Photoshoot and Beyond
When you’re running your own photography business, taking photos is really only about 25% of your job. You also have to find time for editing, marketing, client meetings, website maintenance, and bookkeeping. Come tax time each April, you may be looking for a few deductions to cut your tax bill. If you use your own car for your business, it’s an eligible tax deduction. 
Category: Sports Photograph: by Greg Sims Originally shared on the Photofocus Facebook community right here. A great sports photo not only captures the action, but also shows the focus of the athlete. Greg’s motocross photo is perfectly lit, with a little blur showing the motion of the tires. I love that you can look into the helmet […]
Adobe just introduced an update to Lightroom CC (v2015.4) with a new feature called Boundary Warp. Found inside the Panorama merge screen, Boundary Warp intelligently stretches the edges of a merged panorama so you don’t have to crop as much of the final image.
Category: Sports Photograph: 2012 HyVee Triathlon Winner by Shane (shane422) Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. We see panning a lot in sports photos to help show motion. Shane’s technique really shows how fast the cyclist is moving and he nailed the sharpness. Notice that everything has motion blur, but the face, arms, […]
When I’m on the road, I find myself using Apple Pages, Numbers, and Keynote on my iPad and saving files to iCloud Drive to keep my photo business organized. Whether its a budget, proposal, or slideshow… I’ve got them synced across my phone, tablet, and desktop (Windows users can sync too). Now that iCloud Drive […]
Category: Sports Photograph: Goin for the Ball by Jeff Lynch Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article. Nick Minore is a video professional and avid photographer based in Florida. Be sure to follow Nick for more photo and video updates by clicking on the links below! […]
Commercial photographer Tim Wallace sits with Melissa Niu to talk about the story behind a photo shoot of sailing super yacht Genevieve. 
Take a look behind the scenes on set with Vanelli as he shoots Florida Tech senior lacrosse player Evan Ryan.
Triggertrap just released Version 4.1 of their already-amazing iOS app. Their developers re-wrote the core of the app to bring some pretty cool new features. For those that don’t know, Triggertrap is a camera remote control solution that uses your smartphone to trigger your camera. The app can use things like the face detection sensor, motion sensors, internal cocks, GPS, sound and vibration sensors to trigger a camera.
Category: Sports Photograph: Surfer Surfing by Steve Stanger Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. This surfing image is incredibly sharp and very well cropped. When you’re shooting surfers sometimes the sun can backlight them causing the face to be dark, but I love how bright his face is here. It’s also nice to see that […]