The post Tips for Buying Used Camera Gear appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Tom Mason. If you’re shopping on a budget, then buying used camera gear is a great idea. Modern digital cameras are updated on a regular basis, so the used market is full of cameras looking for a new home. Used cameras are a great way to upgrade your gear without breaking the bank (and they often offer fantastic value for the money, too). But when looking at secondhand gear, not all of it will be up to scratch. Not everyone cares for their gear, so you must exercise consideration and caution. Below are some pointers to make sure you get the best bang...

Photo By Jason Stewart Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Sunset over the Smoky Mountains” by Jason Stewart. Location: Tennessee. “This was the last image of the day of a trip I took to the Smoky Mountains and I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out,” says Stewart. “I had very little light left, so I had to do a long exposure of 30 seconds in order to capture this.” Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you...

Here’s a quick way to replace the default text that appears up in the top left corner of your Lightroom Classic window with either your own custom text, or even your logo. Above: Here’s the default text. Above: Here’s changing it to your own custom text. That’s the fonts Lato Bold and Lato Light.Above: Here’s changing it to your logo (my particular logo doesn’t work all that well. OK, now that you know what we’re shooting for, let’s do this: STEP ONE: On a Mac, you’d go under the “Lightroom Classic menu” ( as seen above) and choose ‘Identity Plate Setup…’ or on a Windows PC this would be under the Edit menu. STEP TWO: This brings up the Identity Plate...

The embargo on footage is lifted and Gerald Undone has put the new Sony a1 to the test. Just how good is this camera and does it overheat? [ Read More ]Original linkOriginal author: Andy Day

Photo By Craig Bill Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Throne of the Gods” by Craig Bill. Location: New Mexico. See more of Craig Bill’s photography at CraigBill.com. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them. The post Photo Of The Day By Craig Bill appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal author: Staff

The February 2021 issue of Photoshop User is now live on the KelbyOne site and KelbyOne Mags for iOS and Android. By the way, don’t forget that we have moved all the Lightroom content from Lightroom Magazine into Photoshop User, so it’s now “The Magazine for Lightroom and Photoshop Users.” Plus, Photoshop User now comes out every month! In this issue, learn how to work smarter in Photoshop so you can better protect your images from rainy days and Mondays, plus a brand-new “Photoshop for Lightroom Users” column by Scott Kelby, using Adobe Bridge with Lightroom Classic, adding warmth to your winter scenes, an in-depth look at the new plugin features in Photoshop, changing hair color, and so much more! We’re also very excited to announce that the Lightroom Queen herself, Victoria Bampton,...

There is no doubt that the telephoto lenses are just as attractive for landscape photography as the wide-angles. In this article, I will give you seven steps to help you make powerful landscape photos with a 70-200mm telephoto lens. [ Read More ]Original linkOriginal author: Mads Peter Iversen

The post Frame Within a Frame Photography: A Guide appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Kevin Landwer-Johan. Frame within a frame photography is a creative technique that works in many genres of photography. But what is it, and how can you use it for amazing photos? In this article, we’re going to take a look at this composition “rule” – which you can apply very obviously or even very subtly in your photographs. So if you’re ready to create some unique images… …then let’s get started! © Kevin Landwer-Johan What is frame within a frame photography? Frame within a frame photography is all about positioning your main subject so it’s framed by something else within the scene. ...

Congratulations to Gerry Groeber for winning the recent Working The Scene photography assignment with the image, “Rooted in Time.” See more of Groeber’s work at www.gerrygroeber.com. View the winning image and a selection of submissions in the gallery below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots! [See image gallery at www.outdoorphotographer.com] The post Working The Scene Assignment Winner Gerry Groeber appeared first on Outdoor Photographer. Original linkOriginal author: Staff

Last week I shared an excerpt of an article I wrote for Photoshop User magazine that covered starting off on the right foot this year with your catalog. I wanted to follow that up with another excerpt from that article that discusses things you can do to be in control of the photos in your catalog. Your Photos The most important component in the LrC system are your actual photos, so let’s take a few steps to ensure we are in control here too. First, you need to know where your photos are stored on your system. LrC gives a few ways to determine this, as it is not always obvious from looking at the Folders panel alone. Expanding the Folders...

