Most beginning photographers are taught to shoot will the sun at their back and avoid composing scenes with the sun behind their subject. While that technique is super easy, it often results in photos that could best be described as snapshots. Today we’ll encourage you to be more inventive and creative by switching up your vantage point and experimenting with backlighting for a far more artistic look. Here’s how instructor Shelley Pearson summarizes today’s six-minute tutorial: “In this video I dive into the magic of backlighting in bird and wildlife photography, sharing essential techniques for creating stunning, dramatic effects.” The value of everything you’ll learn is equally valuable for other…

We frequently share expert advice for getting the light right to make images with perfectly balanced tones from light to dark and everything in between. This tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates an unconventional approach for creating stunning landscape images like the one you see above. The concept involves using masks to selectively overexpose specific portions in the frame, while leaving other areas untouched—a straightforward technique for transforming ho-hum mages into those that really grab attention. Instructor Christian Mohrle begins with a drab, unimpressive, minimalist shot, and we encourage you to follow along in real time by downloading his sample Raw file with a link in the description…

We frequently share expert advice for getting the light right to make images with perfectly balanced tones from light to dark and everything in between. This tutorial from the PHLOG Photography YouTube channel demonstrates an unconventional approach for creating stunning landscape images like the one you see above. The concept involves using masks to selectively overexpose specific portions in the frame, while leaving other areas untouched—a straightforward technique for transforming ho-hum mages into those that really grab attention. Instructor Christian Mohrle begins with a drab, unimpressive, minimalist shot, and we encourage you to follow along in real time by downloading his sample Raw file with a link in the description…

Congratulations to the winners of GuruShots‘ Travel Stories photo challenge! Thank you to all the participants for sharing the magic of your adventures through stunning views, lively street scenes, and quiet moments that captured the spirit, uniqueness and beauty of different places around the world!  Don’t miss the full slideshow gallery at the end of this article, featuring more exceptional entries. Also, check out GuruShots’ newest app AI Art Master.  Winning Images Unnamed, United States — TOP PHOTOGRAPHER WINNER   Bruno Ribeiro, Portugal — TOP PHOTO WINNER   Julien Serarre, Mexico — GURU’S TOP PICK WINNER Runners Up Michael Firmbach, Germany   Savanna Garza, United States   Maria Cfaki, Greece…

Congratulations to the winners of GuruShots‘ Travel Stories photo challenge! Thank you to all the participants for sharing the magic of your adventures through stunning views, lively street scenes, and quiet moments that captured the spirit, uniqueness and beauty of different places around the world!  Don’t miss the full slideshow gallery at the end of this article, featuring more exceptional entries. Also, check out GuruShots’ newest app AI Art Master.  Winning Images Unnamed, United States — TOP PHOTOGRAPHER WINNER   Bruno Ribeiro, Portugal — TOP PHOTO WINNER   Julien Serarre, Mexico — GURU’S TOP PICK WINNER Runners Up Michael Firmbach, Germany   Savanna Garza, United States   Maria Cfaki, Greece…

Photographers love their affordable, fast, and easy-to-carry “nifty fifty” lenses that can be used to capture a wide range of scenes from landscapes and portraits to nature photos and more. When your images fail to meet expectations, and you’re not sure why, it’s likely because you’re making one or more common mistakes when shooting with a 50mm prime. Instructor Martin Castein is a London-based landscape and portrait photographer with more than a few tricks up his sleeve. In this eight-minute episode he explains why images with a nifty fifty look a bit different, the big mistakes a lot of photographers make, and the best way to create great compositions with…

Photographers love their affordable, fast, and easy-to-carry “nifty fifty” lenses that can be used to capture a wide range of scenes from landscapes and portraits to nature photos and more. When your images fail to meet expectations, and you’re not sure why, it’s likely because you’re making one or more common mistakes when shooting with a 50mm prime. Instructor Martin Castein is a London-based landscape and portrait photographer with more than a few tricks up his sleeve. In this eight-minute episode he explains why images with a nifty fifty look a bit different, the big mistakes a lot of photographers make, and the best way to create great compositions with…

The sky is  usually a critical element of nature scenes, landscapes, and many other photos you capture in the field, and here’s what post-processing expert Matt Kloskowski says about this matter: “Before we can even work on the sky, we need to understand how to mask it before applying various tools and enhancements.” Matt is an accomplished photographer, prolific author, and Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee whose mission “is to create videos that simplify the process of shooting great photos and editing them to get the results you’ve always wanted.” This quick episode demonstrates which Sky Selection tool works best depending on the specific image at hand. There are several…

The sky is  usually a critical element of nature scenes, landscapes, and many other photos you capture in the field, and here’s what post-processing expert Matt Kloskowski says about this matter: “Before we can even work on the sky, we need to understand how to mask it before applying various tools and enhancements.” Matt is an accomplished photographer, prolific author, and Photoshop Hall of Fame inductee whose mission “is to create videos that simplify the process of shooting great photos and editing them to get the results you’ve always wanted.” This quick episode demonstrates which Sky Selection tool works best depending on the specific image at hand. There are several…

Fast, super high-capacity SSD (Solid State Drive) storage devices have become essential tools for content creators, videographers and studio photographers. Storage drives that are immensely portable and durable, like the 8TB* Sandisk Extreme® Portable SSD, provide the ideal platform to store, back up and help preserve precious data while on location in the field, in the studio and at the workstation. Photographers and video creators worldwide trust Sandisk memory products to safely store their irreplaceable image files. For more than 25 years, Sandisk engineers have continued to drive industry-leading innovation and set new standards for capacity, performance, endurance and reliability. The 8TB* Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD is a dependable high-speed…