I LOVE THIS TEXTURE! | Critique 073
Get your free guide to killer compositions Submit your photo for critique I’ve really missed these critique videos, and we’re back with another with a GORGEOUS photo submitted by Helen Thompson. Helen...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Choosing The Best Focus Mode for Sharp Autofocus
Get Your Free Autofocus Guide How you focus on your subject will determine whether or not your photo will be sharp. All modern cameras offer a variety of different options that can make focusing on...
View ArticlePay Attention To Hand and Arm Placement! | Critique 074
Get your free guide to killer compositions Submit your photo for critique One of the hardest things in portrait photography is posing and the hardest part of posing is working with the hands and arms....
View ArticleMaximize Your Autofocus Points For Fast Accurate Autofocus
Get Your Free Autofocus Guide You use focus points to tell the camera where to focus in the scene, and your focus points work in conjunction with your focus mode to help you achieve fast and accurate...
View ArticleI Don’t Like Bird Photos Except For When I Do
Get your free guide to killer compositions Submit your photo for critique I keep saying I don’t really like bird photos, and yet I’m seeing a lot of excellent bird photos, and this submission by Glenn...
View ArticleThe Power and Peril of Lightroom Presets
Bend Lightroom To Your Will Lightroom Presets are a wonderful tool, but are often misused and misunderstood. This is a problem that’s made worse by the multitude of photographers out there selling...
View ArticlePowerful Gut Punching Portrait | Critique 076
Get your free guide to killer compositions Submit your photo for critique Check out Aaron’s work Today’s photo was submitted by Aaron Jankowski. Here are the details of Aaron’s photo: ISO 200, f8,...
View ArticleLightroom Tutorial: Spot Healing Tool
Lightroom’s spot healing tool is very powerful, if you know how to use it, but it also has some limitations. In this video I’ll explain how it works, how you can use it, and what to watch out for when...
View ArticleThe Key To Successful Editing Has Nothing To Do With Editing
Get Your Free Workflow Cheat Sheet We need to talk about one of the most important aspects of successful editing, which is understanding the idea of editing itself. I don’t mean the idea of editing in...
View ArticleThe Early Photographer Captures The Fishermen | Critique 077
Get The Free Killer Compositions Guide Click here to submit your photo for critique This week’s photo was submitted to us by Rob Randolph. Here is Rob’s photo: IMAGE001 And here are the photo details:...
View ArticleHow To Lock An Image In Lightroom To Prevent Editing (Plus A Bonus Tip!)
Mastering Lightroom Video Course A question I get all the time about Lightroom is how to lock a photo to prevent future edits. I understand the desire to preserve your photo in its final edited state,...
View ArticleAmazing Use Of Resources, But The Edit Needs A Bit Of Work | Critique 078
Free Killer Composition Guide Submit For Critique Guide to Shooting in Manual Mode Durbar Chakraborty submitted this FANTASTIC long exposure photo, and while he says he’s not a pro, he did some very...
View ArticleCraphy PT-308S LED Light Panel Hands On Review
Craphy PT-308S 12V DC Power Supply NP-F Series Batteries Though to English speakers the name Craphy seems a bit too much like crappy, the LED light panel they produce is the furthest thing from crappy!
View ArticleContext Is Key For This Composition | Critique 079
Free Killer Composition Guide Submit For Critique Guide to Shooting in Manual Mode Check out Simona’s work I initially had a hard time with this photo from Simona Serdiuc, but after spending some time...
View ArticleOn Camera Flash Light Modifier Showdown!
Master Flash Photography Gary Fong Lightsphere Rogue Flashbender 2XL Fstoppers Flash Disc Knockoff (this is the one I used in the video) Fstoppers Flash Disc Genuine Neewer 16” portable mini round...
View ArticleLOOK AT THOSE EYES! | Critique 080
Free Killer Composition Guide Submit For Critique Guide to Shooting in Manual Mode Check out Sumanth’s Instagram How cute is this kid, and just look at those eyes! Sumanth’s got a winner of a photo...
View ArticleDIY Flash Diffuser For Under $1
We’ve got Gary Fong Lightspheres, Fstoppers flash discs, MagMods, Flashbenders and Lightscoops and not one of them costs under $50, but what if you could get better diffusion for less than $1? You...
View ArticleDIY Speedlight Grid Under $1 (NOT STRAWS, WAY BETTER!)
Download The Grid Instructions Photographers are tinkerers and problem solvers at heart, and with that comes a strong do it yourself ethos. So when it came time to make a grid for my speedlights, the...
View ArticleCascable 3.0: The Best Remote Camera App Ever? | Hands On Review
Get Cascable for iOS Cascable’s WiFi smartphone camera remote offers a great improvement over the ofter clunky and poorly designed smartphone apps from camera manufacturers. In addition to an improved...
View ArticleWhat A Brilliant Composition! | Critique 081
Free Killer Composition Guide Submit For Critique Guide to Shooting in Manual Mode Check out Nicholas on Facebook Wow. Just wow. Today’s photo comes from Nicholas Souvatzis and it is BRILLIANT! Here’s...
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