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Is a tethered workflow right for me?

Tethered capture, or the ability to simultaneously photograph, offload and preview capture results via a high-definition monitor, is one of the more liberating conveniences a photographer can experience. Having the ability to trigger a camera remotely is an invaluable enough luxury on its own. However, the ability to further preview

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Don’t miss this Photography Power Tools Online Seminar on Cyber Monday

Join us for a half-day workshop on maximizing your photo editing and organizing workflow. Join photo editing expert (and Photofocus publisher) Richard Harrington and special guest Angela Andrieux as they tackle techniques to improve your photography. Throughout the day, we’ll also take open questions about photo editing. Times are US

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Shutter Notes: Stephen Thackeray — Orb Weaver

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. Stephen is a retired IT Project Manager. His initial training was as an

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Seven tips to capture killer mountain bike race photos

It’s fall! In my house, that means it’s the season of long drives in the mountains through the beauty of the changing trees. … of cool, sunny days spent outdoors before the winter arrives … … of grease stains and dirt and blood …. Wait, what? Think music festival on

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The Traveling Photographer in Japan: Lessons from Hokkaido

Although we’ve been to Antarctica and the Arctic, northern Japan in February set a new bench mark for us in terms of shooting in COLD, frigid temperatures. The impetus to travel to Hokkaido in winter is twofold. The first is the unique and photogenic wildlife. The second is the transformation

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5 SEO Tips for Photography WordPress Users

If you’re a WordPress user, you know that optimizing your site for search engines is important if you want to attract more visitors. In this post, we’ll share some tips on how to improve your SEO using WordPress. There have been some minor changes to WordPress lately, so I wanted

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Nikon D750. Abandoned airplane at night.

Is Luminar Neo Upscale AI really that great?

Is Luminar Neo Upscale AI any good? And why would we want it? We cover this and more! What is Luminar Neo Upscale AI? Luminar Neo Upscale AI is an image-enlarging software extension from Skylum for their Luminar Neo photography editing software. This helps your low-resolution photographs — which we

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Seven tips to photograph architectural exteriors

Last month, we talked about architectural interiors and tips on getting the best images on location. Now, let’s talk about architectural exteriors, as it’s a little different. For exteriors, it’s a little more tricky, as you have to deal with the environment: The light, the weather, people, cars, neighboring buildings

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Zhiyun FiveRay M40 LED light panel

Zhiyun FiveRay M40 LED light panel: Simple and effective

Simple but effective can be good. The Zhiyun Fiveray M40 LED panel has no menu, two knobs, and a great looking daylight LED light. Let’s have a closer look! Note: Zhiyun sent the FiveRay M40 LED panel to review and keep. However, this is a completely independent review. All thoughts

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Capturing great Christmas photos with special kids

Every parent loves capturing those quirky and sometimes hilarious Christmas photos with Santa, right? We spend eleven months of the year teaching our children “Stranger Danger,” and then practically throw them at Santa and then wonder why we don’t always get the results we expect. Expect the unexpected, right? Things

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