The Weekly Wrap-Up features articles from the last 7 days of Photofocus. This time, Michèle Grenier continues her mirrorless quest with “The Final Round”, Julie Powell explores lighting for still lifes, Erin Holmstead chronicles her journey in becoming an artist, Marie Tartar takes us to the birthing waters of Humpback whales and Mike Hagen compares the Decade mini tripod base to the venerable Platypod. All in all, it was a great week of information and inspiration here on Photofocus!

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Will I switch from DSLR to Mirrorless? The final round - I’ve now been playing around with the Sony a9 and the Olympus OM-D E-M1X for a few weeks and gotten to know them quite a bit better. I shot sports photographs in all kinds of lighting conditions (the good, the bad and the really crappy ones). This article sums up my experience with both cameras […]
Humpback whale calf leaps free of the water of Silver Bank in a spectacular surface behavoir called breaching. The Traveling Photographer: Humpback whale tales — topside lessons, part one - I recently spent a week swimming and snorkeling with humpback whales. While we were scanning the horizon from our skiff, looking for telltale blows, we had many opportunities to witness and photograph their topside behaviors. It was a treat to see and a challenge to photograph. I learned many lessons, which may be useful to […]
artist No one ever told me I could become an artist - I have a confession: School was incredibly hard for me and I actually hated it most of the time. There were, however, a few classes that I really liked and excelled at, like Anatomy, Art and History. Looking back on it now I realize a lot had to do with the fact that my Anatomy […]
How to harness your light for still life photography - With the light changing and Daylight savings ending (or just starting depending on where you live), there has never been a better time to ‘See your light’. Each Season has a different sort of light, have you taken much notice of it before. Summer is more on the yellow spectrum and much brighter, Winter is […]