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    7 Simple Tips to Improve Color in Your Landscape Photos in Lightroom

    Show Promo Image Getting the right color in your landscape photos is key. Sometimes, though, you might need a little help, especially when working on images in Lightroom. Landscape photographer Mark Denney is here to offer some help in the below video, titled "7 Simple Tips to Improve Color in...
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    5 Cool Macro Photography Hacks You Can Try at Home (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image You don't need to head into the great outdoors to shoot macro photos. Sure, close-ups of flowers and insects are cool and all but there are many awesome macro shots you can do right inside your home. Thu, 04/18/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    This Easy Photoshop Trick Will Make Your Subject POP in Portraits (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image What separates a good portrait from a great portrait? Sometimes it's simply about making your subject stand out. Tue, 04/16/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    Here's How to CUT OUT Difficult Images in Photoshop (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image One of the best things about Photoshop is being able to cut out or extract the subject of a photo from its surroundings. Of course, some cutouts are harder than others and some are dang near impossible because of intricate edges such as flyaway hair or surrounding...
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    Here's How to Capture Star Trails in Night Sky Photography: Astrophotography Tutorial Video

    Show Promo Image Interested in astrophotography but still need to learn the basics? In the below night photography video from B&H, photographer Gabe Biderman of National Parks at Night shares some great tips on how to capture star trails. Fri, 03/29/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    How to Cut Out Hair in Photoshop: 5 Tips & Tricks (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Working with hair selections for cut-outs in Photoshop is no easy task but hopefully the below video from Nathaniel Dodson at Tutvid will help turn you into a virtual barber on your portraits in no time. Thu, 03/28/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    Give Your Cheap Lens a Fast Aperture Using this Photoshop Trick to Create Shallow Depth of Field

    Show Promo Image You don't, necessarily, need a fancy and pricey lens with a fast aperture to shoot an image with attractive background blur, aka bokeh, for portraits. In the below tutorial from Unmesh Dinda of PIXimperfect, he shows you the "key" to simulating shallow depth of field in...
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    7 Simple Steps to Edit Better Landscape Photos in Lightroom (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Lightroom is a great program for editing your images but it can be intimidating to some beginners. In the below video, photographer Mark Denney shares some great tips on how to edit better landscape photos in Lightroom by following his seven simple steps. Fri, 03/15/2019...
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    Lightroom vs Photoshop: Which Program Is Better for Editing Your Images? (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image There are some photographers who like Lightroom and some who like Photoshop and there are even some who like both. But which of Adobe’s photography programs is better for editing images? Wed, 03/13/2019 Dan Havlik Continue reading...
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    How to Get Started Using Photoshop: 3 Tips for Beginners

    Show Promo Image They don’t call Photoshop the “800-pound gorilla” for nothing. There’s a lot to wrestle with in this this incredibly deep, complex, and helpful piece of image-editing software. Tue, 03/12/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    5 Tips to Help You Create Eye-Popping Composites in Photoshop (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Rikard Rodin is a master of creating Photoshop composites. In the below video from Advancing Your Photography, Rodin shares five tips on how to create amazing photo composite images using Photoshop. Thu, 03/07/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    How to Create Amazing & Dramatic Black-and-White Images in Lightroom (FREE Presets)

    Show Promo Image Black-and-white photography is still incredibly popular and with good reason. There’s just something about a classic, black-and-white image that catches the eye. Tue, 03/05/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    Here’s How to Remove ANYTHING from an Image with Photoshop’s Updated Content-Aware Fill Tool (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image If you know the basics of Photoshop, then you’re probably familiar with a rather remarkable feature called Content-Aware Fill. In short, this Adobe software tool lets you remove distracting objects from your photos – such as wires or telephone polls – and replace (fill) them...
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    Here’s an Easy Way to Fix Harsh Lighting and Shadows in Lightroom (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Here’s a great Lightroom tutorial to help fix an everyday photography problem. You’ve shot, what you think, are some great portraits only to realize the lighting is too harsh and has cast unflattering shadows on your subject. Fri, 02/22/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    Here’s How to Turn Any Lens into a Macro Lens: 2-Minute Tip (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Here’s a quick lens tip, which, if you don’t know it already, might just blow your mind. In the below video, photographer Peter McKinnon shows you how to turn any lens into a macro lens. Wed, 02/13/2019 Dan Havlik Continue reading...
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    Add the Milky Way to Your Night Skies Photos Using This Photoshop Trick (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Night sky photography is fun, but it can be tricky. For instance, how many times have you set up your tripod, shot the night skies, only to find out afterwards that you didn’t capture the stars the way you wanted them. Tue, 02/12/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    Take 5 Minutes to Learn the Amazing Power of Curves in Photoshop (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image There are many tutorials out there about how to use the powerful Curves tool in Photoshop to adjust your images. And, in fact, we have featured quite a few of them at Shutterbug. Tue, 02/05/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...
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    How to Quickly Remove Distracting Objects and People in Photoshop (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image There’s often something in the foreground or background of an image you just want to get rid of. Whether it’s distracting object like a fireplug or a telephone pole, or another person that’s drawing attention away from your subject, wouldn’t your photo look so much better if...
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    Here’s an Easy Way to Capture Long Exposure Photos at Night: Shoot to Edit with Pierre T. Lambert

    Show Promo Image Are you experiencing the winter photography doldrums? You know what we’re talking about: it’s freezing outside; the light, when there is light, is challenging; and there just doesn’t seem to be much to shoot. Fri, 01/18/2019 Dan Havlik Continue reading...
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    Check Out This Awesome Daylight Long Exposure Photography Trick (VIDEO)

    Show Promo Image Got a few minutes this weekend? Then you’ve got to try out this clever long exposure photography trick from Evan Ranft. Fri, 01/11/2019 Shutterbug Staff Continue reading...


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