The post How Do Cameras Work? A Guide for Beginners appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Ana Mireles. Want to know how cameras work but don’t want to read about complicated mathematics and physics? This is the guide for you. In this article, I’ll explain how most cameras work, and I’ll also explain the differences between various camera types (such as film versus digital and DSLR versus mirrorless). With this knowledge, you can make an informed choice before buying a new camera – plus, you can better understand what’s going on inside your equipment! If you’re ready to get started, let’s dive in. How do cameras work? The basics If you look at the giant cameras used by...

he December 2021 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. Once again, Scott Kelby shares all of his favorite photo gear that any photographer on your holiday gift list would love to receive, plus working with the updated Metadata panel in Lightroom Classic, creating a custom icicle brush, building your own custom holiday postcards, retouching flyaway hairs with Content-Aware Fill, using the Neural Filters to create winter landscapes, and so much more! This issue’s cover design by Jessica Maldonado KelbyOne Pro & Plus members have access to more than 100 back issues of Photoshop User magazine all the way back to January 2012, plus all 64 issues of Lightroom Magazine. Not a Pro or Plus member yet? Click here for more...

I recently wrote about the new Recommended Preset feature added to Lightroom (Lr) cloud apps in the October 2021 release, but there’s another new Lr only feature that got slipped into the desktop (Mac and Windows) version of Lr as well. The new feature is called Remix, and it is totally unlike anything I’ve seen added before. What makes Remix so unique is that it gives you the opportunity to share certain edits of your photos through the Lr in-app community and let others take a stab at making their own edit to your photo. What, sacrilege, you say? I get it, as photographers we’re pretty protective of our babies, and that includes how they are treated in post processing. But,...

After a long weekend with too much food and too little exercise, I found myself receiving a gift that contained both a product and a lesson. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Christopher Malcolm)

The age-old question of whether great images are made by the photographer or the camera is a boring one. However, a more interesting topic is the gap between high-end cameras and entry-level cameras and whether most people can tell the difference. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)

On1 Photo Raw has changed from being an app that once played catch-up to advanced software with unique features well ahead of the competition. They have released three sneak peek videos of exciting features that are coming soon. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Ivor Rackham)

Have you ever considered using a phone for a professional project? I hadn’t but I was pleasantly surprised by what the vivo X70 Pro+ phone was capable of. Sure, it has all the technical specs with an imaging system co-engineered with ZEISS and their color correction technology built-in, but what was it like to shoot with? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Wouter du Toit)

Congratulations to Garry Everett for winning the recent Backlight and Silhouettes Assignment with the image, “Swan Lake.” See more of Everett’s photography at www.gelandscapephoto.com. 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 Backlight And Silhouettes Assignment Winner Garry Everett appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original link(Originally posted by Staff)

Breathing life into your photographs can make the difference between an average shot and a masterpiece. But how can we bring life into a flat piece of paper? Depth is all you need. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Christian Irmler)

It’s no well-kept secret that cell phone cameras have made digital photography ubiquitous. Over the last few years, film has regained popularity. In her video, Madison Beach shares a few reasons why you should be shooting film! [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Ali Choudhry)

Photo By Dean Cobin Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Fog Day…” by Dean Cobin. Location: Adirondack Park, New York. “A beautiful foggy afternoon was taking over a dense pine forest in the Adirondack Mountains,” explains Cobin. “Splashes of peak fall color in the underlying brush.” 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 Dean Cobin appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal author: Staff

With winter approaching fast (for our readers in the northern hemisphere), it's time for landscape photographers to prepare for snowy scenes and cold sunrises. Though it can introduce a new level of challenge to your standard photography routine, photographing landscapes in the winter can also be very rewarding and will certainly add a new dimension to your portfolio. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Devin Rogers)

The post The Lightroom Masking Tool: A Guide to Lightroom’s New Masking Features appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Simon Ringsmuth. In October 2021, Adobe rolled out a software update that included a revolutionary approach to Lightroom masking. Previously, Lightroom had offered a basic but highly useful set of masking options, including the Radial, Graduated, and Brush filters, which were tweaked and refined over the years to meet the needs of most photographers. However, these old masking adjustments still relied heavily on you, the photographer, to create masks and then refine them with a set of sliders and options. But thanks to the power of algorithms and artificial intelligence, the October update boosted these tools into the...

Did you miss a Photo Of The Day last month? View all of November’s selections in the slideshow below! 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. [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Photos Of The Day For November 2021 appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal author: Staff

Product photography is a tough genre that will really challenge your lighting skills and attention to detail. The great part about it, though, is that you can practice it at home, even if you do not have much space, and the techniques you pick up are applicable to a wide range of other genres. To help you get started, this great video tutorial will show you a simple and straightforward product shoot walkthrough. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

When it comes to shorter telephoto primes, 85mm is probably the most common choice, but 135mm is often a popular second option. So, which is the right choice for your work? This fantastic video takes a look at the two focal lengths and shows you some of the advantages and disadvantages of each. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

A few light rays in something like a backlit portrait can be a nice finishing touch that adds a bit extra to the image. Of course, we can't always be so lucky as to capture them in camera. However, it is not overly difficult to add them in post, and this great video tutorial will show you how to do it easily in Photoshop. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

You’ve invested thousands in your equipment. You’ve braved the outdoors. You’ve spent countless hours learning your craft, learning to develop, learning to organize and learning how to create work that you’re proud of. So now what? Where do you go from here? Figure 1. A screenshot of Lightroom Classic’s Export Dialog, the epicenter of this article series. It’s time for show and tell, ladies and gentlemen. Sharing is caring, and unless you want to be like Emily Dickinson, whose writings didn’t become known until after her demise, you need to start sharing your photos. The good news is that there are all kinds of ways to share. We have a whole community at our fingertips with a lot of options. There...

When you combine modern photography gear, even at the entry-level, with today's post-production software, it has never been easier for people to get high-quality images. The days of perfectly matching time, elements, and light are essentially done. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Iain Stanley)

While many of us hold printing photographs in high regard — myself included — digital displays of photography are becoming more prevalent, affordable, and effective. But is Samsung's range of frame TVs worth your hard-earned cash? [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)