What Lightroom editing techniques do professionals use that amateurs don’t? How can I go from good to amazing with my Lightroom editing? I feel like I’ve hit a ceiling recently in my improvement, and I think thats because I’m just practising but not learning new things. What techniques or changes should learn? I know it evolves around masks a lot and I started reading about re shaping light with masks, but is there anyt…

Need-to-knows for self-taught amateurs? I’ve finally decided to invest in a better camera setup for wildlife -mainly bird – photography. After much research, I think I’m going to go with the Sony a6700 and the Tamron 150-500mm. That’s around $2,000+ USD I also just learned today that you’re not supposed to delete photos from your camera because it can corrupt your sd card. This makes…

I really like dark, high-contrast images. Is it considered a style, or just a blatant flare for overediting amateurs? submitted by /u/Verne_92

Most gear reviews feel more like ads these days. Is there a good site where amateurs post their photos and tag them with the gear so people can easily make their own comparison? I’m trying to decide on an 85 vs 135 prime to get some fall subject shots and it’d be nice if there was a Flickr type site where you can basically search #sony a7iv #135 F1.8 and then run similar searches for other lenses to make ones own comparison. Bonus points for non gear terms like #bokeh or #nature etc. to really highlight their use cases….

LPT Learn basic car maintenance so you don’t have your ride destroyed by incompetent amateurs. I’m was reading the Midas post over on r/mechanicadvice and the horror stories there was really sad. Changing your own oil is not hard. Learning how to find a reputable mechanic to do work for you is a requirement unless you just want shoddy work and like being scammed. Read your car’s owner’s manual to know when maintenance is due is a part of …