You'll often hear that a circular polarizing filter, or CPL, is a must have addition to your gear bag, but once you've got it how do you use it for the best possible results?
Step behind the lens and learn all the decisions I made while creating this image from Cuyoc in the Cordillera Huayhuash Mountains in Peru including the subject, camera settings, composition, and l...
There are a million and two photographic filters on the market. Some can help you take better photos and some are designed simply to separate you from your cold hard cash. Here's my humble opinion ...
If you are looking to defeat image pirates or see your name on your digital work, stick around and i'll show you how you can add watermarks effortlessly in this Lightroom tutorial.
Leading lines are one the simplest and most powerful ideas in composition. Learn how to use them to grab your viewers' attention and direct it to the visual payoff in your photos.
What is a stop of light, how does it affect exposure, and how do you adjust them? This 3-part video explains everything you need to know about stops. In this third part of the lesson you'll learn h...
What is a stop of light, how does it affect exposure, and how do you adjust them? This 3-part video explains everything you need to know about stops. In this second part of the lesson you'll learn ...
What is a stop of light, how does it affect exposure, and how do you adjust them? This 3-part video explains everything you need to know about stops. In this first part we learn what a stop is and ...
Back from fall hiatus, PPT is back and stoked for 2016. More instructional videos, more topics, maybe even some special guest stars! Plus we are turning our videos into eBooks for you to download a...
Struggling to remember all those awesome Lightroom keyboard shortcuts? Here's an easy trick to display all your favorite shortcuts in the Develop Module.
Lightroom CC (and ACR CC) now have the ability to create raw panoramas directly in the program. The resulting panoramas are DNG files and are completely editable in Lightroom as raw files. Learn ho...
One of the best parts of photographing the ocean is creating beautiful silky ribbons of water from the crashing waves. Here are the 3 simple things you need to make that happen.
The Rule of Thirds is one of the most fundamental concepts in photo composition. And if you understand what it really means then you'll know when to use it....and when to break it.
Learn a unique, easy-to-use, and powerful method to convert your photos to black and white in Photoshop. No need for the clunky built-in B&W tool or expensive plugins.
Don't be intimidated by the histogram. Check out this simple, clear explanation of what a histogram is, what it represents, and how to use it for better photos.
What goes into a great landscape photo? See how the four critical elements of any good image -Subject, Technique, Composition, and Light- are used to craft this photo from the Peruvian highlands.
Rather than using the adjustment brush and gradient tools in ACR / LR you can often obtain more control over your images by double or triple-processing a single raw file and combining those separat...
Dodging and burning are some of the most important skills to learn in post-processing as they allow you to completely control your viewers' attention in your photos. In this 2-part video learn amaz...
Dodging and burning are some of the most important skills to learn in post-processing as they allow you to completely control your viewers' attention in your photos. Learn an amazing technique for ...