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Questmas Time is Here!

12 Days. 12 Quests. 12 Prizes. One of the most important things as a photographer is your kit and this Questmas we’re bringing you 12 different chances to expand it! We have partnered up with some amazing brands to make our 4th annual Questmas one to remember. ‘Tis the season to get creative and put… Continue reading Questmas Time is Here!

How to Add Star Ratings to Pictures in Lightroom Classic

With cheap storage and 8+ pictures-per-second cameras, many photographers are waking up in an archivist’s nightmare: they have a very large collection of images without a quick and useful way to explore them.  Organizing photographs in a catalog is an ideal way to reclaim your collection. Adobe Lightroom offers fast and meaningful ways to add… Continue reading How to Add Star Ratings to Pictures in Lightroom Classic

How to Crop, Resize, and Sharpen a Photo in Photopea (Photoshop Alternative)

Most of the photo editing programs available today are app-based, meaning that in order to use them, you must first download and install the application onto your computer. Photopea is unique in this space. Not only is it entirely free to use, it’s also a web-based application, which means you can simply head over to… Continue reading How to Crop, Resize, and Sharpen a Photo in Photopea (Photoshop Alternative)

How to Get Started With Photivo

How to Get Started With Photivo What Is Photivo? Photivo is a free and open-source photo editor Photivo is a free and open-source photo editor that works across a variety of operating systems. Until quite recently, it hadn’t been updated for a good while, meaning newer camera formatted images were either not working, causing error… Continue reading How to Get Started With Photivo

Tejan Rahim’s latest series carries the weight of the world

Reading Time: 3 minutes A Church Getting Turned Into Luxury Housing. © Tejan Rahim. “This is a project about all the things that make me depressed and anxious – it’s about racism and identity, the environment and climate change, religion and family, history and culture” For Tejan Rahim, taking a photograph is not just an… Continue reading Tejan Rahim’s latest series carries the weight of the world

Fruit bowls & floral arrangments: Show us your best still life photos

Abby Ferguson From Cézanne and Van Gogh to the Flemish aces, still life is a genre much studied, quite revered, and difficult to master. Done right, images are rife with symbolism and filled with compositional mastery. So, for this week’s Photo of the Day challenge, we want to see your interpretation of the still life… Continue reading Fruit bowls & floral arrangments: Show us your best still life photos

Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners

“Back to the spaceship,” runner-up, People & Space category. © Mihail Minkov An aurora dances, illuminating the night sky. The Milky Way stretches across snowy mountain tops. An abstracted view of the sun and moon. These images and more make up the winning cohort for this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards, which are… Continue reading Ephemeral auroras and playful galaxies: these are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners

The Meaning of Colors in Cultures Around the World

Dive into color symbolism and explore the significance of colors in cultures around the world. Learn how to use color in your own projects. The post The Meaning of Colors in Cultures Around the World appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.