Photographer Steve Roe shares essential flash photography techniques to help you create striking portraits, shape light with confidence, and achieve more professional results. Learn the fundamentals of using flash creatively for dramatic and impactful images.

There are many different editing styles, but one of my favourites is the cinematic effect. This means bringing mood, atmosphere, and storytelling into my shots through editing, achieved through colour contrast, depth, and more.

With Steve Roe, learn how to make your summer photos pop in Luminar Neo with edits that enhance colour, light, and seasonal atmosphere.

How many times have you been super excited about a shot, only to get home, review it, and realise it’s out of focus and blurry? The sigh of disappointment is palpable. I’ve been there many times, and I’ve even blamed my camera for the mistake. But now I am both older and somewhat wiser, and I know it is almost always my mistake.

Shooting a photo gives us context, but editing a photo helps dictate the meaning of the shot. It is very much an art form in itself, and as such, professionals develop a set of tools they regularly use, along with an order in which they use them. This is called a workflow, and it develops over time through consistent practice. A photographer or editor will also know exactly what mood they are trying to evoke, and which colours to enhance or pull back to achieve it.

Have you ever heard the old saying “less is more”? It can be applied to music, art, and I could even see it being advised to an athlete in whatever sport they do. At times, people feel like by doing more, they will achieve more, or achieve it faster. Yet most of the time, the simplest method is often the most effective.