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When it comes to portrait retouching, the manual approach just isn’t for me. Path drawing, masks, and needing the steady precision of a master watchmaker around the subject’s hair makes the whole process rather unenjoyable for me. So, I for one, am extremely grateful for automated retouching. It comes with a whole host of benefits including time saving, which has helped speed up my workflow and get me back out shoot rather than long editing sessions sat in front of my computer.

Old photographs wear down with time, but the moments they captured do not. Understanding how to restore old photos today is often about approach and patience, not technical knowledge.

This post shares easy tips and interesting ideas for taking amazing jewelry photos. Read it to make your jewelry shine and catch the eye of more buyers!

This guide gives you straightforward tips on taking great photos of candles. Read on to learn how to make your images stand out, whether you're selling them online or just sharing with friends!

Organisation is one of those lesser talked about virtues that can make a good photographer great. Understanding your own file management system will help you locate photos much more quickly when you come to look for them months or even years later. And as photographers, the last thing we want is to remember a great shot we took a long time ago, only to realise we can no longer find it.

So you wake up on a fine morning and realise it is the perfect weather to go shooting, with clear blue skies forecast and beautiful light on the cards. You grab your camera, head out, and trek to your favourite photo spot, only for the weather to suddenly turn on you. Those clear blue skies are now a dull grey expanse, completely undermining what could have been a great shot.

In this new era of image creation, we are able to imagine, fix, or even expand elements of our shots. This is extremely beneficial to photographers in many areas and is becoming an integral part of their workflow. It is also saving a great deal of time, which is always an added bonus, allowing photographers to spend less time editing and more time shooting.

While Lightroom is a great program for professional photographers, many people can’t justify the price tag. These 16 free alternatives to Lightroom will give you powerful tools without the subscription.

Learn how ChatGPT works with Photoshop in 2025: what AI can plan, prompt, and speed up—and what still requires hands-on editing with layers and masks.