Serif has launched Affinity Photo for iPad – price tag £19.99 / $19.99 / €21,99 – the tablet version of its popular photo editing software. Affinity Photo for iPad was announced today at Apple’s keynote event in San Jose, California and incorporates the same tools and fu

MacPhun has released a new range of presets for its Luminar editing software, which are designed to enhance images with specific textures, seasonal hues or even the light at certain times of day. In total, MacPhun has launched 13 presets, nine of which are free to download and four

Your camera is a clever tool that can capture images across a wide range of challenging situations. But oddly – frustratingly – it can sometimes be difficult to capture in your images exactly how you’re seeing it through your eyes. There are a number of reasons for this, and some si

The team behind GIMP has launched GIMP 2.8.22 for download which resolves a number of bugs, including a 10-year-old issue dating back to version 2.3. The development team at GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) says it has officially resolved an issue that first cropped up in versi

Google has teased a new technology it has developed that will erase unwanted elements from your photographs. Announced at the company’s I/O 2017 conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai described the new technology: “If you take a picture of your daughter at a baseball game and there’s

Knowing how to use a monopod can add a lot of flexibility to many types of photography. In some ways the humble monopod is one of the most under-appreciated pieces of kit, yet is one of the best camera accessories you can buy. Often regarded as a poor man’s tripod, the monopod

Ask most people about the state of their image library and inevitably they’ll raise a guilty smile. It’s one of those housekeeping tasks that will forever remain near the top of your to do list but will never actually make it too the top. Even the most organised of photographers rar

Many photographers take their camera’s autofocus (AF) system for granted because it’s very effective in so many situations. But sometimes it might not do exactly what you want it to. And in these situations it helps to know a little more about how your AF system works to

One of the biggest advantages of digital is that you can shoot vast quantities of images without having to reload rolls of film and worry about the cost. This freedom greatly increases the likelihood of you capturing the shot you want. However that abundance of images can also be a

Thanks to modern metering and white balance systems it can seem that just pointing your camera at a subject and pressing the shutter button is all you need to do to ensure good images. But even those sophisticated metering systems can be fooled by difficult lighting. In this tutoria

More than 500 million people are using Google Photos each month to back up some 1.2 billion images and videos, Google has revealed. The search giant, which launched its image-hosting platform two years ago, announced it will be rolling out some new features in Google Photos. Chief a

Nikon first introduced SnapBridge with the Nikon D500 in January 2016 and it has included the technology in every camera since, including the Nikon Z7 II, Z6 II, Z5, Z50 and the recently announced Nikon Z fc. It started well with the D500 but there have been a few performance issue

Many people leave their camera set to its automatic white balance setting and while it will often give a decent result, there are many occasions when a different setting will produce a better image. Our guide to white balance explains all you need to know. White Balance explained: W

By Serban Enache, CEO and Co-Founder of Dreamstime Stock photography used to involve a laborious process to find adequate images and involved steps that seem foreign to a 2017 consumer. A buyer would go to a stock agency, ask for an image, and then have a waiting period as the agenc

There are three aspects that photographers routinely use to control exposure; shutter speed, aperture and sensitivity (often called ISO setting). Shutter speed is used to control how movement is captured, aperture dictates depth of field (the size of the sharp zone) and sensitivity

Taking sharp landscape photos isn’t difficult. It just requires patience and the discipline to religiously check your gear and camera settings with each shot. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to shoot landscape photography that’s razor sharp straight from your camera. Do th

The Canon EOS 800D, known as the Rebel T7i in the US, is the update to the Canon 750D (Rebel 6Ti). In addition to the new sensor, processing engine and autofocus system, one of the key differences between the 800D and the 750D is the interface. Canon has actually given the 800D (and

You’ll often hear photographers say that you should avoid taking pictures in the middle of the day when the sun is overhead and the light is at its strongest. But we all know that sometimes it’s unavoidable. Busy schedules don’t give us much flexibility these days, and your lunch ho

Sometimes a little extra exposure produces a far more interesting image than the ‘correct’ exposure. In this tutorial we’ll explain the benefits of shooting a deliberate over exposure and why ignoring your camera’s light meter can give you some really creative images. On

Many photographers have said to me that they don’t like spending hours at the computer editing their images, but in many cases you don’t actually need to spend very long at all. In fact I think in most instances you can make quite dramatic changes in just 5 minutes. In the first of