Photography education and inspiration

Webinar: Making the cut — practical video editing On Monday, August 12, 2019 at 4 p.m. ET, join Photofocus for a webinar titled "Making the cut — practical video editing" with guest Abba Shapiro. Learn more >

Kevin Ames

On Photography: Steven Meisel, 1954-present

"A career high was when I did a cover for W Magazines July issue with Steven Meisel. So few girls...

Ken Lee

Timothy Little offers new perspectives on Cape Cod and the southwest at night, part one

Timothy Little makes a living specializing in night photography and light painting. I sat down with him and talked with...

Kevin Ames

A look at the Torpedo — new focusing bi-color LED lights from Genaray

Genaray's new BLT-60B portable focusing bi-color LED lights are the bomb, er ... make that the torpedo. The slick retro-spaceship...

Bryan Esler

It’s time for camera makers to embrace the smartphone

When Olympus announced its intention to sell its camera division last month, a lot of people were quick to blame...

Lauri Novak

Improve your photography by taking part in challenges

I’m sure you’ve seen them around on social media — the daily, weekly and monthly photography challenges that are out...

Enter to win a new camera, post-processing software and more!

It’s our birthday, and we want to celebrate with you! Check out our 21st birthday contest and win a free photo toolbox just by entering. We’ll have prizes every month, plus a grand prize which includes a new camera! This month, we’re giving away a studio lighting kit from B&H. Learn more and enter to win >

Kevin Ames

On Photography: Steven Meisel, 1954-present

"A career high was when I did a cover for W Magazines July issue with Steven Meisel. So few girls shoot with Meisel in their...

Ken Lee

Timothy Little offers new perspectives on Cape Cod and the southwest at night, part one

Timothy Little makes a living specializing in night photography and light painting. I sat down with him and talked with him about how he explores...

Kevin Ames

A look at the Torpedo — new focusing bi-color LED lights from Genaray

Genaray's new BLT-60B portable focusing bi-color LED lights are the bomb, er ... make that the torpedo. The slick retro-spaceship design is great looking and...

Bryan Esler

It’s time for camera makers to embrace the smartphone

When Olympus announced its intention to sell its camera division last month, a lot of people were quick to blame smartphones. Specifically, the fact that...

Lauri Novak

Improve your photography by taking part in challenges

I’m sure you’ve seen them around on social media — the daily, weekly and monthly photography challenges that are out there. These challenges can be...

Enter to win a new camera, post-processing software and more!

How to use long focal distances to improve landscape and cityscape compositions

Photofocus Team

When you go out to photograph and landscape or cityscape, a wide-angle lens is typically a go-to. But did you know that telephoto lenses can often have a more dramatic impact, and help to create a better story? In the ...

The Sunday Shutter: July 12, 2020

Photofocus Team

Every Sunday we highlight some of our best finds from across the web for photographers. Here are some of our most notable finds. Andreas Brücker: Orange vests LFI German photographer Andreas Brücker has worked to highlight the crowded streets of ...

On Photography: Steven Meisel, 1954-present

Kevin Ames

"A career high was when I did a cover for W Magazines July issue with Steven Meisel. So few girls shoot with Meisel in their career, and a lot of people had told me I would never achieve that, so ...

Weekly Wrap-Up: July 5-11, 2020

Photofocus Team

This week, Michele Grenier kicked things off by showing us the power of Excire Foto, while Julie Powell reviewed the OneMo backpack. Lauri Novak gave us inspiration by talking about photo challenges, Bryan Esler told us why it's time for ...

Get the “wow” factor with metal prints!

Photofocus Team

Here at Photofocus, we're huge fans of printing your work to hang on a wall. It's much more meaningful than sharing on social media — it's a true work of art! Back in May, Vanelli interviewed Mirza Izic of metal ...

Timothy Little offers new perspectives on Cape Cod and the southwest at night, part one

Ken Lee

Timothy Little makes a living specializing in night photography and light painting. I sat down with him and talked with him about how he explores a world lit by moonlight, stars and street lamps, by his home in Cape Cod, ...

Bringing realistic motion to landscape photographs

Photofocus Team

(Editor's Note: We welcome this guest post from Ed Wrzesien, an artist based out of Missoula, MT. His photography has been published by Simon and Schuster, the US Department of the Interior, Eastern Washington University, the University of Montana and ...

Mind Your Own Business: Staying relevant and keeping a positive mindset with Kay Eskridge

Chamira Young

Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today, we chat with portrait photographer Kay Eskridge. Kay shares how she's staying relevant as a photographer during these unusual times, as well ...

Announcing the Photofocus Celebrates 21 contest winner for June!

Photofocus Team

June 2020 is in the history books and that can mean only one thing for Photofocus readers who entered our Celebrate 21 contest series — it’s time to announce the winner of the Xpozer complete home makeover! Photofocus is having ...

A look at the Torpedo — new focusing bi-color LED lights from Genaray

Kevin Ames

Genaray's new BLT-60B portable focusing bi-color LED lights are the bomb, er ... make that the torpedo. The slick retro-spaceship design is great looking and it packs a lot of features including a choice of battery or AC power. These ...

How to use long focal distances to improve landscape and cityscape compositions

Photofocus Team

The Sunday Shutter: July 12, 2020

Photofocus Team

On Photography: Steven Meisel, 1954-present

Kevin Ames

"A career high was when I did a cover for W Magazines July issue with Steven Meisel. So few girls shoot with Meisel in their career, and a lot of people had told me I would never achieve that, so...

Weekly Wrap-Up: July 5-11, 2020

Photofocus Team

Get the “wow” factor with metal prints!

Photofocus Team

Timothy Little offers new perspectives on Cape Cod and the southwest at night, part one

Ken Lee

Bringing realistic motion to landscape photographs

Photofocus Team

Mind Your Own Business: Staying relevant and keeping a positive mindset with Kay Eskridge

Chamira Young

Announcing the Photofocus Celebrates 21 contest winner for June!

Photofocus Team