Dropping Focus In Adobe Lightroom – Video Tutorial In this tutorial video we’ll go through the various steps you can take in Lightroom in order to enhance your portraits by dropping focus, and selectively adding a bit more…

Video Tutorial: Handling Hotspots in Lightroom and Photoshop Hotspots are shiny and overexposed areas on a subject that are the result of uneven lighting or a flash bouncing off a light surface. In this Lightroom & Photoshop tutorial…

How To Create Presets in Adobe Lightroom The Easy Way – Video Tutorial In today’s video tutorial I will walk you through how to make use of presets in Lightroom and save your image settings as a preset so you can re-use those…

How to Add Radial Impact in Lightroom – Video Tutorial Adobe Lightroom is such a powerful tool. So much that many photographers don't even touch Photoshop these days and work solely in Lightroom. In today's video tutorial we'll show you…

35 Incredibly Useful Adobe Lightroom Classic Tutorials Adobe Lightroom is an amazing tool that can help photographers to organize their photos effectively. Equally as important, it can also allow a great deal of flexibility with non-destructive editing…

The Top 10 Lightroom Tips for Your Success Lightroom is the premiere editing software from Adobe. It’s used by photographers, content creators, and digital nomads across the globe. Part of the Creative Cloud Suite, Lightroom offers an easy-to-use…

How to Master the New Color Grading Panel in Adobe Lightroom Classic In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to use the brand new Color Grading panel in Lightroom Classic. The Color Grading Panel replaces the Split Toning panel in the latest…

3 Super Easy Ways To Make a Border in Lightroom Classic/CC and Photoshop Creating a border around your images isn’t difficult, but there are many ways that you can achieve similar results. Do you use Lightroom Classic? CC? Photoshop? We got you covered!…

Introduction to the Texture Slider in Lightroom Classic The new Texture slider found in the Develop module in Lightroom Classic is quite a big deal. Here’s a brief overview of what it can do and how it can…

File Handling in Adobe Lightroom Classic In today’s video we’ll discuss how Adobe Lightroom Classic non-destructively handles your image files. If you’ve been using Lightroom Classic for some time, you’re probably already aware that Lightroom does…

How to Use the Transform Panel in Lightroom Classic In this tutorial video, we’ll show you how to use the Transform panel in Lightroom Classic successfully. The Transform Panel can help correct lines and other geometric properties of your…

Are You Making These 6 Lightroom Post-Processing Mistakes? As one of the most popular photo editing programs available, Lightroom Classic is a favorite of both beginning and veteran photographers. However, Lightroom’s complexity makes it difficult to master, and…

Getting Started With Lightroom Classic: Quick Tips & Tricks Lightroom! You’ve heard of it, but maybe you haven’t quite gotten around to downloading it yet. Or maybe you have, but you’re not quite sure what to do with it.…

How to Create Local Adjustment Presets in Adobe Lightroom Classic You probably understand by now that if you use Adobe Lightroom, using develop presets can save you loads of time during your post processing. Presets just make things easier and…

Creating an HDR Aerial Panorama in Lightroom Aerial photography is all the rage these days, and with good reason. It’s now easier than ever to capture images from a high vantage point using drones. And, good quality…

Image Planning & Editing In Photoshop: Workflow Video Tutorial Editing and improving an image in Photoshop or Lightroom isn’t just a matter of applying a filter and being done with it. In this video, I will walk you through…

Using The HSL Panel in Adobe Lightroom For More Creative Control – Video The HLS panel in Lightroom is very powerful and can allow you to take more creative control over your images. It allows you to selectively adjust the Hue, Saturation and…

How To Achieve A Split Tone Look In Lightroom – Video Split toning is a really creative way to change the look and feel of your photographs and give your photos somewhat of a signature style. Today’s video tutorial will walk…

How To Use The Boundary Warp Tool in Lightroom Stitching multiple images together to create panoramas is great, but in a lot of cases your final image will have empty space and some parts missing. That’s simply the result…

How To Use The Graduated Filter Tool In Lightroom The graduated filter in Lightroom is an outstanding and powerful tool. Its value really can’t be overstated when it comes to processing your images, especially landscape photos. In this tutorial…

How To Dodge & Burn In Lightroom Classic Like The Pros The printing and development work performed in the darkroom is sometimes viewed as low-tech or at the very least, not as advanced as today’s digital processing software. Nothing could be…

How to Create a Lomography Effect in Adobe Lightroom As we all know, fashion trends tend to revive things from the past, and the photography world is no exception to that rule, which may be one way to explain…

How to Stitch a Panorama in Adobe Lightroom Classic Stitching images together to create wide panoramas is now possible using Lightroom 6/Classic. Gone are the days when you had to open up Photoshop to create awesome panoramas. Obviously, great…

How To Create A Powerful Archiving Workflow In Lightroom – Part 2 It's no secret that Adobe Lightroom is an essential part of most photographers' workflow. And with good reason. But, while Lightroom is a great tool, having a solid workflow and…

