A new way to get film-like colors inside Lightroom

I might have stumbled upon something huge by mistake. All this time we were all using presets that use all the tools in Lightroom to emulate the look of certain

The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos gets even deeper (part 2)

It has been a bit over a year since my first article about film grain. And I thought that that was it and that I’d dug more in-depth than most

Easy way to check for color shifting in your lights

Is your white light actually white? Or does it have a green tint? So imagine this: You got your first LED light…. or third… it’s a nice one, it has

IS THE FOCUSING TAB A SECRET OF LEICA SHOOTERS?

I never had a lens with a focusing tab and I wanted to give it a try. Today, out of curiosity, I designed and 3D-printed a focusing tab for my

If your Helios doesn’t have swirly bokeh, this might be the cause.

This article is not just for my fellow Nikon DSLR users but for all the lens nerds out there! I know there aren’t many DSLR users left around but let’s

User-Centric Lightroom Presets: Designing Styles for a Seamless and Enjoyable User Experience

There is a huge difference between saving all your settings when you are done with an image and carefully crafting a preset that will be useful for others. Our shooting

Craft stunning Anamorphic Bokeh with Custom Lens Inserts.

This article strives to be the ultimate design guide on modifying your spherical lens to produce the type of anamorphic boke you can see in the movies. And because I’m

If you use vintage lenses you have to try this

I’ll start this article by saying, I love shooting vintage glass for the character it can imprint on my images. I love the swirly bokeh, the bloom, and the flares

Hot to use masks to take Lightroom Grain to the next level

I will preface this by saying that I am not an Adobe fanboy and if this is not clear, I am not paid to praise the Lightroom Classic team in

LEDs are THE WAY. I don’t want to use Flash anymore

As a passionate photographer, I started my journey years ago by transforming my bedroom into a DIY studio. With nothing but a bucket of paint and a wall, I created

Photo Breakdown #004

I was trying to test my wireless controller and find its limitations so I went out looking for some more moody dark shots but was a challenge for my editing

How I remote control my camera over more than 150 meters

As a portrait photographer, I’ve recently become fascinated with capturing silhouettes in nature. However, this poses a challenge when I’m out in the field without a model to pose for

Photo Breakdown #003

As a photographer, one of the most important elements to consider when creating a stunning image is lighting. While natural light can be beautiful, using light fixtures can help add

Photo Breakdown #002

When it comes to art, there are a million and one decisions to be made. What aspect ratio would better fit the story you are trying to tell? What colors

Photo Breakdown #001

While discussing grain or film emulation on digital files is fun I think there is one thing we as photographers don’t do enough and that is breaking down a photo

The rabbit hole of adding grain to digital photos is deeper than you think

For months now I’ve been obsessed with emulating the film look into my digital photos. It all started with me exploring the panoramic aspect ratio of 65×24 and other wide

A better way to use presets in Lightroom

Lightroom presets are all around us, you might love them as a 1 click solution to your batch editing needs or you might think that they are useless and all

What makes a photo cinematic?

I’m sure over the last few years all of us photographers have heard the word CINEMATIC so much that in the end, it lost all meaning. Is every photo with

Shooting only pinhole for a week

Concept You know the drill. Nothing special here. You take an electric drill, put a hole into a lens cap, tape a piece of metal from a soda can to

Getting a 200megapixel panorama out of a drone that I can put in my pocket

In this article, I am planning to discuss the way I use my DJI Mini 2, a cheap drone that many people dismiss as being a toy for beginners in