Photo of the Day: Salisbury Cathedral

Category: Architecture/Landscape Photography by Naomi Koji-Paton Originally shared on the Photofocus Facebook page. Naomi’s striking straight-up angle on Salisbury Cathedral enhances the grandeur of the building. The texture of the stained glass is enchanting and contrasts nicely with the cool smoothness of the stonework. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this […]

Photo of the Day: Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul

Category: Architecture/Landscape Photography by Michael Hoffman Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr page. Grand cathedrals are awe-inspiring, and when a gifted photographer carefully crafts a high dynamic range image of one of the loveliest cathedrals, it’s a treat. Michael has captured the expansive grandeur of this cathedral through restrained processing and meticulous composition. To learn how your […]

Photo of the Day: Feliz Navidad

Category: Architecture/Landscape Photography by Marcela McGreal Originally shared on the Photofocus Facebook page. Marcela leverages black and white processing with an immersive wide angle perspective to capture a ultra-modern building embracing a holiday tradition. Wonderfully restrained processing allows the low-key space to deepen the embracing ethos. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read […]

Photo of the Day: Arrowhead

Category: Architecture/Landscape Photography by Tobias Gawrisch – Xplor Creativity Originally shared on the Photofocus Facebook page. Tobias has a distinct style which combines the drama of long exposure photography with crisp, shiny black and white processing. The results are spectacular architectural images that convey the grandeur of the structures he captures. To learn how your work […]

Scrim for Lighting Detail

It’s a beautiful sunny day, you’re shooting indoors looking out to a sliding glass door or window and it’s brighter outside than on your set. Your talent is moving so HDR is not an option. You really don’t want a silhouette, if you expose for the talent then your sliding glass door or window blows […]

How to Use HDR for Nighttime Photography

Making pictures at nighttime can be challenging. Parts of a picture that are lit with street lamps or other lights are very bright compared to the darkness of the sky or the shadows under trees and porches. This scene is described as having a high dynamic range—the difference between light and shadow is very great. […]

Photo of the Day: VitraHaus

Category: Architecture Photograph: VitraHaus, by Kay Gaensler. Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community, right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article. This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what you love […]

Shooting Personal Projects

A great way to challenge yourself and enhance your skills is to shoot some personal projects. Here is an opportunity to stretch your imagination. Building sets, buying props, coordinating wardrobe, scouting locations and casting talent are all part of the process of shooting your personal projects. When you apply all these things, your ideas will […]

Photo of the Day: Chicago Sunset

Category: Architecture Photograph: 3/365 Chicago Sunset, by Jeremy VanderMeer. Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community, right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article. This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what […]

Photo of the Day: Architecture – Past and Present

Category: Architecture Photograph: Architecture: Past and Present, by Manuel Buetti. Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community, right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the site, please read this article. This Post Sponsored by: Perfectly Clear for Photoshop or Lightroom is all about saving you time so you can focus on doing what […]