Lightroom presets are awesome, no question there. But they’re often meant as a way to kick-start your post-processing workflow. Presets can help you save a lot of time by applying many complex adjustments in a…
There are so many new cameras appearing on the market these days, but some are undoubtedly more interesting than others! With both mirrorless and DSLR cameras being produced in droves, it can be difficult for…
One place where the advent of the smartphone has been the most disruptive is the photography industry. Only a few years ago it was laughable to think of a phone’s photo ending up on the…
Water is an ideal reflective surface for photographers to experiment with. If you have the right approach, a creative imagination, and the bit of patience you’ll need for trial and error, you can get some…
The best photographers have an eye for detail – even the tiniest, simplest detail. Droplets of water from a faucet, the tiny thorns of a red rose, and even the snowflakes. These tiny details are…
Change. For better or worse change always happens. We change and times change and there are very limited if any constants. Everything moves and shifts with the slow march of time until not much of…
Recently we took a quick look at On1 Software’s new and vastly improved On1 Photo 10 software. Today we’ll dive in a little bit deeper and focus on the Portrait Module. Retouching portraits can be…
Faster, sharper, cheaper… that’s the mantra sung by those photographers today who want more out of there cameras than just ordinary. This is something extraordinarily new. We have now reached a point in the evolution…
Don’t pack up your camera just because summer’s over. Winter is a great time for capturing some spectacular images! The cold, icy conditions can make for some interesting photo opportunities that you wouldn’t otherwise get;…
Your digital camera is your baby, and that means that you should take care of it…very good care of it. Unfortunately, some photographers still have a problem with this, and that’s when avoidable damage happens…
On1 Software is well-known for their award-winning photo editing apps – which we’ve written about previously on Contrastly. They recently released On1 Photo 10, the latest iteration of their app, and today we’ll go over…
One of the prettiest times of day is undoubtedly twilight, that moment when the day’s sunlight begins to fade to black. Before it does, of course, all sorts of gorgeous hues and colors emerge, making…