I edit your photos stuck at home, part one
Michèle Grenier
I have developed a new personal project called “I edit your photos stuck at home” based on my post-processing workflow … with YOUR images!
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Slimming faces: When and why
Kevin Ames
Slimming faces starts at the camera by lighting the thin side of the subject while letting the thicker side slip into shadow. For jowls, a high camera angle with the subject’s chin up works wonders. After using these techniques, slimming,
Add creativity with Luminar’s AI Augmented Sky
Vanelli
When capturing a creative photo, learn to look past what you currently see and focus on what you want the photo to be. I used this concept while capturing “Shipwrecked.” My vision included stars but I wasn’t willing to invest
Love is in the air with these great Luminar deals
Photofocus Team
In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Skylum has made some great savings available for its flagship product, Luminar 4. You can save up to $98, depending on which bundle you choose! Luminar 4 offers great creative effects to make for unique
Save big and create beautiful landscapes with Luminar 4
Abba Shapiro
Want to make your landscapes pop, learn how to replace skies and fix common camera and lens issues? In this ThinkTAP Learn video, instructor Abba Shapiro walks you through how to effectively edit your landscape images. Want to learn more
Sky replacement with red rocks and juniper
Bob Coates
Here’s an example of how well the sky replacement can work using the AI feature in Luminar 4. It would be easy to put the wrong sky in an image such as this one. But the right choice leads to
Skylum releases Luminar 4.1 update with new AI features and improvements
Bryan Esler
Skylum has released its first update to Luminar 4, complete with several feature additions and enhancements to allow for an easier workflow and more control in its machine-learning tools. Released a month after its initial launch, the Luminar 4.1 update
One touch sky replacement in Luminar 4
Julie Powell
So Luminar 4 has been out for a little while now, and there are some great features to really make your images pop! I adore the Creative panel and the AI enhancements are really quite clever. One thing I found
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 black and white (unless you use Leica’s M camera, which
Portrait Tips: The solution to the Cuteness Zone
Levi Sim
“1200 pictures??? How is that even possible …?” You’ve said that to yourself after a shoot, right? There’s a certain sense of dread associated with it. “She’s a newborn; she didn’t even change poses!” But it happens to all of
Let it snow with textures and blend modes
Bryan Esler
As the snow begins to fall (like it is as I’m typing this), I always like to go back and look at my past winter photographs. Not because I love photographing out in the winter tundra, below-zero wind chills that
Luminar 4 sky replacement for real estate photography
Bob Coates
If you do a lot of real estate imagery for sale of homes the Luminar 4 AI Sky Replacement Tool is probably for you. It’s a quick solution for those times when you can’t wait for the right sky to
Fun with a fisheye: The Sigma 15mm f/2.8
Kevin Ames
“Fisheye lenses are gimmicks.” Lots of photographers think so. Most have never used one, but I don’t travel without one. The 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens from Sigma is less than three inches in diameter and length. It weighs in at
How I rescued interior images with Aurora HDR
Lauri Novak
Aurora HDR is not a piece of software I use very often. But it’s one that is nice to have in my toy/toolbox to play with when I feel the need to try something different. This particular time though, I
How to use minimalism for creative food photography
Joy Celine Asto
Food photography is commonly mistaken as something that makes our mouths water. While that is definitely one of the uses of the genre, it also pays to be aware of other ways to get creative with it. Food is such
Free photoshoots: Why do I do them?
Michèle Grenier
This image that you see right here — the cover one — is a photo I took with a triathlon athlete for her blog. Did I get money for that? No. Am I happy with that? Yes. Will I do
Why are passion projects so important?
Julie Powell
Why are passion projects so important? I really don’t think it matters what genre you photograph, or even what sort of creative you actually are. Photographer, videographer, musician, painter, sculpture, writer … if you are of the creative type, I am
Beyond Technique: Gilmar Smith shares how to stay creative
Chamira Young
Welcome to Beyond Technique, the podcast that empowers photographers to bring their businesses to the next level, brought to you by Platypod, Photofocus and Skip Cohen University. Today we chat with creative portrait photographer Gilmar Smith! Check out Platypod.com, the
Annual Sony World Photography Awards winners announced
Photofocus News
The World Photography Organisation has announced the winners of its 2021 Sony World Photography Awards. This year’s winner — Craig Easton from the United Kingdom — was awarded with a $25,000 cash prize and a range of Sony imaging products.
DJI Air 2S brings obstacle sensors, 20-megapixel photos and 5.4K video
Photofocus News
DJI has announced the new DJI Air 2S, a portable camera drone that offers an all-in-one solution, bringing robust flight performance, state-of-the-art camera upgrades and high-grade preprogrammed content creation tools. “Every creator remembers what it felt like to fly a
Birds and bridge cameras
Sean McLean
A friend asked if it’s possible to make nice pictures of birds with her Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H300 bridge camera. I already knew the answer to that question but I wanted to illustrate my point. Spoiler alert: The answer is yes.
How to improve your composition by filling the frame
Joy Celine Asto
There are many composition rules that photographers are encouraged to follow. But, one of the easiest things you can do today to instantly improve your shots is filling the frame. In fact, you can learn how it’s done in just
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