Category: Architecture Photographer: Steve Lavelle Photo: “Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco” This is an unusual photo of a well known structure. Having captured the building at night or at the transition of night/day, the illumination is principally from the man made light within the building, but the long exposure
Would you pay 3.5 million dollars for this photo? The U.S. Postal Service did! In case you’re not familiar with the story, here’s a brief overview before I explain what this means for photographers. The U.S. Postal Service’s big mistake When designing a new Forever stamp featuring the Statue of
I don’t know about you, but when I receive a new client lead over email, I have a mini woo-hoo! moment. As photographers, we try so hard to market ourselves and get the word out there about what we do. But what happens when things go sideways, and when everything
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 explore urban exploration. As
In celebration of our forthcoming Drone Photography book, we’ve made all of our existing books on the Apple Bookstore free for one week. Now until February 11, all eight of our books are free in the Apple iBooks format. These books will work on Macs, iPhones and iPads. The Basic
(Editor’s Note: We welcome this guest post from Sarah Driscoll. Sarah is a photographer, educator and co-founder of Unraveled Academy. The photographs in this post are by Sarah and students of the school.) Light. Mysterious, captivating, can’t-look-away light is truly the muse for any photographer. When we are first learning and
The Weekly Wrap-up compiles interesting articles published this week on Photofocus. This week, we tackled the ins and outs of ISO, got tips on how to recover tough exposures, began to tackle Facebook ads, got some tips on photographing newborns, lit up a barn with Lume Cubes and more.
Join B&H and Sony on Wednesday, Feb. 13 as they celebrate the Sony Alpha community! Try out the latest gear from Sony on-site to capture themed photo and video vignettes, as well as dance performances. Get inspired by talks and panel discussions with Sony Artisan and Collective members, and mingle
Category: Love Photographer: David Morris Photo: “candid.” Showing love in an everyday environment can be a great capture. Here, David captures a couple whispering to each other in their home. It’s a simple scene but one that truly shows the love between the couple. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr
A quick tip on how to select the right prop to create a new look or mood
In this episode: I had a chance to interview a very special teacher, my sister Maria Vanelli. Maria came for a visit and we started talking about our childhood and how through her teaching she helped shape my education. I picked her brain on ways to help others learn better and
