How to Make a Picture Less Blurry: Easy Tips for Improving Image Quality

Whether you’re a professional photographer or you’re just fond of immortalizing special moments, it helps to know how to make a picture less blurry. With today’s technology, the process is quite easy. In fact, you don’t have to be a professional just to learn how to improve blurry photos. With you...

A Guide on How to Capture Perfect Machu Picchu Pictures

Layers In The Landscape Assignment Winner Harry Lichtman

Congratulations to Harry Lichtman for winning the Layers In The Landscape Assignment with the image, “Snake Creek Idaho.” View the winning image and a selection of submissions below. And be sure to check out our current photography assignment here and enter your best shots!

How to Photograph Fireworks: 10 Easy Tips

Want to know how to photograph fireworks like a pro? Looking to take your firework photography to the next level? You’ve come to the right place. In this article, I share everything you ever wanted to know about creating stunning firework photos – so that, by the time you’ve finished readin...

Limpets in the Landscape

Theo Bosboom Theo Bosboom is a passionate photographer from the Netherlands, specialising in nature and landscapes. In 2013, he turned his back on a successful legal career to pursue his dream of being a fulltime professional photographer. He is regarded as a creative photographer with a stro...

A Message About The Great Outdoors 2021 Photo Contest Judging

It has come to our attention that the Grand Prize winning image in our Great Outdoors 2021 photo contest is a composite of multiple images. The photographer, Shashank Khanna, attempted to contact us to advise us of this prior to the final judging and announcement of the contest winners, but unfortu...

BEGINNERS Guide to Photoshop’s Adjustment Layers (VIDEO)

So what exactly is an “Adjustment Layer” in Photoshop, and what does it enable you to do? According to Adobe it’s “a layer that lets you apply color and tonal values to your image without permanently changing pixel values.” In basic terms, you can use various layers to experiment with color, tone...

End frame: Mountains of Mourne, County Down by Paul Wakefield

John Richardson I am a keen amateur photographer based in Assynt in the north west Highlands of Scotland. I have a passion for the outdoors and when not working, I enjoy spending as much time as possible exploring the wild landscapes and seascapes of my local area and beyond. I work in both c...

The Universe At Our Feet

What Makes a Great BIRD Photo & How to ENHANCE it in Photoshop (VIDEO)

Whether you’re an accomplished wildlife shooter or you just enjoy photographing birds in the backyard, it’s likely you pop off dozens of images when an interesting subject appears. If so, the video below will be a big help. Skyler Ewing is a wildlife photographer with a portfolio full of stunnin...

Photo Of The Day By Dean Cobin

How to Fix Bad Lighting in Your Photos: 7 Tips

Photographers love certain types of lighting for photography – the golden hours and the blue hour are two great examples – but what do you do when the lighting is bad? Do you give up? Do you go home? In my view, it’s entirely possible to create interesting, meaningful photos when the lighti...

How To Take Sharp Photos

There are numerous factors that impact the sharpness of an image. There are also numerous strategies you can utilize to attain the necessary sharpness in your subjects. Some are basic and some aren’t so obvious. But even the most professional photographers sometimes get lazy and wind up with ima...

Use This EXPOSURE Trick & Forget About Manual Mode (VIDEO)

If you’re having trouble nailing exposure and ask a few friends for help, you’re likely to be told, “it’s time you mastered Manual mode.” While that’s certainly an option, there’s another (and often easier) way to consistently achieve perfectly exposed photos. Justin Laurens is a portrait pro an...

Photo Of The Day By Beth Young

Today’s Photo Of The Day is “Jensen Botanical Garden Ladybug Macro” by Beth Young. Location: Carmichael, California. “I ventured to my local botanical garden very close to my house to capture a series of airy, spring images taken in the early morning after a fresh rain,” explains Young. “Dew lig...