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Forget About Using Your Camera’s Base ISO Setting: ISO 50 Is Your Best Bet When Shooting Raw (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 23, 2017

One of the benefits of today’s advanced digital cameras is that they offer extremely high ISO settings that deliver remarkable results under low-light conditions. When shooting with good light, however, most photographers simply set their camera to its base sensitivity of ISO 100 or 200.

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Become a Better Visual Storyteller by Following These 10 Rules for Better Composition (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 22, 2017

Most great photographers are also accomplished visual storytellers who understand how to draw viewers into their scene and direct their eyes to the key element in the image. In the video below you’ll learn 10 quick tips for doing exactly that, while making your photographs more impactful.

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Make an Epic “Landscape Portrait” by Editing and Combining Two Images in Photoshop (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 22, 2017

Serge Ramelli is a French landscape photographer who occasionally experiments with portrait composites. In the Photoshop tutorial below he shows you how to shoot and combine two shots to make one epic “Landscape portrait.”

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Photoshop Tutorial: Create Stunning Seascapes by Merging Multiple Photos into One Killer Shot (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 22, 2017

Greg Benz is an accomplished landscape photographer with some serious post-processing skills, and in this Photoshop tutorial he reveals how to create epic seascape images by blending a series of photos into one killer shot.

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10 Tricks Food Photographers Use to Make Stuff Look Edible—Even When It Isn’t (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 19, 2017

Food always looks great in TV and magazine ads, right? That’s usually the case whether we’re talking about a cheap burger at a fast food joint or an expensive steak at a nice restaurant. Well, we hate to break it to you but some of that appetizing food you drool over in ads isn’t really edible at all.

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“Lunar” Is an Amazing Short Film of the Apollo Moon Landing Using the Astronauts' Own Photos (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 19, 2017

No one will ever forget the immortal words of Neil Armstrong who, with a half billion people watching on TV, set foot on the lunar surface at 11:56pm on July 20, 1969: “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

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You’ll Never Doubt the Importance of Portrait Lighting After Watching This Fascinating 2-Minute Video
Ron Leach  |  May 19, 2017

It’s sort of obvious that without light there isn’t a whole lot we can do with our cameras. But the fascinating two-minute video below provides an awe-inspiring demonstration of how light, in its various forms, dramatically changes the look of a simple portrait.

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Sony Intros 2 Wide-Angle E-Mount Zoom Lenses: 16-35mm F/2.8 GM and 12-24mm F/4 G (Sample Images)
Ron Leach  |  May 17, 2017

A small earthquake didn’t stop Sony from unveiling two new wide-angle zooms in their ever-expanding line of full-frame E-mount lenses at a press event today in beautiful Santa Barbara, California. Shutterbug was on hand to test out the new Sony glass, which includes a fast FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM wide-angle zoom and an FE 12-24mm f/4 G ultra-wide zoom.

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9 Photoshop Retouching Techniques That Every Serious Photographer Should Know (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 12, 2017

Image-editing expert Nathan Dodsen doesn’t mess around when it comes to Photoshop, and in the detailed video below he provides a comprehensive demonstration of nine retouching techniques that he says are essential for all serious photographers.

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Watch Serge Ramelli Use Photoshop to Turn a Boring Scene of the Eiffel Tower into a Masterpiece (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  May 12, 2017

Serge Ramelli is a French photographer based in Paris where photo opportunities abound. Even in the City of Lights, however, weather and lighting conditions often fail to cooperate, and in this video Ramelli demonstrates how Photoshop can help you create a masterpiece out of a couple less-than-perfect shots..

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