My Best Long Form Photography Tutorials


The Digital Blending Workflow Tutorial

The Landscapes Masterclass: No HDR, No Plugins

This long form guide contains a complete workflow for one landscape photo, giving you detailed tips, tricks and guides on how to perfect your landscape photos through digital blending, using the tools in Lightroom and Photoshop


Lightroom Tutorial – Adding Color Depth with White Balance

Using targeted white balance adjustments, you can enhance sunrises, paint in new sunsets, make stormy skies pop, create stylised effects, and much more, all with very little time and effort. Learn how to do this entirely in Lightroom


Photoshop Tutorial – Blend Any Two Photos

This tutorial covers methods of blending in five common landscape situations: Multiple Exposure Blending; Time Blending; Object Blending; Double-Process Blending; Blending Skies.
These powerful methods will help you blend photos in any situation.


Color Control in Your Photography Tutorial

“I’ve blended my exposures, but my photo still doesn’t look like how I want it to look. Now what?”

Learn a two-and-a-half minute, Photoshop based workflow to fix both colour and tone in this long form tutorial and video series.


Northern Lights Photography Tutorial

This guide covers how to see the Northern Lights – when, & where, the ideal camera equipment you should use, the camera settings you need to get perfect photos, and how to process your photos to get something you can be proud of, along with much more…

Latest Photo Tutorials & Guides

Equivalent Exposure Calculator: The Correct Exposure
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Use this equivalent exposure calculator to find out the differences in exposure value between two camera settings and how to match them up changing only the shutter speed, ISO or aperture.

Shutter Speed Calculator: What Should I Use?
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Use this shutter speed calculator to get the correct shutter speed depending on the light levels you are seeing.

Exposure Calculator for Photographers
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Use this exposure calculator to determine what exposure value your camera settings are best for.

Astrophotography Exposure Calculator (Easy to Use!)
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Use this astrophotography calculator to get accurate exposures for Milky Way photos and general star photos.

How to Start a Photography Business with No Experience
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Read this complete guide to how to start a photography business with no experience if you are wanting to make money from your photography but don’t know where to start.

15 of Today’s Most Famous Black and White Photographers
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See a comprehensive list of the most famous black and white photographers, with explanations of their work and some example photos.

15 Best 70s Color Palettes (from Genuine 1970s Photos)
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When you look around the web for 70s color palettes, many of the photos you see are actually from the 1950s or 60s, not the 1970s.

This article has color palettes from photos taken only in the 70s, perfect for your design needs.

My Best Free Photoshop Sky Overlays (20+ Skies)
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Download some free Photoshop sky overlays to use with the sky replacement tool to automatically pop a new sky into your photos.

My Top Free Lightroom Brushes (67 Brushes!)
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Download free Lightroom brushes and brush presets right now, to immediately taker your portrait and landscape photos to the next level!

TIFF vs PSD for Photoshop & Lightroom
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Compare TIFF vs PSD for Photoshop and Lightroom, so that you can be sure that you are using the best file type for your photos, and not losing any important functionality.

JPEG vs JPEG2000: You Should Use …
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Compare JPEG vs JPEG2000 in this article that looks at the differences between both file types for photography and for general image use.

Photoshop Replace Color Not Working? 4 Reasons WHY
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If your Photoshop Replace Color Tool is not working, then this tutorial will help you find the solution, and also give you some other ideas for tools to use for color replacement.

How to Save & Export SVG from Photoshop [4 EASY Methods!]
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This full guide covers how to save and export SVG files from Photoshop, with four methods covered, plus several troubleshooting tips.

Photoshop Move Tool Not Working? [8 SOLUTIONS]
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See eight solutions if your Photoshop Move Tool is not working, including some simple tips that you may have overlooked.

8 Reasons Why Your Photoshop Brush Size is Not Showing
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Read eight reasons why your Photoshop brush size is not showing. This will help anyone looking to troubleshoot their brush tool.

11 EASY Fixes for the Clone Stamp Tool in Photoshop
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Find eleven easy solutions for how to fix the Clone Stamp tool in Photoshop, if yours has stopped working.

TIFF vs RAW: Differences Explained
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See the differences between TIFF vs RAW in this article exploring the ins and outs of the two file formats, including photos to illustrate the differences.

