Software

• Lightroom

  • Remove Sensor Spots Automatically in Lightroom
  • How to Optimize Lightroom Classic for the Best Performance
  • How To Quickly Add Borders When Exporting Photos From Lightroom (Without Using the Print Module)
  • Use Lightroom to Save an Overexposed Photo
  • Use Lightroom to Transform Dull Photos
  • Clear the Clutter in Lightroom Classic
  • A Beginner's Guide to Using Lightroom for Organizing and Editing Photos

• Photoshop

  • Edit an Aerial View Toy Town Tilt-Shift Effect in Photoshop CC
  • 10 Tips for Getting Even More Out of Layers Masks in Photoshop
  • Create Stunning Double Exposure Composites in Photoshop CC
  • Do You Know This Awesome Trick To Change Specific Colors in Photoshop?

• Other

  • Adding a border to your images with FastStone Image Viewer
  • FastStone Photo Resizer – Powerful Image Converter/Resizer
  • Fstoppers Reviews Remini: The A.I. Photo-Enhancing App That Can Resurrect Images Where You Missed Focus
  • Free and Open Versus Subscription Part 2: Can Darktable Create Better Edits Than Lightroom?
  • GIMP vs Photoshop: Which Should You Use in 2021?
  • Capture One Has Been Our Standard for Years. And It Just Got Better
  • Capture One's new Speed Edit helps speed up your workflow

Gear

• GoPro Hero 9 Review: Is It the Perfect Action Camera for You?
• How to Use Teleconverters for Macro Photography
• Memory Card Tips and Best Practices
• Questions You Must Ask Before Buying Your Next Camera
• Everything You Have Ever Wanted to Know About Lenses
• Canon Has Created a Shutter Touchpad to Replace the Shutter Button
• Inexpensive Pieces of Gear That Every Landscape Photographer Should Have

Creativity & Technique

• Give your bokeh Christmas flair with this DIY lens filter
• How to Create Better Compositions Using a Telephoto Lens for Landscape Photography
• 14 Guidelines for Photographers to Live By
• Five Mistakes to Avoid When Shooting Landscape Photography
• Five Steps to Incredible Minimalist Photography
• Capturing in B&W Has its Advantages
• Macro Bug Photography on a Budget
• Everything You Need to Know About Photographing Seascapes
• Helpful Composition Advice for Landscape Photography
• How to Use Leading Lines for Landscape Photography Compositions
• Louis Dazy Explains How He Gets Double Exposures In-Camera

Miscellaneous

• Apple ProRAW vs JPEG Shootout: Worth The Bigger File Size?
• Understanding Apple ProRAW

Image Collections & Essays

• Japanese Astronaut Snaps Incredible Photos of Earth from Space

Software

• Lightroom

  • Do You Know the Difference Between Basic Adjustments and Curves?
  • Lightroom Classic and Cloud-Based Lightroom December 2020 Updates Now Available
  • How A Little Clarity In Lightroom Can Improve A Portrait
  • Lightroom's Range Masks Will Absolutely Improve Your Photography Editing
  • Discover the Power of Lightroom's Radial Filter
  • Helpful Tips for Getting More Out of Lightroom's Spot Removal Tool

• Photoshop

  • Your Quick Guide to Understanding Photoshop Adjustment Layers
  • How to Create Realistic Water Reflections Using Photoshop
  • How to Bring Back Photoshop’s Old Free Transform Controls
  • How to Replace the Sky in a Photo With Photoshop
  • How to Enable Photoshop’s Old Undo Keyboard Shortcuts

• Other

  • Capture One 21 Released With New Color Profiles, Dehaze, Tool Shortcuts
  • PTGui: Fstoppers Reviews the Best Tool for Creating Incredible Panoramas
  • Freeware Versus Subscription Part 1: Can Darktable's 'Lighttable' Beat Lightroom's 'Library'?
  • LuminarAI released; here's what to check out after you download
  • Capture One 21 Speed Edit – The Fastest Way To Your Best Edits
  • LuminarAI​ Is Out: Fstoppers Takes a Look at This New Software
  • Webinar replay: Get a walkthrough of LuminarAI with Michèle Grenier and Lauri Novak
  • Luminar AI released: promises faster workflow without compromising creative control
  • How to Merge Photos in Affinity Photo: A Step-by-Step Guide

Gear

• 5 Life Hack Landscape Photography Tools
• RAW Photography with Older iPhones
• 5 Small Cameras With Big Performance That Cost Less Than You Think
• Photography 101: What is Program Mode on a Camera?
• 10-minute DIY: An easy-to-make snoot for light painting
• Apple ProRAW Review: The Best Way to Shoot RAW on an iPhone

