Are women better at judging color?
Nate Torres
In this post, I’m going to dive into how men and women are wired differently when it comes to judging color. If you’ve ever found yourself in the paint store
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Webinar: Bring your photos to life through color, with Jeremy Chan
Photofocus Team
With most of us stuck at home due to the Coronavirus outbreak, now’s a great time to dive into some personal projects. We hope you’ll join Jeremy Chan on Wednesday, March
Calibrating with X-Rite and BenQ
Erin Holmstead
If I told you that for the first five years of owning a camera I never calibrated my computer screen, you might have thought I was losing my mind. I
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
Portrait Tips: Ruin the color for better black and whites
Levi Sim
When you make a picture with a digital camera, even if the camera is set to black and white, it records the picture in color and then converts it to
Color concepts in still life photography — what’s in?
Julie Powell
In colors … In my part of the world (Australia) everywhere I go in stores, online, in magazines, etc., the IN color for home decorating is blue and cream (or
Dealing with complex still life compositions
Julie Powell
Dealing with complex still life scenes and compositions can be daunting, but it does not need to be impossible. Glass can be difficult to work with due to reflections and
Black and white vs. color: Which has more emotion?
Scott Wyden Kivowitz
I feel like this topic is one that can be debated from here to eternity. It’s a fun discussion where everyone is right. Which has more emotion, black and white
Saturation vs. vibrance
Photofocus Team
(Editor’s note: This is a guest article by Jeremy Chan, a Master Photographer/artist who is based in San Francisco, CA. Jeremy’s passion about fine art and creative has helped him
Perfecting color in landscapes with Perfectly Clear Complete
Levi Sim
If you can make a terrific foundation, then you can be free to create. This is especially true regarding color. Great color allows you to make better black and whites
Fixing your white balance: The ultimate solution
Michèle Grenier
As I kept on playing with the Illuminati instruments incident and color light meter I’d been given a few weeks ago, I discovered that I love putting the color meter
Portrait Tips: The sneaky secret of white balance
Levi Sim
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
Portrait Retouch Part 3 of 3: Adding a Finishing Touch with Luminar 2018
Vanelli
Portrait Retouching with Luminar is a three part series: Enhancing Eyes and Facial Features; Smoothing Skin, Sculpting the Face and Removing Blemishes; and Adding a Finishing Touch.
Quick Tip: Dehaze Side Effects
Tim Grey
The Dehaze adjustment in Lightroom is able to dramatically improve the appearance of haze in a photo, but not without some potential side effects. In this quick tip, you’ll learn
Quick Tip: Shooting On A Grey Day – Color
Cathy Seaver
A comment on one of my recent articles got me to thinking that I need to write some tips on how to make good looking photos on a grey day.
Photographer of the Day: dizbin
Bryan Esler
Category: Street Photograph: dizbin “pop will eat itself” While last week I showcased a great black and white, minimalist street photograph, this week couldn’t be any different. dizbin crates one
History of Photography: Early Stages of Color
Lisa Robinson
Since the beginning, everyone wanted color photographs. Images being black and white only was a chief complaint about photography. Initially, there were a few “successes”; Sir John Herschel was able
Fixing Problematic Colors with HSL
Tim Grey
(Editor’s note: This is a guest post by photographer and educator, Tim Grey.) There are many situations where the color in our photographs can be particularly challenging to get right.
Photographer of the Day: Nic Taylor
Jason Hahn
Category: Street Photography Photograph: “Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 FE” by Nic Taylor Titled simply “Samyang AF 35mm F1.4 FE”, this is one of a series of images Nic Taylor posted
ViewSonic’s VP 2785-4K is such a beast!
Mykii Liu
The worst thing you can do in your workflow as a visual artist is to blow a whole lot of money on expensive camera gear, and skimp out on the
Photographer of the Day: Dave Cheresna
Jason Hahn
Category: Street Photography Photograph:Neon Nights by Dave (Dave Cheresna, @dscphoto) Street photography is so often about scaling down and capturing the small scenes and moments. Dave’s image, “Neon Nights”, is