Photoshoot and Beyond
Using a reflector, an open aperture between f/2.8 and f/4.0, changing your camera’s angle and by simply moving, Bobbi shows how you can create three different looks from one location. Create Impression of Bokeh with Flowers Flowers offer a beautiful bokeh when shooting with a wide-open aperture of f/2.8. The trick is to make sure…
Shooting on a black background doesn’t guarantee it will photograph as true black. To achieve a true black background, we need to shield it from light. Here’s how a faster shutter speed combined with grids, flags and proper positioning of our subject ensures we have a true black background. Use a fast shutter speed Shutter…
Category: Children Photograph: “Advanced Potty Training” by Darcy A great example of adding an element –the magazine– to an image that creates a unique story. This is an adorable capture, one the child will cherish when they get older. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on…
I caught up with my Photojournalist friend, Rick Friedman, at the New England Camera Council Conference. Rich showed me images he took of Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots for Sports Illustrated. Rick is best known for photographing Presidential races—he started in the 70’s photographing Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford—but he’s also a talented…
Category: Children Photograph: “Early bird and the night owl” by Oleh Shkurlei Beautiful candid shot showing love and emotion. The younger of the two is ready to get up and play but is content with her stuff animal as she enjoys a warm embrace from her big sister. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To…
The LR/Instagram plug-in is a great addition to your Lightroom Publishing Services.When you post an image from Lightroom to Instagram, the plug-in keeps the images in sync. If you modify the image, change the caption or decide you want to remove it from the catalog, the plug-in will send those changes to Instagram. Pretty cool!…
Category: Children Photograph: “Captivating” by Steven Clint Brookes Great use of window light and shadow play helps sets the mood for this photo. Gregory’s aperture choice, f/3.2, applied a shallow depth of field giving the overall image a soft and pleasing feel. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work…
Adobe added a content-aware fill option to the crop tool making it a one step process to crop and fill in blank canvas space around an image. It doesn’t sound too exciting at first until you use it. The content-aware function has been upgraded and is ‘up to 3X faster with even better results! Here’s…
A sun flare or starburst is an artistic photographic technique that can be achieved without any special post-processing or editing tricks. By controlling how light enters the camera, we can make some really compelling images, here’s how. The Key to Capturing Starburst To capture starbursts, we need to stop down to the maximum aperture of the lens. This is…
A sun flare or starburst is an artistic photographic technique that can be achieved without any special post-processing or editing tricks. By controlling how light enters the camera, we can make some really compelling images, here’s how. The Key to Capturing Starburst To capture starbursts, we need to stop down to the maximum aperture of the lens. This is…