Creativity & Technique

• 7 Tips for Becoming a Better Landscape Photographer
• Understanding Depth of Field… and Busting the Myth
• 11 Ways to Improve the Sharpness of Your Images (Part 3)
• 6 Signs You May Have Overedited Your Landscape Photos
• Learning about Exposure – The Exposure Triangle

Image Collections & Essays

• 11 Amazing Photos from the Northern Lights Photographer of the Year
• Photo of Giraffe Wins Top Honors at Nature Photographer of the Year 2020

Software

• Lightroom

  • 7 Fantastic Tips and Tricks for a More Powerful Lightroom Experience
  • Lightroom Is Great, but Despite Adobe’s Efforts, Photoshop Is Still King
  • Tracking Photo Locations in Lightroom Classic – GreyLearning Webinar
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Smooth Skin Using Lightroom
  • 3 Ways to Make Your Photos Pop in Lightroom
  • Should You Add Lens Corrections When Editing Photos in Lightroom?
  • Incredible Results Using Lightroom’s Radial Filters

• Photoshop

  • How to Create Burning Effect in Photoshop
  • How to Use Photoshop to Add Lightning to Your Stormy Photographs
  • How to Create a Better Oil Paint Effect in Photoshop
  • Lightroom Is Great, but Despite Adobe’s Efforts, Photoshop Is Still King
  • How to Get Naturally Intense Color in Your Images Using Photoshop

• Other

  • Pixelmator Pro 2.0 is Redesigned From the Ground Up, Supports M1 Macs
  • Nik celebrates its 25th anniversary with new presets in Nik Collection 3 by DxO
  • Solo Developer Builds AI Cutout Tool That Stands Up To Adobe
  • ON1 Launches New Versions of its Four Professional Plugins
  • Capture One 21 Sneak Peek Video and Deal – Buy Capture One 20 Now and get Capture One 21 for Free – Fuji Rumors
  • A.I. Edited This Photo, It’s Not Bad: Luminar A.I. Review
  • Topaz Labs Apps Explained in Under 2 Minutes (VIDEO)

Gear

• Make a DIY Selective Focus Lens with a CV Boot
• Tripod Ball Head or 3-Way Head?
• A Guide To The Limitations of Repairing Camera Lenses
• 5 Reasons Why Filters Matter: A Review of NiSi’s Long-Exposure Circular Filter Kit

Creativity & Technique

• Photography 101: Using Auto ISO
• How to Read and Use Histograms
• My Entire Landscape Photography Process, From Start to Finish
• How to Improve as a Photographer Without Spending a Dime
• How to Use Your Camera’s Dynamic Range in Post Processing
• How to Approach Strangers on the Street for Portraits
• 5 Common Mistakes in Landscape Photography and How to Avoid Them
• The power of looking up in architecture photography
• What Is Abstract Photography? (Plus Three Ideas for Getting Started)
• A Guide To Long Exposure Architectural Photography
• Aspect Ratios in Landscape Photography
• A Beginner’s Guide to Exposure Compensation
• How to Capture Excellent Landscape Images Despite Bright, Clear Skies
• 5 Facts About Vision that Will Change the Way You Take Pictures
• Why a Histogram Is Useful and How to Use It for Your Photos

Miscellaneous

• Are You Making Any of These Photo Storage Mistakes?

Image Collections & Essays

• Black Sun: Photos of Starling Flocks Darkening the Sky Over Denmark
• Feast Your Eyes on the Jaw-Dropping Winners of International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020
• Wildlife photographer of the year 2020: people’s choice – in pictures

Software

• Lightroom

  • Solving Adobe Update Problems
  • The Impressively Powerful Tool That Could Change Your Editing Forever: Lightroom Calibration
  • Editing Architecture Images Should Not Be Complicated
  • The Differences Between Color Grading in Lightroom Versus Photoshop
  • Lightroom’s Color Grading: Bring On The Wow Factor! | Light Stalking

• Photoshop

  • How to Create Depth of Field in Photoshop
  • Solutions to Common Photoshop Sky Replacement Issues
  • 10 Photoshop CC Tips to Restore Your Old Family Photos
  • How to Change Any Color With Hue and Saturation in Photoshop
  • Solving Adobe Update Problems
  • How to Fix Blown Out Highlights in Photoshop
  • Three Tools You Don’t Use Enough in Photoshop
  • Your Photo Is About the End Result, Not the Path Towards It
  • The Differences Between Color Grading in Lightroom Versus Photoshop
  • How to Add a Reflected Sky When Using Photoshop’s New Automatic Sky Replacement Feature

