This is the favorite season of many experienced outdoor photographers because of the gorgeous colors that paint the landscape no matter where you live. Yet, it can be challenging to replicate the stunning autumn tones you witness in the field—especially when shooting in flat light.
We all know that skillful composition is the key to capturing great photos. And this is especially true when it comes to complicated landscape scenes that are full of competing elements. Today you'll learn a simple technique for making outdoor images significantly more appealing.
Photographers who've done enough shooting outdoors know that some scenes appear far more compelling in b&w. The challenge is that after a monochrome conversion, some photos are significantly less dramatic than expected. We're going to fix that in the next 15 minutes.
It's super easy to add drama and visual interest to wildlife and nature photos by emphasizing dark tones in Lightroom. This tutorial from Park Cameras, a leading retailer in the UK, explains a simple post-processing technique that accentuates colors, separates the subject from surrounding areas, boost contrast, and much more.
Last week brought you a short-and-sweet tutorial from post-processing impresario Julieanne Kost, explaining the simple process of using Photo Merge in Lightroom to create beautiful HDR images that would be impossible to capture in a single shot in the camera. Today she's back with another five-minute episode, demonstrating how to speed up the editing process by using the Quick Develop panel in Lightroom Classic.
Conventional wide-angle lenses are usually the weapons of choice when shooting landscape photos and other expansive vistas. The more specialized ultrawide options are less well understood and require a different approach for optimum results.
Many landscape photographers never leave home without a polarizing filter in their bag. This simple accessory serves a variety of purposes from darkening pale blue skies and enhancing colors, to reducing reflections on foliage and non-metallic surfaces like water.
Do you know how many photographs have been captured with each of your cameras? If not you're setting yourself up for a potential disaster. That because the shutter in all cameras has a limited lifespan, varying from one model to another. And if this critical component fails unexpectedly, you'll be left holding an expensive brick in your hands.
It's usually pretty easy to find a beautiful landscape scene while traveling through the backcounty, but it can be far more challenging to translate what you see in the viewfinder to an exceptional image. In this episode from one of our favorite young outdoor photographers you'll learn four shooting and editing tips that anyone can accomplish with ease.
Introduced in 2012, the Pentax K-01 was met with widely discordant yelps of either disbelief, unconditional infatuation, technical condemnation, or irresolute "meh," — depending on the reviewer — and was ultimately booed off the stage. Too bad. It's awesome. And we think it just might be the most underrated camera ever.