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Why Manual Mode Gives You More Creative Freedom in Aviation Photography tutorial tuesday Feb 16, 2026

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...

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Tutorial Tuesday: Why You Should Set the Goal Before You Touch a Slider tutorial tuesday Feb 10, 2026

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...

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