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 […]

Photofocus Hangout: Portrait Retouching Like a Pro, with Kevin Ames

You gotta join us live for our next Google+ Hangout, totally free of charge. Not only will you learn terrific techniques, but if you tune in live, you can be entered to win excellent prizes to help you in your work. (Note: MUST BE TUNED IN LIVE TO WIN). Kevin Ames makes beautiful portraits for private and corporate clients, and […]

How To Create Measurable Photography Goals: Part 2

In part 1 of this post, I discussed growing your weak areas and developing a dream client communication plan. Here in part 2, we’re going to take a look at additional ways you can set goals in order to foster growth for your photography and your business. Let’s start with the scary subject first: numbers. […]

About Bird Photography – Finding The Birds

While birds are everywhere, they are also hard to photograph because they are small, fast, nervous and oh yeah – because they can fly. If you can’t find them, you can’t photograph them. So I thought I’d write a post explaining how you might go about finding avian subjects. Great bird subjects inspire great bird […]

Photo of the Day: Soul Republic

Category: Commercial Photograph “Soul Republic Over the Ear Headphones”  by Cameron Goins Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, 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 […]

Watch this hockey photographer’s lens hood fall onto the ice and get mistaken for a puck

Hockey is a fast-paced, hard-hitting game where peripheral vision is key to getting the puck where it needs to be. But what happens when what a player goes for a black object on the ice that doesn’t end up being the puck? Well, if you’re Sean Backman of the Ontario Reign from the American Hockey […]

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Registering a Drone is Easy

Registration of drones-unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs is now the law of the land starting today, Monday December 21, 2015. The process couldn’t be simpler. Go to https://registermyuas.faa.gov. If you are flying a micro-drone (they usually cost less than $100.00) that weighs less than half a pound, no registration is needed. If it weighs between […]

What Does the FAA’s New Drone Policy Mean to You?

I’ve put together a comprehensive look at the new drone registration policy.  This full length course walks you through the why, when, and how.  Seeing how steep the penalties are you may want to pay heed. Failure to register an aircraft may result in regulatory and criminal sanctions. 
The FAA may assess civil penalties up […]