PHLEARN Magazine

Just in time for Halloween, we have a special How They Got the Shot for you! Here’s the BTS of how Joel Robison created a magical, floating pumpkin in Photoshop, complete with gear, settings, and PS tools and techniques used.

The challenge I had set myself was to make a wind turbine look like a dandelion seed head! An organic, fuzzy looking, ‘turbo dandelion’ set against a turbulent sky. (Should I drink less coffee?) Here’s how I got the shot and created The Turbo Dandelion Wind Farm.

It’s 2019. Do you know where your photos are? If you’re like most people, probably not. Here are some helpful tips on where to store your digital photos, from the family snapshots to the RAW files and photo composites, and get them organized for good.

Spanish photographer Alfredo Oliva tells us how he was inspired by the works of realist painter Edward Hopper and used it to capture this photo. “Woman in the Window” is Oliva’s own version of a beautifully sad, lonely woman.

Randal Ford’s photographs of animals go beyond the typical documentary-style captures. His iconic wild animal portraits are stark, striking, and even whimsical at times. Randal shares the gear he uses for his Animal Kingdom portraits.

Just when we thought it might be time to retire the old SD card, it has recently received a huge boost with the introduction of the new SD Express. But, how will it stack up against the latest and popular competing card, the CFexpress? And which memory card format will be better for your specific photography needs?

We scoured hundreds of apps to bring you the perfect stack to get as close to PRO level photos out of your iPhone as possible. Here, we compare 10 different apps to find out which is the best photo editing app to use on iPhone. Plus, we review each one in detail to help you decide.

When Nirav Patel was laid off, he discovered that photography provided him a quiet solitude in a turbulent time. Now he shares the gear he uses to capture that sense of peace inside all of us.

Marcus Soriano tells stories of American cities through his lens. In a series on San Francisco, Marcus was inspired by this neon-lit window sign of a fortune teller and a poem he wrote about telling a palm reader of the doubts he faces as an artist.

Fine art fantasy photographer Bella Kotak spends most of her photographic time outdoors and has traveled the globe bringing her fairy tale visions to life. Today she tells us what gear she uses to create her magical, beautiful, and otherworldly images.