational features for adjusting exposure, perfecting colors, and enhancing other attributes of unimpressive photos. Today's quick tutorial from photographer James Feaver explains why the oft-ignored Point Color tool is "incredibly" powerful, and how you can begin using now regardless of your post-processing experience.

Ron Leach  |  Dec 08, 2023

Back in the heyday of 35mm photography the task of developing film and making prints in the darkroom  required good craftsmanship and plenty of knowledge. In today's digital era, despite all of the sophisticated image-processing tools at our disposal, the same requisites apply.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 13, 2025

Today's eye-opening tutorial is for those of you who struggle with flat, dull outdoor photos—even in beautiful locations and good light. Instructor Serge Ramelli demonstrates a beginner-friendly shooting and editing workflow that's guaranteed to take your landscape imagery to the next level.

Ron Leach  |  Jan 21, 2025

This quick video from the Photo Genius YouTube channel tackles the issue of "wonky" leaning buildings that often detract from cityscapes and other outdoor scenes with structures (or tall trees) that appear to lean back away from the camera.

Ron Leach  |  Apr 28, 2025

Experienced Lightroom users understand why using local adjustments to control white balance can be one of the best ways to enhance colors in an image while maintaining a realistic look. And today's tutorial from pro Austin James Jackson provides a quick-and-effective method for getting the job done to perfection.

Ron Leach  |  May 30, 2024

It's a fact that some landscape scenes look far more compelling in b&w, and if you've ever made a dramatic monochrome conversion you know how true this. We've previously featured tutorials on this topic, but this one from a pro who says, "I've cracked the code," takes a very different approach.

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