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Photographer of the Week: July 30 – Aug. 3, 2018

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 August we started featuring wedding photographs, and September will bring pet photographs. As dedicated

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DSLR Video Weekly: Shooting video in low light

This is article #34 in the DSLR Video Weekly series.  If you’d like the whole thing in one shot, check out the book Creating DSLR Video: From Snapshots to Great Shots. Once you get the hang of video, be sure to monetize it by becoming a contributor to Adobe Stock. __________________________________ Let’s

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Photographer of the Day: Sarah Wayte

Category: Weddings Photographer: Sarah Wayte Photo: “Blessing” In Sarah’s photo, she explains the bride’s love for animals, and how important it was to have both her and the groom in photos with her animals. In addition to the horse photo, Sarah took photographs of the couple with goats as well.

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Photographer of the day, Scott Westhover, street

Photographer of the Day: Scott Westhoven

Category: Street Photographer: Scott Westhoven Photo: “Untitled” Scott Westhoven’s image completely caught my eye and caused me to do a double take. At first glance, I had no idea what I was looking at. It wasn’t until I zoomed in closer that I notice all the detail. Made me appreciate a fellow

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Quick Tip: Use a white card to brighten shadows

When you’re shooting on-location, it can sometimes be challenging to control the light and shadows in a scene. At a recent food shoot, I used a white card to help to brighten the shadows that were visible around the pizza, pepperoni tomatoes and basil. You can pick one up really

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Save the date: PhotoPlus Expo is coming up

I’m sure looking forward to PhotoPlus Expo, this fall. It’s a singular event with educators and vendors from around the globe gathering in one spot. You’ll be able to get your hands on all the great new cameras and lenses and tripods and Platypods and lights and software and who

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How to keep your website smelling fresh

Why a regular clean-up is recommended We’ve been looking at websites for some time now (if you haven’t followed, put my name in the search box and fish out the articles – they’re still wriggling), and you got the gist of how to build one and make it visible, and

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