Author: Photofocus Team

The Selfie has made its way into the world of photography.  And as a photographer you should know how to make them look their best.  We’ve gathered three great tutorials from Matthew Jordan Smith, a well known fashion and portrait photographer.  These tips may help you (and they certainly should be shared with the masses). Camera…

The folks at Khan Academy have worked with Disney to produce a free class where you get a behind-the-scenes look at how Pixar artists do their jobs. The complete course covers many topics of animation, but one is of particular interest to photographers… learning how camera’s work. Why It’s So Good Chances are you’re among the many…

The folks at Khan Academy have worked with Disney to produce a free class where you get a behind-the-scenes look at how Pixar artists do their jobs. The complete course covers many topics of animation, but one is of particular interest to photographers… learning how camera’s work. Why It’s So Good Chances are you’re among the many…

If you’ve picked up Perfect Eyes or Perfectly Clear Complete, making your subject’s eyes look their best is easy.  Below is a tutorial on how to make eyes look their best.  Feel free to download a trial and test it for yourself in Photoshop or Lightroom.  We’ve also heard that the next version of Perfectly…

The following is an excerpt from The Basic Beginners Guide to Photography Light & Exposure ebook by Scott Bourne and Richard Harrington. The book is currently on sale in iTunes and the iBooks Store. After you have the light coming from the right direction, you’ll want to judge the quality of the light. Not all light is…

A quick way to resize several photos for a project is with Photoshop’s Image Processor script. It works very well when you need to convert several JPEG files to PSD or TIFF. It can also be used to process multiple Camera Raw files with the same setting. The greatest benefit is the ability to quickly…

Are you looking for some great tips form an expert photographer?  We’ve got a great video here from Matthew Jordan Smith How to Shoot and Develop Better Portraits Learn from celebrity photographer Matthew Jordan Smith as he quickly shows you How to Take Better Portraits of Women and finish them off with LUCID by Athentech.…

Here is a guest post from Rachel Gulotta of Mango Street Lab. Hi, my name is Rachel Gulotta and my boyfriend Daniel and I are professional wedding and commercial photographers with a mission to share what we know. We just released a tutorial on finding the perfect portrait locations when you’re not given much to work with.

Many Lightroom users also use Adobe Photoshop.  The two programs can work hand in hand. Lightroom is great for organizing images and making basic corrections while Photoshop has advanced tools for repairing problems and compositing. I’d like to show you a cool tip on how to apply a filter non-destructively. This means you can jump…

We’ve just released a new iBook about Costa Rica and photography — “A Journey Through Costa Rica: A Photographic Exploration of a Country Rich in Natural Beauty.”  Until March 15, 2017 we’re giving away the book for free.  In it Rich Harrington shares his images from a two-week trip as well as a bit of history from the…