As the leaves change and the kids get excited for Halloween, fall is a beautiful time for family photos. The colors will keep you warm all winter! Use the intervalometer on your camera for leafy shots An intervalometer trips the shutter on repeat (e.g. once every two seconds), and this
From desk lamps to studio lights, Lume Cube is known for their lighting products. I was excited for the opportunity to try out the newest version of the Lume Cube 2.0. The Lume Cube 2.0 packs a lot of light in a tiny package. Studio-quality light for photo and video
Most street photographers prefer to shoot with either 35mm or 50mm lenses as these focal lengths provide a number of advantages. With a 35mm, you can get close enough to your subject but it’s wide enough to still retain a significant portion of the scene. Want to go a bit
Finding inspiration is so simple that even your kids can do it. Literally, kids do it all the time. People are always telling me they struggle to come up with creative ideas to shoot. It’s one problem I rarely have. I think it all comes down to the way you
Whatever your genre of choice, choosing a lens that fits both your needs and budget is one of the biggest decisions you’ll have to make. If you want to specialize in wildlife photography, for example, you’ll need a reliable and fast lens in the ultra telephoto range. This will give
Welcome to the Photofocus Roundtable Podcast, where each month, our panel discusses some current trends and topics on our minds. This month, we are joined by Christy Turner and Jeff Sullivan where we talk about new AI elements in Adobe’s software, photography mistakes to avoid, and building on the eclipses
Creating new film cameras strikes many as odd. Why might the Pentax Film Camera Project be successful? Film photography is becoming more popular Pentax designer Takeo Suzuki states that they received many opinions and suggestions. From that, they were inspired to design completely new film camera models. Suzuki also revealed
When I saw this Eastern King bird I knew I wanted to make him pop against the tall grasses once I uploaded the file. I was so lucky that I ended up with him as sharp as I did because the wind was whipping quite a bit that day. First
Frustrations on the order that layers appear when copy/pasting in After Effects are usually apparent in forums. However, the remedy is quite simple. Select the layers in the order you want them to appear when pasted. If you want layer 1 to be on top, layer 2 in the middle
Adobe Max 2023 kicked off yesterday in the Los Angeles Convention Center. The keynote featured product enhancements to Creative Cloud applications. Many of the new features are driven by artificial intelligence. Three new generative AI models were highlighted. Firefly Image 2 Model Adobe Firefly is a commercial safe image generation
I’m a collector of quotes and share them when I speak to groups. Someone asked me if I had fashioned any quotes myself. Here’s one: “Don’t look at what a subject is, but what it might become.” By Bob Coates. Hence the article today on enhancing an image. Oleander The
In the past I’ve cobbled together a way to do some of my work standing up. I used a posing table for working on my laptop and went back and forth between the two. To be able to have all of my monitors/kit raise and lower at the same time
