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Quick Tip: Replace a full hard drive

When a hard drive gets full, it takes longer to read and write the data to and from the disk, slowing your system down. Adding large amounts of photos to a local drive can fill the drive fast, causing poor performance. Additionally, trying to run an operating system and applications

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Photographer of the Day: Monoauge

Category: Street Photographer: Monoauge Photo: “Earhairdontcare, NYC 2018” If this image, “Earhairdontcare, NYC 2018” by Monoauge, doesn’t make you feel like you are walking the streets of New York City I don’t know what will. Great perspective shown “ear”….get it! :) Originally shared with the Photofocus Readers Flickr Group. Join the group and

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Quick Tip: Keeping model releases organized

Create a “Model Release” subfolder in the same folder as the images the release is for. This makes it easy to find and easier to match the release to the images. Store the digital model release form in this folder. If you prefer paper release forms, scan the original and place

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Showing up where it matters, part two

Click here to read part one. Blogging is not a dirty word Being visible, in a web that grows at incredible speed and offers everything you can think of and stuff that you can’t even imagine in your wildest dreams, is no walk in the park — and if you

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Photographer of the Day: Phil Campbell

Category: Outdoor Photographer: Phil Campbell Photo: “All in a Row” Simplicity and tranquility. I love the line formed by the family, with the symmetry of the adult geese at the front and back of the line. The mist in the air helps to separate the geese from the background, as

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Portrait Tips: The sneaky secret of white balance

White balance is always trying to pull a fast one on you and sneak by with the wrong color in your photographs. Here’s the case in point, today: It’s a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, so you set the white balance to Daylight, which is just what the

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Adweek webinar with Dennis Radeke and Richard Harrington July 24, 2018, 1:00pm EDT

Adweek Webinar: Video storytelling the impact of motion

Video is a force in advertising. From television to social media, motion impacts the message for products and services. Adweek, the voice of the advertising industry is presenting a webinar featuring Adobe Stock Content Development Manager Dennis Radeke and Photofocus publisher Richard Harrington. Dennis and Rich will present insights and

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Getting started with architectural abstracts

Editor’s Note: We welcome Michael Muraz, an international award-winning architecture photographer, bringing technical precision and creative passion to his fine art and commercial work. Based in Toronto, Michael travels extensively, photographing buildings and leading workshops all over the world. Join Michael for a workshop at photographyunfolded.com. In my last post,

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