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Setting the target collection in Lightroom Classic CC

In Adobe Lightroom Classic CC you can add a photo to the Quick Collection by pressing the letter “B” on the keyboard. But you can also use this keyboard shortcut for any collection you’d like by setting the target collection. You can see this helpful tip in action by watching

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Weekly Wrap-Up: March 3-9, 2019

The Weekly Wrap-up compiles interesting articles published during the last seven days on Photofocus. This week we posted articles on why non-wedding and portrait photogs would go to WPPI, a first look of the Nikon Z6 mirrorless camera, lighting with the Spiffy Specklur Core kit, Blackmagic RAW for Pocket Cinema

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Photographer of the Day: Joe Dzikiewicz

Category: Urbex Photographer: Joe Dzikiewicz Photo: “Abandoned Cell” Closed in 1996, this photograph was taken at the Lorton Workhouse in Lorton, VA. According to the photographer, since its closure as a prison, much of it has been converted to artist studios, but one building still has the old cells. The old roll

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Why switch from Apple Photos to Adobe Lightroom?

If I didn’t know much about photography and just wanted photos to easily sync up with my Mac and all my iOS devices all while being able to lightly edit photos, Apple Photos would be a grand piece of software. The option for iCloud Photo Library within the Photos app makes it

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Photographer of the Day: Johann Walter Bantz

Category: Street Photographer: Gino Domenico Photo: “les Samedi après Novembre 2018, près pour l’ ACTE XIV” Man this image by Gino Domenic title “les Samedi après Novembre 2018, près pour l’ ACTE XIV” is incredibly powerful. The emotion and chaos you feel is almost too hard to handle. Beautiful photo

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Photoshoot at Black Velvet Canyon NV with 2019 Photofocus Writers Retreat Group

Photoshoot at Black Velvet Canyon with Photofocus

As part of our 2019 Photofocus Writers Retreat, we visited Black Velvet Canyon in Nevada about 30 minutes from where we were staying for a sunrise shoot. This group consisted of many of the amazing and talented people from the Photofocus team. As we arrived, the sky looked like the

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NSFW: Ethics of removing tattoos in post-processing

At one time the idea of a tattooed model gracing the pages of any mainstream magazine, ad campaign, etc. was unheard of. While tattooed models still are not commonly seen in some genres, tattoos and other body art have become much more accepted and popular throughout the photographic world. People

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Skylum opens pre-orders for new AirMagic software

After announcing its new AirMagic software in late February, Skylum has started accepting pre-orders, and has released additional details about the software. With typical drone photographs, the photos often lack quality, contrast, saturation and sharpness. With AirMagic, these problems are a thing of the past. Drone photographers can take advantage

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Photographer of the Day: Hani Bader

Category: Outdoor Photographer: Hani Bader Photo: “Underwater” The first thing that made me stop and look at this image was the color. The bright blue with the red/orange plant just pop. Secondly, the shape of the plant makes me feel and see the motion of the water moving it around and waving toward the

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