Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of The Grid, Scott Kelby edits a collection of viewer-submitted photos, showing exactly how he'd approach each image from start to finish. He tackles everything from composition, white balance, and perspective correction to sharpening, masking, sky replacements, and AI-powered editing in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. Scott also shares practical advice on when to crop, when to fake shallow depth of field, why Adaptive Color has become one of his favorite tools, and the techniques he relies on to solve real-world editing challenges. Whether you shoot sports, landscapes, architecture, wildlife, or travel, you'll pick up plenty of editing tips you can put to work on your own photos.
ABOUT THE GRID PHOTOGRAPHY PODCAST
The Grid is a live talk show about photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, and other industry-related topics. Each week features a different guest (in-studio or online), and viewers are encouraged to chime in live here on YouTube, on KelbyOne.com, or on Scott Kelby's Facebook page: facebook.com/SKelby.
Visit: kelbyone.com
ABOUT SCOTT KELBY
Scott Kelby is a renowned photographer, bestselling author, and educator, best known as the President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for photographers, Photoshop, and Lightroom users. He is a leading voice in photography training, having authored over 100 books, including the top-selling The Digital Photography Book.
ABOUT ERIK KUNA
Erik is the Vice President of Operations for KelbyOne and a passionate rocket launch photographer. His goal is to create images that help educate people about the space industry and inspire them to learn more about the beauty of space exploration. His passion was ignited in 2015 by seeing the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster land successfully. He felt like from that moment, he had to be part of documenting and capturing the beauty and inspiration of spaceflight, and he has never looked back.
TIMELINE
0:00 Intro, News & Prizes
7:03 Sports Editing: Crop, Lens Blur & AI Sharpening
20:03 Architecture: B&W, Clarity & Blown Skies
23:25 Landscape Editing & Adaptive Color
37:32 Wildlife Editing & Adobe Landscape Profile
42:15 Aerial Photography: White Balance & Dehaze
55:44 Architecture: Perspective Correction & Generative Fill
1:03:26 Coastal Photography: Object Selection & White Balance
1:06:20 Blue Angels: Cropping & AI Sharpening
1:12:58 Prize Winners & Photoshop World
In this episode of The Grid, Scott Kelby edits a collection of viewer-submitted photos, showing exactly how he'd approach each image from start to finish. He tackles everything from composition, white balance, and perspective correction to sharpening, masking, sky replacements, and AI-powered editing in Lightroom, Camera Raw, and Photoshop. Scott also shares practical advice on when to crop, when to fake shallow depth of field, why Adaptive Color has become one of his favorite tools, and the techniques he relies on to solve real-world editing challenges. Whether you shoot sports, landscapes, architecture, wildlife, or travel, you'll pick up plenty of editing tips you can put to work on your own photos.
ABOUT THE GRID PHOTOGRAPHY PODCAST
The Grid is a live talk show about photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, and other industry-related topics. Each week features a different guest (in-studio or online), and viewers are encouraged to chime in live here on YouTube, on KelbyOne.com, or on Scott Kelby's Facebook page: facebook.com/SKelby.
Visit: kelbyone.com
ABOUT SCOTT KELBY
Scott Kelby is a renowned photographer, bestselling author, and educator, best known as the President and CEO of KelbyOne, an online educational community for photographers, Photoshop, and Lightroom users. He is a leading voice in photography training, having authored over 100 books, including the top-selling The Digital Photography Book.
ABOUT ERIK KUNA
Erik is the Vice President of Operations for KelbyOne and a passionate rocket launch photographer. His goal is to create images that help educate people about the space industry and inspire them to learn more about the beauty of space exploration. His passion was ignited in 2015 by seeing the SpaceX Falcon 9 booster land successfully. He felt like from that moment, he had to be part of documenting and capturing the beauty and inspiration of spaceflight, and he has never looked back.
TIMELINE
0:00 Intro, News & Prizes
7:03 Sports Editing: Crop, Lens Blur & AI Sharpening
20:03 Architecture: B&W, Clarity & Blown Skies
23:25 Landscape Editing & Adaptive Color
37:32 Wildlife Editing & Adobe Landscape Profile
42:15 Aerial Photography: White Balance & Dehaze
55:44 Architecture: Perspective Correction & Generative Fill
1:03:26 Coastal Photography: Object Selection & White Balance
1:06:20 Blue Angels: Cropping & AI Sharpening
1:12:58 Prize Winners & Photoshop World
