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Go wide with these digital alternatives to the Hasselblad XPan

The Hasselblad XPan remains one of the most coveted film cameras for its cinematic panoramic photos. However, it’s not so easy to find this camera at an affordable price range. However, there’s actually a bunch of affordable digital alternatives that you can get instead! In the video above, MPB shares

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Convention attendance tips for education events

It’s 2023 and a new convention season is upon us. If you haven’t gotten the most out of your attendance to these education events in the past, here’s a few ideas to make it better this year. These convention attendance tips can make it more worthwhile. Above is a street

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After Effects: Get creative with Venetian Blinds transition

Don’t overlook this old After Effects transition; just look at it in a new way! It may seem simple and boring, but you can get creative with it. Venetian Blinds reveals an underlying layer in strips. You control the transition completion percentage, direction, width and feathering. With these simple parameter

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Do’s and don’ts to building a great portfolio

For photographers, a great portfolio shows your work at its best. If you’re a professional, it’ll get you hired, and if you’re a hobbyist, it’ll let you share with more people. Either way, you need to know a few things about creating a portfolio people will enjoy viewing and a

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How to remove distractions in Luminar Neo

When it comes to removing distractions in your photos with Luminar Neo, you can head straight for the new Background Removal tool. But what if you just want to disguise the distraction and not remove it? Likewise, removing power lines and dust spots is super easy. But what happens when

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Color blindness and photography

An uncalibrated monitor equates to color blindness

Color blindness keeps those who suffer from it from seeing accurate color. The most common type is red-green color blindness. The opening photo shows the normal colors on the left and what a red-green colorblind person sees. The blues in the photo are almost the same as the normal one.

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Shutter Notes: Tony Hutchinson — Leaf Light

Welcome to Shutter Notes, our weekly community feature. Shutter Notes gives you the chance to get to know our community members a bit better. Each member will share a little bit about themselves and their chosen image. Tony Hutchinson is a partially retired housing and urban regeneration consultant. He has

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Happy New Year!

All of us here at Photofocus wish our readers a safe, healthy and prosperous new year. Inspiration for the new year If you need some inspiration for the new year, check out these articles. Photo inspiration in museums Use your words A macro lens to photograph architecture Evaluating your own

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Removing distractions in Lightroom Classic

How to remove distractions in Lightroom Classic

I have two photos that have areas I find quite distracting and I want to remove them or hide them in the images. I thought I would start with Lightroom Classic and then expand into other Software tools. There are some fabulous new tools in Adobe Lightroom Classic and some

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Making images: Believe in yourself

Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Preserve is a favorite place of mine to photograph large waterfowl. Each year during the annual migration you can find a spectacle that is somewhat unrivaled. Thousands upon thousands of Sandhill Cranes make the Bosque a stopover. In addition, tens of thousands of White Snow

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