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Adrian Clarke explains how he turned a portion of his back garden into a makeshift studio to capture some regular feathered visitors, with amazing resultsNightwingCanon EOS 5D Mark III, 16-35mm, 1/200sec at f/14, ISO 160, flashAdrian Clarke explains how he turned a portion of his back garden into a makeshift studio to capture some regular feathered visitors, with amazing results.... READ MORE

Hey strobist photographers: if you're shooting a portrait of someone, the best thing that I've learned over the years is to actually make them face your artificial key light source. Of course, you wouldn't do this with a natural one light the sun--but you can surely create more flattering portraits with a strobe or flash in a light modifier like a softbox, umbrella, etc.... READ MORE

World Photo Day celebrates the Daguerreotype process, which the French government released to the public on August 19th, 1839. The World Photo Day project started in 2009 and encourages users all over the world to share their pictures online.To celebrate, we took a look back at all our sample galleries from 2016 and cherry-picked some of our favorite shots. Within this gallery you'll find a wide range of gear represented as well as images from everyone on staff. And when your done looking through be sure to... READ MORE

Use virtually every tool in Lightroom to arrive at a processing look that emulates vintage film style.... READ MORE

Exploring photography with your kids? This is my second in a series of posts offering ideas you can use to help your young photographer get comfortable with fundamental concepts. Last time we walked through the very basics of photographic composition: reduce and simplify. With just those two words in mind, you and your child will…This Post Sponsored By:Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what you love best. Get a free trial of the award... READ MORE

 From the B&H YouTube Channel: Speedliting expert Syl Arena was one of the first photographers to test the new Canon 430EX III-RT and he came away impressed. In his presentation, Syl shares his insights and tips about the Canon 430EX III-RT and how he creates amazing shots with Canon Speedlites. Note: The video above is the event's highlight reel. You can find the full video here. Want more info? Check out Bryan's full review of the Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT. B&H carries the Canon Speedlite 430EX III-RT.... READ MORE

 From Canon Australia: LEAP is all about taking your creativity and photography further, and the only way to do that is to keep capturing images that are unlike anything you’ve shot before. So for the month of September, we’re going to give you as much inspiration as you can handle. With a new brief every day, the last thing you’ll need to ask is “what should I shoot”? #taketheleap Learn more at: https://www.canon.com.au/leap... READ MORE

As my portraiture has evolved over the years, the mainstay of my kit remains to be large umbrellas. The light modifiers are incredibly versatile, give off a beautiful look, and are very portable in addition to being useful for creative applications. Umbrellas are so versatile that they're used be a variety of photographers: fashion, wedding, studio portrait, food, etc. After softboxes, they're probably the ones with the most versatility and popularity overall.... READ MORE

 From the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom YouTube Channel: Lightroom tips and tricks in 60 seconds or less from longtime Lightroom team member Benjamin Warde. B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions.... READ MORE

You have two choices when you want to move forward (grow a business, sell an idea, get a 'yes'):Have such an insight and deliver such innovation that people will choose to make a new decision, adopt a new habit or otherwise get smarter.Provide an option that matches a decision they've already made. No new decisions, merely new information.Ms. Investor, you already invested in companies A, B, and C. We match that pattern.Movie executive, you made a lot of money on three comedies for the young... READ MORE

Hi gang, and happy Friday. I’ve had a number of questions about this, so I thought I’d cover it briefly here on the blog — it’s the difference between the Auto Crop feature and the new Boundary Warp feature when you’re stitching a pano using Lightroom’s Panorama Merge.Above: Here’s the original pano, unretouched or edited, as it appeared after eight vertical frames were combined into this one panoramic image. Note the big white gaps on the top, bottom, and sides of the image? That’s what this... READ MORE

Photographer Karl Taylor made this 7-minute walkthrough video after people asked about his lighting setup for a commercial studio portrait he shot and posted to Facebook.Taylor explains why he does things a certain way. “I argue why I find lighting ratios a waste of time,” the photographer tells PetaPixel.Here’s the diagram with Taylor’s scribbles showing how things were lit:…and here’s the finished portrait that resulted from the shoot:“Ignore lighting ratios,” Taylor says. “Concentrate more on looking at the light itself.”“So many variables mean that lighting... READ MORE

