Lauri Novak is an award-winning fine art photographer, mentor and author based outside of Chicago. She has an eye for photographing architecture, traveling as much as possible and just wandering in nature with her camera. You can find her galleries, mentorship programs and photo tours here:
Date-based, topic-based, a mix of both? How we organize our images is likely as diverse as the many different genres of photos we all create as photographers. It’s personal. Why I use a date-based folder structure As I said, it’s
Every year about this time Adobe puts out its creative trends for the year. Here’s their 2022 trend list. They take a look at consumer insights, research trending visuals, socio-economic developments and worldwide narratives to forecast these creative trends. Visual, design
A big congratulations to Jason Stewart whose photo of his adorable daughter in a cup of cocoa. Jason set this up prior to the holidays as he worked in ER during the holidays. We’re so glad he took the time
Backgrounds are easy to create. Honest. Many times I hear people say they can’t take certain images because they don’t have the tools, equipment or gear they think they need. My reply to them? Be creative, be like MacGyver! Use
Updating our online and electronic information is crucial and something we should put in our calendars every year. Not only do we need to remember to update the copyright information in our cameras, but we also need to update our
How did you celebrate the holidays this season? We’d love to see your images. Only one day left to enter! We’d love for you to share your holidays with Photofocus. It’s your final chance to share your holidays with us.
I’m not really one for resolutions, but I do believe in setting intentions (daily/weekly/yearly — whatever you find works for you). As we head into the New Year I’ve started to think about what photography-related resolutions I would like to work
It’s that time of year again. No — not the holidays! it’s time to update all the “things.” Renew and refresh As I was thinking about the direction of my business and where it’s heading next year, it made me
Wasting time in our photography with regrets isn’t something I’m guessing most of us even think about.Â
Sharing is what the holidays are all about. We’d love to see how our readers are celebrating the holidays this season! One of the things I love about the holidays is the sharing of images. We welcome you into our
Themes were a big part of the images that were shared this week in the Photofocus Community.
Pricing our fine art photography can cause many of us to stop dead in our tracks before moving on. Once you get past that fear of pricing and you’ve made the decision to sell your work online, then what? After
A big congratulations to Jason Stewart whose photo of his adorable daughter in a cup of cocoa. Jason set this up prior to the holidays as he worked in ER during the holidays. We’re so glad he took the time
Backgrounds are easy to create. Honest. Many times I hear people say they can’t take certain images because they don’t have the tools, equipment or gear they think they need. My reply to them? Be creative, be like MacGyver! Use
Updating our online and electronic information is crucial and something we should put in our calendars every year. Not only do we need to remember to update the copyright information in our cameras, but we also need to update our
How did you celebrate the holidays this season? We’d love to see your images. Only one day left to enter! We’d love for you to share your holidays with Photofocus. It’s your final chance to share your holidays with us.
I’m not really one for resolutions, but I do believe in setting intentions (daily/weekly/yearly — whatever you find works for you). As we head into the New Year I’ve started to think about what photography-related resolutions I would like to work
It’s that time of year again. No — not the holidays! it’s time to update all the “things.” Renew and refresh As I was thinking about the direction of my business and where it’s heading next year, it made me
Wasting time in our photography with regrets isn’t something I’m guessing most of us even think about.Â
Sharing is what the holidays are all about. We’d love to see how our readers are celebrating the holidays this season! One of the things I love about the holidays is the sharing of images. We welcome you into our
Themes were a big part of the images that were shared this week in the Photofocus Community.
Pricing our fine art photography can cause many of us to stop dead in our tracks before moving on. Once you get past that fear of pricing and you’ve made the decision to sell your work online, then what? After
The background is a very important aspect of our photography. Yet, it sometimes just gets forgotten when we are in the midst of creating images. One of the most important things you can do when you are framing a scene
Each month we spend some time with one of you, the everyday photographer. On The Photographer Show with Scott + Lauri, sponsored by our friends at Tamron, we share our love of photography and discuss a few images to learn
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