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The Traveling Photographer: Photographing People: Using Flash

This is the third and last post in a series on Photographing People while you are traveling. The first article provided general guidelines on setting up the shot and the second provided guidelines on working with the light. This post discusses tips on using a flash. Know the Difference Between

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Photofocus Photographer of the Day Ken Lee with "I'm in Love with an Uptown Grill." Travel

Photographer of the Day: Ken Lee

(Editor’s note: Lauri has been on hiatus from curation of the Travel category. She’ll be back to Photographer of the Day next week.) Category: Travel Photographer: Ken Lee “I’m in Love with an Uptown Grill“ The pun of the title of “I’m in Love with an Uptown Grill” ought to be enough

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Quick Tip: Change the Crop Orientation in Lightroom

Cropping is a fundamental and basic tool of any photo editing program. And while Lightroom has a built-in cropping tool available, it’s not super obvious on how to change orientations. To do so, start by using the crop tool and then click the X key on your keyboard. If you’re

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Pianist Christopher O'Riley at Symphonie Fantastique performance in NYC

Symphonie Fantastique: Behind the scenes at a most unusual performance

At most plays, musicals, concerts and dance recitals, photography during the performance is strictly forbidden.  That doesn’t mean most photographers don’t itch to capture the emotions, expressions, gestures, and action and wouldn’t jump at the chance to shoot during the show.  I’m no exception. In New York City, I recently

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Diving into Lightroom’s New Profile System

With Lightroom’s latest 7.3 update, it introduced a new way to handle profiles. This combined the typical camera calibration tools that we were used to, along with a feature compares similarly to LUTs (lookup tables). How Do I Get My Old Camera Profiles Back? If you shoot in RAW, you

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Photographer of the Day: dizbin

Category: Street Photographer: dizbin “low” In street photography, you see a lot of people’s backs. But what makes dizbin’s photograph intriguing is the sense of scale given to the man in the photograph. The light and reflections of light make for quite the interesting scene, despite the calm demeanor of

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Photographer of the Day: Joan Manel Zamora

Category: Sports Photographer: Joan Manel Zamora “Mushing – Winter” Winter might be over, but the sport of dog sledding has always intrigued me. Here, the photographer showcases an individual dog, with the rest of the pack in the background, which creates for a fun, lighthearted scene. Processing the image in

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How to Become an Adobe Stock Contributor

Making money as a creative professional can often be a challenge.  Recently Adobe unveiled a new program that helps creative folks sell their photos and videos to a much broader audience as stock footage.  In fact, the ability to reach people is built right into Adobe apps and is even

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Photographer of the Day: Gary Radler

Category: Outdoors Photographer: Gary Radler “Gibbston Highway Bridge over Kawarau River near Arrowtown, NZ” There’s a lot I love about this photo, such as the breathtaking vista, the way the winding road parallels the water, as they lead the eye into the photo, but I think the lone bus starting its

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