Before getting started on a project do you carefully select the most appropriate Adobe Camera Profile for the specific image at hand? If not, that’s a shame, as you’ll see in the following quick primer from instructor Mitch Lally. In fact, watching his video could be the most productive five minutes you spend today. Lally is an Australian pro whose assignments take him across the word, and he’s generous enough to share how-to videos explaining the techniques, gear, and photo concepts he prefers. He kicks off today’s episode with a guess: “If you’ve been editing photos in Lightroom for a while, you may be wondering what the go is with…

If you’ve never tried shooting nighttime cityscapes photos it’s time to gets started. That’s because urban scenes that seem boring during the day are transformed into magical opportunities full of sparkling lights, brightly lit windows, colorful signs, and interesting reflections once the sun drops below the horizon. The tutorial below featuring world-renowned expert Serge Ramelli demonstrates a foolproof post-processing technique for editing your evening nighttime street photos to perfection. He’s an educator and globe-trotting outdoor photographer specializing in nature and cityscape imagery, and today he’s back in his hometown of Paris. Lucky guy! In barely eight minutes Ramelli walks you through his complete retouching workflow with one of his favorite…