Can you tell if this photo is in focus?

Take a look at this photo, from our recent Photo Expedition in Thailand. Is it in focus? The truth is, you can’t tell when you view it at this size. You have to look at it at 100% to know for sure. Here’s a section of the photo, blown up to 100%: Nope, not...

Photography for Beginners: Editing

Over the last few days, I’ve sent you the very basics of getting started selling your photos, including: Where to sell your images Choosing a camera Finding the right lens Today, let’s talk about basic photo editing. Just about every photo you plan to sell should go...

VIDEO: Lightroom 3 Demo

Lightroom 3 is out! One of the cool new things Lightroom 3 can do that the earlier versions of Lightroom can’t, is fix perspective distortion (that is, straighten things that look like they’re falling over backwards because you had to tilt your camera to...

Photo Tip: The Best Way to Use Lightroom Presets

Every image needs some processing before you can sell it. Think of it like taking photos with film. When you shoot film, it doesn’t come out of the camera as a finished print. First, you get a negative.  Then you take that negative to a processing lab and they...

Photo Tip: How to Edit Your Photos in 3 Minutes Flat

Every image needs some processing before you can sell it as stock. Think of it like taking photos with film. When you shoot film, it doesn’t come out of the camera as a finished print. What you have is the negative, which needs to be processed. Digital files...

Correct Underexposed Photos in Lightroom

Last week we took a look at adjusting underexposed photos in Photoshop with Levels and Curves. As promised, today we’ll look at the Lightroom rescue remedy for those underexposed shots… The first thing you will have to do is import your photo into Lightroom (for...

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