Nature Photography How To

Landscape shooters often confront complicated scenes with distracting elements that can cause confusion and spoil the impact of an image. Removing these unwanted objects during the photo-editing process is often a daunting task—unless you unlock the power of a new Photoshop tool that automatically gets the job done with a single click.

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.

Most Lightroom users are always looking for timesaving techniques that will streamline their workflow without any sacrifice in image quality, which is why understanding how to batch-edit multiple images is a great way the streamline the process.

Inexperienced wildlife photographers often struggle to properly expose birds, whether they're sitting still on a tree or in flight, and underexposed subjects are the typical concern. This problem is particular acute when our feathered friends are depicted against a bright sky.

The first thing most landscape photographers do upon arriving on location is to pull a wide-angle lens out of their bag. This approach may work great for shooting expansive scenes, but it will also give images a familiar look, and can even stifle one's creativity.

Minimalism is a powerful technique used by experienced landscape photographers to create order out of the chaos inherent to complex outdoor scenes in which a myriad of unrelated elements compete for attention. This simple-but-dramatic imagery is often rendered in high-contrast b&w but there plenty of room for vibrant color, as you'll see in the video below.

If you're looking for an easy way to transform ordinary photos into breathtaking HDR images in Lightroom, we've got you covered with today's instructional video from the popular Adobe Live YouTube channel. This fast and effective workflow takes barely five minutes to explain and is perfect for inexperienced Lightroom users.