Congratulations to Hi il Lee for winning the recent Spring Showers Photography Assignment with the image, “Spring Waltz.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Spring Showers Assignment Winner Hi il Lee appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal author: Staff

If you’ve viewed deep-sky astrophotos (not landscape astrophotos), you may have noticed that extremely long exposures (not counting mosaics) are used. In extreme cases, exposures may run over 12 hours. Unless you have a space telescope, it should be obvious that multiple exposures have been used. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by David Kodama)

Photojournalists and traveling photographers have had brushes with the law in foreign lands many times, often making the news. This incredible story is how one photographer went from flying his drone to sitting in a windowless Cuban prison cell with no end in sight. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)

In case you missed my takeover post from Tuesday while Scott is away on vacation (with links to the previous tips), I’m back as promised with tip #12! I find that many people can go years without ever discovering that you can save the settings on the Import window as a preset. Did you know that? I love this for several reasons: Consistency in workflowYou can look in one place to confirm all your settings are just the way you want themYou can create as many as your workflow requiresSaves you time Scott goes into the details of creating these step by step, so I won’t re-create that wheel, but the gist of it is to configure the entire Import window...

Having lived in cities most of my life, astrophotography has not been one of my main focuses, but that changed recently for a couple of reasons. For one, when the pandemic hit, my wife and I moved to our “summer” house in the Catskills in New York full time. Up here in the country, there are quite a few nice spots to photograph the stars without having to worry about the effects of light pollution. And secondly, I recently got my hands on a test unit of Sony’s FE 14mm F1.8 G Master lens for its Alpha E-mount cameras and have found it to be a wonderful tool for astrophotography, landscapes and even macro work. As someone who tests camera gear...

Photo By Nick Paoni Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Keeping a Toe Hold” by Nick Paoni. Location: Seaside, Cardiff State Beach, California. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Nick Paoni appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal author: Staff

The R5 might shoot glorious 8K video, but the recording times are limited by the camera’s tendency to build up heat. A company now offers a modification that it claims will double your 8K recording times and reduce recovery time by two thirds. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Andy Day)

Some of the best advice you can get from a photographer when you are starting out is when a more experienced photographer answers the question, "what would you tell a younger you about photography?" Well, here is one photographer's five answers to that question. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)

The post 12 Phone Photography Ideas for Fun Photo Outings appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Anthony Epes. I will be honest: I didn’t want to love taking photos with my phone. But then I fell in love with having a small, portable camera at hand at all times, and I was both shocked and exhilarated by what my photography could become with an extra piece of kit in my pocket. And you can fall in love with phone photography, too! That’s why, in this article, I’m going to share 12 phone photography ideas – so you can have plenty of fun with your phone camera and start capturing some amazing mobile photos. (I’ll also share plenty...

Being a beginner at anything is daunting at first and photography is far from an exception. With such depth and technical knowledge, it can be overwhelming, so here are 20 essential tips that can help those photographers just starting out. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)

Lighting equipment can get really expensive quite quickly, but one of the most useful pieces of lighting equipment is actually extremely affordable. The 5-in-1 reflector is something that should be in every photographer or videographer's bag, and this excellent video tutorial will show you how to make use of it to dramatically improve the look of your video and images. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

A wide-aperture 24mm lens is one of the most useful primes you can carry in your bag, offering a wide but not too wide focal length that can work in a variety of scenarios. The Samyang AF 24mm f/1.8 FE offers great image quality at an affordable price, and this great video review takes a look at the performance and image quality you can expect from it. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Low-light shooting brings its own problems with underexposure, high-ISO noise, and difficulty focusing. But with a few tweaks in Lightroom, you can save those otherwise lost photos and bring them back to life. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Jason Parnell-Brookes)

A nighttime landscape shot with the Milky Way over the earth below can be dramatic and eye-catching, but they almost always require two separate exposures for the foreground and the sky to get the best image quality. Once you have your two images, you will need to blend them to create a single final frame, and this great video tutorial will show you how to do it using Photoshop. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

It's a relatable but unusual title for an article. However, I'm sure you might have an idea of which direction this is going to go: photography as therapy. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Gary McIntyre)

Following on from last week (be sure to read that first), I want to wrap up this look at plug-in workflows with an example of what happens along the way. Obviously, depending on the plug-in there will be differences, but the general workflow tends to be the same. Let’s look at an example workflow where I have a raw photo, taken at high ISO in poor lighting conditions, that I want to crop aggressively, and resize back to being close to the original pixel dimensions. Beyond the basic edits I’d do to all photos, I’ve identified a few problems I’d like to solve using additional software. I want to use Topaz DeNoise AI to deal with the high ISO noise issue...

Photo By Zeralda La Grange Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Into the Badlands” by Zeralda La Grange. Location: Badlands National Park, South Dakota. “I visited the Badlands National Park while exploring South Dakota,” says La Grange. “I captured this shot of the gorgeous rock formations in the park.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Zeralda La Grange appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal...

You'll make countless mistakes as a professional photographer. This is how we grow as artists and entrepreneurs, and I encourage experimenting with your marketing and photography. I'm certain someone will object, but show the person without mistakes, and I'll show you a person who has accomplished very little. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Walid Azami)

The post Adobe Camera Raw vs Lightroom: Which Is Best in 2021? appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Ana Mireles. Are you trying to decide between Adobe Camera Raw vs Lightroom but you keep getting confused? This used to happen to me, too – because to understand ACR and what it offers, you have to understand the program that hosts it (either Photoshop or Bridge). That’s also why some people haven’t even heard of Adobe Camera Raw even though they’re using it; it’s the program designed by Adobe to develop RAW files, so it’s integrated into all Adobe photo-editing programs, including Lightroom. As you read through this article, you’ll notice that ACR and Lightroom look very similar....

Most of us do not particularly enjoy standing in inclement weather, particularly with expensive and often fragile photo equipment. However, if you are willing to weather the elements, you can often get dramatic and compelling landscape images that capture the viewer's eye. This excellent video tutorial will give you some great ideas for taking awesome images in the rain. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)