How To
Your one-stop-shop for (almost) every photo question ever, including editing recipes in Photoshop and Lightroom, guides to astrophotography, portraiture, and macro, and even how to outsmart your smartphone’s overzealous camera.
      Latest How To Stories
      
      5 reasons you should develop your own film
      Nobody understands depth of field and it’s all Apple’s fault
      Photography’s golden rules and when to break them
      How to unlock your smartphone camera’s best hidden features
      How to create double exposures on film
      Martha Cooper revisits the chaotic, gritty & enchanting world of graffiti in 1980s NYC
      ‘Photography is a social skill,’ Atiba Jefferson on his road to bold
      The state of AI in your favorite photo editing apps
      Wildlife photographer David duChemin on finding your voice
      How to post multiple photos to your Instagram story
      Tuscan dreams in Tennessee: These Olive Garden engagement pictures are going viral
      ‘Shot by Orion:’ Meet the 23-year-old celebrity portrait photographer delighting the Internet
      Photojournalist Susan Meiselas: How to be in the right place at the right time
      How to score an awesome garage sale camera
      Accidentally Wes Anderson: How Wally Koval built a photo community around the eponymous director’s aesthetic
      Bring on the noise: How to save high ISO files deemed ‘too noisy’
      How to take better photos by thinking like an old-school photographer
      9 famous photography books everyone should own
      David Ulrich: How to be a more mindful photographer
      Tips from a pro: How to improve your insect photography
      How to shoot better car photos
      Edit stronger, faster, better with custom-built AI-powered presets
      Oh, snap! Meet the Polaroid street photographer using an old-school Speed Graphic
      How to shoot redscale film
      Egypt to lift ban on street photography, but there’s a big catch
      How to be a conscientious travel photographer: Creating thoughtful images with Susan Portnoy
      Hawaii-based photographer captures ethereal photos of rare planetary alignment
      iPhone bird photography: a beginners’ guide
      Does bird detect AF really work?
      Tips from the pros: 3 keys to taking better bird pictures
      10 tips for dynamic waterfowl photography
      Bruce Dorn on the importance of saying ‘yes’ and the joys of mentorship
      How to disable ‘Suggested Posts’ on Instagram
      How to take good pictures in bright sunlight
      Rankin’s flaming dandelions are a perfect metaphor for an exploding world
      In a self-portrait series, Chinelle Rojas reclaims her identity
      How to shoot better firework photos with your smartphone
      How to digitize slides
      With thoughtful luminescence, Elizabeth Messina offers an intimate study of the female portrait
      How to edit your digital photos to look like film
      Excire Foto 2022 can analyze and keyword your entire photo library using AI
      An introduction to microscope photography
      How to get a blurry background in portraits
      How to be a respectful photographer when visiting national parks
      10 ways to improve your outdoor smartphone portrait shots
      Meet Apple’s powerful new M2 MacBook Air
      Cig Harvey explores grief and death through the quiet beauty of floral life
      Dive into a world of super-saturated color film photography with Jennifer Lawrence
      10 everyday items every wedding photographer should carry in their kit
      Freeze! This week’s best reader-submitted Photos of the Day
      Turbocharge your wedding edits with the help of AI
      12 questions to ask yourself before your first wedding photography job
      Vanessa Joy on the art of capturing someone’s big day
      Tips from a pro: An introduction to wedding photography
      How to pose couples: A wedding photographer’s tips and tricks
      Quintin Lake on walking and photographing all 11,000 kilometers of the British coastline
      Testing the advantages of Apple’s ProRAW format
      This photographer creates dramatic flower studies using the simplest of setups
      Katie Golobic captures the sacred chaos of being a mother
      Newlyweds discover ‘crazy eyes’ Photoshopped onto their wedding images
      How to digitize an instant photo in three easy steps
      Carla Coulson’s floral portraits capture the beauty—and fragility—of being a young woman