Last week I told you about my headshot factory. I’ve used this sort of setup to photograph as many as 300 people in one day. Unfortunately, that’s the easy part for me. Making a portrait with a person is great fun. What’s less fun is retouching 300 portraits over the
Get the show here or get it on iTunes — Please, post a review on iTunes. Welcome to Beyond Technique, a podcast empowering photographers to bring their businesses to the next level. In today’s episode we chat with portrait photographer Sally Blood! We discuss: How Sally got started in her
Why are there so many lens choices for your camera? The simple answer is that every photographer sees the world differently requiring the use of different focal length lenses. Different photographers, different lens choice For example, landscape photographers typically use wide-angle lenses, in the 10mm to 24mm range. This allows
Category: Portrait Photographer: Kevin Kelleher Photo: “The Way We Were” The candid portrait is authentic. There are wrinkles in the jacket, the woman’s hair is not perfect. The background is sea oats and sand. Yet, when put all in the same frame the photograph is a telling tale of emotion.
Skylum has announced that its giving away its popular one-click editing program, Photolemur, for FREE! You just have to follow these simple steps: Watch the below video Share the video with your friends on social media (Facebook, Instagram or Twitter) Subscribe to the Skylum Software YouTube channel Check back on
The folks at Skylum software have just dropped a new update on Luminar, version 3.0.2. This version adds a collection of performance updates and new features. Luminar is a plugin for Mac and Windows as well as a stand-alone editor. Get a free trial here. Luminar updates for Mac users
When it comes to portrait photography, posing your subject is an important part of the process. Discovering and collaborating around different angles and looks can create a wide variety of photographs to choose from, and can help to show the subject’s personality. In this video from LinkedIn Learning, photographer Chris
It’s time for part three of my guide to Facebook Ads! After covering the basics of boosting a post and the Ads Manager, let’s dive into creating your first campaign. The process is a little more involved than with boosting a simple post, but once you create a few campaigns,
Category: Architecture Photographer: Rafa Velazquez Photo: “Ocanografic Valenciae” This beautiful organic structure, within the City of Arts and Sciences, is an open-air oceanographic park, designed by Félix Candela, and is very reminiscent of Eero Saarinen’s arched designs (such as the “Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the original TWA flight
Anything carbon fiber is freakin awesome and this Oben CTM-2500 5-Section Carbon Fiber Monopod is no exception to that. If anyone is looking for a super lightweight, durable and sturdy stick to either hold your camera up, hold your lens up, hold you up or bring someone down, this is one
Two years ago, I wrote about why Flickr will ultimately fail. I’m here today, to tell you that I was wrong. At the time, Flickr was in the middle of a stagnant period. No changes had been made, and then-parent company Yahoo! had been recently sold to Verizon. There were
Every weekday, Photofocus curators share a great photograph taken by one of our readers. Every month we highlight photographs in the genres of architecture, portrait, outdoor, street and a flex category that changes each month. In February we started featuring photos highlighting love. In March, we’ll dive into urban exploration.
