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DxO PhotoLab 9 Review | Precision RAW Editing, Refined by AI

DxO PhotoLab has always occupied a slightly different lane than Lightroom or Capture One. Instead of focusing first on catalog management or creative presets, DxO’s reputation has been built on something more fundamental: getting the best possible image quality out of every camera and lens you own. Specifically, noise reduction, demosaicing, and lens correction have ... Read more

Impossible Things Now Learns Your Editing Style | Here’s How It Works

If you’ve ever wished your AI editing tool could just get your style without endless tweaking, Impossible Things’ latest update might be worth checking out. The Lightroom plugin, from the same team behind DVLOP, just added a feature called “Learn From My Edits” (currently in beta), which you can find and test here. The concept ... Read more

Photography Studio Management Software Guide (Updated)

Finding the right Studio Management Software is critical for photography and videography businesses of all sizes and genres. The right software will help you do the following: This article (updated annually) is your guide to finding the right one for your creative photography studio. Photography Studio Management Software: At a Glance This guide covers everything ... Read more
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Black and White Landscape Photos and Tips to Inspire Your Adventures

Looking for inspiration for photographing your next road trip (or walk around the block)? Check out our curated list of black and white landscape photos!
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Sitting Pose Tips, Ideas and Common Mistakes

You can have the best, most perfectly prepared subject with phenomenal hair, makeup and styling and have gorgeous light at your disposal, but bad or mediocre posing will make it all moot. Even an experienced model who knows how to work the camera can use a little coaching to look best from the camera’s perspective ... Read more

How to Shoot a Basic Model Test | Gear, Shot List, Agency Requirements & More

With the shifting requirements for model tests, there is a misconception that all test shoots must be grandiose productions and equipped with a full team. In fact, when first approaching a modeling agency to test you will almost always be asked if you have your own team.  In this article, I’ll walk you through how ... Read more

Dynamic 3-Light Sports Portrait Setup

When it comes to taking sports photography portraits, capturing dynamic energy is the name of the game. Sports portraits often convey a sense of action and energy with dramatic poses and lighting, the latter of which often relies on using off-camera flash. While some photographers try their best to avoid using flash, it’s really not ... Read more

3 Ways To Photograph Family Group Photos With Flash

Setting up one directional off-camera flash with a shoot-through umbrella may be your go-to lighting setup for family formals, but what other ways can you light a group of people to create more drama or visual interest? Light alters the mood of a scene through modifiers, quantity, and color. Even with family photos, you should ... Read more
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Easiest One Light Portrait Setup for Professional Headshots

How many lights does it take to create a great, pro quality image? In my early career, my answer was “as many as I can get.” But over time, I learned that some of the most beautiful portraits are captured using simple setups. No need for multiple lights, sets, and gear to get gorgeous results. ... Read more

5 Creative Accessories to Conceal Distracting Backgrounds

We’ve all been there: you have great clients but a less-than-superb background. How do you deliver the high-quality, creative imagery that your clients have come to expect? Creative accessories are perfect when you need a spark of creativity or need to block distracting elements in your scene. These simple tools can transform an ordinary shot ... Read more
Is it Ever Necessary To Use Smart Objects In Photoshop?
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Is it Ever Necessary To Use Smart Objects In Photoshop?

Max Bridge

Smart Objects are a sophisticated method of retouching in Photoshop which can yield some fantastic results. They can also become a gigantic pain in the ***. Read this to find out how I use them.

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How To Fix Flyaway Hairs In Photoshop

Alice Houstons

Dealing with hair during your post-processing can be such a pain. This is especially true if you can't afford to have an assistant or hair stylist on hand to help keep it under control during the shoot. But it doesn't have to be such a pain.

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How To Color Grade With Luminosity Masks In Photoshop

Kishore Sawh

In case you missed the memo, in a world where everyone is on the same presets and basic skills of ...

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How-To | Easy, Seamless Exposure Blending In Photoshop

Holly Roa

Photoshop can be a mystifying environment, where despite a user’s best intentions sometimes things can go awry and make a ...

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3 Curves To Help Check Your Work Is Ready For Publication | Photoshop Tutorial

Dennis Dunbar

Seasoned Pros know how critical it is to double, or even triple check their retouching to make sure they haven’t ...

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Bringing Light To Dark Eyes | 3 Ways To Brighten Eyes

Dennis Dunbar

It is said the eyes are a window to a person’s soul, which makes them so very important when it ...

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30 Essential Tools and Features in Photoshop CC

Bing Putney

A video crash course in some of the most useful functions in Adobe's post-processing juggernaut.

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3 Ways To Adjust Color In Photoshop | Photoshop Tutorial

Holly Roa

While Capture One has intensive color editing controls to get your image’s colors looking exactly as you intend and Lightroom ...

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Select & Mask vs Refine Edge | Having Your Cake & Eating It Too

Holly Roa

Many photographers have been grappling with Adobe’s baffling choice to remove the refine edge tool in favor of the new ...

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An Effective Way To Remove Banding That’s Not Adding Noise

Dennis Dunbar

Ask any retoucher what their number one nemesis is and they’ll probably say “Banding!”, those curving lines separating each band of ...

Your First Three Steps To Learning Photoshop
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Your First 3 Steps To Learning Photoshop

Max Bridge

Learning Photoshop is one of the most important things that any budding photographer can do. If you're thinking of giving it a try, here are the first three things I would advise any Photoshop amateur to do.

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A Creative Approach to Dodging and Burning in Photoshop

Bing Putney

Regardless of what you shoot, dodging and burning is a classic, and effective method for maximizing a photo’s visual impact. ...

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