Creating Better Sun-Flared Images with Photomatix Pro

Have you struggled to make a great image when shooting into the sun? Our cameras can’t see the dynamic range in a scene as well as our own eyes can, so we have to shoot a series of bracketed images and merge them into an HDR. In this tutorial, I walk you through exporting to HDR…

Photographer of the Day: Lauri Novak

Category: Architecture Photograph: Calder Flamingo BW Perspective Okay…okay…It’s true. I’m a sucker for black and white architecture! Kidding aside, Lauri beautifully contrasted Calder’s Flamingo in Chicago against a clean sky, vignetted by skyscrapers. I love how the image appears to be so abstract, but the more you look at it, the more the buildings reveal themselves…

Photographer of the Day: Khürt Williams

Category: Architecture Photograph: Looking down Broad St. Khürt did a great job capturing a mix of the old and new architecture of the great city of Philadelphia during the blue hour. Symmetry is key with architecture images and the clock tower sits perfectly in the center of the image between the two skyscrapers. The faded film…

Photographer of the Day: Dave [dscphoto]

Category: Architecture Photograph: Building Blocks by Dave [dscphoto] I absolutely love the pieces of these buildings that Dave shot in Toronto. We can tell that they are buildings, but they’re abstract enough to create interest. One thing I would pay attention to when processing architecture like this are the straight lines. The brown building on the left…

Photographer of the Day: Andrea Sereno

Category: Sports Photograph: Pallavolo (Volleyball in Italian) by Andrea Sereno Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr Community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article.

Photographer of the Day: Guy Vanhulle

Category: Sports Photograph: Sun Set Kite by Guy Vanhulle Originally shared on the new Photofocus Mirrorless Flickr Community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article.