When star gazing or photographing the night sky, we typically try to avoid light pollution to see more stars. Light Pollution Map app (Android and iOS), made by Dunbar Technology, helps you find the darkest skies around, and offers numerous
Do you identify what you are photographing when you are actually taking the image? How many times when you get back home, start uploading images and add keywords (you are adding keywords, aren’t you?), do you wish you knew what
Adobe has been hard at work trying to create mobile editing experiences for photographers on the go; maybe Photoshop Express and its new updates will make the mobile software a viable option. Being able to edit our images on devices
These days, more smartphones than ever before can create blur effects and bokeh. This is especially true for Portrait mode. The Focos app utilizes computational photography to achieve this, but with far more control. It emulates the professional look of
What is Starlink? SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, is constructing Starlink. They are launching a web of satellites, or constellation, that will provide internet access. This constellation will consist of thousands of mass-produced small satellites in low orbit. The idea
Photographers of many genres frequently use the PhotoPills app. It’s a one-stop shop for all of your outdoor photography planning needs. If you haven’t checked it out, I highly recommend doing so. If you already use the app, I wanted
Are you a landscape photographer? Then I’m going to share the best phone app you can get — PhotoPills. Gotta do it. Find your stuff As landscape photographers we need to find and track things such as the sun, moon
I stumbled across Cascable accidentally. While attempting to figure out a way to view photos on my Nikon D750 wirelessly using an ancient iPad 2 as a monitor, I found Cascable. It’s an app that can do what I was
Google Photos has finally updated to include a couple of handy post-processing options. Even though the unlimited cloud backup for free is not available any longer, Google has not forgotten about the free users. Users of Google Photos can now
While us photographers are scouting locations, on the road or photographing, sometimes, we love to communicate. However, texting while driving is not safe and typically illegal. And continually calling or texting while photographing or setting up would be inconvenient. A
Spring is coming. The weather is warming. We are more likely to go outside. And as a bonus, this means that Milky Way season is here! Are you interested in photographing the night sky, peering through a telescope, or laying
These days, being ready for outdoor photography is important. With most businesses limiting indoor activity due to Covid-19, outdoor photoshoots have become the new norm. And with that comes a new set of challenges, particularly around lighting. When we photograph
With the colors changing and cooler temperatures coming, it’s a great time to experience all that fall has to offer. Our friends over at Adobe has four Lightroom tutorials to help get you started, and walk you through several different
Reflections is a new series of short but sweet reviews that focuses on camera gear and accessories that are designed to make your life easier. For a little while now I’ve been testing out the Ruggard Rain Shield. Here’s my
The fact that this complex blur and bokeh effect is editable on the iPhone is amazing. The A15 Bionic chip inside the camera is so fast that this couldn’t be easier. While you’ll typically get the focus right while shooting, you’re
The ultimate creativity conference is less than two weeks away, and you can register for free! For the second straight year, Adobe MAX is going virtual, meaning you can join the conference at no cost. Three full days of speakers,
Hot pixels are defects commonly found in digital cameras. You can determine if they are hot pixels because they will show in the same location in every frame — they do not move. They will look extra sharp because they
We all have had experiences where the lighting isn’t perfect — either inside or outside. And we might think we need to boost our ISO, change our aperture or play around with exposure compensation. Often, there’s one simple switch you
Low and slow, baby! That’s just what it takes to shoot in low-light situations. Fortunately, for us as photographers and videographers, there are plenty of cameras with IBIS on the market now. What’s even better is that IBIS technology has
Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today we chat with Arizona-based portrait and commercial photographer Allison Tyler Jones. Get ready to be inspired! We discuss: How Allison got her
A beautiful backdrop can make or break a studio shoot. I used to buy the cheap ones online, which took forever to arrive, were really difficult to remove the wrinkles and folds, and didn’t last very long. What you save
With Halloween just around the corner, it’s time once again for us to give spooky portraits a shot. As always, we want to be as creative with it as possible, so we need all the ideas and inspiration we can
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