New gear: Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 ‘shift’ lens

A sample image shot with the new Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 shift lens. Jiang Ji Hang / Venus Optics Meet the Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 Zero-D “Shift” lens. Available in no fewer than 8 mounts, this new manual focus wide-angle optic lets users shift the focal length by up to plus or minus… Continue reading New gear: Venus Optics Laowa 20mm f/4 ‘shift’ lens

How to Use Split View to Compare Before-and-After Versions of a Photo in Lightroom Classic

So you’ve put in your time finessing the edit of a photo. There comes a time where you think you’re finished and in creeps some doubt. Does this edit look natural? Are my colours right? Is that too much clarity? Because photo editing is inherently a subjective skill, only you’ll know the answers to these… Continue reading How to Use Split View to Compare Before-and-After Versions of a Photo in Lightroom Classic

How to Color Correct Video Efficiently in Premiere Pro

In this lesson from David Bode’s How to Color Correct Video in Premiere you will learn best practices for working on your footage. In the video editing process, it makes sense to know when to color correct your footage. If you color correct too early, you may be doing extra work because you may be… Continue reading How to Color Correct Video Efficiently in Premiere Pro

3 Tips for Marketing a New Wedding Photography Business

A wedding is often one of the most important days in a couple’s lives, and as the wedding photographer, there’s a lot of pressure on you to capture those memories in the best way possible. Try our course, Wedding Photography for Beginners to learn about everything you’ll need. In this lesson we’ll go through your… Continue reading 3 Tips for Marketing a New Wedding Photography Business

6 Practical Tips for Getting Ready to Photograph Your First Wedding

A wedding is often one of the most important days in a couple’s lives, and as the wedding photographer, there’s a lot of pressure on you to capture those memories in the best way possible. Try our course, Wedding Photography for Beginners to learn about everything you’ll need. In this lesson, you’ll find out about… Continue reading 6 Practical Tips for Getting Ready to Photograph Your First Wedding

How to Turn a Lightroom Preset Into a LUT Profile

So many of us have Lightroom presets that we use often on our photos, specific adjustments that can be repeatedly applied to our still photos at the click of a button. However, what if we wanted to apply these same adjustments to video files? Or maybe you’d like to edit your photos with the same… Continue reading How to Turn a Lightroom Preset Into a LUT Profile

How to Use Clarity and Saturation to Change the Tone of Photos in Lightroom Classic

Let’s take a look at a couple of adjustments you’ll want to really understand when editing your photos in Adobe Lightroom Classic. Both the Clarity and Saturation adjustments offer a wide range of aesthetic looks to help you get the most out of your photo edit. In this tutorial we’re going to learn about how these… Continue reading How to Use Clarity and Saturation to Change the Tone of Photos in Lightroom Classic