Tips & Techniques
General tips for making better photos.
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1:59Professional nature photographer Ian Plant demonstrates how you can use Adobe Lightroom to easily boost shadows and tone down bright highlights in your photos.
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2:17Professional nature photographer Ian Plant demonstrates how to add more color intensity to your photos using Adobe Lightroom’s saturation and vibrance sliders.
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2:29Professional nature photographer Ian Plant demonstrates lens profile corrections in Adobe Lightroom, allowing you to easily fix lens imperfections including chromatic aberration, optical distortion, and vignetting.
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2:29There’s really nothing better than getting out onto the beach before the sun rises to shoot seascape sunrise photographs. It’s so peaceful to feel the sand under your feet, listen to the waves crash, and be one of the only people walking along the shoreline. But how do you frame an amazing seascape photo during
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2:30Outdoor photographers are faced with all kinds of conditions, elements, and outdoor features. One of the most intriguing features in outdoor photography is water. Photographers can use water to create stunning compositions by using the water and light together. Creating highly creative compositions with water features requires a circular polarizing filter. Circular polarizers allow photographers
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2:04When photographers are thinking about a composition, they think about light, lines, and the necessary gear for each shot. There are many scenarios, however, when photographers should put exposure speed and movement into consideration for compelling compositions. This is especially important when you’re dealing with water photography. When you think more creatively about water movement
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2:26Although all image editing programs allow you to make global adjustments which affect the entire photo, some programs also allow you to make targeted, local adjustments which can be applied to specific parts of the image. In this video, pro nature photographer Ian Plant discusses the three most useful local adjustment tools in Adobe Lightroom.
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2:11Adding clarity to your photos can improve texture and detail, and bring out details that are seemingly lost in the shadows. In this video, pro nature photographer Ian Plant shows you how to use the Clarity Slider in Adobe Lightroom.
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3:54For most photographers, photography ends at the water’s edge. But that’s not how professional photographer Ian Plant sees it. In this video, Ian discusses the advantages of safely getting into the water for photography. He talks about ways to keep your equipment dry, how to stay safe and warm when in the water, and how
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