Category: Beauty Photographer: Allan Jones Photo: “Emily Hardisty” A soft, almost painterly portrait of Emily Hardisty earns Alan Jones today’s honor. This study of a face shows beauty in her pose, her quiet pensiveness and knowing eyes. Moreover, the blur of the edges adds a subtle essence reminiscent of soft focus
Everyone here at Photofocus wishes you and yours a very merry Christmas, happy holidays and a prosperous, wonderful new year! Photos: ©Kevin Ames
Category: Architecture Photographer: jeff Clouet Photo: “Alone at the cité des sciences” This simple image is another great example of the imaginative use of shape and suggestion in architectural photography. The cube above the lone person in the image is the perfect fit for the square door; almost as if
As I enter into 2019, I’ve begun to have to turn away some clients. While I still say “Yes” to a majority of my clients, with my busy schedule, I’ve had to say “No” a few times. It’s undoubtedly something every photographer will have to say at some point in
It’s Christmas morning and the excitement to see what’s under the tree vibrates with happy anticipation. Making memorable photos of the family opening presents is easy and a lot of fun, too. Put the camera at the fun level The most important tip I can offer for making photos of
Every weekday, Photofocus curators share a great photograph taken by one of our readers. Every month we highlight photographs in the genres of architecture, beauty, outdoor, street and a flex category that changes each month. In December we started featuring snow photographs, highlighting the cold weather that I’ve become so
Happy Christmas from Photofocus! “Beary Chrismas” ©Rosie Clark Courtesy of Kevin Ames
By itself, the Lume Cube is a powerful and capable 1500-lumen, 6000k color temperature light, in a small, portable and easy-to-use package. It is a 1.5″ square aluminum housing with 1/4″-20 female threads that allow you to mount it in many different ways. It’s waterproof to 100′ and uses micro
The Weekly Wrap-up compiles interesting articles published this week on Photofocus. This week features image processing software — Luminar 3, Perfectly Clear Complete — a pair about shooting holiday icons, a guide to cleaning sensors and photographing high-end interior retail. Hope your holidays are safe and fun!
If you haven’t already read part one, check it out here, to give you an idea of my thought process. Otherwise, let’s get started. To get this image I used a Vankyo Leisure 3 portable projector, the Lumix GX8 and my Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 lens. Before the shoot, I downloaded
In my last post, I shared my early reactions to the software processing program from Skylum, Aurora HDR 2019. In a word: WOW! In recent years, I’ve been shooting many bracketed landscape images to combine into HDR (high dynamic range) images. Using Lightroom, I haven’t always been happy with the
Category: Snow Photographer: martijnvdnat Photo: “Winter In Weipoort” I love the tones here — it just screams winter! By putting the snow and ice in the foreground, you really get to see a lot of the textures present. It’s just a great composition and the farm and windmill add a