• Other

  • Software And Apps For Photographers
  • Darktable: Is This Free Lightroom Alternative Right for You?
  • First look: Portrait tools and Templates in LuminarAI

Gear

• This $95 lens attachment turns the world around you into a globe using a little glass marble
• Do you suffer from G.A.S.?
• 5 Things Your Phone Does Better Than Your Camera
• Is ‘Buy Cheap, Buy Twice’ Still True for Photography?
• FFS, My Camera Should Be Better Than My Phone…
• I was a Drone Virgin, But the New DJI Mini 2 Has Me Hooked
• 9 Things That Make Leica Cameras Different
• The Snaperture Camera Multi-Trigger Has a Laser for Gauging Distance

Creativity & Technique

• Turning Photographs into Art Part 1: Letting Go
• Eight simple tips to nail your composition
• From Auto Amateur To Manual Master: Take Better Photos NOW!
• Is it time to make BBF your new BFF?
• A Beginner’s Guide to Shooting in Manual Mode
• Photography 101: Why do I want to control depth of field?
• The Beauty of Less Is More: Minimalist Photography in Color
• How to get better photos when shooting in low light
• Start Your First Photo Essay Step by Step
• Capturing Emotion Through Light
• 11 Tips for Awesome Abstract Photos
• How to Take Better Photos of the Moon
• Photography 101: What is exposure compensation?
• A Complete Workflow for Creating Better Landscape Photography Compositions
• Seven Myths in Landscape Photography
• A Quick Talk About Different Filters for Landscape Photography
• THE QUEST FOR FORM – Thinking about composition in new ways
• LUMINOSITY & CONTRAST – A New Reality

Miscellaneous

• These Are the Highest Resolution Photos of Snowflakes Ever Captured
• Why Do We Need HSS for Flash Photography?
• Photographers Have Always Deceived People. You Probably Have, Too. So What?
• Photographer Catches the ISS Crossing the Sun and Moon

Image Collections & Essays

• Winners of Close-Up Photographer of the Year
• This Photographer Masterfully Blends Herself Into Patterned Backdrops
• A Journey To Chernobyl

Other Link Collections

• Best Photo Picks November 2020 | What Will You Remember

Software

• Lightroom

  • Tone Curve is the Most Powerful Tool in Lightroom
  • Does Adobe Need to Start Again and Build Lightroom from Scratch?
  • A Course on Editing in Lightroom for Beginners
  • You’re Probably Not Backing Up All of Your Lightroom Classic Data
  • Mastering Noise Reduction in Lightroom: The Essential Guide
  • How To Best Use the Powerful New Color Grading Tool in Lightroom
  • Lightroom Shortcuts You Probably Didn’t Know Existed
  • Adobe Lightroom Classic 10 Received New Updates
  • Using Lightroom vs Photoshop: A Quick Reference Comparison

• Photoshop

  • Can’t use your Photoshop Move tool?
  • How to Get Professional Results with Photoshop’s AI Sky Replacement Tool
  • Using Lightroom vs Photoshop: A Quick Reference Comparison

• Other

  • How to Change the Color of Anything in Your Photos using ACDsee
  • ON1 Photo RAW 2021 now available, includes Portrait AI, new selection tools and much more
  • Color Management in Affinity Photo: The Ultimate Guide

Gear

• Is There Any Quality Difference Between Raw and cRAW on the New Canon Mirrorless Cameras?
• The Lensbaby Spark 2.0 is a Bendy, Hose-Like Manual Focus Lens
• Should You Use Teleconverters Instead of Longer Lenses?
• The Unique Way Tilt-Shift Lenses Work
• Understanding lens compression | Photofocus
• Backup And Storage Systems For Photographers – Digital Photo Pro
• These Fantastic DIY Lighting Modifiers Cost Nothing to Make

