Blind Photo Critiques with Scott Kelby and Erik Kuna | The Grid Ep 693

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. 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:   / skelby  . Visit: https://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 & Today’s Critiques 1:27 Why Blind Critiques Matter 4:31 Giveaways + The Sell Your Gear Buzzer 7:51 Fairy Portraits: White Balance & Cropping 12:47 Street Photography & Alley Shots 20:06 Fireworks & Drone Show Photos 28:02 Wildlife Photography – Timing the Light 32:36 Concert Photography & Capturing the Moment 34:41 Astrophotography Blend Problems 40:36 Sailboat & Event Photography 46:21 Portraits, Fashion & Background Fixes 51:19 Car Photography Critique 55:56 Winners Announced 1:08:21 Mandalorian & Grogu Plot Holes (Spoilers)