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Why Manual Mode Gives You More Creative Freedom in Aviation Photography
Feb 16, 2026
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Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday, by COAP Online
Manual mode gets misunderstood as a “hard mode”. In aviation photography, it’s often the opposite. It’s the simplest way to make your exposure predictable and your creative choices repeatable.
The real problem: the background won’t sit still
At an airsh...
Tutorial Tuesday: Why You Should Set the Goal Before You Touch a Slider
Feb 10, 2026
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Welcome to Tutorial Tuesday, by COAP Online
If Lightroom ever feels like a maze of sliders, it’s usually because the edit started without a goal.
In aviation photography, “pretty good” edits often fall apart in one specific way: the aircraft looks like it belongs to one style, but the background a...