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Ron Leach  |  Feb 27, 2025

The whole point of post-processing is to enhance images with a realistic look. Take the right approach and you have a successful image but doing things wrong can be worse than no editing at all. This quick Lightroom tutorial from the Aftershoot YouTube channel guides you through seven common Lightroom errors that not only slow down your workflow but can easily spoil a an otherwise nice shot.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 26, 2025

Dynamic range is a crucial concept in photography that describes the range of tones from the brightest highlights to the darkest shadows in an image. This comprehensive guide from the Hamed Photography YouTube channel explains how to enhance these attributes in the camera and during post processing.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 26, 2025

Last week we featured an interesting tutorial demonstrating why every landscape shooter should experiment with telephoto lenses, and the camera settings and techniques that deliver uncommon images in the field. We're following up on that today with five unconventional methods for capturing unique wide-angle photographs in ways you may not have tried in the past.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 25, 2025

Most beginning photographers are taught to shoot will the sun at their back and avoid composing scenes with the sun behind their subject. While that technique is super easy, it often results in photos that could best be described as snapshots.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 25, 2025

We frequently share expert advice for getting the light right to make images with perfectly balanced tones from light to dark and everything in between. This tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates an unconventional approach for creating stunning landscape images like the one you see above.

Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 25, 2025

Congratulations to the winners of GuruShot's Travel Stories photo challenge! Thank you to all the participants for sharing the magic of your adventures through stunning views, lively street scenes, and quiet moments that captured the spirit, uniqueness and beauty of different places around the world! 

Ron Leach  |  Feb 24, 2025

Photographers love their affordable, fast, and easy-to-carry "nifty fifty" lenses that can be used to capture a wide range of scenes from landscapes and portraits to nature photos and more. When your images fail to meet expectations, and you're not sure why, it's likely because you're making one or more common mistakes when shooting with a 50mm prime.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 24, 2025

Post-processing expert Christopher O'Donnell is adamant that "when you are processing a landscape photo in Lightroom you should be thinking about ONE thing throughout your entire workflow; namely, how to control perceived depth." He chooses the word "control" purposefully, because that exactly what today's tutorial is all about, rather than various enhancements.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 24, 2025

The sky is  usually a critical element of nature scenes, landscapes, and many other photos you capture in the field, and here's what post-processing expert Matt Kloskowski says about this matter: "Before we can even work on the sky, we need to understand how to mask it before applying various tools and enhancements."

Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 24, 2025

Fast, super high-capacity SSD (Solid State Drive) storage devices have become essential tools for content creators, videographers and studio photographers. Storage drives that are immensely portable and durable, like the 8TB* Sandisk Extreme® Portable SSD, provide the ideal platform to store, back up and help preserve precious data while on location in the field, in the studio and at the workstation.

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