RAW vs JPEG: Compare the Differences
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Compare the differences between RAW vs JPEG in this article looking at these two image formats.

There are also photo examples showing when you might want to use one over the other.

Megapixels vs Resolution: Which Matters More?
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What’s the difference between megapixels vs resolution? Read this if you want to know which is more important when it comes to your photography and how they compare.

How to Remove White Background in Photoshop
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Learn how to remove the white background in Photoshop, with all methods covered in this comprehensive article.

16:9 vs 4:3 Which is Best for Photography?
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The 16:9 vs 4:3 aspect ratio debate in photography is explored in this article, looking at which aspect ratio is best for you and your photos, which will depend on how you are displaying your photos.

How to Remove a Color in Photoshop?
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Learn how to remove a color in Photoshop in this full length tutorial that shows you all the ways that a specific color can be removed from an image.

Positive and Negative Space in Photography
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Learn what postive and negative space in photography is, and how to use it to improve your compositions, with plenty of examples.

Two Point Perspective Photography: How to Use It?
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Learn about two point persepective photography and how to use it. If you’re confused by perspective in photography, then this article is for you.

One Point Perspective in Photography: What is it?
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Learn what one point perspective in photography is, and get some tips for how to compose images using perspective. This is a very useful compositional skill to master.

DNG vs TIFF: The Best Lossless Imaging Format?
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Compare DNG vs TIFF in this article looking at which is the best format for your RAW files. See the pros and cons of each format, and a proposed workflow than uses both DNG and TIFF to edit your images.

Photoshop Eraser Not Working? [FIXED]
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Is your Photoshop eraser not working? Whether it is not erasing 100% or not working at all, this comprehensive tutorial covers every possible solution to a broken Photoshop eraser tool.

Photoshop Filter Gallery Greyed Out? [SOLVED]
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Is your Photoshop filter gallery grayed out? This quick tutorial will guide you through the possible options to fix the filter gallery and to make it usable again.

My Complete Pack of Free Luminar Neo Presets
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Get ten free Luminar Neo presets, available for immediate download and with instructions on how to install presets in Luminar Neo. These presets will immediately guide you in your own photo editing, and show you simple steps to create amazing images.

How to Free Crop in Photoshop? (Step-by-Step)
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Learn how to free crop in Photoshop in this comprehensive tutorial covering every method of how to crop an image in Photoshop, covering crop ratios, W x H x Resolution and crop overlays.

How to Import an Image into Photoshop? (Step-by-Step)
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Learn how to import an image into Photoshop with every method covered in this comprehesive tutorial. If you want to import by layer, of import a GIF or PDF, this tutorial has you covered.

F Stop vs Aperture: What are the Differences?
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Not many are aware of the difference between f stop vs aperture, but this article covers the precise definition of both, and shows you everything you need to know about f stops and apertures.

How To Stretch An Image In Photoshop? (Step-by-Step)
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Don’t know how to stretch an image in Photoshop? This quick tutorial shows you three methods to stretch images and layers in Photoshop as part of our series on Photoshop basics.

How Does Aperture Affect Depth of Field? (The REAL Answer)
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Figuring out the role that aperture plays can be tricky for beginner photographers. This article covers how does aperture affect depth of field, and includes some examples to help you out.

Grayscale vs Black and White vs Monochrome: The REAL Difference
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What are the differences between grayscale vs black and white vs monochrome?

This article gives you definitions, examples and some tips on how to make the most of black and white photography.

Macro vs Telephoto Lens FULL Comparison
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This comparison of a macro vs telephoto lens covers everything you need to know about the two lens types. When should you use a macro lens and when a telephoto? This article has the answers.

Telephoto Lens vs Zoom Lens: Which is Best?
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Compare a standard telephoto lens vs zoom lens in this article on the differences between these two lens types. Find out which is best in what situation and learn which is the ideal lens type for you and your photography.

DNG vs JPEG: Which Should You Use?
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Which should you use: DNG vs JPEG?

This article covers the basic differences between the two file formats and gives you the lowdown on which is best for your photography.

What is a Macro Lens Used For?
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You might want to get into macro photography, but are unsure of how to use a macro lens, or how they work. This article covers the basics of macro lenses, answering what is a macro lens used for, and helps you to know which macro lens is right for you.

