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Guide To Shooting Landscapes In Low Light

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 29, 2015 | Tips

Low light photography can be intimidating and sometimes even quite frustrating. But, it’s worth putting in the effort to learn how it’s done, as you can make some pretty incredible photographs once the lights go down. Photographing the stars and the night sky is a popular style of low light photography, but there’s a whole world of photo worthy landscapes waiting to be discovered. You can use the following tips as a primer to get you started capturing them all.

4 Easy Tips to Photograph Bees

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 22, 2015 | Tips

It’s summer time which means the gardens are in full bloom with perennials and annuals. Roadsides, forests and landscapes are dotted with an array of colors while delicate fragrances hover in the early morning. Where there’s flowers, there’s bees. In North America there are 4000 different species of native bees. Our diligent, hard working bees provide crucial work in our ecosystem to many kinds of flowering plants and crops. They are also a fun and delightful subject in our summer photography.

Free Cinematic HDR Lightroom Preset

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 16, 2015 | Free Lightroom Presets, Freebies

With the help of this free Lightroom preset you can give your photos an awesome cinema-inspired HDR effect. It works well with landscapes as well as other types of photos. Download it and try it with your own photos. It works in Lightroom 4 and newer.

Free Vintage Photoshop Action

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 10, 2015 | Free Photoshop Actions, Freebies, Post Processing

This free Adobe Photoshop action is courtesy of our friends at Shutter Pulse. This action, called...

How to Get a Film-Inspired Look in Lightroom

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 9, 2015 | Post Processing

There are countless different possibilities when it comes to post processing, but one popular approach is to mimic a film look or style. The film look can work well with just about any type of photograph, and landscapes certainly are included in that.

Guide To Shooting Panoramics

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 8, 2015 | Tips

There’s a lot to keep in mind when shooting panoramic images. Anytime you are trying to make one photo out of many, there’s more things that can go wrong if you’re not paying close attention to details. For example, you’ll want to make sure there is plenty of overlap between each frame to ensure you can get a good stitch once you bring the frames into your software of choice.

Free Autumn Landscape Lightroom Preset

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 4, 2015 | Free Lightroom Presets, Freebies

This preset will give a boost to the typical autumn colors, so it can be great for getting fall photos to really pop. The preset works with Lightroom 4, 5, 6, and CC.

Free Vibrant Landscape Lightroom Preset

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 4, 2015 | Free Lightroom Presets, Freebies

This preset will give your photos a pop of vibrant color. It works very well with photos that may be dull or lacking a little bit of life, which is fairly common when shooting landscapes in RAW file format. When used on photos that already have vibrant colors this preset will create too strong of an effect, so stick to using it with dull photos. The preset works with Lightroom 4, 5, 6, and CC.

10 Tips for Fabulous Waterfall Photography

Posted by Loaded Landscapes | Jun 1, 2015 | Tips

Waterfalls present natural beauty that makes a great subject for landscape photos. The rushing water of a powerful waterfall or the gentle trickle of a smaller fall can lead to amazing photos that viewers will love. Although there are several famous waterfalls that are well known around the world, you don’t have to go searching very far to find a great subject for your own waterfall photography. Lesser-known falls can provide opportunities to get great photos and chances are there are a few waterfalls within driving distance of wherever you live.