Conventional wisdom says to get your composition right in camera, and while there are plenty of benefits to doing that, the ultra-high resolutions of modern cameras leave us a lot of flexibility in post. Lightroom offers some pretty robust features in the crop tool that many photographers do not take advantage of, and this excellent video tutorial will show you how to use them to improve your images. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Happy Friday everybody. Here’s a tip on how to bring your logo into Lightroom (so you can use it in slideshows, or as an identity plate, or Watermark, or for the title of a slideshow, or whatever), but with a transparent background behind it (that’s the cool part). Here’s how it’s done: STEP ONE: We have start over in Photoshop. Open a new document, and then use the Place command (under the File menu) to bring in your logo, so it appears on its own layer above the background layer (as shown here). STEP TWO: Now, go to the Layers panel and drag the Background layer into the trash can at the bottom of the Layers panel. That leaves your logo...

You have probably seen professional headshot photographers using powerful (and expensive) studio lights, and while there are certainly benefits to those, that does not mean you can't use things like speedlights to create compelling images. In this excellent video tutorial, well-known photographer Peter Hurley will show you how you can light a headshot even using only speedlights. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Portrait photography takes the combination of technical skills with your camera, lighting knowledge, the ability to work with subjects, and strong editing skills to make a compelling final image, meaning a lot to learn for the new photographer. If you are just starting out, this excellent video tutorial features five helpful tips that will help you get on the right track to becoming proficient. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Most photographers starting are happy to create an image, stick it on their social media platforms, and call it a day. This doesn’t really cut it once photography becomes more of a career, though, so in this article, I’ll talk a bit more about how to pitch your ideas. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Ali Choudhry)

Having a creative block is one of the most frustrating experiences that can happen to anyone who has to (or wants to) create. There are ways of getting past it — lots of ways, in fact — and here is how one YouTuber does it. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)

Sky replacement has been a method used in landscape photography for years but recently it has become much more accessible with AI assisted features in programs such as Photoshop and Luminar. That accessibility has ignited debates within the photography community raising the question whether or not manipulating an image in such a way is ethical. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Armitage)

Photo By David Connel Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Dearly Beloved” by David Connel. Location: Florida. “I spent a few days photographing at a central Florida bird rookery,” says Connel. “I’d train my camera on any nest that had interesting bird behavior. When these great egrets intertwined their necks, I knew I had a special pair-bonding image. The egret in the background gave it a comical look as if presiding over a wedding ceremony.” Exposure: 1/1250 sec., f/5, ISO 500, 280mm. 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...

A good portrait photo needs a compelling composition to complement the subject and complete the frame, but we tend to focus so heavily on our posing our subjects that it can be easy to overlook everything else. This excellent video tutorial will give you some helpful tips for composing portraits to create better-balanced images. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

It doesn't matter how fancy your camera is or how long you have been a photographer, if you can't see the photo opportunities in front of you then the chances of making great work becomes so much harder. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Paul Parker)

Fujifilm has signlehandedly made medium format more accessible now than ever. Cameras such as the Fujifilm GFX 100S offer a whopping 100 megapixels worth of resolution for less than $6,000. With features such as in-body image stabilization and phase detect autofocus from the sensor, Fujifilm has made it really difficult to compete in the medium format segment. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Usman Dawood)

The post 15 Photo Essay Ideas (to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing) appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Kevin Landwer-Johan. Visual storytelling is a normal part of our everyday lives, but coming up with good photo essay ideas can be challenging. So in this article, I want to share some topics you can use to create interesting, compelling photo essays. A single, strong photograph can convey a lot of information about its subject – but sometimes we have topics that require more than one image to do the job. That’s when it’s time to make a photo essay: a collection of pictures that together tell the bigger story of a chosen theme. Here’s a brief list of...

Is this precision tool worth considering for your photography workflow? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Nicco Valenzuela)

Released in 1986, children’s sci-fi adventure classic "Flight of the Navigator" was one of the first movies to use computer-generated effects, but many of the practical visual effects used are equally mind-blowing. Check out this in-depth insight into how the production team created a movie that still looks good 35 years later. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Andy Day)

Lightroom's radial filter tool is tremendously useful for a wide variety of edits. This helpful video tutorial will show you how to use it both for emphasizing a portrait subject's eyes and for drawing more attention to their face. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Panasonic has just announced the release of the new GH5 II, alongside news that the GH6 will arrive by the end of this year. What improvements have been made and who will be buying this in-between camera? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Andy Day)

Vibrance and saturation perform pretty similar (though different) functions, and it can be difficult to tell the differences between them at times, but there are certain situations in which one will give you better results than the other. This excellent video tutorial will show you the difference between the two and how to use each of them to get better colors in your images. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

With the release of the Sony a7S III, many people are asking the question: is 12 megapixels enough resolution? Can you shoot client work or make large prints if you only have a 12-megapixel sensor? These are important questions for the photographer or videographer seeking the perfect camera. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Marc Bergreen)

The Publish Services panel in the left side of the Library module has been around for a long time, but it hasn’t gotten a lot of love in recent years (unless you count when Facebook pulled the plug on sharing from third-party apps like Lightroom Classic). I was talking about the panel recently with Scott, and it got me wondering, is anyone still using it at all? If so, is there some favorite third-party plug-in that you use it with? Do you use it with submissions to Adobe Stock? Or, is this the first time you realized there is a panel with this name in the Library module? What is a Publish Service? You can think of publish services as a...

Photo By Gerry Groeber A rare foggy morning at Watson Lake, located in Arizona’s high country, is the backdrop of this shot. At almost a mile high in Prescott, Arizona, Watson Lake is undoubtedly one of the most unique lakes in the state. It’s one of two reservoirs in the Granite Dells that was formed in the early 1900s. Surrounded by towering granite cliffs, it has an almost otherworldly appearance. When we get fog in Arizona, landscape photographers rush to gather our gear and head out to the field. Typically, we get these fog events in between our seasons. On this November morning, our long, hot summer was coming to an end, cooler weather had started to move into the region,...