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Learn the Basics of Using Lightroom to Adjust Shadows, Highlights, Exposure & More (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Feb 15, 2017

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful tool, and for those of you new to the software here’s a tutorial illustrating how to use the adjustment brush to accomplish some basic but important editing tasks like selectively toning up or toning down parts of an image. 

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These Striking B&W Images Combine the Best of Both Sports and Architectural Photography
Ron Leach  |  Feb 15, 2017

Everyone loves B&W photography and most shooters appreciate great sports and architectural imagery too. But how often have you seen images like these that combine the best of all three genres?

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Forget What You’ve Heard About Shooting into the Sun: Jimmy McIntyre Shows You Why (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Feb 15, 2017

Here’s something a bit different from Photoshop/Lightroom wizard Jimmy McIntyre whose tutorials typically involve software tips and tricks for enhancing your images. In the video below, McIntyre refutes the myth that you should never shoot directly into the sun, and shows you how to get dramatic images doing just that.

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Sergio Montufar Provides a Shoutout to Valentines Day with His Romantic Images of Starry Skies
Ron Leach  |  Feb 14, 2017

Astrophotographer and professional astronomer Sergio Montufar makes some gorgeous images of starlit skies. And we thought the romantic image you see above, of Montufar proposing to his girlfriend beneath the Milky Way, would be a fitting shoutout to all our fans on Valentines Day.

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Check Out Sara Lee’s Daring Photographs of a Diver Swimming with Giant Manta Rays at Night
Ron Leach  |  Feb 14, 2017

Sara Lee is an underwater photographer who became enchanted with the sea while growing up in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. She captured the dramatic images you see here of adventurer and freediver Alison Teal swimming with giant manta rays at night.

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Watch How a UV-Modified DSLR Reveals “Invisible” Secrets Lurking Beneath Your Skin (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Feb 14, 2017

Mathieu Stern is a weird-lens fanatic whose videos usually involve bargain vintage optics that can be modified for use with modern digital cameras. Occasionally, though, he offers something a bit different, like the video below illustrating how a UV-modified DSLR can reveal some surprising “invisible” secrets hidden beneath your skin.

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You Have to See the Powerful Winning Images from the 60th Annual World Press Photo Contest
Ron Leach  |  Feb 13, 2017

Winners of the 2017 World Press Photo (WPP) Contest have been announced, and they are spectacular as always. Not unexpectedly, Burhan Ozbilici won the coveted WPP Photo of the Year award for the above image of a 22-year-old Turkish policeman’s assassination of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey during a photo exhibition.

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Nikon Cancels Release of Long-Awaited Premium DL Series Compact Cameras with 1-Inch Sensors
Ron Leach  |  Feb 13, 2017

It’s been almost exactly one year since Nikon created a buzz by unveiling a new series of three premium cameras with one-inch sensors and 4K video capability. This morning however, Nikon cancelled the delayed release of all three cameras in their highly anticipated DL Series.

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Watch This Beautiful Time-Lapse Video Shot with a Drone in Minsk, Belarus by Artem Pryadko
Ron Leach  |  Feb 13, 2017

Artem Pryadko is a Belarusian photographer who has combined two popular forms of image capture into a unique specialty: He is using drones to make stunning time-lapse videos in the skies above his hometown of Minsk, Belarus.

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Great Teaching Idea: Students Study Photography Inside a Giant Camera Obscura
Ron Leach  |  Feb 09, 2017

As anyone who has attended college knows, all professors are not created equal. Lucky photography students at the University of Central Oklahoma really hit the jackpot with Mark Zimmerman who turned his classroom into a giant camera obscura.

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