This week featured huge announcements for Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including Lightroom and Photoshop. Bryan Esler talked to members of the Lightroom and Photoshop teams to give you an idea of what you can expect, and what might be on the horizon! Levi Sim taught us how to up our selfie game with a Platypod, Bob Coates walked us through processing a black and white portrait and Julie Powell taught us how to create still life images with indirect natural light.

It was a great, busy week at Photofocus! We hope you had a great week making pictures.

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Mirrorless Sony a9 review photo Switching from DSLR to Mirrorless: My six months review - It’s already been six months since I switched from DSLR to mirrorless. Here’s my review and thought on my experience so far. Today marks my six months dating anniversary with Mr. A (aka Sony a9). A LOT of things have been going on and thousands of pictures have been taken since my last article of […]
Exclusive: What’s next for Lightroom? - Fresh off of Monday’s updates to Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, I sat down with Tom Hogarty, Senior Director of Project Management for Lightroom, at Adobe MAX. We discussed the latest updates, the differences between Lightroom and Lightroom Classic, artificial intelligence and more. We also asked him a few questions from you, our readers! For Hogarty, […]
Exclusive: Photoshop 2020, the age of the machine - While Adobe released Photoshop on the iPad on Monday morning, there was also a lot of buzz of its grown-up sibling, Photoshop on the Desktop. Sporting a new rounded corner logo to signify that’s it’s now multiple device-centric, Photoshop received several updates that were driven by Adobe Sensei technology. I had the opportunity to sit […]
Portrait Tips: You need to up your selfie game - You’re a photographer, for Pete’s sake! Shouldn’t your photos be just a little better than average? Selfies made with a phone at arm’s reach are the epitome of average. Sure, they have their place, and they’re way better than nothing, but you can certainly do better. And when you’re out with friends, you all deserve […]
Exclusive: Embracing touch with Photoshop on the iPad - Last year at Adobe MAX 2018, the company announced development of Photoshop on the iPad. There was a lot of excitement built up around that, and finally, we have the chance to use it! On Monday, Photoshop on the iPad was released, marking the first time that Photoshop — yes, the actual Photoshop that’s been […]
Bringing out the character a black and white portrait - You can use post-processing software to take an image to a new level. We don’t always have the opportunity to get everything lit exactly as we like when we come across an interesting subject. Photoshop, Luminar 4 and NIK Silver Efex Pro were my helpmates in making this image be more than the original capture. […]

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