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 […]

Creating Dream-like Composites with Photoshop

Every Sunday night, we take a family adventure.  Most of the photos that you see on my website are from different hikes or walks throughout the state of Utah.  We take a camera, we stay in our Sunday best and go out to document a few moments together.  We look at scenery, take advantage of […]

Photo of the Day – Brisbane by Night

Category: Architecture Photograph: Brisbane by Night – Brisbane, Australia by Murray Fox Originally shared on the Photofocus Google+ 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 […]

Photo of the Day: A New Hierarchy

Category: Architecture Photograph: A New Hierarchy – One World Observatory – New York, NY by Michael Muraz. 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 […]

Making a HDR file in Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop

Let night, I got into a quick discussion last night with Tom Hogarty from Adobe about HDR. Yesterday I made a small note in Mason Marsh’s article about Lightroom using a 16-bit HDR file while Aurora, Photomatix, and Photoshop use 32-bit images. Turns out that’s not a completely fair comparison.  Lightroom uses a 16-bit floating […]

Photo of the Day: September Mist

Category: Landscape & Nature Photograph: “September Mist” by Jeffrey Newcomer Originally shared on the Photofocus Google Plus 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 […]