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 >

Photofocus Team

Standing out in the world of corporate event photography with unique services

(Editor’s Note: We welcome this guest post from Bert McLendon. After a long career in the video game industry, Bert...

Photofocus Team

Real estate photography for the short-term rental industry

(Editor’s Note: We welcome Sara Kempner to Photofocus. Sara is an outdoor photographer specializing in fine art landscapes, lifestyle and sport and recreation...

Lauri Novak

My first experience with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

I was recently given the opportunity to try out the OM-D E-M1 Mark III along with the M. Zuiko 7-14mm...

Nate Torres

Does photography improve your memory?

Photography and photographs have always been used to eternalize a moment before they soon become a memory. But do they...

Ken Lee

California wildfires and my own personal brush with fire

If you live in California, you know when it’s fire season. It’s hot. It’s dry. And before long, the furnace...

Enter to win a new camera, a Fotopro tripod and monopod, plus much 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 package from Fotopro and a B&H gift card! Learn more and enter to win >

Photofocus Team

Standing out in the world of corporate event photography with unique services

(Editor’s Note: We welcome this guest post from Bert McLendon. After a long career in the video game industry, Bert used his skillset to build...

Photofocus Team

Real estate photography for the short-term rental industry

(Editor’s Note: We welcome Sara Kempner to Photofocus. Sara is an outdoor photographer specializing in fine art landscapes, lifestyle and sport and recreation imagery. She is based out...

Lauri Novak

My first experience with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

I was recently given the opportunity to try out the OM-D E-M1 Mark III along with the M. Zuiko 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO, 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 and...

Nate Torres

Does photography improve your memory?

Photography and photographs have always been used to eternalize a moment before they soon become a memory. But do they actually improve your memory? If...

Ken Lee

California wildfires and my own personal brush with fire

If you live in California, you know when it’s fire season. It’s hot. It’s dry. And before long, the furnace blast of the Santa Ana...

Enter to win a new camera, a Spider Holster prize package 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 package from Spider Holster and a B&H gift card! Learn more and enter to win >

Photography fun with kids

Summer photography fun with kids: Treasure hunt

Summer photography fun with kids: Water balloons

Summer photography fun with kids: Skittles

Summer photography fun with kids: Traffic lights

Photography activities for kids: Point of view

Photography activities for kids: Composition 101

Mind Your Own Business: Shiv Verma shares ways to stay creative and move your business forward

Chamira Young

Welcome to Mind Your Own Business, the podcast that helps photographers improve their business and their lives! Today, we chat with photographer Shiv Verma! Shiv discusses ways to foster your creativity and improve your photography business. We discuss: How Shiv ...

Standing out in the world of corporate event photography with unique services

Photofocus Team

(Editor’s Note: We welcome this guest post from Bert McLendon. After a long career in the video game industry, Bert used his skillset to build his company, McLendon Photography, and services some of the biggest brands like Dell, Facebook, Google, ...

Webinar replay: The Photographer Show, episode 3

Photofocus Team

We hope you were able to join us today for episode 3 of The Photographer Show! During this webinar, Lauri Novak and Scott Wyden Kivowitz spoke with Jim Sollows, an amateur photographer from British Columbia, Canada. Tune in below to ...

My favorite sessions for photographers at Adobe MAX

Bryan Esler

When Adobe MAX Online kicks off on October 20, 2020, there will be a plethora of courses to attend. Whether you're a photographer, videographer, designer or marketer, Adobe MAX offers quite a bit. And this year, it's all free. Adobe ...

Practical guide to photo resolution and viewing distance work together

Photofocus Team

When you look at a photo, have you ever consciously thought about far your eyes are from the image you’re admiring? Probably not. As photographers, we’re most o$en concerned with the photo’s resolution, not its viewing distance. Yet when printing photos ...

Real estate photography for the short-term rental industry

Photofocus Team

(Editor’s Note: We welcome Sara Kempner to Photofocus. Sara is an outdoor photographer specializing in fine art landscapes, lifestyle and sport and recreation imagery. She is based out of the Comox Valley, BC, Canada. When not taking photos you can find her on ...

Portrait Tips: How to gel the sun

Levi Sim

Light and color are the only things your camera records, so those things should be a the top of your mind for every photo you make. Last week I was making headshots and the background had to be the building ...

Beyond Technique: Shep Hyken discusses how to be proactive and build customer loyalty

Chamira Young

Welcome to Beyond Technique, the podcast that empowers photographers to bring their businesses to the next level, brought to you by Platypod, Photofocus and Skip Cohen University. Today we chat with customer service expert Shep Hyken about effective ways photographers ...

Exploring symbolism in conceptual art

Julie Powell

Symbolism is the art of using an object to represent an abstract idea. We have been using them for many thousands of years in art and even literature. When an artist wants to suggest a certain mood or emotion, they can use ...

My first experience with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III

Lauri Novak

I was recently given the opportunity to try out the OM-D E-M1 Mark III along with the M. Zuiko 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO, 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 and the 60mm f/2.8 Macro lenses. I’ll share with you here my initial thoughts and reactions ...