How to Edit Raw Photos in Lightroom Mobile

If you haven’t heard, raw photos are where it’s at. Unlike JPEGs, raw photos are uncompressed, high-resolution DNG files, so you have much more latitude when it comes to editing them. Adobe Lightroom Mobile lets you both photograph and edit raw photos in DNG format within the convenience of your mobile device. In this tutorial,… Continue reading How to Edit Raw Photos in Lightroom Mobile

10 Amazing Photoshop HDR Photo Effects (Pro PSD Actions)

Some photographers love how High Dynamic Range techniques bring out all of the detail in an image; others don’t like the look, especially when taken a little too far. In this roundup, we share ten HDR photo effects for Photoshop. These actions and tools can take your images and create HDR style images.  This HDR… Continue reading 10 Amazing Photoshop HDR Photo Effects (Pro PSD Actions)

Live Editing: How to Edit Audio While Recording in Descript

Spend just one hour in a recording booth and you will likely spend at least three times that editing your recording, fixing mistakes, and working through multiple takes. It’s worth the time to perfect it, of course, but it can be extremely time-consuming. Now, with Descript, it doesn’t have to be that way. This software… Continue reading Live Editing: How to Edit Audio While Recording in Descript

Edit stronger, faster, better with AI-powered presets

The editing platform Luminar Neo offers plenty of AI-powered sky replacement presets. Jeff Carlson It’s time to confess one of my biases. I’ve traditionally looked down on presets in photo editing software. I get their utility. With one click you can apply a specific look without messing with sliders or knowing the specifics of how… Continue reading Edit stronger, faster, better with AI-powered presets

The ‘anti-Instagram’ app only lets you post once a day

The BeReal app only allows users to post one image a day. BeReal For a while in the early-2010s, Instagram was the trendiest app going. It was a place for photographers, hipsters, and everyone else to share their photos (or at least photos of their brunch). Oh, how things have changed since then. Now Instagram,… Continue reading The ‘anti-Instagram’ app only lets you post once a day

How to Use Focal Length to Compress Elements in a Photograph

If you’re a photographer and you’d like to know more about lenses, then you’ll love our free course, What Every Photographer Should Know About Lenses. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to compress space with photography lenses. How to Compress for Composition With Photography Lenses Higher focal length lenses compress an image and make people’s faces… Continue reading How to Use Focal Length to Compress Elements in a Photograph

The DSLR is dead? Not so fast: Nikon issues firmware update for 10-year-old D7100

Nikon Recent reports and articles indicate Nikon is getting ready to wind down its DSLR business soon. Fortunately, the brand seems at least somewhat committed to supporting F-mount users and their gear into the future. And a firmware update issued this week for the nearly 10-year-old Nikon D7100 DSLR reinforces that commitment. Nikon D7100 firmware… Continue reading The DSLR is dead? Not so fast: Nikon issues firmware update for 10-year-old D7100