https://photovideogear.com/tags/learning-photography/ Recent content in Learning Photography on Photo Video Gear Hugo en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://photovideogear.com/learning-photography-from-design-books-composition-and-color-skills-no-new-lens-can-buy/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://photovideogear.com/learning-photography-from-design-books-composition-and-color-skills-no-new-lens-can-buy/ <p>Most photographers spend their money in the wrong order. A new body, then a faster lens, then another lens. The pictures get sharper and cleaner. They don&rsquo;t get much better. What changes a photograph is where things sit in the frame and how the colors work together, and that&rsquo;s a skill you learn from looking, not from buying.</p> <p>Some of the best teachers for it aren&rsquo;t photography books at all. They&rsquo;re graphic design books.</p> https://photovideogear.com/free-photo-editing-software-in-2026-gimp-3-darktable-rawtherapee-and-the-now-free-affinity/ Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://photovideogear.com/free-photo-editing-software-in-2026-gimp-3-darktable-rawtherapee-and-the-now-free-affinity/ <p>A new camera doesn&rsquo;t have to come with a monthly software bill. The free editors have caught up a long way, and in 2025 two things changed the picture for good. GIMP released version 3.0 after seven years of work, and Canva made Affinity, the main paid rival to Adobe&rsquo;s apps, completely free.</p> <p>So if you shoot raw and don&rsquo;t want a subscription, there&rsquo;s now a free route for every step: developing raw files, retouching and building layouts.</p>