Three tips on writing as a photographer
Lauri Novak
These days, we are all writers whether we want to be or not. As photographers who put our work out there into the world, we are expected to include some
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Lauri Novak is an international award-winning fine art photographer, mentor and traveler. You can find her galleries, mentorship programs and phototours at laurinovak.com.
Using limitations to learn photography
Lauri Novak
A little over a year ago I wrote an article about limiting yourself in order to learn. Now is the perfect time to revisit this concept as many of us
Explore photography creators on The Photographer Show
Lauri Novak
You may have noticed that our Photographer of the Day feature has been missing from our feed lately. That’s because we’ve decided to change things up a bit and take
Improve your photography by taking part in challenges
Lauri Novak
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 a great way to help
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
No fireworks to photograph this Fourth of July?
Lauri Novak
Around this time of year, we always see so many articles about how to photograph fireworks. What if you don’t like fireworks or they’re rained out, or possibly canceled like
How seeing faces everywhere can help your photography
Lauri Novak
You’ve seen them, I know you have. You’re walking by a doorway and there it is, smiling right back at you. A face. Faces. They are everywhere and I guarantee
Not every photographer needs Photoshop
Lauri Novak
What? You can’t possibly be serious? Or at a minimum you can’t possibly be a serious photographer without Photoshop, right? Who says? Well, certainly not me. I’m part of a
Adding people in your architecture photography
Lauri Novak
Adding a human element to your architecture photographs can help to show the scale of a building. It can also be an easy way to add a pop of color,
A first look at Nik Collection 3
Lauri Novak
DxO has released a major upgrade to the Nik Collection today. As a long time user of the Nik Collection product suite, I’m excited to see some new additions and
At Home with Photofocus: Our weekly favorite, May 25-29, 2020
Lauri Novak
Every weekday, Photofocus curators share a great photograph taken by one of our readers. If you haven’t submitted yours yet, be sure to do that in our Flickr group. As
Creating opportunity with mistakes and experiments in photography
Lauri Novak
Has this happened to you? You go out, take some shots, look at your screen and think oh no! You either forgot to change your settings or somehow something got
At Home with Photofocus: Jan Hannasky
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
At Home with Photofocus: Julie Chapa
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
At Home with Photofocus: Ikonphotographygh
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
At Home with Photofocus: John Cornicello
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
At Home with Photofocus: Peter Feteris
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
At Home with Photofocus: Our weekly favorite, May 11-15, 2020
Lauri Novak
Every weekday, Photofocus curators share a great photograph taken by one of our readers. If you haven’t submitted yours yet, be sure to do that in our Flickr group. As
At Home with Photofocus: David Adler
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
At Home with Photofocus: Ian Johnston LRPS
Lauri Novak
For the month of May we asked you to share your stay safe at home images with us. What can you create from where you are? It can be taken
Is your camera within reach and ready to go?
Lauri Novak
Are you ready to capture whatever comes into view at any given moment? Most of us are not. Why? Our camera is tucked away safely in our bag, waiting for