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Ron Leach  |  Sep 21, 2022  | 

Attaining precise focus is essential for all types of images and it can be difficult to achieve, particularly when shooting moving subjects or scenes where you want maximum sharpness from foreground to background.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 20, 2022  | 

Every so often it’s fun to add a bit of artistic flair to create an eye-catching image. In the tutorial below you’ll see how quick and easy this is to do in Photoshop.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Sep 15, 2022  | 

You say your older computer has only USB-A ports and the new external hard drive you’re eyeing comes with a USB-C cable? Do you keep searching for a drive that’s advertised as USB-A or what? It’s as confusing as 12th grade calculus.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 15, 2022  | 

Every so often we capture a photo with an unsightly colorcast, like when shooting performances with strong, colored stage lighting. There are numerous other situations in which harsh supplemental light obliterates the original colors of a subject.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 14, 2022  | 

It’s not often we have access to an upcoming lecture, but that’s what you’ll find in the tutorial below, explaining how to get started using Lightroom’s powerful Tone Curve for more effective edits.

Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Sep 14, 2022  | 

Deleted images do not “go away.” Formatting a memory card does not “erase” the images. Never sell or loan a memory card unless you’re willing to risk the potential of sharing every image, video and other file that’s ever been saved to it. The same applies to hard drives, SSDs and other recording media. Here’s why it happens, and how to protect yourself.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 14, 2022  | 

Sometimes the outdoor images we make don’t look as remarkable on the computer as they did through the viewfinder. In some cases that’s due to challenging light, while other times the problem is incorrect exposure or other camera settings.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 13, 2022  | 

Last year around this time we featured a Photoshop tutorial explaining how make daytime photos appear as though they were shot at night. In the video below you’ll learn a different day-for-night transformation, this time creating a beguiling night vision look.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 09, 2022  | 

There are numerous way to render outdoor scenes during the editing process, depending upon the subject. Sometimes your goal is maximum depth of field throughout the frame, while other times a soft background blur will separate an important foreground object from a cluttered background.

Henry Anderson  |  Sep 08, 2022  | 

Let’s face it: Adobe’s Lightroom is a terribly confusing program. So, there’s no shame in making a few mistakes when working on your images in Lightroom, especially if you’re a beginner.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 08, 2022  | 

Are you familiar with Lightroom’s easy-to-use Camera Calibration capability? If not, after watching the video below it just may become your best friend.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 06, 2022  | 

Have you every shot a portrait that looked really great, except for a bunch of flyaway hair? Removing these distractions can be a difficult task—unless you know the quick Photoshop trick in the video below.

Ron Leach  |  Sep 02, 2022  | 

Sunsets and sunrises are perhaps the most popular scenes among landscape photographers. Unfortunately, though, sometimes the resulting images don’t look quite as awe-inspiring on the computer as they did through the viewfinder.

Ron Leach  |  Aug 31, 2022  | 

There are several techniques for changing the color of an object, some more complicated than others. In the tutorial below you’ll learn a method that’s so simple it takes barely three minutes to explain.

Henry Anderson  |  Aug 30, 2022  | 

Shooting photos at sundown doesn’t always go as planned. Sometimes you get the timing wrong and sometimes the sky and, more critically, the light doesn’t cooperate.

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