Photography

Get a weekly serving of photographic insight, instruction, and inspiration from photographer, teacher, and author Ben Long.

Learn to create new worlds, both fanciful and totally realistic, for films with digital matte paintings in Photoshop.

Take a 10-minute recess every week and join Bert Monroy for a fun, self-contained project in Photoshop or Illustrator.

Photojournalist Paul Taggart discusses the art of photographic storytelling—how to shoot and sequence a series of photos that tell a story about a person, place, event, or trend.

Create and publish a complete portfolio website with Adobe Muse—without writing any code.

Create high-quality prints and proofs, and design custom layouts for books and other print projects in Lightroom.

Follow photojournalist Paul Taggart as he photographs an artist and creates a photo essay that tells the story of his art and working environment.

Wander around the Packard Plant with Brian Kaufman, a visual journalist for the Detroit Free Press, as he documents the plant's deterioration and explains how his multimedia projects boost newspapers' relevance in a digital age.

Learn the best ways to work with raw-format photos in Lightroom and Photoshop, and see how to apply Camera Raw to a wide variety of formats—even video.

Learn advanced techniques to improve images with creative color, sharpening, and other effects in the Develop module in Lightroom.

Learn how to make nondestructive adjustments that boost the quality of your images and restore "lost" detail using the Develop module in Lightroom 5.

Create and apply presets to save time and automate repetitive tasks at key points in your Lightroom workflow.

Explore the basics of Flickr, from posting, organizing, and editing photos to participating in the Flickr community.

Photographer David Hobby uses compact strobes to shoot an environmental portrait of a beekeeper and his bees.

Work along with Tim Grey as he examines a series of images, sets goals for the final result, and optimizes each image based on those goals.

Learn how to add important metadata to your images that will help you find and filter your library, process images and video, and export, email, and share photos—all from within the powerful Library module in Lightroom.

Learn to optimize the color in your photographs with confidence.

Shows how to use the Lightroom Library module to import photos into a library, work with tethered capture, and store files on multiple hard drives.

A personalized tour of the basic tools and techniques that lie behind great images and graphic design in Photoshop CC, in an update to Deke McClelland's flagship series.

Covers the fundamentals of optimizing the appearance of your images with a flexible and nondestructive workflow.

Dive deep into selective adjustments, blemish correction, and batch processing in Camera Raw.

Learn how to use selections and layer masks in Photoshop to create composite images and apply targeted adjustments.

Take your Photoshop skills to the next level with refined layers and masks, Smart Filters, blending modes, and other features that will dramatically improve your photographs and maximize your efficiency.

Photographer David Hobby employs multiple strobes to capture young soccer players in action and in portraits.

Paddle into the Pacific with surfer and Instagram star Tony Cruz, as he describes his editing process using tools like Snapseed, Blender, and Mextures.

Learn how to master the features in Camera Raw and improve the exposure, color, and quality of your photographs.

Learn to take full advantage of the raw conversion process, ensuring maximum quality and detail in the final image.

Clean up blemishes and distractions in photos using Photoshop CC.

Learn to leverage the photographer's toolset in Photoshop and enhance your images while retaining their natural character.

Covers all of the key features in Adobe Bridge in a logical and informative manner.

Master the fundamentals of Photoshop, Bridge, and Camera Raw and make your digital images look their best.

Learn the essential qualities of natural light that will deliver more attractive and flattering photos.

An approachable introduction to organizing, enhancing, and sharing photos in Lightroom.

Travel to the desert wilderness of Death Valley National Park with author, teacher, and landscape photographer Ben Long to learn the unique considerations involved in shooting a desert environment.

Design a stylish and professional photo book to preserve your memories.

Photographer David Hobby captures the strength and grace of a dancer in motion, lighting her against a "blow-away white" background.

Photographer David Hobby visits a conservation center and lights close-ups and portraits using a variety of strobes and light modifiers.

In a photo shoot with a model, photographer and Strobist blog publisher David Hobby demonstrates the basics of lighting with compact flash units.

Take a look at the updates to Photoshop CC from a photographer's perspective.

Introduces the latest and greatest features in the ever-evolving Photoshop CC.

Renowned photographer Douglas Kirkland explores the process of shooting a series of photos that connect to tell a story.

Learn how to enhance the natural beauty of a landscape photo with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom in this short start-to-finish project.

Get a sneak peek at the new features in Lightroom 5, including automatic perspective correction, advanced healing and retouching, and Smart Previews.

Transform color photographs into black and white with Lightroom and Photoshop.

Learn how to develop a travel photo into a wonderful memory of your trip in this short start-to-finish project.

Watch artist Joseph Linaschke explain the creation of his gallery hanging of large black-and-white prints on metal and discuss the many challenges he faced along the way.

Experiment with a low-cost technique for macro and close-up photography.

The third installment of Bert Monroy's Dreamscapes series shows how to transport your photos into otherworldly territory, like an underwater coral reef, an enchanted forest, or even a menacing factory, all with Photoshop.

Explore the world of the small with this guide to macro and close-up photography gear, lighting, and technique.

Learn how to set up and master your Wacom tablet in ways that streamline your work, expand your creative options, and lighten the load on your wrists.