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Street photography is a popular genre that relies upon many of the same techniques that are so familiar for shooting landscapes, cityscapes, environmental portraiture and other outdoor imagery. It’s also an accessible fallback when you can't travel far from home because most of us have a nearby city or town where numerous photo opportunities abound.

Here's an enlightening Lightroom tutorial from the Dream Life YouTube channel that kills two stubborn birds with one stone. On the one hand you'll learn a tried-and-true method for exporting high-quality images. The bonus is that this method accomplishes the task while saving

Are you having problems getting the tint right between green and magenta, or between yellow and blue tones? Well, join the club. It's all about achieving proper White Balance during post processing—a popular and transformative topic of concern to amateurs and pros alike.

Landscape photographers typically rely upon wide-angles lenses because a short focal length is often the best tool for capturing expansive vistas. Sometimes, however, we need more reach to accentuate distant elements that are the key to a shot. So what's your best option in situations like this when your telephoto lens is resting at home?

Last week we featured a quick primer from the Patrick's Boudoir YouTube channel, demonstrating how inexperienced shooters can capture alluring high-contrast images with a minimum of fuss. Patrick is back again today, this time with a quick tutorial using a seductive kneeling couch pose illuminated by window light.

Snapseed is a superior app for photographers on the go who edit images on a smartphone or tablet, and it's available in versions for both iOS and Android users. This tool offers a wide array of features for beginners and experienced users alike, and it would be a great choice even if you had to pay for it.

There's an interesting dichotomy when it comes to adjusting color during post processing. Most of the time our goal is to use various techniques to make an image appear exactly as it did through the viewfinder for a believable, natural looking result. Other times, however, our intent is to is to employ lens filters, camera settings, or editing enhancements to achieve special effects or change the mood and feeling of an image.