AI Focus vs AI Servo: Which Autofocus Mode is Best?
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Canon have three two continuous autofocus modes on their camera, AI Focus vs AI Servo, but which do you use when?

This quick article covers the ideal times to use each mode, and compares them to one shot autofocus.

Pattern in Photography: Definition and Examples
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What is pattern in photography?

This tutorial covers the definition of pattern, plus gives you lots of examples of pattern photography. Learning the types of pattern will give you a shortcut to improve your composition and final photos.

6 Types of Photography Balance: What is Balance in Photography?
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Learn about the six types of photography balance, and how understanding balance in photography can help you to improve your images by balancing visual weight.

What are the Viewpoints in Photography?
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What are the viewpoints in photography, and how do they affect your images?

This article explores the five main viewpoints in photography, and gives you plenty of examples so that you can see how knowing about them helps your compositions.

My BEST Golden Hour Lightroom Presets!
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This preset pack contains 10 golden hour Lightroom presets, some of which are designed to boost the colors and contrast in your images taken around golden hour, and some of which are to help simulate a golden hour effect in your photos taken at other times of day.

My Best Pack of Cinematic Lightroom Presets
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This pack of ten free cinematic Lightroom presets lets you transform your photos into something that could grace a movie screen. They are designed to create a color grading that it similar to that often seen at the cinema, with muted or more moody colors and deep blacks, although some presets also accentuate the lighter sides of your photos.

My Best Fall Lightroom Presets
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This pack of free fall Lightroom presets are designed to accentuate the colors of fall or autumn, and can in some cases convert green foliage to the copper tones of fall. They can be used with a wide variety of images, but work best with photos that heavily contain leaves and foliage.

100% Free Dark/Moody Lightroom Presets
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These dark Lightroom presets are similar to the moody Lightroom preset pack, but are more suited to reducing the exposure on images, or in creating a darkened, dystopian version of your photo.

Cool + Chill Lightroom Presets – Complete Volume
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These cool Lightroom presets are specially designed for all types of photos to give a cool toning to your photos without causing too much impact on color saturation or contrast. These are subtle presets that should work well in any situation, from portraits to landscapes.

Vol 1. Indoor Lightroom Presets!
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This pack of ten indoor Lightroom presets for free download helps you to edit your photos taken indoors, regulating the high dynamic range that you often see when you have windows to the outside and a much darker room, and corrects a lot of the color issues of indoor lighting.

Beautiful Light and Airy Lightroom Presets!
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Get a pack of free light and airy presets for Lightroom. These are specifically designed to show off a high key look in your photos, creating a bright and airy effect. These are the best light and airy presets in my collection, and should help you create the images that you are wanting.

Lightroom Presets for the Beach & Hot Weather
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This pack of beach presets for Lightroom is designed for those photos taken near the sea, as it helps to accentuate bright, warm scenes and give a holiday spirit.

There’s also stylized effects and more.

My Best Free Camera RAW Presets
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Find out how to install Adobe Camera RAW presets now that they use the .XMP format, and how you can share your presets with Lightroom.

Plus get free Camera RAW preset downloads!

Festive Christmas Lightroom Presets – Vol 1.
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Get this pack of ten free Christmas Lightroom presets, available for download right now!

What is Optical Zoom?
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What is optical zoom? Learn about the difference between optical zoom and digital zoom in this short article.

INTERESTING Famous Modern Photographers
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Learn about the most famous modern photographers, in this list of the top 10 modern photographers.

See examples of their photography and find out more about the people behind the camera.

High ISO vs Low ISO: The Difference is …
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How do you know when to use high ISO vs low ISO? This tutorial will help you become confident using ISO, so that you will always know the correct ISO settings for your camera.

The REAL Definition of ISO in Photography
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Learn the definition of ISO in photography, along with the answers to many other questions about ISO, like “Is ISO 800 too high?” and “What should ISO be at night?”

44 Free Photoshop Practice Images (from my photos!)
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Get free downloads of some practice images for Photoshop. These files are in PSD format, and contain the original image and layers with my edits of each photo, so that you can follow along and practice your own Photoshop editing.

