PHLEARN Magazine

Christopher Soukup creates images with a distinct cinematic quality, particularly his dark and moody night shots. He looks for nostalgic scenes and often shoots on film. Here, he explains how he captured this soft, moody vintage shot.

Tommy Ingberg shows us that you don’t need to be a Photoshop wizard to create a realistic montage. As he explains, all you need is some basic knowledge of the tools, a good idea and some creativity when it comes to photographing your source images.

As a wildlife photographer, Ray Hennessy’s goal is to create and share a beautiful, creative and unique photo. Here, Ray tells us how he came across and managed to capture this perfectly glowing shot of a loon on a foggy lake.

When Laura Williams shared her Invisible photo on Tumblr, it unexpectedly and immediately went viral. Years later, it’s still massively popular. Here’s how Laura got the shot that made the front page of Reddit and now has over 1.1 million views on Flickr.

Adam Schallau is an expert in photographing the Grand Canyon during monsoon season, a dangerous but beautiful period between June and September. Here’s how he captured an incredible lightning-filled stormy sky over the iconic confluence.

Elgin Park is the perfect small town, where there’s still a milkman, a bagboy at the local grocer, a cinema in the town center. But, it isn’t real. See how Michael Paul Smith created this life-like, wholesome mid-20th century American town.

For this behind the scenes look at how they got the shot, Liquid Drop Artist Corrie White explains how she captures macro water drop photography. She goes into great detail about how she was able to get this awesome shot of a water drop inside a bubble.

Armed with only a camera and a sense of adventure, Wes Eisenhauer finds beauty and inspiration in the unlikeliest places. Here, Wes explains how he took this ninja-like reflection shot of himself jumping over a puddle, with a steel factory as the backdrop.