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Ron Leach  |  Mar 03, 2025  | 

Smartphone camera technology has advanced to the point that it's now long past time to stop looking down on photographers who pursue our craft with a mobile device in their hand. After all, with four billion smartphones capturing 73% of all images, it's time to embrace the power of your Apple or Android phone, and that’s the topic of today's tutorial from the My Photo Journey YouTube channel.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 03, 2025  | 

This post-processing tutorial explores some of the most useful (and underutilized) sliders in both Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. If you're in the habit of skipping over Lightroom's Classic's Basic panel, or Lightroom's Light and Color panels in search of more advanced tools you'll want to pay close attention to this tutorial with pro Forest Chaput de Saintonge.

Ron Leach  |  Mar 03, 2025  | 

We've all marveled at spectacular photos of the nighttime sky, and the Milky Way is one of the major attractions. Unfortunately, many photographers take a pass on this epic opportunity because of the misconception that exotic gear is required or they lack the necessary skills.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 28, 2025  | 

This quick tutorial with instructor Chris Baitson will get your creative juices flowing by illustrating how to give landscape photos a fine-art look by removing the horizon line. Once you understand this simple Lightroom trick you can go back and give an artistic boost to images you've edited in the past.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 28, 2025  | 

Many of us spend hours meticulously editing a set of photos, all the while wishing we were back out in the field with a camera doing what we love most. Today's tutorial with instructor Rob Dryburgh will grant that wish by demonstrating "eight must-know shortcuts that will boost your workflow and make post processing a breeze!"

Ron Leach  |  Feb 27, 2025  | 

Adobe recently celebrated Photoshop's 35th birthday, and the software has become more and more powerful with every update. That's why is so surprising that that after three-and-a-half decades Photoshop still lacks a simple, straightforward tool for eliminating those ugly color casts that will spoil image quality in a hurry.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 27, 2025  | 

Wouldn’t it be nice if all you had to do to nail focus is push a magic button? Unfortunately, sharp photos take a lot more than that. Today's tutorial with instructor Jan Wegener reveals several oft-ignored tweaks and techniques that enable him to consistently achieve superior results. You can do the same by following his straightforward advice.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 26, 2025  | 

Dynamic range is a crucial concept in photography that describes the range of tones from the brightest highlights to the darkest shadows in an image. This comprehensive guide from the Hamed Photography YouTube channel explains how to enhance these attributes in the camera and during post processing.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 26, 2025  | 

Last week we featured an interesting tutorial demonstrating why every landscape shooter should experiment with telephoto lenses, and the camera settings and techniques that deliver uncommon images in the field. We're following up on that today with five unconventional methods for capturing unique wide-angle photographs in ways you may not have tried in the past.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 25, 2025  | 

Most beginning photographers are taught to shoot will the sun at their back and avoid composing scenes with the sun behind their subject. While that technique is super easy, it often results in photos that could best be described as snapshots.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 25, 2025  | 

We frequently share expert advice for getting the light right to make images with perfectly balanced tones from light to dark and everything in between. This tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates an unconventional approach for creating stunning landscape images like the one you see above.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 24, 2025  | 

Photographers love their affordable, fast, and easy-to-carry "nifty fifty" lenses that can be used to capture a wide range of scenes from landscapes and portraits to nature photos and more. When your images fail to meet expectations, and you're not sure why, it's likely because you're making one or more common mistakes when shooting with a 50mm prime.

Ron Leach  |  Feb 24, 2025  | 

The sky is  usually a critical element of nature scenes, landscapes, and many other photos you capture in the field, and here's what post-processing expert Matt Kloskowski says about this matter: "Before we can even work on the sky, we need to understand how to mask it before applying various tools and enhancements."

Ron Leach  |  Feb 22, 2025  | 

Lightroom is loaded with sophisticated tools that enable anyone to adjust colors to perfection. Unfortunately, many inexperienced users shy away from these transformational techniques because of a misconception that "advanced" means "too complicated for me."

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