Whether you use it in-camera or in your post-processing software, you ultimately will come across a set of mountains that help to describe the pixel distribution by the brightness of your image. This mountainous graphic is known as a histogram. What the “mountains” mean Histograms in Lightroom and Adobe’s Camera
I recently photographed the junior rowers in my rowing club, and I wanted to make sure that I made a great portrait for the team. There’s one simple thing I did that makes it easier to make a good looking group portrait, no matter how big the group. Step back
As a Platypod Ambassador, I was tasked to show how to make extreme vertoramas with the help of the Platyball tripod head. Vertoramas are panoramas turned 90 degrees. This is the vertorama I made in Sedona on Oak Creek. You can learn how I modified the Platyball adding a few
Photographers, videographers, and vloggers are always looking to lighten the load when traveling. I do not do a lot of videos when I travel. My experience is with full-length videos. The video head I am using is, well, probably over 20 years old. It still works well, but when given
1SE or 1 Second Everyday is a video journaling app available on Apple and Android, which has one very simple premise: Record one second of video every day. The concept is well-executed and the result is slick. Short videos are a must on social media now. 1SE makes it easy
Radiant Photo processes photos instantly … and does so miraculously well. But how are its Color Grading controls? What is Radiant Photo? When you open an image, Radiant Photo analyzes each image and suggests edits that it feels is best for each photo. Rather than applying presets, it attempts to
“The camera cannot lie.” When photography was in its infancy, this was often said in magazines and elsewhere. But is it true? And what role does processing take in this? What is purity? There is this almost purist sort of bent among some photographers, where the general belief is that
Another day on the Danube River, another couple of beautiful cities to explore. Durnstein and Melk are in the area of Austria called the Wachau Valley. It is picturesque along both sides of the Danube with rolling hills and plenty of vineyards. Some of the vineyards have been around since
The Professional Photographers of America (PPA) show, Imaging USA ran last week in Nashville, TN. 8,000 members came to Music City for education, fun and to forget the pandemic. Since 1880 PPA has produced annual get-togethers for photographers for over 120 years. This year, the 5-day conference covered pre-conference classes,
It’s time to make your voice heard! Each week, we ask a question of our readers so we know what sort of content to produce more of. Your input helps us make Photofocus better. This week, we ask: Which editing software do you use? Let us know below, and tell
I just returned from the Imaging USA Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, and it was well worth it. Like so many of you, I have not felt comfortable attending an in-person conference since pre-COVID. Having attended my first conference in years, I am recharged and glad to be back at it!
