Professional Photography Tips

Yosemite National Park is one of the wonders of the world, but increased visitation is leaving people frustrated with long waits, horrible traffic, and less peace. Here are 5 ways you can avoid the...

Learn how to create a Milky Way Composite Night Photo in Photoshop. In this video I cover techniques to clean up the photo for a perfect composite. To follow along you need a Milky Way photo plus a...

Learn how to create a Milky Way Composite Night Photo in Photoshop. In this video I cover techniques to create virtually perfect selections and masks for a clean composite. To follow along you need...

Learn how to create a Milky Way Composite Night Photo in Photoshop. In this video I cover techniques to match color and tone for a more seamless composite. To follow along you need a Milky Way phot...

Take your boring Milky Way photo and use post processing to bring it to life in Lightroom or Photoshop's ACR. Learn the 5 key points of Milky Way processing: exposure, color, contrast, detail/noise...

The new AF-S Fisheye NIKKOR 8-15mm f/3.5-4.5E ED was announced by Nikon on May 31st. Check out these sample photos & a first look by photographer Joshua Cripps.

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Come hang out with me for a weekend of photography at the Out of Chicago Photography Conference, June 23 - 25, 2017.

http://conferences.outofchicago.com/summer/

It's three days of photowalks, ins...

This is the last in a series of 7 videos discussing important life lessons that photography has taught me. And this one is arguably the most important.


Other videos from this series of Life Lesso...

Focusing your camera in the dark is darn near impossible, whether you use manual or autofocus. Here are some tips to get perfect focus even when there's not a lot of light to work with.

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How to use the gradient filter in Lightroom. This tool is part of LR's suite of powerful local editing tools. In this 2-part video learn when to use the grad filter, how to create, edit, and layer ...

Neutral Density (ND) Filters often have strong color casts. What are the most effective ways of correcting them? Find out in this week's question.

Good color neutral filters:
Progrey: https://prog...

Do you find your blood pressure rising when you miss out on a great photo? If so, then you need to learn Zen and the Art of Landscape Photography, because there's always another great shot waiting ...

What is a small, cheaper, lighter, and yet still great setup for shooting wildlife photos if you can't afford or don't want to lug around a gigantic 600mm lens? FInd out in this week's question.

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How to use the gradient filter in Lightroom. This tool is part of LR's suite of powerful local editing tools. In this 2-part video learn when to use the grad filter, how to create, edit, and layer ...

Are there any resources or ways to increase the odds of having amazing light when going out to shoot landscape photos? Find out in this week's question.

Light-finding services:
http://www.skyfirea...

How much can be achieved with non-pro equipment and is it necessary to get a full frame body for killer results? Find out in this week's question.

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No pain, no gain. In order to be remembered, some lessons really have to hurt. In this series of videos I'm sharing 7 of the best life lessons I've learned by being a photographer.

Lesson 1: Image...

Create amazing landscape photos by keeping things simple. In this video learn how to use post processing to bring out the best of the raw file you captured in the field.

Part 1 of this series:
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We have evolved to treat uncertainty as something scary. Therefore we often stick to what is safe and known. But in art this leads to being bored, and even worse: never making your own unique voice...

How do you capture a scene with extreme dynamic range, like a dark canyon with a bright sky? Learn the most effective techniques in this week's question.

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Annoyed by the maximum 2 GB limit for .PSD files? Here's the super simple solution to get around this problem.

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Create amazing landscape photos by keeping things simple. In this video learn how to use simple, smart camera settings to capture your artistic vision.

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Mystified by what camera settings are the "right" ones? Learn a simple system to help you choose perfect camera settings every single time.

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When you really want something but it's hard to get, sometimes the best thing is just to quit, right? Wrong! The only choice is to keep getting after it. In this series of videos I'm sharing 7 of t...

Create amazing landscape photos by keeping things simple. In this video learn how to set up a simple, powerful composition for better landscape imagery.

Part 1 of this series:
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