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Aurora HDR 2019 available now… Yes, it’s shipping

Aurora HDR 2019, Skylum’s latest update to its venerable HDR software, has officially been released. The update lets you easily apply and customize HDR looks to both bracketed sets and single images. New to the 2019 update are several features, including a new tone-mapping technology powered by Skylum’s Quantum HDR

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Photographer of the Day: Andrew Slater

Category: Outdoor Photographer: Andrew Slater Photo: “Sand Access” Picture postcard perfect! The light and composition are spot on, and the sole figure walking down the shoreline is well placed to add both a visual point of interest, but also to bring the scene alive. Thanks for sharing with our group!

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Portrait Tips: Try color to liven up a shoot

I know, I know, I’m always saying that the background is just in the back and the important thing is your subject. It kinda drives me crazy when photographers pull their hair trying to find backgrounds for their shoots. The most important thing in a picture is the person and

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Pre order Aurora HDR 2019

Aurora HDR 2019 bootcamp video and last minute pre-order savings

Richard Harrington has created a great deep dive into Aurora HDR 2019. It covers how to make these great enhancements for single image long exposures, single image environmental portraits, and bracketed exposure landscapes. Time is almost up to pre-order Aurora HDR 2019. Act now to get a special price on Aurora

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Using the color lookup adjustment layer in Photoshop

The color look up adjustment layer unlocks the power of LUTS, or look up tables. This is a powerful operation that allows you to transfer color information between applications, or to assign preset recipes to simulate film stocks or do advanced color effects. Let me show you how they work.

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Photofocus photographer of the day, Christian with "The dancer."

Photographer of the Day: Christian

Category: Beauty Photographer: Christian Photo: “The dancer” Dance is alluring, energetic and beautiful. The dancer by Christian shows grace, style and effortless motion all in a single photograph. Her extended arms in a wing-like costume combine with her strong profile to make this image compelling. Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join

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Photography 101: Why won’t my camera take the picture?

Recently, I saw a message in a photography Facebook group that asked why a person was having trouble taking pictures with her camera. The camera was having trouble focusing in a low-light situation, and no matter what she did, she couldn’t get the camera to snap what she was seeing.

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Photographer of the Day: Tiberio Frascari

Category: Architecture Photographer: Tiberio Frascari Photo: “Villa Do Conte, Portugal” As you might have guessed by now, I’m a stickler for well composed, and well corrected architectural photography. Tiberio Frascari has insured with this dramatic “portrait” of a church and it’s ante way that vertical structural lines are plumb and

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