Nature Photography How To

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Ron Leach  |  Nov 26, 2025

Today's quick tutorial is all about breaking one of those "rules" you learned when first starting out; namely, that you should strive to shoot with the sun at your back whenever possible. That's because this approach delivers predictable results, when your ultimate goal should be to capture unique images that stand out from the crowd.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 24, 2025

Here's another eye-opening tutorial from German landscape specialist Christian Mohrle whose popular YouTube channel is full of shooting and editing videos designed for photographers of all skill levels. Today's episode explains how to employ Lightroom's Color Contrast tools to transform flat, dull scenes into images that simply can't be ignored.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 21, 2025

This insightful tutorial from Adorama TV explains how easy it is to compensate for different straight lines in a photo that appear crooked and simply don't line up. It's a common problem indoors or out, and the solutions you'll learn in the video below are both effective and super simple to achieve.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 20, 2025

Do your wildlife and nature photos lack balance, emotion, or impact? If so, a likely culprit is poor composition, and this problem starts with inappropriate cropping. Today's insightful tutorial from pro Ejaz Khan provides four simple solutions that will help you create compelling images that feel alive, elegant, and unforgettable.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 18, 2025

Birds are a unique subset of wildlife subjects because you don't have to travel far to capture compelling images. This accessible genre can be pursued at a nearby park, local nature reserve, or even in the comfort of your own backyard. And interesting species change throughout the year.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 17, 2025

Lightroom boasts a wide array of transformational features for adjusting exposure, perfecting colors, and enhancing other attributes of unimpressive photos. Today's quick tutorial from photographer James Feaver explains why the oft-ignored Point Color tool is "incredibly" powerful, and how you can begin using now regardless of your post-processing experience.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 14, 2025

Today's interesting tutorial from the Lightroom-only Color & Editing Mastery channel encourages you to replace the conventional approach of editing with Curves, with a less- familiar method of employing Lightroom's Curves panel that many pros prefer. And you can grab a FREE selection of time-saving presets in the description beath the video.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 13, 2025

Today's eye-opening tutorial is for those of you who struggle with flat, dull outdoor photos—even in beautiful locations and good light. Instructor Serge Ramelli demonstrates a beginner-friendly shooting and editing workflow that's guaranteed to take your landscape imagery to the next level.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 12, 2025

Adobe has enhanced Lightroom's landscape masking capabilities in the most-recent update, and there's a new-and-improved way to achieve precision results. Pro Austin James Jackson brings you up to speed on these important developments in the thorough tutorial below.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 10, 2025

If you overlook Curves when editing your images you're missing out on one of Lightroom's most powerful tools that can easily be mastered, even by inexperienced users. Today's beginners guide from the Adobe Lightroom YouTube channel explains how to get started today.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 07, 2025

If you're serious about nature and landscape photography and looking for a quick post-processing trick that will take your images to the next level, you've come to the right place. That's because the video below from expert Austin James Jackson reveals "the pro masking secret that most people don't know how to use, and how you can use it to transform your images."

Ron Leach  |  Nov 06, 2025

Today's time-saving post processing tutorial demonstrates how easy it is to enhance a photograph with one click by applying Lightroom's game-changing Adaptive presets in a selective manner, i.e. just where they're needed. The video lesson below is presented by the popular Adobe Lightroom YouTube channel that boasts 37M views, 358K subscribers, and almost 900 instructional videos.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 05, 2025

Get ready for some expert advice from a Finnish pro who reveals seven smart camera settings that are guaranteed to change how you shoot on the street. The promise is that there will be no more missed shots or incorrect exposures if you heed Peter Forsgard's advice.

Ron Leach  |  Nov 03, 2025

Adobe just released their fall update with a host of powerful features that we'll cover extensively in the coming days. Today's video from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel takes a deep dive into Lightroom's new Variance tool that one expert says, "easily fixes a BIG problem in seconds."

Ron Leach  |  Oct 31, 2025

Earlier this week we brought you an unconventional beginners guide to minimalist black-and-white photography, demonstrating how restraint and simplicity can deliver landscape images with greater impact. We're following up on that lesson today with an interesting video that applies these same principles to photographing birds and other wildlife subjects in the field.

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