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Combine a few simple techniques in Lightroom and you’ll soon bring out the stellar detail in your Milky Way photos Shooting the Milky Way needs a lot of luck with cloudless skies. Even then, what shows up on-screen can be a sad reflection on what we actually saw with our eyes! Welcome to the 11th instalment of our Lightroom series, first published in Digital Camera magazine (see below for subscription offers).  If you are already a Lightroom user, you could discover some new tricks and processes you haven't tried yet. If you don't use Lightroom, then scroll down to the bottom where you'll discover how to get it and which Adobe Photography Plan is best. Note:  This was written for Lightroom 6. Some of the tools and panels have changed in later versions, notably the Chromatic Aberration Removal option (now a simple checkbox) and the Dehaze slider (now in the Basic panel). It’s good to know that you can rely on Lightroom to help bring impact to the faint glow o

Traveling for work is like viewing an impressionist painting : From a distance it looks beautiful, but up close it can look like a complete mess. The good news is that proper preparation can make business travel less messy and chaotic for a photographer. I'd like to cover some steps you can take to make your out-of-town photography ventures more successful. I love to travel, including my opportunities to travel professionally. As with leisure travel, there are checklists to make and precautions to take. These steps become necessary to protect our gear, career, and sanity. My first overseas shoot began as everything I had hoped it would be. I had been in Germany translating for a video crew based out of Chicago, as well as shooting and helping out with general tasks. The conference provided me with videography experience plus a bit of time for exploration and adventure (for a work trip, anyway). Photographers seem to have more flexibility than the rest of the working p

In this age of multiple cameras on smartphones,  portrait pictures  are the rage. While a lot of smartphones now have dedicated depth sensors to give you that crisp  bokeh effect , oftentimes than not, you might end up wanting the  blur  effect on a photo that you didn’t click using the built-in portrait mode. Thus, to help  add background blur  to your pictures, we’ve compiled a list of apps that can be used to create portrait mode shots even after having captured the photo in the past. CONTENTS Google Photos Snapseed Fabby — Photo Editor, Selfie Art Camera LightX Photo Editor & Photo Effects Photo Editor by Aviary Cymera Camera – Collage, Selfie Camera, Pic Editor PicsArt Photo Editor: Pic, Video & Collage Maker AirBrush: Easy Photo Editor AfterFocus Auto blur background – blur image like DSLR Google Photos Many of you might not know this but one of the easiest ways to add bokeh effect to almost any picture on your phone is by usin