The Grid: Photography Podcast

It’s an open Q&A episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna answering viewer questions on everything from switching to mirrorless cameras and choosing the right lenses to Lightroom masking, focus stacking, NAS storage, and shooting with just an iPhone while traveling. Before the questions begin, Erik shares photos and stories from his recent Badlands night photography workshop, while Scott recaps a surprisingly expensive day at Universal’s Epic Universe and delivers the latest chicken sandwich update. Packed with practical photography advice, gear recommendations, and plenty of laughs along the way.

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It’s the 700th episode of The Grid, and Scott Kelby celebrates with a special panel featuring Dixie Dixon, Joe Edelman, and Ibarionex Perello—all sharing their favorite approaches to photographing people. Before the discussion begins, Scott introduces the new KelbyOne magazine, AURÉ, showcasing the work of members from the Master of Photography program. Then the conversation turns to everything from Dixie’s simple “garage light” portrait technique and Joe’s creative lighting and posing ideas to Ibarionex’s thoughtful approach to street photography, building confidence, and connecting with strangers. Packed with useful advice, creative inspiration, and real-world experience, this episode offers a great preview of what’s coming at the upcoming KelbyOne Photographing People Conference, online July 20–22, 2026 (tickets available at kelbyonelive.com).

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It’s another Blind Photo Critique episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna reviewing everything from fireworks, air show action, and Milky Way photography to portraits, weddings, travel, architecture, underwater images, and more. Along the way, they share practical tips on camera settings, composition, posing, timing, and post-processing in Camera Raw and Photoshop, including a Generative Expand demo and a blue hour Milky Way blend. One theme keeps coming up throughout the episode: great camera settings only get you so far. Knowing how to direct your subject and tell a stronger visual story is what really makes an image stand out. Scott also shares updates on upcoming workshops, a new astrophotography tracker he's testing, and the Photographing People Conference.

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It’s a tip-packed episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna covering everything from photographing fireworks and post-processing the results in Lightroom to putting the new Platypod Bracket & Bounce through a real-world lighting test. They also dive into the latest Lightroom and Camera Raw updates, including Scott’s pick for the most underrated new feature: dramatically improved Select Subject masking. Plus, Erik demonstrates how an affordable star tracker can make Milky Way photography possible with almost any lens. Whether you’re shooting fireworks, portraits, or the night sky, there’s plenty of practical advice you can put to work right away.

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It’s another Blind Photo Critiques episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby working through a wide variety of viewer-submitted images, including creative portraits, travel photography, automotive details, street scenes, wildlife, macro, underwater, and astrophotography. He demonstrates practical editing techniques in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop, including People masking, simulated long exposures, Generative Expand, and a few experiments with Generative Fill that don’t quite go as planned. He also shares updates on upcoming workshops, his new iPhone photography book, and next year’s travel photography workshop plans, while Erik Kuna joins the conversation from the live chat.

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It’s a “How Would I Edit Your Photo?” episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna working through viewer-submitted images in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. The edits include a studio motorcycle shot transformed with masking, perspective corrections, and Generative Fill; an Outer Banks lighthouse cleaned up with sky masking and Generative Remove; a challenging church interior with color and perspective fixes; and a Milky Way composite where Erik demonstrates noise reduction, white balance, and blending a star-tracked sky with a twilight foreground. The episode wraps with a series of quick edits covering a sunset cityscape, an air-to-air aircraft photo, and a couple’s portrait, plus a preview of an upcoming Lightroom Update webcast with Adobe’s Terry White.

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Scott Kelby flies solo this week on The Grid while Erik Kuna is off leading a night photography workshop in New Mexico. Before welcoming Rick Sammon, Scott shares a gorgeous photo book that KelbyOne’s own Jason Stevens created from their recent Paris trip, then takes a look at his newly updated portfolio featuring travel portraits, iPhone photography, and behind-the-scenes galleries. Rick joins for a wide-ranging conversation about his new KelbyOne weather photography class with meteorologist Mike Caplan and a playful exploration of AI—from still images turned into cinematic videos and animated portraits to infrared conversions, painterly effects, and creative prompting in ChatGPT. It’s an inspiring look at how AI can complement photography while keeping the fun and creativity front and center, with giveaways and a reminder about the upcoming Photographing People Conference to wrap things up.

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It’s Part Two of Blind Photo Critiques, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna working through an overflow of viewer-submitted images covering everything from wildlife and travel landscapes to aviation composites and portrait lighting. Along the way, Scott shares a surprisingly practical take on AI in photography, Erik demonstrates how cropping and long-exposure ND filters can completely change an image, and the two offer plenty of honest feedback on composition, timing, and post-processing. There’s also a look at Scott’s new Travel People portfolio category, a preview of the upcoming Photographing People Conference, and a very important discussion about Chili’s spicy chicken sandwich.

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It’s another “Blind Photo Critique” episode of The Grid, with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna reviewing a wide range of viewer-submitted images—from fantasy-style portraits and astrophotography blends to concert shots, wildlife, sailing events, and car photography. Along the way, they share honest feedback on composition, white balance, timing, lighting, and post-processing, including Photoshop generative tools for cleaning up distractions. The “Sell Your Gear” buzzer makes an appearance (briefly), and Scott wraps things up with a spoiler-filled rundown of plot holes from the new Mandalorian & Grogu movie. Fun, opinionated, and packed with useful takeaways throughout.

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It’s an Open Q&A episode of The Grid, with Erik Kuna flying solo… mostly. With Scott out this week, video director Jason Stevens jumps in to co-host and tackle viewer questions covering everything from fireworks settings and budget Milky Way setups to Lightroom organization, travel photography, drones, HDR panoramas, and astrophotography. They also go behind the scenes of a recent continuous lighting shoot with Scott and Dobson, swap stories from the field (including one involving a cactus and a near trip to the hospital), and give away prizes along the way. Lots of practical advice and a few laughs throughout.

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