Behind the Lens: Articles for Art and Inspiration

Rotate, Flip, and Straighten photos in Lightroom

Rotate, Flip, and Straighten photos in Lightroom

I get it, you typed ‘How do I rotate, flip, or straighten my photos in Lightroom’ into Google and want a super quick, easy guide on how to do these...

Rotate, Flip, and Straighten photos in Lightroom

I get it, you typed ‘How do I rotate, flip, or straighten my photos in Lightroom’ into Google and want a super quick, easy guide on how to do these...

Tips for brightening shadows in Lightroom

Tips for brightening shadows in Lightroom

Digital imagery makes it so easy to brighten shadows to reveal hidden details. Back in the film days, because of the way silver captures negative images, there wasn’t much detail...

Tips for brightening shadows in Lightroom

Digital imagery makes it so easy to brighten shadows to reveal hidden details. Back in the film days, because of the way silver captures negative images, there wasn’t much detail...

FIREBASE – A checklist that’ll save your photos

FIREBASE – A checklist that’ll save your photos

I’m a landscape photographer. I’ve taken tens of thousands of landscape photographs, and I’ve screwed up so many of them that I made myself an acronym checklist so that I...

FIREBASE – A checklist that’ll save your photos

I’m a landscape photographer. I’ve taken tens of thousands of landscape photographs, and I’ve screwed up so many of them that I made myself an acronym checklist so that I...

Tips for reducing noise without ruining your photos

Tips for reducing noise without ruining your ph...

Reducing noise without degrading image quality can be tough. But over the years, I’ve learned a number of techniques for reducing noise without paying for expensive Photoshop plugins. There have...

Tips for reducing noise without ruining your ph...

Reducing noise without degrading image quality can be tough. But over the years, I’ve learned a number of techniques for reducing noise without paying for expensive Photoshop plugins. There have...

Contrast Part 2: Composing it right in camera

Contrast Part 2: Composing it right in camera

Contrast is everything in photography composition. Right now we’re going through a moment in history that is defined by playing with light. The memorable images are the ones that use...

Contrast Part 2: Composing it right in camera

Contrast is everything in photography composition. Right now we’re going through a moment in history that is defined by playing with light. The memorable images are the ones that use...

Photography Planning 101: How to Find the Perfect Location

Photography Planning 101: How to Find the Perfe...

Great photographs don’t happen without planning. This is a lesson that I repeat to my students all the time. You can’t just point a camera outside of a car window...

Photography Planning 101: How to Find the Perfe...

Great photographs don’t happen without planning. This is a lesson that I repeat to my students all the time. You can’t just point a camera outside of a car window...