Seven DIY photography quick fixes
Photofocus Team
As photographers, we’re good at planning ahead and thinking on our feet. But it can happen that we don’t have everything we need on hand to get the shot we
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Portrait Tips: How to pose couples
Levi Sim
I hate to break it to you, but making pictures of one person is easy. It’s level one, beginner, easy-cheese. When you add another person, it becomes a lot harder
How to make color prints: Color and the environment
Photofocus Team
Before you begin to calibrate your monitor and your printer and adjust your images so you can create good prints, it is important to understand how the human eye sees
My Xpozer print arrived today!
Kevin Ames
I week ago I wrote about ordering my first Xpozer print. It arrived today and in less than half an hour, I had the 30-by-45 inch print hanging above my
Five tricks for great interior photography
Photofocus Team
(Editor’s Note: Photofocus is proud to welcome Serge Ramelli to Photofocus. Be sure to check out his free master class and bonus toolkit.) Learn how to make your interior photos
An introduction to food photography
Photofocus Team
(Editor’s Note: Photofocus is proud to welcome Serge Ramelli to Photofocus. Be sure to check out his free master class and bonus toolkit). This tutorial is a great way to
All you need is one light!
Photofocus Team
(Editor’s Note: Photofocus is proud to welcome Serge Ramelli to Photofocus. Be sure to check out his free master class and bonus toolkit). In this portrait photography / lighting tutorial,
Using fractal prisms to create other worldly portraits
Julie Powell
I recently did a post on playing with fractal prism filters for the first time, and I seriously could not wait to get my hands on my own set. They
How to use the SpyderCHECKR for accurate and consistent colors
Mike Hagen
As photographers, we spend thousands of dollars on camera gear and lighting equipment. We also take great care to pose the subject and achieve accurate focus, but how much time
Using KittyHawk for LAANC authorization, step-by-step for recreational drone users
Chris Anson
In this article, I’m going to take you step-by-step using the KittyHawk app and getting a LAANC authorization. I’ll be using an iPhone for this example, but they have mobile
How to use the Datacolor SpyderCUBE for white balance and contrast
Mike Hagen
Achieving accurate colors and contrast in your images can be difficult for many photographers. Without the proper tools, you are often just guessing at the best overall settings during post-processing.
Outdoor photography at Oak Creek, part two
Bob Coates
This is part two of a series on a ‘Day in the life on Oak Creek’ while photographing nature and wildlife. Check out the first installment here. Gear The second
Customizing Nikon Z 6 & Z 7 function button for autofocus
Mike Hagen
This year I added Nikon mirrorless cameras to my photo business and have been very happy with them. After spending so many years mastering the Nikon DSLR cameras, including writing
Creating redundancy with two Drobos
Bryan Esler
As someone who’s had a Drobo for the past several years — first with a four-bay version and more recently a 5D3 — I was intrigued when I was offered
Sharpen faces, not the skin! The magic of the Threshold slider
Photofocus Team
After working on crafting your image to be the best, just the right amount of sharpening can add the final touch that really makes the image perfect.
How to use Aurora HDR with Luminar
Vanelli
Follow along in the step-by-step tutorial or watch the video. You can download the example files, provided for this tutorial, here. In this tutorial, let’s look at how to use
How to recover exposure, get rid of noise and stylize an image under 90 seconds
Michèle Grenier
OK, let me be straight. I do sometimes completely screw up my exposure. Here’s what I like to do to fix an image (almost) as fast as I’ve taken it.
Exporting a Live Photo from an iPhone as GIF in Photos for Mac
Mykii Liu
With Apple’s Live Photos built into iPhones 6S and above, millions of people have been sharing animated images to each other across the Messages app. There is one thing to
“Printing” to a JPEG file in Lightroom Classic
Tim Grey
The Print module in Lightroom Classic is obviously designed to help you produce prints of your photographic images. But as you’ll see in this quick lesson, you can also “print”
Rotating crop orientation in Lightroom Classic
Tim Grey
When cropping photos in Lightroom Classic, typically you would retain a horizontal crop for a horizontal image, and a vertical crop for a vertical image. But as you’ll learn in
Color label mismatches in Lightroom Classic
Tim Grey
Believe it or not, different software applications (such as Adobe Lightroom Classic and Adobe Bridge) use different definitions for the color labels you might apply to the metadata for your