10 Of Our Most Popular How-To Articles For World Photography Day

Improve your photography with pro techniques on everything from nature and wildlife, to travel, sports and image processing

By Staff

Published August 19, 2019

Happy World Photography Day! To celebrate, we’ve collected 10 of our most popular articles with tips and techniques to help you make your best photographs. These articles include techniques you can use for any type of photography, plus articles that offer specific tips for landscape, wildlife, travel, adventure sports and more.

How To Use Histograms

For precise exposures that best capture a scene’s dynamic range, ignore what the image preview looks like and rely on the histogram. Read now.

How To Use Hyperfocal Focusing

Understand and use hyperfocal focusing to create sharper images and enhanced depth of field. Read now.

Take Better Travel Photos

How to make the most of your next trip and return home with a portfolio of memorable images. Read now.

There’s More Than One Right Answer

Dewitt Jones’s TEDx talk reflects on his career and the mindset of celebration that has guided his work. Read now.

Abstract Landscape Photography Tips

An infinite number of creative abstract landscape photography compositions are out there just waiting to be discovered. Read now.

Using Selective Focus

For unique images that highlight your subject’s details, experiment with shallow depth of field. Read now.

Techniques For Fall Color Photography

No matter where you live or travel this fall season, try these 10 creative techniques to make your best autumn images yet. Read now.

Wildlife Photo Impact

Tips and insights for creating dynamic portraits of wildlife. Read now.

Challenge Accepted: Adventure Sports

How to get started in adventure sports photography. Read now.

Converting To Black & White In Lightroom Classic

Explore the new Profile Browser in Lightroom Classic CC and take a playful approach to black-and-white workflow. Read now.

Featured Articles

Bull elk crossing steaming Madison River at sunrise, Madison Junction, Yellowstone

Destination Yellowstone

Adam Jones on photographing the elements that give America’s first national park its out-of-this-world reputation.

choosing a tripod for wildlife photography

Choosing A Tripod For Your Style Of Photography

Contrary to what you might have heard, you do not need a tripod that can’t be moved without a forklift. Here's what to consider when choosing a tripod and head.

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How To Photograph The Milky Way

How To Photograph The Milky Way

Panoramas are one of the most fun and dramatic ways of capturing the Milky Way over a landscape, created by stitching multiple exposures together in software to capture a much wider field of view than you could capture in a single photo.

Columbia River Gorge

Columbia River Gorge Photo Locations

Waterfalls, wildflowers and stunning mountain backdrops await in the Pacific Northwest.

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25 Top Locations For Nature Photography

25 Top Locations For Nature Photography

As OP turns 25, we have chosen to connect with some of the pros who have made the magazine great over the past two and a half decades to discover some of their all-time favorite locations.

California's Eastern Sierra - Sunrise Moonset, Mt. Whitney, Alabama Hills.

California’s Eastern Sierra

Explore the many opportunities for dramatic landscape photography on the sunrise side of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

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