Photo of the Day: On the Lookout

Category: Commercial Photograph ” On the Lookout”  by Irwin Scott I see this one as the anchor photograph for a hospitality campaign. The chairs beckon the view to come visit. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this article. This Post […]

Aesthetic Judgments: Composition, Color & Story

In the first part of my thoughts on aesthetic judgments I introduced the first two considerations on my list of five that inform my work. This post discusses the rest of them starting with… Composition Composition is the pleasing expression of the elements in a space. I prefer to lock the camera on a tripod […]

Photo of the Day: Swing Manager

Category: Commercial Photograph: “Yu Bin | Swing Manager  | Shanghai” by Noah Stephens Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this article. This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can […]

Aesthetic Judgements: Lighting & Exposure

Aesthetic is defined as being concerned with or the appreciation of beauty. It also suggests a style or underlying principles that guide an artist or an artistic movement. Judging photographs, particularly our own photographs is a minefield fraught with danger. Rating someone else’s work can hurt their feelings to the point of damaging a friendship. […]

Photo of the Day: Sad Toys

Category: Commercial Photograph: “Day 045/365: Sad Toys” Luis Vallecillo Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this article. This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what […]

Warren Zevon in Atlanta

I’ve been making photographs for most of my life. I grew up in Boise, Idaho. Then, there weren’t many concerts by famous groups because Boise was too small and kinda hard to get to. Of course we all saw Paul Revere and The Raiders. Paul was a local. He lived on Mountain View Drive. I […]

Photo of the Day: MEDUSA

Category: Commercial Photograph: “MEDUSA” by magneticart Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this article. This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what you love best. […]

Canon EOS Utility vs. Mac’s new OS El Capitan

It’s OS upgrade time for Mac users. Yosemite bows out as El Capitan takes the stage. Last year at this time the move to Yosemite from Mavericks caused consternation among Canon photographers who relied on the EOS Utility as I reported last November first here on Photofocus. It took Canon a month to officially release […]

Canon EOS Utility vs. Mac’s new OS El Capitan

It’s OS upgrade time for Mac users. Yosemite bows out as El Capitan takes the stage. Last year at this time the move to Yosemite from Mavericks caused consternation among Canon photographers who relied on the EOS Utility as I reported last November first here on Photofocus. It took Canon a month to officially release […]

Candle Lighting with Photoshop

Most interiors with candles for adding ambiance, are anything but controlled. HVAC, opening doors, ceiling fans in another room or even an assistant or client walking in the room can make flames flicker resulting in motion blurred fire. The room may have a lot of ambient light that can’t be controlled so the slow shutter […]