Category: Tutorials

How to reduce noise in your photos with no 3rd party plugins in Lightroom and Camera Raw

John Aldred

There’s plenty of great applications and plugins out there that will help you reduce noise in your images. Some are standalone apps while others are plugins. But there’s a lot you can do straight from within Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and Lightroom without all that. This video from Blake Rudis at F64 Academy talks us through […]

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How to use gridded strip softboxes as your main light source

John Aldred

When it comes to setting up flash for a portrait, one might usually grab a big octabox or beauty dish. Normally, we wouldn’t consider something like a strip softbox. Strip softboxes are typically relegated to rim light duties. But they can also be extremely effective as a main light source. In this Profoto Tiny Talk, […]

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IMAGE ALIGNMENT ISSUE

Josh

Cameras are complicated. I remember when I bought my first DSLR: I was frustrated that I couldn’t just capture what I saw through my viewfinder. It took a ton of trial and error but I kept at it and, when I finally managed to work everything out, I started being…

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How to shoot great portraits with flash in a tiny space

John Aldred

We all get short on space sometimes. Perhaps you’re just starting out and don’t have a huge area to shoot in. Maybe you’ve been asked to photograph a friend in their home, or you just want to get some photos of the kids. Whatever the reasons, it’s not impossible to produce great portraits in a […]

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A simple setup for taking fantastic snowflake photos

Dunja Djudjic

There are plenty of ways to take photos of snowflakes. Some are complicated, some are simple, and some are DIY to the max. Photographer Chrissy Kerkhof shared with us a very simple setting she used to take clear and crisp snowflake photos. It takes only one additional piece of gear to the lens and the […]

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How a few pieces of paper helped me recover more detail in my pictures.

Joseph Parry

I am aiming this week at those of you first getting into photography and looking for a budget friendly way of improving your photos! You see, this week I’m giving some love back to the age old concept of “The best camera is the one you have with you”. By that token, the best reflector […]

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