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David Bergman is an acclaimed celebrity/sports shooter known for his striking images of famous personalities as well as the 15 Sports Illustrated covers he has to his credit. In the quick video below, Bergman shows you how to take perfect portraits by first photographing your hand to check camera settings.

Matthew Jordan Smith is a expert portrait shooter who has photographed some of the world’s most famous people in the U.S. and abroad. In the video below he explains how to make great portraits of women using a single light and an inexpensive white poster board.  

In the next five minutes you'll learn why and how changing the aspect ratio of your photo is a quick-easy-way to strengthen its impact on the viewer. The five-minute tutorial from the Better Pics YouTube channel explains how to get the job done with precision using an oft-ignored feature in Lightroom's Crop tool.

Go from orange, blue and green-tinted photos to beautifully captured color with the baLens Cap and achieve a look that is not always possible with in-camera automatic white balance or with in-camera pre-set white balances. Just squeeze both side tabs of the baLens Cap for easy mounting or removal, even with a lens hood in place. Its center pinch-release mechanism and streamlined design help to prevent the baLens Cap from accidentally being bumped off, either while traveling or when shooting in a crowd.

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Adobe is constantly updating Photoshop with improved features, new tools, and other capabilities that enhance the image-editing process. Every time they do it's necessary to change a few key settings and modify your everyday workflow—a task that many photographers neglect.

Last week we featured a basic tutorial for outdoor photographers who have difficultly achieving accurately exposure photographs in difficult light. That one demonstrated how to get the light by using your camera's Exposure (EV) Compensation feature.