Please note that this tutorial is meant for advanced users of Photoshop who are well familiar with layers, masks and luminosity masks. Occasionally when examining a raw file I get a reasonably clear idea on how I would like the end result to be. In this instance I had an inner picture of trees glowing from the sun, rather dark shadows and a sky with nice color contrast. In order to achieve this I opted to create two virtual copies in Lightroom from the original raw file....

Vivo is planning to announce a Galaxy Z Fold 4 competitor next month Vivo is planning to announce a Galaxy Z Fold 4 competitor next month This information has been shared by Digital Chat Station, via Weibo. He did not really share much information about the device, though. Based on the name, though, we presume it will be somewhat similar to the Vivo X Fold. The Vivo X Fold launched in April, and it’s still limited to China....

I’ve been doing this long enough that I honestly can’t remember why or how I started. I mean, I remember my origin story… but as an adult I also know that is probably a distillation and summary of what exactly went on. There are no easy lessons now.Advertisements Fifteen year lessons: Photography is communication. Why I do something is 80% of what I end up doing. I like to tell stories with photos....

Have you ever wondered why camera lenses produce a circular image circle (in general) but sensors are rectangular? Of course the answer is mostly historical – the format of a 35mm photo is in 3:2 aspect ratio, a ratio that people have long known to work well due to human binocular vision. But lenses, in general, are circular. they produce an image circle, a circle that, in general, allows the 35mm sensor to just fit inside it....

Facebook has gone under fire a few times so far for censoring “nude” images that are artistic, iconic, or merely show nude statues. And after Facebook censored the famous Nik Ut’s photo “Napalm Girl,” it looks like YouTube followed the same footsteps. Martin Kaninsky of All About Street Photography recently uploaded a video that tells the story behind this iconic photo. However, it was soon flagged for violating YouTube’s Child Safety Policy....