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 >

Michèle Grenier

How to find the pictures you’re looking for, with Excire Foto

Are you wasting time trying to find specific images? Excire Search provides the solution to find the pictures you’re looking...

Kevin Ames

On Photography: Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006

“Atop 550-foot Suribachi Yama, the volcano at the southwest tip of Iwo Jima, Marines of the Second Battalion, 28th Regiment,...

Photofocus Team

Happy Fourth of July, from Photofocus!

We hope you and your family are enjoying the Fourth of July weekend so far! Whether you're celebrating up at...

Levi Sim

Bring your sparkler photos to life with Plotagraph

I'm excited for this year's fireworks fiesta. I'm planning to do more portraits with sparklers and flash, but I've got...

Jemma Pollari

Using Lightroom keeps me sane

I’ve always been a Photoshop girl. When I first set out with a digital camera in hand, I taught myself...

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 >

Michèle Grenier

How to find the pictures you’re looking for, with Excire Foto

Are you wasting time trying to find specific images? Excire Search provides the solution to find the pictures you’re looking for! Here’s how it works.

Kevin Ames

On Photography: Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006

“Atop 550-foot Suribachi Yama, the volcano at the southwest tip of Iwo Jima, Marines of the Second Battalion, 28th Regiment, Fifth Division, hoist the Stars...

Photofocus Team

Happy Fourth of July, from Photofocus!

We hope you and your family are enjoying the Fourth of July weekend so far! Whether you're celebrating up at your cottage, on the lake...

Levi Sim

Bring your sparkler photos to life with Plotagraph

I'm excited for this year's fireworks fiesta. I'm planning to do more portraits with sparklers and flash, but I've got a new plan for finishing...

Jemma Pollari

Using Lightroom keeps me sane

I’ve always been a Photoshop girl. When I first set out with a digital camera in hand, I taught myself Photoshop, and over years of...

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

Adding clouds to your image, part two: Photoshop blend modes

Bob Coates

If you haven't seen part one, which talks about using Photoshop brushes, click here. Skies change and clouds come and go all the time. It’s fairly easy to make a convincing artistic change. While I don't recommend changing clouds in ...

Celebrate summer with 25% off Capture One!

Photofocus Team

With summer officially in full swing, a lot of us are going outdoors to take more photographs. And that means you need a reliable photo editor, and one that lets you pinpoint the fine details to make an image you ...

Mobile Mondays: Using the ToolWiz app to be creative with your phone photography

Lauri Novak

What do you do when you're without your main computer for two weeks? Well, I took the time to play with my phone camera and the ToolWiz photo app. ToolWiz capabilities The ToolWiz website claims that it's the best all-in-one ...

Have boots and bag will travel: The OneMo backpack

Julie Powell

If you're pretty serious about your camera gear, at some stage you'll probably find yourself getting pretty serious about your camera bags (plural). There just never seems to be the perfect bag for every situation ... or is there? I ...

How to find the pictures you’re looking for, with Excire Foto

Michèle Grenier

Are you wasting time trying to find specific images? Excire Search provides the solution to find the pictures you’re looking for! Here’s how it works.

Feathered light with Luminar 4

Rich Harrington

Join Rich Harrington for a look at how to create gentle feathered light with Luminar 4. This tutorial cover sky replacement as well as color grading. Luminar works as both an application and a plugin. For a limited time, you ...

The Sunday Shutter: July 5, 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. 'Capture the Dark' photo contest winners highlight wonders of the night sky Forbes Each year, the International ...

On Photography: Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006

Kevin Ames

“Atop 550-foot Suribachi Yama, the volcano at the southwest tip of Iwo Jima, Marines of the Second Battalion, 28th Regiment, Fifth Division, hoist the Stars and Stripes, signaling the capture of this key position.” -Joe Rosenthal This is the caption ...

Weekly Wrap-Up: June 28-July 4, 2020

Photofocus Team

This week, Bryan Esler kicked things off by revealing his top cameras of 2020 so far, while Michele Grenier showed us how to prepare a large multi-panel print. Nate Torres explained how digital color works, and Levi Sim told us ...

Excire Foto released: The perfect companion to search your photos

Photofocus Team

This morning, Excire Foto was released in the U.S. The software, which was released in Europe earlier this year, helps photographers sort through their photo libraries by offering an intelligent search function. We gave a first look at Excire Foto ...

Adding clouds to your image, part two: Photoshop blend modes

Bob Coates

Celebrate summer with 25% off Capture One!

Photofocus Team

Mobile Mondays: Using the ToolWiz app to be creative with your phone photography

Lauri Novak

Have boots and bag will travel: The OneMo backpack

Julie Powell

How to find the pictures you’re looking for, with Excire Foto

Michèle Grenier

Are you wasting time trying to find specific images? Excire Search provides the solution to find the pictures you’re looking for! Here’s how it works.

Feathered light with Luminar 4

Rich Harrington

The Sunday Shutter: July 5, 2020

Photofocus Team

On Photography: Joe Rosenthal, 1911-2006

Kevin Ames

Weekly Wrap-Up: June 28-July 4, 2020

Photofocus Team

Excire Foto released: The perfect companion to search your photos

Photofocus Team