How to Use a Polarizing Filter

A polarizing filter is one of the most essential tools in a photographer’s bag. It is typically the first filter landscape photographers buy to instantly improve their pictures by adding vividness and contrast to them. Putting a polarizing filter on your lens is like wearing a pair of polarized sunglasses over your eyes – the polarized glass blocks random light waves from passing through, creating a clearer image. In this article, we will go through detailed information on polarizing filters, what they do, why they are important, and why you should consider using them for your photography needs.
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Best Fuji X Lenses

If you own an X-series camera and you are looking for a suggestion on the best Fuji lenses, you are in the right place. Since the launch of its mirrorless system back in 2012, Fujifilm has been releasing superb lenses that are suitable for many different types of photography. Covering many focal lengths from ultra-wide angle to super-telephoto, Fuji’s APS-C lenses are known to be some of the sharpest and most versatile choices on the market. In this article, I will provide my top recommended lenses for the X system, based on my extensive experience.
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How to Use the Filter Bar in Lightroom

The Filter Bar within Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is one of the most useful features in the software. It is a quick and easy way to find photographs, filter them out by specific criteria, and properly sort them for easy file management and organization. In this article, we will take a closer look at the filter bar in Lightroom and see how you can take advantage of it for different purposes.
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Best Fuji X Lenses

If you own an X-series camera and you are looking for a suggestion on the best Fuji lenses, you are in the right place. Since the launch of its mirrorless system back in 2012, Fujifilm has been releasing superb lenses that are suitable for many different types of photography. Covering many focal lengths from ultra-wide angle to super-telephoto, Fuji’s APS-C lenses are known to be some of the sharpest and most versatile choices on the market. In this article, I will provide my top recommended lenses for the X system, based on my extensive experience.
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46 photos to make you SMILE

One of our favorite long-running traditions in the Clickin Moms community is our bimonthly forum contest. We announce a new theme at the beginning of the month and our fabulous members share what they were inspired to capture.

In May and June, the Clickin Moms community worked to create images for the theme “Smile” and they definitely inspired us – it was hard to narrow it down!

Congratulations to Lisa Johnson for her winning shot (above) that has earned her a live Breakout session from Click Photo School!

Read on to the bottom of this post to see how you can enter this month’s contest. But first, please enjoy this collection of some of our very favorites from this past month:

Thao Lai

Krystal Franke

Jen Berg

Kim Peterson

Kelly Mohun

Magen Portanova

Erica DiFruscio

Lara Gowder

Kaajal R

Rebecca Scherr

Julie Hamlin

Johanna Shannon

Lindsay Beros

Liana Bunde

Ramya Narayanan

Rhiannon Livardo

Jenn Hicks

Mindy Tingson

Maryam Salassi

Candice Morneau

Bonnie Cornelius

Dhagash Shah

Tara Visconti

Summer Hughes

Lauren Dougherty

Lisa Tichané

Kristina OBrien

Tricia Pompilio

Eunice Kim

Nikki Rainey

Melissa Hines

Amy Anquist

Melissa Richard

Dewi Koomen

Joy Zhang

Bina Sareen

Jennifer Nobriga

Katharine Vogel

Brynn Burke

Brandi Markham

Rachel Ambroson

Kamila Groblicka

Rebecca Hunnicutt Farren

Agne Jasevskiene

Jennifer Saltsman

Lisa Johnson
Lisa Johnson

Do you want a chance for your work to be featured on the Clickin Moms blog and to be eligible to win a live seat to a Click Photo School Breakout Session?

The Clickin Moms July/August forum photo contest is open and the theme is SUMMERTIME. We want to see your favorite interpretation of this theme!

And if you’re not yet a member of Clickin Moms, we’d LOVE to have you come join us! As a member, you get access to photography tutorials, video demos, Q&A threads, image critiques, photo challenges and contests like this one, and so much more! Right now, you can come try us out FREE for two weeks. Become a member today!

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