With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, now is the perfect time to think about that special photographer in your life! From now through February 18, Skylum is offering Valentine’s Day deals on Luminar 3 and Aurora HDR. Customers can get Luminar 3 for $49 (normally $69), or the Luminar
Let’s be honest, you’re slightly misled by the title of this. Kinda, sorta. OK, here is the truth. I am about to tell you the absolute best time to post on Facebook. But really, that time depends on you. There, I said it. There is no golden hour for Facebook
While taking photographs with your drone is very similar to taking them from the ground, it’s also very different. For me, the difference lies in two main areas. One is in the new perspective a drone offers by being in the air above everything. The other is the ease with which
Datacolor contacted me a few months ago about a new color calibration product they were releasing. After meeting with their PR team over a conference call, they sent me a pre-release SpyderX Elite calibration system to test. They did not compensate me for this review, nor do they expect anything
Category: Portrait Photographer: Mark Krajnak Photo: “Untitled” Emotion. Raw. Expressive. Emotion. Photographer of the Day Mark Krajnak captures all of that and more in “Untitled.” No one ever said that a portrait had to paint a pretty picture. This one certainly doesn’t. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join
A.I. Clear is a tool from Topaz Labs that claims to eliminate noise, remove artifacts, restore detail and sharpen images simply and easily. How does it work? The company describes it this way: A.I. Clear uses the insight of a custom neural network that was trained by analyzing millions of
This morning, Adobe announced its February round of updates to its Lightroom ecosystem. The most exciting new feature is Enhance Details, which is powered by Adobe’s Sensei technology. Harnessing the power of machine learning and computational photography, Enhance Details takes a brand new approach to demosaicing raw photos. An integral
A while back, I saw a photo my friend Gary Alan Brink posted of the Fallasburg Bridge in Lowell, MI. It featured a car driving through the covered bridge, creating for quite the night scene. I had long been a fan of the bridge but had only ever photographed it
Category: Architecture Photographer: Steve Stanger Photo: “Carousel House 2 (Asbury Park, NJ)” This festive (but closed for its original purpose) amusement park building evokes laughing children and a herd of moving wooden horses. The B&W rendition suggests its history, and the position of the sun provides a halo! Interestingly, the
If I told you that it wasn’t until this past year that I purchased my first real desktop monitor would you judge me? Probably, but I am OK with that and here’s why. I love a good laptop. I work incredibly fast on laptops and love that it is ultracompact
As a former graphic and web designer, it was drilled into me early on that consistency is everything when it comes to branding. By remaining consistent, you get the same look and feel across, whether you’re handing out a business card, showing off your website, passing out brochures or sending
(Editor’s note: Dave DeBaeremaeker photographs toys. His work is amazing and, believable. In this guest post, Dave shares the experiences of how he found his photographic voice and how you can too.) To me, photography is a creative endeavor. A way to express myself thru an image, and I want
