Photography Blogs & Tutorials

Macphun’s Luminar is a versatile beast. While a lot is made of processing landscapes and cityscapes, you find it also happens to be a very capable portrait editor. Follow along with this walkthrough to see how I use Luminar to edit a portrait.

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Open your photo in Luminar. As you’ll be using more of a layer based workflow than presets for now, turn off the presets panel by clicking on the second last... more

I can never get enough of gadgets and jewelry inspired by photography. One of these is Power Lens from LightPix Labs. Its a pancake lens which is actually a wireless charger for your mobile device. It mimics the style of a 40mm lens, and it looks like a nice gift for photo nerds. LightPix Labs […]

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Removing blemishes is certainly one of the reasons we retouch portraits. And when youre retouching beauty shots, you dont want to leave any of them unhealed. Unmesh Dinda a.k.a. PiXimperfect shares a simple trick you can use while removing blemishes in Photoshop. It helps you see them better, and even see the ones that are […]

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Well, Sigma said they’d be announcing a new lens at this year’s PhotoPlus Expo, which is about to begin in New York. A couple of days ahead of the show, though, it looks like images of the surprise lens announcement have already been leaked. According to these images, that lens is the 16mm f/1.4 DC […]

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Unfortunately, we live in the world where scams take plenty of forms and target different kinds of people. Photographer Mathieu Sternhas recently received an email which, according to him, turned out to be a scam targeting photographers. It comes from a vanity gallery in London, and its aimed at taking money from photographers whod like […]

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There’s been a lot of doubt and confusion since Adobe’s announcement about Lightroom CC. Standalone Lightroom has disappeared. The old Lightroom CC is now “Lightroom Classic”, and a lot suspect that Adobe plan to eventually phase it out. According to a blog post on the Adobe Lightroom Journal, though, Adobe say they’re absolutely not planning […]

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Humans have always been drawn to forests. We have found food, building and clothing materials, and inspiration in forests. There are innumerable stories told about them, the creatures that live there, and the dangers that lurk inside them. But its not all mythology and ancient history. Peace, adventure, colour, that perfect light whatever youre looking for, you can find in a forest.

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Those of you who follow Eric Pars work know him for amazing light painting photos and tutorials. But this time, he did something completely different, which could make Canon lovers among you laugh and cry at the same time. The title is not a joke Eric and his partner Kim Henry actually baked a […]

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Wouldn’t you love to be able to go and rent a Mavic Pro for free? Well, apparently now, you can. At least, you can if you live in the USA or Canada. DJI have teamed up with National Geographic for their My Mavic contest. The prize, somewhat obviously, is a Mavic Pro. Oddly, it says […]

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This is one of those features that many of us wish was added years ago. It’s common for photographers to fill in holes from one photograph, of things they want to remove, from sections of another. I’ve done it many times myself to fill in undergrowth in forests or even rebuild entire moss-covered walls behind […]

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