Welcome to the Photofocus Roundtable Podcast, where each month, our panel discusses some current trends and topics on our minds. This month, we discuss street photography, boudoir photography, and Steve’s experience in publishing his new book. Thank you Photomatix for sponsoring; click the link to download and try for free. Art that
FUJIFILM North America Corporation recently announced that the FUJIFILM X-H2 mirrorless camera will join its sister camera, FUJIFILM X-H2S, as part of a collaboration with Adobe. This partnership is set to provide the world’s first native Camera to Cloud (C2C) integration capability for digital still cameras, powered by Frame.io. Planned for release this spring, the firmware will enable production workflow from anywhere in the world.
Meet the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). They are megabats and the largest of Australia’s four types of fruit bats. They are cute and fascinating but seriously endangered. There is a colony not too far from where I live, and every night, I hear them overhead. I recently went to
No matter what kind of photographer you are, a tripod can make your pictures better. The trouble is, there are hundreds of tripods available and there are dozens of features on each. Many of the features you choose will depend on the type of photography you do and where you will
When it comes to qualities that make a good photo, sharpness sits high up on our list. It’s in the way we pixel peep. It’s in the top features of the latest and greatest cameras and lenses. Every image editing software today promises to straighten out kinks and blurs to
Want an inexpensive way to reflect and direct the light from your flash or speedlight? Here’s some easy ways of doing just that! Why should you reflect light from your flash or speedlight? Illuminating your subject with a flash or speedlight aiming directly at it can look flat and harsh.
Capturing the beauty of wildlife is anchored on the importance of practice, perseverance and patience. You also need to work on developing the qualities and skills needed for successful animal photography. Photographing animals is a thrilling and rewarding experience. But it can also be frustrating and challenging. Whether you are
I found myself with the perfect opportunity to shoot some long-exposure shots. It was the last night of a trip to Walt Disney World with my family. The Magic Kingdom is filled with beautiful lighting and nighttime scenes. For those of you who’ve never fully explored this style of photography
Milk bath photography was all the rage a few years back. Back then, I was using a kiddie pool in the garage. It worked but had its drawbacks. So, when I was recently approached to do a rose petal milk bath with a more fashion twist, we decided to actually
Camera manufacturers have a very tough job in designing camera bodies, knobs and buttons to fit every hand comfortably. On the whole, they do a fantastic job given the plethora of sizes, shapes and lengths of the population’s fingers. When you have a camera you enjoy and there’s just this
Ever wanted to get the cinematic or anamorphic look that remains popular for photo and video content? Weird lens enthusiast Mathieu Stern comes to the rescue with yet another interesting experiment! As Stern mentioned in his intro, the anamorphic look can be difficult to achieve. But, he found four different
It’s easy to use AI to create a mask for the sky in Adobe Photoshop. Let’s have a look at how to do this. Using AI to select the sky with Adobe products Lightroom has the ability to mask the sky. And of course, that means that Camera Raw can