Creativity & Technique

• 6 Lessons Henri Cartier-Bresson Can Teach the Modern Photographer
• How To Photograph Light Trails In The Blue Hour For Stunning Shots
• Revealing colorful geometric details in architecture
• Opinion: Your Photography Sucks Because of Lazy Shooting Methods
• What is ISO? | Settings in Digital Photography
• 10 Easy Macro Photography Ideas You Can Try at Home
• How to Reduce the Noise in Your Photos When They’re Captured
• How to Use the Exposure Diamond to Balance Ambient Light with Strobes
• How To Photograph The Blue Hours With Amazing Results | Light Stalking
• Work the scene better: Tighter compositions make better photographs
• 7 Filter Combinations for Different Landscape Photography Scenarios
• A Simple Approach to Editing Black and White, Minimalist Images
• Photo Idea: How to Capture Creative Reflection Portraits
• How to Shoot Otherworldly Macro Photos of Soap Bubbles
• How to Blend Multiple Photos in Landscape Photography

Miscellaneous

• Try a Free Online Photography Class
• Cezary Bartczak’s Custom Pinhole Cameras Are Beautifully Unique
• Mobile Mondays: Finding and tracking locations with Google Maps
• Manual Exposure Cheat Sheet for Beginners: How to Expose Manually

Image Collections & Essays

• Minimalist landscapes reimagine the vast Tuscan hillside
• Slideshow: Winners of the 2020 Int’l Photography Awards
• Aerial photography reveals geometric patterns of farmlands

Other Link Collections

• 9 Of Our Favourite Instagrammers

Software

• Lightroom

  • Take Control With This Lightroom Classic Startup Setting
  • 5 Helpful Tips for Faster Editing in Lightroom
  • How to Save Time in Lightroom by Copying Develop Settings
  • 6 Lightroom Retouches You Need to Learn Right Now

• Photoshop

  • 3 Tricks for More Accurate Masks in Photoshop
  • How to Blend Photos With Different Shutter Speeds in Photoshop
  • This Is the Difference Between Opacity and Flow in Photoshop
  • Photoshop 101: What’s the Difference Between Curves and Levels?

• Other

  • Photo Studio Ultimate 2021’s Color Wheel Tool Will Change the Way You Edit Color
  • Easily Create 2D Illustrations from Photographs Using GIMP

Gear

• When Was the Last Time You Did This Maintenance on Your Gear?
• What a Polarizing Filter Is and How to Use One for Better Photos
• The Canon PowerShot Zoom fits in your pocket and zooms to 400mm

Creativity & Technique

• 6 Tips for Near-Macro Photography with a Telephoto Lens
• 23 home photography projects: the best ideas for staying creative in lockdown
• A Start-to-Finish Landscape Photography Tutorial for Beginners
• 21 Settings, Techniques and Rules All New Camera Owners Should Know
• Four Composition Techniques to Try for Better Landscape Photos
• The Truth About the Exposure Triangle, and Should You Use It?
• Drone Photo Tips: How To Make Inception-Like Images
• 8 Reasons Why Your Photos Suck, and How to Fix Them
• A Guide to the Fundamentals of iPhone Photography
• Helpful On-Location Tips That Will Improve Your Landscape Photography
• How I got the photo: Preying mantis macro image | Photofocus
• 11 Things to Experiment With When Starting Out in Digital Photography
• 5 Tips on Shooting Sharp Images With a Wide Open Aperture

Miscellaneous

• Jane Hilton HonFRPS tells Peter Hayes FRPS about her life as a documentary photographer & film maker
• The Inverse Square Law and Why It Is So Important for Lighting
• On Photography: Eugène Atget, 1857-1927

Image Collections & Essays

• Here Are The Winners Of The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition
• Close-Up Photographer Of The Year: 20 Stunning Winning Images
• 21 Amazing Long Exposure Photographs Of Clouds | Light Stalking
• Abstract aerial photography reveals “Chemical Waste Art”

Software

• Lightroom

  • 10 Ways To Get a Fresh Look at Your Photos in Lightroom
  • 15 TIME-SAVING Lightroom Tricks (you might not know)
  • Lightroom Is About to Get a Brand New Feature: Color Wheels for Advanced Color Grading
  • Tips for Culling Images for Better Results and More Efficiency
  • 10 Great Tips and Tricks for Better Editing in Photoshop and Lightroom
  • 30 Lightroom Tips and Tricks for Faster Photo Editing
  • Three Lightroom Features That You Probably Don’t Know About

• Photoshop

  • A Beginner’s Guide to Layers in Photoshop
  • How to Make an Animated GIF in Photoshop, Quickly and Easily
  • How To Save PNG in Photoshop (If Its Not Letting You)
  • 10 Great Tips and Tricks for Better Editing in Photoshop and Lightroom
  • The Five Photoshop Default Options You Should Change Right Now