How To Create A Powerful Archiving Workflow In Lightroom – Part 1 Adobe Lightroom is such an important part of a solid photography workflow. From working with presets within Lightroom to archiving and managing your image libraries, it is the most used…

Split Toning Photoshop Video Tutorial Split toning is a technique that was originally developed back in the film days. It involves applying a color tint to the highlights and shadows of a photograph. Lightroom users…

35+ Amazing Adobe Photoshop Tutorials for Photographers Recently we published a collection of Adobe Lightroom tutorials and today we're going to shift the focus to Photoshop. Both Lightroom and Photoshop have plenty of usefulness for photographers. Some…

How to Color Grade Your Photographs The colors of your photos are important if you want to achieve the effect you want for your images. This is the reason why a lot of photographers apply color…

Jazz Up Your Photos With These Inexpensive Upgrades I’m a big believer that it’s the eye rather than the gear that creates good photographs. But still, we can’t deny the importance of gear as it lets you try…

Getting Started With Photography – 10 Common Questions Answered Relax, we have all been where you are. You have decided to take the plunge into the vast world of photography. Maybe you’re thinking about starting your own business or…

Why Your Photography Workflow Is Important Mastering your workflow – the start to finish process of how you manage your digital images – will help create consistency in your work. A consistent and reliable workflow is…

Creating a Noir Night Scene in PS and LR I think you’ll enjoy this blog post if you haven’t played much with post-production other than the fundamental edits. I will show you how easy it is to create a…

An Introduction to Splash Water Photography: 10 Tips for Stunning Images Water splash photography is one the coolest and most elegant types of photography. And it's not as difficult as you may think. The process is actually quite simple, you just…

Five Secrets to Creating Better Black & White Images Learning and mastering the art of black & white photography can be very challenging but oh so rewarding. It’s not just about using a black & white filter – there’s…

Getting Started with Skylum Luminar: Tips & Tricks for Enthusiast Photographers Launched in November 2016, Luminar is a photo editing software or application developed by Skylum (formerly Macphun). It is available for both Windows and Mac OS. In the very beginning,…

How to Speed up Your Photo Editing Workflow in Photoshop Most photographers use some photo editing software for post-processing their images. Adobe Photoshop is one of the most popular photo editing tools out there, and it’s the preferred choice for…

How to Use Focus Stacking for Super Sharp Pictures The visual power of a crisp, in-focus image can draw us into a photograph and make us feel like we’re a part of it. It’s no wonder that we often…

Review of PortraitPro 19 Retouching Software from Anthropics For many years, PortraitPro from Anthropics Technology has been quite popular with portrait photographers, and for good reason. Today we’ll explore some of the key features of PortraitPro 19 and…

20 Great Tips for Mastering Landscape and Outdoors Photography Some of the industry’s most cherished photographs depict gorgeous scenery that allows us, as viewers, to travel to parts of the world we’ve never seen. Landscape photography has the potential…

How to Get It Right “In-Camera” and What It Means Maybe you’ve heard the phrase “in-camera” when it comes to planning and taking shots, but what does it mean to get it right in-camera? This indicates that the more “right”…

Six Can’t-Miss Tips For Getting Started With Long Exposure Photography Long exposure photography is a wildly popular genre and with good reason! Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to head out and capture these types of images on their own without…

How to Get Gorgeous Skin Tones using Frequency Separation in Photoshop Retouching is one of many post-production techniques that can be considered an art in and of itself within the photography world. Just as important as understanding how to capture a…

How to Give Your Images a Polished Feel with Adobe Photoshop Photoshop, or similar editing apps, are a ubiquitous part of the modern photographic world. If you’re a professional photographer, you are expected to be knowledgeable on post-production. But it can…

Reviewing the Tamron 70-210mm F4 Di VC USD Photographers love talking about lenses. I mean, a lot. We love comparing aberrations, contrast and color, focus speeds and of course that end-all-be-all optical prize… sharpness. When the conversation turns…

How to Fake the Golden Hour Look in Your Photos The golden hour look. It’s something that a lot of photographers want to master. Capturing the natural golden light of the sun, whether it is rising or setting; is a…

Using Backlighting to Enhance Your Images Backlighting, as the name suggests, is when the lighting is behind or in back of your subject. It’s the lighting that can be seen in portraits as rim lighting, softly…

In-Depth Review of the Brand New ON1 Photo RAW Over the last couple years I’ve been privileged enough to be able to evaluate new processing software made by the good folks at ON1 Software. In that time, I’ve have…

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The Ins and Outs of Golden Hour Photography Whether you call it the golden hour or magic hour, one thing is clear: This time of day has the potential to let you take some truly spectacular shots. This…

How To Shoot Captivating Levitation Photographs Levitation photography, or gravity-defying photography, is interesting and exciting. It’s intriguing because they present something that’s impossible by normal standards: levitating subjects. And this is the reason why it’s also…