Grabbing a drink of water for this grey-headed flying fox can be more challenging than you might think. Photographer Ofer Levy waited patiently in over 40° C (104° F) weather while also standing chest deep in the water hoping one of these creatures would swoop low enough to be photographed. The animal drinks by swooping down […]
These popular photo editing presets are designed to help photographers instantly bring out the best attributes of their landscape photography with exposure adjustments, clarity, vibrance, saturation, split toning, highlights, shadows, sharpening, noise reduction, vignetting, graduated filter adjustments and much more. Found here: The Landscape Photographer’s Lightroom Presets A premium collection of over 100 presets designed […]
Capturing and creating panoramas can be as easy as following three simple steps or can become a nightmare if done wrong. Great panoramas will be created if you decide to spend the extra time and follow some recommendations. Photoshop will stitch your images together, without your intervention, simply by using the function ‘Photomerge’. So let’s […]
“We cannot command nature except by obeying her.” –Francis Bacon Whether you’re taking a picture of a geranium in your backyard garden or a grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains, capturing a great photo outdoors means working with Mother Nature, and not trying to impose your photographic will upon her. So many factors come into […]
Before pressing the shutter on your camera, you have to make many choices regarding exposure (i.e. aperture, shutter speed, and ISO). In theory, there are various technically correct exposure settings, but which is the best creative exposure? Have you thought of the validity of your subject before setting the aperture, shutter speed, and ISO? If […]
When photographing landscapes, it is essential to have the correct meter setting activated to achieve proper exposure results. The meter setting on your camera helps you decide what combination of aperture and shutter speed to use in order to get a correctly exposed photograph. All cameras are different, but should have similar “on board” camera […]
Topaz Labs just announced the latest update of A.I. Clear. They’ve made some great new improvements to the noise reduction and A.I. models, added some new items to the GUI to give users even more control over the Noise reduction and detail enhancement performance. It is the first software that uses artificial intelligence (deep-learning) based […]
You’ve been involved with photography for some time now- haven’t you? Don’t you sometimes wish that you felt more motivated to create pictures? You can’t always be traveling to exotic locations to excite your inner-artist. Enter the Photographer’s Creativity Catalog– where you simply scroll to any page – read a few paragraphs… And, start creating something new […]
Lightroom Classic won’t have any more secrets for you after this.Our friends over @ Contrastly are launching a brand new video ecourse this week called Decoding Lightroom. They are currently offering a huge discount during the launch which ends soon in case you want to check it out. Found here: Decoding Lightroom The Decoding Lightroom […]
Light painting is a fun way to draw the eye to a particular object in a photo by illuminating it—or you can use it to draw in items into a photo by pointing a light directly at the camera. Most people start out by drawing hearts or stars into long exposure shots, but photographer Darren […]
