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. This month we featured astrophotography photographs, and August will bring wedding photographs. As dedicated writers
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Skylum, maker of Luminar and Aurora HDR announced a free webinar on making incredible landscapes. The webinar is Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at 12:00 PM PDT/3:00 PM EDT. Register here. Up the landscape game Guest Serge Ramelli goes deep into his workflow to get the most from landscape photographs using
One question I’m asked a lot is “Where does all the noise come from when my camera is set to ISO 100?” The answer is simple. The photograph is underexposed. What is ISO? Grain vs. noise Back in the film days, the ISO (or ASA as it was called then)
Category: Astrophotography Photographer: Don Komarechka Photo: “Crystal Cosmos” Sometimes fisheye lenses can just take a photograph to the next level. This is one of those cases. Don’s “Crystal Cosmos” is captured beautifully. Upon first glance, I thought he had shot this through a cave opening, but it’s actually the fisheye
Photographer, Educator, and Author Rick Sammon shares how to plan a photo trip. He uses examples found in his latest book, The Route 66 Photo Road Trip, to walk us through planning his newest trip to the Oregon Coast.
Building online visibility Visibility online is built with a bit of patience, a lot of care, good content and most of all… links. It takes a while to draw enough traffic to your website, and most of us would love to cut a corner or two and get there quicker.
Category: Street Photographer: Monty Montgomery Photo: “A woman, a balloon and a dude walking” Monty Montgomery’s image, “A woman, a balloon and a dude walking,” stood out to me for this week’s Photographer of the day for his unconventional approach with his angle. I love when artists get creative and really
There is nothing worse than doing an extended shoot and suddenly running out of power in your camera battery. Inevitably, it’ll happen right when the mood is perfect and things are finally going exactly as you wanted. In a recent example from my life, I ran out of power while
Category: Outdoor Photographer: David Simon Photo: “Waterfall – Isle of Skye – Scotland” While I’m always a sucker for a good waterfall photo, it was the fantastic light that made me pause. Absolutely gorgeous! Technically perfect, wonderful colors, and razor sharp. Thanks for sharing with our group! Originally shared with
We talk about posing and connecting with our subjects and all kinds of other stuff when we make portraits, but there’s one thing that matters more than that stuff and you’ve got to do it first. You’ve got to find a spot that puts catchlights in your subject’s eyes. Catchlights
In July, Photofocus made some changes to our Photographer of the Day feature. In addition to our regular architecture, beauty, outdoor and street categories, we added a “flex” category that changes every month. In July, we highlighted architectural images, and in August, we’re going to be focusing on weddings. And
