Photoshoot and Beyond
Category: Children Photograph: “Street portrait of village girl” by Sohail Karmani To balance the light, Sohail used the sun to backlight the subject and applied fill flash to brighten the subject. This allowed her to focus on the subject and think creatively instead of technically. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how…
Tamron redefines the fast telephoto zoom category with the introduction of the next generation 70-200mm f/2.8 zoom and introduces a compact, high-performance 10-24mm f/3.5-4.5 di ii vc hld ultra-wide angle zoom with vibration compensation. February 6, 2017, Commack, NY- Tamron, a leading manufacturer of optics for diverse applications, announces the launch of two new lenses–SP…
Category: Children Photograph: “Best Friends Forever” by Michael Walker-Toye Michael captured a beautiful moment and made it timeless by choosing to process it as a black and white. The child’s outfit adds to the special moment. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please…
Category: Sports Photograph: “Arsenal v Sporting de Braga” Ryu Voelkel Ryu choice of composition–keeping the players on the right side of the frame– help tells a story. We see the players locked in an embrace and another running to them. A forth player is seen clapping his hands. This all captivates us and keeps us looking at…
When a hard drive fails, it can wreak havoc on your work day. Let me share with you how, in 2010, I built a reliable, cost-effective storage solution that grew over the years as I grew—saving me time and money. Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) RAID sounds scary, but it’s just a way of…
Lightroom is to photo processing as Microsoft Word is to word processing. You use MS Word to read or edit a word document. It doesn’t store your document files inside Word—it stores your documents in a folder you select. You can take a document file and open it on a different computer that has the…
More than 230 leading manufacturers of photographic, video, and other visual communication hardware, software and professional services will demonstrate the latest products and services to thousands of photographers and filmmakers attending the annual Wedding & Portrait Photography International (WPPI) Conference + Expo at the Las Vegas Convention Center from February 5-9, 2017. With more than…
Category: Sports Photograph: “Peleton” by Darren M Darren captured a great shot from the Tour de Taiwan. Keeping a wide view, he was able to use leading lines to draw the viewer into the scene. Once in the scene the horizontal lines keeps the view panning back and forth looking at the photo. Originally shared with the…
Category: Children Photograph: “Different Interests” by Vittorio Vida Beautifully timed capture by Vittorio Vida. We see a child in a crowd looking in the opposite direction as everyone else. Instantly we wonder what the child sees that others don’t. Choosing to use an aperture of f/5.3 kept everyone in focus. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right…
Category: Children Photograph: “Portrait of a Village Boy” by Sohail Karmani A powerful image by Sohail. The viewer is taken into the world of the little village boy. No shoes, a desolate place and alone has the viewer looking through the photo searching for answers. Having the child sit on the corner keeps our eyes drawn to him. Originally…