Photo How To

Sort By: Post DateTitle Publish Date
Ron Leach  |  Jul 05, 2024

Today's quick Photoshop lesson is designed for photographers who are frustrated and dissatisfied with how their landscape images turn out after post-processing because results "lack that special something." The goal is to solve this dilemma with three simple Photoshop hacks for injecting photos with the WOW factor to make them stand out from the crowd.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 05, 2024

We've all experienced this frustrating problem, and it often occurs when shooting in the field: There's a stubborn filter on your lens that refuses to come off no matter how hard you try. This experience is not only unnerving, but it makes it impossible to change filters when the light or other conditions change.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 03, 2024

Some diehard photographers are committed to "getting right in the camera" while refusing to edit their images, whether it's to adjust exposure, modify color, or even adjust composition with cropping. This eye-opening tutorial from Landscape Photography University takes a contrarian view by explaining why a failure to crop can often spoil an otherwise great shot.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 03, 2024

All modern cameras offer a variety of metering modes, like Evaluative, Spot, and Average, and some photographers make a huge mistake by thinking that the option they choose is a set-it-and-forget-it decision. In fact, the mode that works best in one situation may spell doom in another.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 02, 2024

Photographers often struggle to consistently attain fast and precise focus, sometimes getting it right while failing on other occasions. If that sounds like you, todays tutorial will set you free by demonstrating a pro technique that that's easy enough for anyone to employ .

Ron Leach  |  Jul 02, 2024

It's very likely that one or more of the zoom lenses you own utilize a "variable aperture" design. It essential to understand what this means and how these types of lenses affect every image you capture. This tutorial from the Adorama TV YouTube channel explains everything you need to know.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 02, 2024

This three-minute tutorial from Patrick's Boudoir Photography is designed for those new to the genre as well as for more experienced shooters interesting in trying a unique, simple, and alluring approach. All you need is a model, your camera, and a room with a window. In other words, no complicated lighting equipment, accessories, and the like.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 01, 2024

One advantage of owning a home, or living in an apartment with a pretty yard, is that there's abundance of great photo opportunities right outside your door. Today's topic is garden photography, and the following tutorial from Quiet Light Photo provides five time-tested tips for getting the job done to perfection.

Ron Leach  |  Jul 01, 2024

If you're a new Lightroom user bewildered by the software's vast array of features, this quick post-processing tutorial will calm you down and set you on a path for quick and effective edits—with three simple "must-use" tools that a respected pro says she uses for virtually every edit.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 28, 2024

There's no denying the fact that some mobile photographers understand how to consistently capture beautiful images that would make all of us proud. There are others, however, who consider their phone a camera of last resort—reserved for times when their "real" gear is at home.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 28, 2024

Just in case you've been living abroad in a cave, we thought we'd remind you that Independence Day in the U.S.is right around the corner. And that means it's time to bone up on your fireworks photography skills. This tutorial from the Shutter Speak YouTube channel explains a simple and "foolproof" formula for achieving dazzling results.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 27, 2024

This two-minute post-processing tutorial from instructor Mike Wardynski demonstrates a simple technique for creating various edits of a single photo and accelerating the workflow without taking up extra space on your hard drive. The process involves the use of what are known as "virtual copies," and it's easy to understand how they work.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 27, 2024

When photographers use the term "workflow" they're usually referring to the process they use when editing their photos, but there's another essential workflow to consider that doesn’t get as much attention. And that's the shooting workflow that relies upon key camera settings to capture the best possible images in the field.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 27, 2024

If your home inkjet photo printer isn't performing as well as it did in the past, it's could be that you've forgotten a key maintenance procedure that you've only used once; namely, when you pulled the printer out of its box and set it up for the very first time.

Ron Leach  |  Jun 26, 2024

We're going to kick off this post-processing tutorial with a quote from one of our favorite landscape photographers: "White balance is one of the most important settings to adjust when editing your images, because getting it right is crucial if you want photos to appear natural and realistic."

Pages

X