• Other

  • Why I’m Still Using Picasa in 2020

Creativity & Technique

• The Phoblographer’s Guide to Rembrandt Lighting
• How Expanding Curiosity and Knowledge in Photography Can Help You Improve
• Shooting in Darkness Without a Tripod: A Step-by-Step Guide to Prevent Noise When Using a High ISO
• The value of getting it right in-camera
• The Truth About “Get it Right In-Camera” Advice
• Tips for Using Photographic Minimalism to Great Effect
• A Photoshop Workflow That Can Save You Time
• Depth Of Field And How to Use it for Better Photos
• 3 Beginner Wide Angle Mistakes to Avoid in Landscape Photography
• Using Shallow Depth of Field in Landscape Photography
• A Spot Metering Crash Course
• Why Flash Duration is The Photographer’s Secret Weapon!
• How to Take Amazing Astro Photos: Tips for Beginners
• Seven Tips to Take Stunning Photos in Your Regular ‘Boring’ Landscapes

Miscellaneous

• Are You Missing Great Photos by Avoiding Bad Weather?
• 9 Mistakes Almost Every Photographer Makes

Other Link Collections

• This Month in Photography: September 2020

Software

• Lightroom

  • How Range Masks Can Make Editing Photos in Lightroom Easier
  • Easy Sky Replacement in Photoshop and Luminar: Which Is Easier?
  • Take Control of Color Adjustments in Lightroom
  • 6 Important Lightroom Features Most Photographers Forget About

• Photoshop

  • The Photoshop Action I Wish I Knew When I Started
  • Use this New, Easier Method to Replace Backgrounds in Photoshop
  • An Underused but Powerful Technique for Painting Light in Photoshop

Gear

• How, Why, and When to Use Polarizing Filters
• Do You Really Need Three Lenses for Landscape Photography?

Creativity & Technique

• See How a Landscape Photographer Edits an Image From Start to Finish
• Stopping Your Lens Down: What Photographers Always Forget About

Miscellaneous

• Why Landscape Photographers Should Own a Telephoto Lens

Software

• Lightroom

  • 8 Steps to Better Milky Way Editing in Lightroom

• Photoshop

  • Understanding Photoshop’s Blend Modes
  • How to Correct Perspective Distortions with Photoshop’s Camera Raw Filter
  • A Deep Dive Into Photoshop’s Adjustment Layers

Gear

• Why Your Phone Is One of the Best Tools for Street Photography
• Best Action Cameras for Every Budget: Are Cheap Action Cameras Any Good?
• Smartphones are Ruining Wildfire Sky Photos with Auto White Balance
  Although the article mentions wildfires, the same is true for other light conditions like sunrise and sunset; the article shows how to take control so you get the image you want.

Creativity & Technique

• A Quick Intro to Minimalist Landscape Photography
• 5 Simple Tricks to Get the Most Out of Your Long Exposure Photography
• 5 Basic Photography Techniques Every Beginner Should Know
• 7 Simple Tips to Create a Strong Depth in Your Photos

Miscellaneous

• 10 Street Photographers Every Photographer Should Know

Image Collections & Essays

• 16 Inspiring Wildlife Photos in the WPY 2020 Contest
• 15 of the Funniest Finalists from the 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards

It’s been ages since I last made one of these Photo Links posts, but I’ve been reminded that although I get little feedback, some people do enjoy them and find the links useful. So I am going to start posting them again; probably not on a regular weekly schedule as before, but perhaps every few days.

Software

• Info

  • The Instagram Portfolio: The Essential Checklist for a Photographer

• How To

  • Lightroom

    • 5 Quick Lightroom Edits To Improve Any Landscape
    • Please Don’t Make This Common Mistake with Lightroom

  • Photoshop

    • 5 MISTAKES in PHOTOSHOP. Never do these things

Gear

• Why You Shouldn’t Use MicroSD Cards In DSLR Or Mirrorless Cameras
• The Most Bizarre Lens You’ve Probably Seen for a While

Creativity & Technique

• How to Get Better at Photography
• How to Choose the Right Focal Length for Landscape Photography
• 5 Tips for Better Photo Edits
• Unsharp Masks are Cool

Miscellaneous

• Why Do We Still Love Black and White Photography? | Fstoppers
• Earthrise in 4K – Visualisation of the taking of iconic photo Earthrise by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders.
• Don’t Try to Please Everyone With Your Photography
• The Museum of Cameras is Blue Moon’s Love Letter to the Camera Geek

Other Link Collections

• 9 Of Our Favourite SA Instagrammers – The Orms Photographic Blog