Advertisements Don’t be scared! Don’t touch the full automatic mode in 2017 anymore! Don’t be scared! Don’t touch the full automatic mode in 2017 anymore! If you really want to learn photography in general it’s important to stop using the full automatic mode on the camera. While this may feel very ‘comfortable’ for a lot of new photographers this doesn’t really help you getting better and it can restrict you to improve certain shots....

This is one of those debates that’s been around for as long as I can remember. It’s like Nikon vs. Canon, iPhone vs. Android, Ketchup vs. Mayo, and everybody’s going to have their own needs and opinions. There’s generally no right answer in any of these debates, unless you have a specific need that forces you to go one way over another. For us, when it comes to computers, that need is working with images and maybe video....

Last week, Canon rehoused a couple of its old EF lenses into RF cases, but also released something brand new. A macro lens that wasn’t just an old design with an EF to RF adapter bolted on the end, but a whole new design. That lens is the Canon RF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM and it brings with it a new and very unique feature – Spherical Aberration Control. It’s a ring just behind the focus ring that lets you adjust how the out of focus areas of the scene are rendered within your shot....

Sometimes you want to add a moon to a photo. Maybe it was missing in the frame to begin with. Maybe you made a mistake while shooting, and maybe you just want a nice photo with a moon in it. Today I’ll teach you how to add a moon to an image with photoshop. The scene The scene The image we will work with is from Jotunheimen, Norway. It was shot just after midnight in July 2019....

As a general type, portrait photos are often disliked by the subject themselves. From the early formative years of grade school on into the advanced years of adulthood, the uneasy feeling for the dislike of your own picture is universal. Yet it is not for vanity sake, or to spare the shock of another from seeing self-assumed horrors. Assuming you are neither a narcissist or a beauty queen with flawless perfection, you may be like the rest of the human race....