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Photographer of the Week: February 4-8, 2019

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.

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How to dodge, burn and create depth in Photoshop with soft light

(Editor’s note: In this guest post, photographer Kelly Anderson shows a simple Photoshop technique that anyone can do to lighten or darken (dodge or burn) areas in a photo. Kelly Anderson is a photographer, often gathering inspiration from music, painting, photography and dancing. See her work on kellyandersonphoto.com.) I love Adobe Photoshop. It’s

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Weekly Wrap-Up: February 3-9, 2019

The Weekly Wrap-up compiles interesting articles published this week on Photofocus. This week, we learned about finishing studio portraits in Perfectly Clear, a camera’s exposure, traveling to Antarctica, cropping in Lightroom Classic, and found out some quick tips for nature photographers.

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Photographer of the Day: SnapWednesday

Category: Love Photographer: SnapWednesday Photo: “Be My Valentine” This macro shot of a rusted fence shows the age that love often renders. The depth of field here is stellar, making the heart part of the fence truly shine. A great find! Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and share your

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An alligator raises his head at the Myakka River State Park.

10 quick tips for nature photographers

Like many people, my first few years of photography were spent going out to shoot as much as possible and trying to learn everything I could about the subject. As my portfolio grew, and I started sharing my images with others, I also started to write about photography — jotting

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Guide to Facebook Ads, part two: The Ads Manager

Facebook’s Ads Manager can be daunting, but once you know how to use it, it’s a very powerful tool to advertise on the platform. It allows you to control everything about your ads and the analytics are great. In my last post, we talked about how to boost a single

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POTD, street, Andy van Dyk

Photographer of the Day: Andy van Dyk

Category: Street Photographer: Andy van Dyk Photo: “Welta Weltur 6×9 (1937) /Schneider Xenar 105/3.8” I shoot a lot of my work in a studio where everything is very controlled and directional. So stepping outside for street photographer is hard for me because I have a hard time getting past the hard

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Business Routines - Financials

Business routines: Financials

The first of every month is something I’ve become accustomed to … My phone alert going off at 10 a.m. saying “Business Finances.” This alert serves as a reminder for me to open my bank accounts online dedicated to my LLC (business) and download all the activity from the previous month.

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