Natural light is generally the best light for photography. But it doesn’t always have the right direction and intensity. However, there’s a simple way to solve this. Just reach for a reflector and send the light in whichever direction you need.

Want to upload a photo on a social network or elsewhere on the web while making sure everyone will know you took it? That’s what watermarking is for. It’s usually in the form of a semi-transparent text or logo at the corner of a photo.

Like your camera, most photo editors include a histogram function. And Zoner Photo Studio is no exception here. Do you know the right way to work with a histogram?

What do you do when you want to gorgeously document the look of your shot location, but the weather just isn’t there? One thing you can do is to replace the sky during post-production. This is a creative technique where you take advantage of work with layers. You’ll need both your original photograph and one with a more interesting sky. Ideally they both should have been shot at the same focal length. And what do you do after that?

Sure, you can go to a friend, hand them your phone or camera, and let them just take a snap. That’s one possibility. But you’ll get better results if you think a little first. A profile photo is actually a portrait, and so it follows portraits’ usual rules. Master the basics among these rules, and you’ll take great profile photos one after another.

You can use blending modes both in your work with layers and in your work with editing effects in ZPS. When you’re working with layers, you’ll find the controls for blending modes in the right panel under the Layers line, above the list of layers. During edits themselves, you’ll always find the blending mode controls (“Blending Options”) by the specific adjustment you’re applying (e.g. Curves, Grayscale, Blur, etc.). ZPS offers you over 20 different choices of blending mode. The best way to get to know them is by trying them out.

Have a scene where too many things are distracting from your subject? If those distractions are moving objects, you can easily remove them on a PC using multi-exposures. Just take multiple shots from a single location, with the moving objects located differently in each shot. And then join them all into one picture. Let’s take a look at how.

A camera’s exposure modes determine how the camera works with the light data it measures and decides what settings it uses for the three exposure parameters: aperture, shutter, and ISO.

Turning a blue car into a red car, or making white windows brown. These are some great edits to have in your toolkit. No matter whether you want to try

Zoom burst is an impressive photographic technique, and it’s also one you may have encountered before. It leads to an impactful picture that gives an impression of staggering speed and produces attractive optical effects. We’ll show you how to master this technique.