The post The Luminar Neo Release Timeline, Revealed (Plus Program Details) appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Jaymes Dempsey. Looking for information on the upcoming Luminar Neo? You’re in the right place. Below, we share all the latest program details, including the release date, a list of editing features, plus how you can buy Luminar Neo for a discounted rate.  When will Luminar Neo be released? Luminar Neo, the highly anticipated image editor from Skylum, now has an official release timeline: The program will be available for download “in the beginning of February.” Note that “early bird” purchasers – those who are among the first 30,000 Luminar Neo customers – will receive download access “at the end...

BEFORE WE KICK THIS TIP OFF: Today over on my scottkelby.com blog I released my 16th annual “Holiday Photography Gear Guide,” which is featured each year as the cover article from Photoshop User magazine. Here’s the link if you’re looking for some cool gift ideas. OK, on to today’s tip: This is one of those feature that might overlook but as simple as it is, it can be a big time/frustration saver. Here’s how it works (with a little masking tutorial built-in as we go). STEP ONE: Here’s our original image above. I already added a Linear gradient to the building on the left and lowered the exposure and highlights a bit because it was quite a bit brighter than the...

Great photographers are not born, they are developed. The habits we form as beginners play a huge role in that development overall. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Nicco Valenzuela)

Perhaps no type of lens generates more admiration, envy, and fighting than a wide-aperture 85mm lens. As the classic portrait focal length, such lenses often carry their respective manufacturer's best technology, offering that shallow depth of field and buttery bokeh so many photographers crave. This fantastic video takes a look at seven of the sharpest such lenses out there and which comes out on top. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Gimbals are now as much of a consumer item as they are a high-end professional one, which means far more videographers are using them. Although stabilized footage is the goal, you can get extra creative with how you use it, and these three techniques can really help you stand out. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Robert K Baggs)

A 24-70mm f/2.8 is the bread and butter lens for a huge range of photographers and filmmakers, offering a wide maximum aperture in tandem with some of the most commonly used focal lengths. Nonetheless, such lenses are rarely cheap. Samyang's 24-70mm f/2.8 AF Zoom bucks that trend, however, making it quite the interesting option for a lot of creatives, and this great video review takes a look at the image quality and performance you can expect from it in practice. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Creating a successful landscape image takes a combination of many factors ranging from solid technique to creative vision and careful planning in advance. When you are trying to bring everything together in the field, it can be easy for something to go wrong. This excellent video tutorial will show you five common mistakes landscape photographers make on location and how to fix them or avoid them entirely. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Alex Cooke)

Creating something new is the most important ingredient for making art. But we can’t create something new when we just capture a scene in reality. The trick is bringing an artistic concept to your photographs. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Christian Irmler)

Infrared photography can be a wonderful new avenue to explore and can really get the creative juices flowing. It can also produce some otherworldly and beautiful images. Unfortunately, the cost and commitment of converting an existing camera to be capable of infrared is a barrier for many to trying it out. But, as this video demonstrates, you really don't need any specialized equipment to create great infrared images. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Casey Chinn)

Photo By Denis Dessoliers Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Transition 2” by Denis Dessoliers. Location: Yosemite National Park, 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 Denis Dessoliers appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original link(Originally posted by Staff)

Smartphones have been around for over a decade now. In this time, although there have been great technological advances, such as longer battery life and larger screens, the most important one to photographers is better image quality. [ Read More ]Original link(Originally posted by Ali Choudhry)

Everyone has a favorite lens. It’s usually in a focal length that matches the way the photographer sees in his or her mind’s eye. We’ve heard of studies that show a human’s vision to be roughly equivalent to a 40mm lens on a full-frame DSLR, but we all focus on things within our field of vision a little differently. Some see in 20mm, and some see in 200mm. In addition to everyone “seeing” in a certain focal length, many of what we think of as traditional nature subjects seem to lend themselves to a particular range. At the confluence of these two phenomena is a lens that has become known as a workhorse for nature pros: the 70-200mm. Of course, we’re...

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)