Wide angles lenses are very common for landscape photography, but they can be tricky to use effectively. This excellent video tutorial discusses how to improve your wide angle landscape photos. [ Read More ]Original linkOriginal author: Alex Cooke

“It’s all about the light!” How often do we hear this refrain when discussing photography? But, there are many times we don’t see the light for what it is. In part one of this article series, we talked about how light is recorded and translated into a digital image. We also reviewed the concept of dynamic range and how to read and use histograms to maximize the dynamic range in your photographs. Part two is about learning to “see” the light and understand how a scene will translate to a digital image. Capturing perfect light in your images depends on two things: your ability to see it accurately, and your ability to capture the light within the limits of the dynamic...

CIPA has released their figures for 2020 production and shipments of cameras and lenses. While it might make for some brutal reading in terms of the bottom line, it was a landmark year for one reason: mirrorless cameras outproduced DSLRs for the first time. [ Read More ]Original linkOriginal author: Mike Smith

The post Soft Proofing in Lightroom: The Essential Guide appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Charlie Moss. If you’ve ever printed without first soft proofing in Lightroom, you might have been surprised to find that your print didn’t match the image that you saw on your screen. Your print may have included inaccurate colors or incorrect tones. All because you didn’t soft proof! But don’t worry. It’s not a complicated process to soft proof your photos. And I guarantee: If you start soft proofing images before printing them, you won’t end up with prints that turn out different from how you expect them to look. So let’s discover all the key features of soft proofing, and how...

Photo By Beth Baker Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Three Brothers in Winter” by Beth Baker. Location: Yosemite National Park, California. “A serene winter morning on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley with the Three Brothers in the background,” describes Baker. Canon 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM. Exposure: 1/125 sec., f/14, ISO 400. See more of Beth Baker’s photography at www.bethbakerphotos.com. Want to get your images in the running for a Photo of the Day feature? Photo of the Day is chosen from various galleries, including Assignments, Galleries and Contests. Assignments have weekly winners that are featured on the website homepage, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. To get your photos in the running, all you have to do is submit them....

The technology inside cameras is growing at an impressive rate and even the older technology has been improved and refined to near-unthinkable levels. One such area is in-camera image stabilization (IBIS) to the point where it can rival a gimbal in certain situations. But just how many situations can modern IBIS compete with a gimbal? [ Read More ]Original linkOriginal author: Robert K Baggs

When I’m helping a student set up a shot, I always ask three questions: “Have you refined your composition?” “What is your exposure strategy?” And, most importantly of all, “How could you make the best possible photograph of your subject?” This image taken near Columbine Falls, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, is an example of a photograph that requires planning and precise timing to achieve a composition where the rising sun appears perfectly framed by the rock formation. With that third question, I’m not asking what more the student could do at that moment. The first two questions largely address that task. I’m asking them to visualize possibilities that don’t exist at that instant. I ask, “What if you came back...

That was our topic last week on “The Grid” and we had viewers submit their unedited images and I took them through the steps of what I would do to take them from out-of-the-camera to the finished version. Here’s the episode below: Note: you see me using Camera Raw here, but it’s the same as Lightroom’s Develop module – it’s the same sliders, in the same order, using the same math, that does the same things, so don’t let it throw you that the images aren’t in Lightroom. Submit your images now for tomorrow’s Blind Critiques This is your call to submit 3 of your best photos (any category) for tomorrow’s “Blind Photo Critiques” episode on ‘The Grid.’ (our live weekly...

There are many different ways to accomplish the same thing when it comes to editing your photos. I absolutely love learning new and more efficient techniques for my workflow, and I hope this method will do exactly that. [ Read More ]Original linkOriginal author: Alex Armitage

The post 8 Ideas for Awesome Abstract Photography appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Anthony Epes. In this article, I plan to share some inspiring abstract photography ideas. Now, I would never describe myself as an abstract photographer, yet I seem to have shot countless abstract photographs. In fact, I try not to assign myself to any genre. To me, that feels like the opposite of what photography should be – which is a place to have fun, to be curious, to explore, and most importantly, to give your imagination free rein. I start the article like this because I want to encourage you not to be intimidated by this genre. Don’t worry about getting it right....