Get 50% off Tom’s ebook Ang’s World – A Life in Photography eBook, now only until July 26 at Snapndeals.One of the most important skills in photography is pre-visualization. The idea is that before you capture an image in the camera, you have a clear idea in your mind of what it’s going to look like. You preview the image before you shoot it. Colour or black-and-white in rendering? Rich in tones or pale and soft? Misty-blurry in feel or so tack-sharp you might cut... READ MORE

Good studio lighting tutorials are surprisingly hard to come by. That's why we've compiled this comprehensive list of free studio lighting resources. This should keep you going for a while!... READ MORE

Image by LittleVisualsFREE DOWNLOAD: As we’re looking into focusing tips in today’s article, why not download our free Sharp Eyes Cheat Sheet. Learning how to use your camera’s focusing tools combined with this cheat sheet will really help you get started! Download it here.We tend to take autofocus for granted, it’s that good. Sometimes, however, we need to switch off those autofocus modes and take control ourselves using various focusing tools.For those of us that cut our teeth in the pre-autofocus days, modern manual focusing can sometimes... READ MORE

Above photo by Kate LuberAre long, time consuming personal photography projects too stressful for you?Do you start out super pumped but after a couple weeks end up falling short?Consider participating in a short personal project. Something fun and exciting. That’s what I did this summer!The object of the game is to head out with your camera or mobile phone, searching high and low to try to capture as many as you can.No, it’s not PokémonGo, it’s the annual Clickin Moms Scavenger Hunt!Clickin Moms hosts a sun-infused photographic scavenger... READ MORE

I have long admired images of Lake Moraine in The Valley of the Ten Peaks, Banff National Park (Alberta, Canada), especially those taken from the Rockpile. While huge numbers of great images have... READ MORE

If there’s anyone qualified to lay out the blueprint for dreaming big, living life on your own terms and turning your passions into your career, it’s the iconic Richard Branson. He’s fearlessly and boldly disrupted one industry after another as the founder of the Virgin Group, from publishing to airlines to creating Virgin Galactic (the world’s first commercial spaceliner), building an empire of more than 100 companies and 60,000 employees in over 50 countries. Richard is an explorer and adventurer at heart, which has lead... READ MORE

Click the title of the article to read this post on Improve Photography, which includes all media files mentioned.As a follow-up to my first “Learn Your Flash” article, this post will move beyond the basics of the buttons and bounce flash. We’ll explore how to use MULTI mode, using a remote trigger for off-camera flash, and how the exposure triangle works with flash. I will only cover scenarios with one speedlight in this article. A future article will include tips for using multiple flashes.I will... READ MORE

These techniques are simple and effective. We should all know these four simple methods for adjusting skin color in Photoshop.... READ MORE

Every shooter will tell you that they all made the same photography mistakes when they were starting out. From horizon lines not being straight to poor focusing, here are some of the most common newbie mistakes and how to avoid them.Newbie Mistake #1 – Dull PhotosOften, one of the first questions newbie photographers ask when comparing their images to the pros’, is why their images look dull. In the majority of cases, this is because of the lighting in the scene. Light is one of the... READ MORE

Just type in a quality or a feature or a color of or in the photo, and Excire finds what you're looking for.... READ MORE

The first thing I was told to do when I wanted to learn how to photograph landscapes and cityscapes, was to always shoot during the sunset. I have always asked myself why, but the answer is actually pretty easy. You get amazing colors in the sky, dramatic clouds, and soft light.You can photograph the most beautiful place in the world and I can guarantee you, it will look much better during the sunset. The only problem with this mindset, is that you will never take... READ MORE

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Happy Wednesday everybody! Here’s that tutorial I mentioned back on Monday about a simple way to add a soft glow effect to your image, and take the edge off everything from portraits, to contrasty HDR images, and more. Plus, there’s a nice before/after tip for black and white images in here as well, in case you missed it when I showed it earlier this year).It’s a short video (that I made for you guys here on LightroomKillerTips.com).Well, there ya go. Told ya it was simple... READ MORE