The cropping tool is one of the most valuable and underrated instruments in photography. As it’s fundamental, most amateurs use cropping to ensure the picture fits a set of dimensions. The tool is just as powerful as a storytelling device, and it’s a great way to stand out among other photographers. How do you crop…
The composition is a polarizing topic in photography. On the one hand, delving too much into the rules can lead photographers to shoot generic photos without a unique style and vision. On the other, missing out on photography composition techniques and principles will result in your pictures coming across as amateur. In this post, we’ll…
For beginner photographers, it’s often a mystery how we see colors one way in person, yet they look so different in the frame. Shooting landscapes, you probably noticed that the snow seems whiter than it looks in the photo, the sunset is brighter, and the skies have that glowing shade of pink that seems to…
Photography comes in many forms — landscape, portrait, food, wildlife, and many more. For every genre, there are rules and guidelines photographers have to follow. The trickiest part about making high-quality pictures of any kind is the exposure. A photographer needs to be familiar with dozens of basic concepts — like the exposure triangle, the…
The term ‘digital noise’ is casually thrown around among photographers on a daily basis. Professionals may be surprised but many beginner photographers fail to understand the importance of the concept or notice it in pictures — much less do something about it to preserve the quality of the frame. If you’re new to photography, learning…
It’s unavoidable that most images look different in print than on camera — the colors are brighter and more vivid. Photographers use color grading and color correction photography tools to bring out all the shades in pictures. Color correction is an art of its own. Correctly understanding color grading and editing basics comes only with…
Picasa software was recognized as the best photo management software on PC for decades. When Google announced that it wouldn’t support or update Picasa, many subscribers were left wondering what to do about tons of photos stored there. All the precious memories can be easily migrated to Phototheca – Picasa alternative software. It contains features…
Apple iPhoto(photo manager) software has millions of users caught in an upgrade quagmire. Apple stopped developing the software and replaced it with the Photos app in 2015. The software became unusable with the October 2019 upgrade release of macOS Catalina 10.15. Since then, the photo-organizing software on macOS has been called Apple Photos. iPhoto software…
