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If you want to make the most of your iPhone camera you've come to the right place for achieving the highest possible image quality and a faster workflow. Today's tutorial from the Reeflex Camera YouTube channel demonstrates everything you need to know for getting the job done to perfection

Lightroom's easy-to-use Contrast tools are useful in a wide variety of situations, but here's the deal: When you make these adjustments selectively using masks, you've just hit on a very powerful combination. That's what you'll learn how to do in this eye-opening tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel.

An out of court agreement has reportedly been reached to settle a 1981 class action lawsuit initiated when Lucy Jellybean Harrington of Squamous, CA, was told her images were "icky and fuzzy" because she had dropped her roll of 35mm Kodak Tri-X Pan film onto their concrete parking lot, has been finalized according to sources connected to the case.

Somewhere out in the vast darkness of cyberspace, millions and millions of precious photographs are wandering aimlessly, homeless and lost forever. Each day, more and more photos join the tens of thousands of socks that were lost in clothes dryers, umbrellas left in restaurants and the car keys that never made it back to the safety of a purse or pocket.

Not to mention the zillions of smiling golf balls banished forever somewhere in rough.

Your data is not safe, but good work habits, starting with a conscientious backup plan, can make data recoverable.

Most of the nature photography tutorials we post concentrate on gear, camera settings, and other technical aspects because these are absolutely essential when photographing birds and other wildlife subjects. Today's video from Flying Parrot Photography is an interesting departure because it sets aside the technical stuff and concentrates on creative considerations instead.

Some photographers, like today's instructor Joris Hermans, simply can't stop themselves from purchasing lens filters in the hope that these affordable accessories will protect their expensive lenses, create unique effects, help modify light, and magically add impact to the photos and videos captured outdoors.

The Patrick's Boudoir Photography YouTube channel is a great source of information for those new to this unique subset of portraiture that relies heavily upon your ability to capture flattering, sensuous images that emphasize a subject's best physical attributes. The video below is episode #22 of an ongoing Two-Minute Series.