Interesting Quotes About Black and White Photos
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Read some inspirational black and white photography quotes in this article containing tens of different quotes about black and white photos.

If you like black and white photography but a need a push to get back into it, these photo quotes should help.

My Pack of FREE Capture One Styles
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Get a download of free Capture One styles containing 15 different styles, including film styles and cinematic styles for Capture One.

My Best 111+ Lightroom Presets – FREE Download (ZIP)
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Get access to a Lightroom presets free download ZIP, to improve your images in one click, without mess or difficulty.

There are winter presets, fall presets, HDR presets, night presets and many more, all available for instant free Lightroom presets download.

My Ultimate Lightroom Sunset Presets!
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Get 10 free Lightroom sunset presets, including Lightroom presets for sunrise and golden hour Lightroom presets.

All available for free download now.

Sun Rays Presets – FREE for Lightroom!
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Get 10 free sun rays Lightroom presets, which include lens flare Lightroom presets. All are available to download now.

100% Free 35mm Film Presets for Lightroom!
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Get 9 free film presets for Lightroom, covering popular 35mm films including a Kodak Portra 400 Lightroom preset.

My Top Black and White Presets for Lightroom
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Get 10 free black and white presets for Lightroom. See some examples of the presets and download now.

100% FREE Moody Lightroom Presets Pack!
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Get a Lightroom presets pack of 10 free moody Lightroom presets, to turn your photos dark and mysterious.

100% Free Travel Blogger Lightroom Presets!
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Get a preset pack containing 10 free Lightroom presets for travel photography, suitable for all sorts of travel photography. See some examples and get the free download inside.

Vol 1. Lightroom Night Presets
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Get 10 free Lightroom Night Presets, designed to boost your high contrast night photos and give you an excellent starting point for your editing.

My Pack of FREE Portrait Lightroom Presets!
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Download these free portrait Lightroom presets to spice up your images and make your portrait photography stand out.

My Best Urban + City Lightroom Presets
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This Lightroom preset pack includes 10 free urban Lightroom presets which can be used to add grittiness to buildings, or to simply boost a general city scene.

100% Free HDR Presets for Lightroom
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Get the 10 best free HDR presets for Lightroom in this free download. These presets are perfect for high contrast scenes and to really make your photos pop.

Cold White Winter: Free Lightroom Presets Pack!
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Download 10 free winter presets for Lightroom, including a Lightroom snow preset, to give your winter photos an edge.

How Much Optical Zoom is Good?
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How much optical zoom is good and how much optical zoom do I need?

It can be tough to know the zoom levels you need, but this article gives you suggestions based on different scenarios.

Famous Wildlife Photographers: The FULL List
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Learn who are the most famous wildlife photographers today and see some of the best wildlife photography from these World famous wildlife photographers.

Famous Abstract Photographers: The COMPLETE List
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Who are the most famous abstract photographers? Where can I see the best abstract portrait photography, abstract landscape photography or abstract architecture photography.

Take a look at this article to see the best abstract photographers to inspire you.

Famous Nature Photographers Past & Present
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See a list of famous nature photographers from the past and present, along with examples of their work and learn about the best of nature photography.

How to Wrap Text in Photoshop (Step-by-Step)
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Learn how to wrap text in Photoshop, using two simple methods to wrap text around an object or warp text into a shape in Photoshop.

How to Duplicate a Layer in Photoshop
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Learn how to duplicate layers in Photoshop, including the shortcut to duplicate layers in Photoshop, and how to copy multiple layers quickly and easily.

How to Unmerge Layers in Photoshop
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Learn how to unmerge layers in Photoshop and how to unflatten images.

See how to use smart objects to be able to non-destructively undo merge layers in the future.

How to Invert Selection in Photoshop (Step-by-Step)
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How to invert a selection in Photoshop, including examples of why you would want to select inverse, and the Photoshop select inverse shortcut.

How to Change Lightroom Catalog Location (Step-by-Step)
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Learn how to move a Lightroom catalog by easily changing the Lightroom catalog location.

See what a Lightroom catalog contains and when you should move it.

49+ Free RAW Photos: Download to Practice Retouching
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Lots of free RAW photos to edit, including free RAW landscape images for retouching.

Download these free RAW photos with one click!

