5 Peaceful Video Templates for After Effects

Need to create videos with a tranquil vibe? Check out these peaceful video templates for After Effects from Envato Elements and Envato Market. Top Peaceful Video Templates for After Effects Water Slideshow for After Effects Featured Template from Envato Elements Use this water slideshow template and create your own peaceful and calming video. The template… Continue reading 5 Peaceful Video Templates for After Effects

How to Adjust the Highlights in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

Comfort with the ‘Basic‘ panel in Lightroom Classic is the bedrock of a great photo edit. Lightroom Classic’s user-friendly interface allows you to play around with adjustment sliders, and letting your eyes guide you is a great way to get started on your editing journey. However, getting to understand what the adjustments are really doing… Continue reading How to Adjust the Highlights in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

How to Adjust the Shadows in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

The Shadows adjustment in Lightroom Classic is an extremely versatile tool. It can bring back some information in a slightly too dark image, or the opposite, it can push some areas of a dark image even darker. In this tutorial, we’re going to unpack the Shadows adjustment and learn how and what happens to our photos… Continue reading How to Adjust the Shadows in Photos Using Lightroom Classic

The devil’s in the details: Show us your best macro shots

Show us your best macro shots. Abigail Ferguson Congratulations to the photographers who made it into last week’s Photo of the Day gallery. The breathtaking images paid a fitting tribute to Earth Day with majestic mountains, bellicose flames, tranquil waters, and more. For this week, the PopPhoto editors are challenging you to get small. As… Continue reading The devil’s in the details: Show us your best macro shots

Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out

Parked car, small town Main Street 1932. © Walker Evans This month, we look at a wide range of photobooks. Mika Horie’s cyanotypes present the world in blue; Stephen Shore’s memoir looks back on his long career; Zora J Murff explores Blackness in America; Stephen Gill’s photos of birds on a pillar present a new… Continue reading Walker Evans’ American Photographs, and five other photobooks worth checking out

30+ More Awesome Photoshop Actions for Photographers

After we featured an article with over 100 Free Photoshop Actions, many of you asked for more. So today we’re back with another 30+ free professional Photoshop actions for photographers to save time and effort. Each offers an interesting and unique effect, so click through to take a look! Also, if you’re looking for quality… Continue reading 30+ More Awesome Photoshop Actions for Photographers

How landscape photographer Erin Babnik captures epic photos without leaving a trace

Death Valley National Park, 2018 (Photographed in 2017). Erin Babnik To celebrate Earth Day 2022, we’re revisiting some of our favorite environmental stories and interviews from the PopPhoto archives. Nature is full of interesting and beautiful things. But creating a pristine nature photograph requires a lot more planning and preparation than driving to a geotagged Instagram spot… Continue reading How landscape photographer Erin Babnik captures epic photos without leaving a trace

Licensing Contributor Julia Wimmerlin on how editorial translates to stock photography

At 500px amazing photography is at our core, but these photos would not be possible without the talented people behind the lens. The 500px Spotlight series highlights the global and diverse photographers that are part of the 500px Community. This week we are excited to introduce you to Licensing contributor and 500px Ambassador, Julia Wimmerlin. Julia Wimmerlin,… Continue reading Licensing Contributor Julia Wimmerlin on how editorial translates to stock photography

On Earth Day, love the planet by considering a pre-loved camera

Stan Horaczek Today is Earth Day, your annual reminder that this planet is all we’ve got. For Earth Day 2022, all of us—businesses, governments, and citizens—are being called on to “act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably)” with “everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable”. It’s a big mission statement, but one way that photographers can… Continue reading On Earth Day, love the planet by considering a pre-loved camera