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If you're a landscape photographer, particularly one who enjoys hiking and finding new locations, it's always a difficult situation when someone asks you about where you captured an image. Some photographers don't mind sharing all of their information, but others prefer taking a secretive approach.

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Wildlife photography is certainly challenging when out in the field, but you're not done right when you capture a nice shot. How should you best process your wildlife images? Photographer and educator Anthony Morganti has a new video sharing his top three tips for editing wildlife photos in Adobe Lightroom.

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Photographer Mads Peter Iversen has recently been in Iceland and he's got a gorgeous 4K video to prove it. In his latest video, Iversen shows off awesome drone footage and some fantastic landscape locations throughout northeastern Iceland, including a volcanic crater and a lovely lake.

To view more of Iversen's...

 

 

In their latest episode of the Picture This!, podcast, Tony and Chelsea Northrup discuss photo editing. Is it cheating?

This topic comes up a lot. Some people are under the impression that by editing your photos, you are somehow misrepresenting reality or committing a photography foul. It's worth considering that...

 

 

Earlier this month, PolarPro released a new line of filters, QuartzLine. The QuartzLine filter line is PolarPro's first foray into professional photography and cinematography. The company has previously focused its efforts on filters for drones and action cameras.

The new filters range in price from $59.99 to...

 

 

It was bound to happen sooner or later... a photographer would capture and submit a photograph of the storied Blue Angels team of jet aircraft, one that would propel itself to the top spot in our photo contest. Photographer Gary Schacker is the one who finally made it happen, and in doing so takes the $300 top...

 

 

Shooting backlit images is tricky, but the results can be great. However, to help you get great results, sometimes you need a little photo editing magic. In the video below, Sony Artisan Chris Orwig shows us how to utilize Lightroom and its Split Toning feature to create a very nice backlit image.

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Earlier this month, Adobe released a massive update to their Lightroom software which added numerous new features, but the biggest was likely the new Profiles system.

To help shed some light on Profiles, Adobe has released a new blog post which contains a ton of great information. You can learn a lot about the...

 

 

Photographer Manny Ortiz utilizes off-camera flash for many of his portraits. For photographers new to flash and off-camera flash in particular, it can be daunting to try to get everything set up and working correctly to produce the desired results.

In only three minutes, you can learn how to set up an off-camera...

 

 

Nature and wildlife photographer Steve Perry uses tripods a lot, whether he is shooting landscape or wildlife photography. He is frequently asked by viewers about his tripods, so he decided to do a video to discuss his gear, setup and when he uses different tripods.

For his wildlife photography, Perry uses a...

 

 

It's not unusual for someone to adapt an older film lens to their Sony mirrorless camera. There are many such adapters suited to the task and the flexibility of the E-mount system is well-noted. However, what about mounting modern E-mount lenses to a film camera? For those wanting to head in this direction, a new...

 

 

As the days get longer in the northern hemisphere, that means that the sun will be higher in the sky for longer periods of time, leading to more powerful and harsher light for outdoor shooting. How can you overpower the sun with flash (or monolight) and capture nicer-looking portraits? Tony Northrup shows us in the...

 

 

One of the things that makes photographer Adam Gibbs' behind the scenes videos so good is that he mixes in awesome drone footage to showcase the scenes he explores. It makes sense then that he would be a great resource for tips about using drones.

Specifically, Gibbs offers tips for how to capture drone images...

 

 

Fortunately for photographers, there are a lot of very picturesque locations to capture beautiful images. On the other hand, many of them have been very frequently photographed. It can be difficult to get excited about shooting something that has been captured so many times. However, does that mean you should avoid...

 

 

Fujifilm has been very successful at making cameras with excellent image quality, and that's been the case throughout their ILC line from the entry-level X-A series all the way up to the recent medium-format GFX-50s. Their latest entry-level model, the Fuji X-A5, has now taken its first lap through our test lab,...

 

 

Photographer Andrew Marr doesn't specialize in lighthouse photography, but when he was visiting Augusta in the southwest of Australia, he had a good opportunity for lighthouse photography. The only problem was that the exposure range in the scene was dramatic, leading Marr to bracket exposures using his Fujifilm...

 

 

When considering many different types of photography, there are pros and cons to every available sensor size. Full-frame cameras typically deliver the best image quality but they are often more expensive and the cameras and lenses are larger and heavier. APS-C cameras sort of hit a happy medium in many respects....

 

 

Have you ever been working on an image and thought, "I really want to take this color and apply it to another photo I'm working?" If so, now you can using curves and LAB mode in Photoshop.

Photographer and educator Colin Smith of photoshopCAFE If you'd like to get a more in-depth look at curves and LAB, click on...

 

 

While there are a lot of common and purpose-built light modifiers, such as umbrellas, softboxes and reflectors, there are also a lot of other modifiers you can use that are less common, including a flag.

In his newest video, Jay P. Morgan with The Slanted Lens shows us how to shape light with flags as part of his...