How to Crop a Layer in Photoshop (Non-Destructively)
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Learn how to crop a layer in Photoshop without cropping the entire image, with three methods that target individual layer cropping in Photoshop.

How to Install Lightroom Presets (Step-by-Step)
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This quick tutorial will cover how to install Lightroom presets, including how to import Lightroom presets, in a few quick and easy steps. I’ve also included a quick guide for how to use Lightroom presets, and a simple workflow using them.

How to Dodge and Burn in Photoshop
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This quick photography tutorial will show you how to dodge and burn in Photoshop.

Inside, you can find out what dodging and burning means, followed by a non-destructive photo editing workflow for dodge and burn in Photoshop, along with free Photoshop actions to help you.

How to Make an Image Bigger in Photoshop (Step-by-Step)
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Learn two quick methods on how to make images bigger in Photoshop. This tutorial is aimed at those new to Photoshop, looking for some extra help.

How to Remove Lens Flare in Photoshop (EASY Fixes)
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Learn how to remove lens flare in Photoshop through using better photography techniques in camera, and through fixing lens flare in Photoshop.

Lens flare can degrade the quality of your photos by reducing saturation, contrast, and introducing artifacts to the image.

How to Delete Photos from Lightroom (The EASY Way)
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Read more to learn how to easily select and delete multiple photos from Lightroom.

Adobe Lightroom is a powerful piece of photo organizing and editing software, with many different ways to perform most basic actions. This can make it difficult to know how to delete photos from Lightroom in the easiest way.

How to Photograph the Northern Lights (and Edit Your Photos)
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This guide covers how to photograph the Northern Lights – when, & where, the ideal camera equipment you should use, the camera settings you need to get perfect photos, and how to process your photos to get something you can be proud of, along with much more…

Make Boring Night Photos Look Amazing in Lightroom
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Learn how to process and fix night time and blue hour photos in Lightroom. You’ll want to look at this if you didn’t get the sunset or blue hour you wanted, but don’t want to be left with a dull, boring photo. These simple techniques in Lightroom can boost the colours and street lights in blue hour city photos to create something impressive.

How to Edit Fine Art Photos in Lightroom
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Learn how to quickly and easily go from taking snapshots to taking photos that can be turned into fine art, like in this photo of Venice. There are three quick tips on how to take the photo and how to process it in Lightroom to create something that you would be proud to have on your wall.

This is a good introduction to using targeted white balance adjustments, graduated and radial filters, the adjustment brush, and range masks in Lightroom.

Targeted Contrast to Fix Low Contrast Photos
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Use saturation masks to target contrast adjustments to fix your low contrast photos

Get Pristine & Total Colour Control with Saturation Masks
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Use saturation masks to take complete control of colour and tone in under 3 minutes.

How to Create & Use Saturation Masks
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Get the totally free Photoshop Colour Control ActionPack and find out how to create and use your own saturation masks.

Make Amazing Landscape Colour Grades Using LUTs
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Get free landscape colour grades and learn how to create your own.

Properly Create the Wakui Cinematic Effect
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Make photos that have a cinematic effect, entirely by hand and without plugins.

A Cool Trick to Add Sunsets to Landscape Photos
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Use the totally free Lightroom Develop System to add sunsets to boring skies.

How to Turn On Streetlights in Lightroom
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Learn how to turn on streetlights in daylight photos to simulate a night-time effect, in Lightroom.

5 Ways to Blend Multiple Exposures to Create Incredible Landscape Photos
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Learn how to blend photos taken shooting into the sun, taken at different times of day, blending moving objects, and more…

How to Make a Glow Effect in Photoshop
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Add a glow to your sunsets to really give punch and power.

Sharpen Your Photos the Right Way
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How to sharpen photos in an effective and controllable way.

Unlock Photoshop-Like Powers in Lightroom
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Learn how to unlock Photoshop-like powers in Lightroom using the totally free Lightroom Develop System.

What is the Lightroom Develop System?
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See the totally free Lightroom Develop System in action, and learn how to use it to make amazing photos.

How to Add Fireworks to Make a Dull Photo Amazing
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Easily add fireworks and their reflections to sky and water to make your photo special.

Add Colour Depth to Fix Flat Sunsets
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Use white balance to force colour depth into your sunset photos.