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Ron Leach  |  Aug 09, 2017

Summer is a great time for close-up photography of flowers, insects, and other tiny subjects. But macro gear can be really expensive, especially if you want to venture into the realm of super high magnification that exceeds a 1:1 reproduction ratio.

Ron Leach  |  May 11, 2017

If you’re unfamiliar with the term “bullet time,” it’s a frozen-moment visual effect in which some parts of a scene proceed at normal speed while others (like flying bullets) are slowed dramatically as you see in the short clip below and a longer version at the bottom of this page.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 24, 2018

What calamity is even worse than having your camera crushed by a tank? According to photographer Pierre Lambert, the ultimate disaster is losing all the images you worked so hard to create because you failed to take proper backup precautions.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Apr 16, 2019

What separates a good portrait from a great portrait? Sometimes it's simply about making your subject stand out.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 14, 2017

It’s not often you have an opportunity to take a comprehensive workshop in the comfort of your home, and when the course is free, all the better. The 30-minute video below includes six beginner lessons on using different features of Lightroom CC, and you have the option of watching each segment separately.

Ron Leach  |  Oct 11, 2017

One of the more interesting developments for photographers over the past few years is the increasing availability of excellent manual focus lenses from independent optics manufacturers that are designed for use with modern digital cameras.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 21, 2017

Everyone loves a fun DIY project, and this one spans a couple generations of camera technology. Ingenious Hong Kong photographer Albertino Tam was able to cobble together a fully functioning twin lens instant camera using parts from a vintage Yashica, a modern Fujifilm Instax Mini instant camera, and a bunch of LEGO blocks.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 11, 2017

Since you’re visiting our website, chances are you take photography seriously. But regardless of personal style and the images you shoot most, we bet you’ll find it difficult not to laugh at the following video describing five types of photographers.

Dan Havlik  |  Sep 10, 2019

I'm not a Dallas Cowboys fan (Jets, baby!) but a new self-portrait camera that made its debut at the Cowboys' AT&T Stadium this weekend is pretty amazing.

Dan Havlik  |  Jan 13, 2015

If you want a shot of inspiration to motivate you to go out and shoot great photos, check out the beautiful video below, titled “Before You Wake Up.”

Ron Leach  |  Dec 06, 2016

Here at Shutterbug we’re not big proponents of destroying perfectly good camera gear just for kicks. But once in a while we can’t resist sharing a video like this one, in which a working Canon SLR camera is cut in half with a 60,000 PSI waterjet—just to see what’s inside.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 06, 2017

Have you ever wondered why photos and videos of a helicopter in flight look unpredictably weird? Sometimes the helicopter blades appear as a blur, while other times (as in the video below), the blades look like they’re not moving at all.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 17, 2016

Astrophotography is really popular these days, and this Lightroom tutorial from Rob & Jonas’ Filmmaking Tips will get you up to speed on how to capture amazing images of the night sky.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 20, 2025

Let's assume you captured a difficult-to-edit landscape photo with super bright highlights in the sky and very deep shadows in the foreground, and you simply can't balance these divergent tones with one shot in the camera.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 12, 2025

There are a number of masking tools for enhancing images in Lightroom and Photoshop, and some are more complicated than others while delivering similar results. The video below demonstrates a unique hidden trick for getting the job done to perfection.  

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