Photoshoot and Beyond
Editor’s Note: We’d like to welcome Nicci Widener. She’s a photographer and a mother of 3 from the Pacific Northwest. She first picked up a camera when her oldest child was born in 1998 but made the decision to make it a career in 2006. Please welcome her in the comments below. Everyone has a story about how […]
Join Photofocus’ Melissa Niu and wildlife photographer Moose Peterson about shooting star trails in the Las Vegas desert. 
Longtime Photofocus readers will remember Rick Sammon, a well-known author and travel photographer. Rick’s got a free webinar on Thursday, September 3. Rick invites you to take a virtual trip to Cuba. Rick will begin by sharing his favorite Cuba photographs, along with solid travel photography tips. This is a chance to explore the country and […]
If you’re a photo studio or photographer who uses Pictage to host and sell your photos, you likely have quite a shock this week. On August 24th, Pictage posted the following message to their users: The Closing of Pictage https://discover.pictage.com/pictage-update-20150824 Please accept my sincere apologies for the Pictage web site being down since Thursday. The Pictage […]
Should I have one or many Lightroom catalogs? I asked myself that question when I first used Lightroom. Years later, I found the answer.
We’re super excited about today’s HDR Hangout. Two professional photographers are going to share their secrets on when and how to shoot HDR. Not obnoxious, cheesy filters, why would you do that… but photos where the images pop (or even just show what the human eye could see and the camera couldn’t). Don’t miss today’s Google […]
Take a look at the new Photomatix Essentials plugin for Photoshop Elements with Photofocus author Ron Pepper. 
Let’s trade one famous city for another. Last week, we cruised along the train system of Berlin, Germany. This week, we’re going home! Well, we’re going to my home at least—New York City—and to celebrate, I’m going to include a few before & after photos for this episode! I spent the first 18 years of […]
As with any specialized area of photography, the art of macro photography – that is, making images of objects at a very close range – is in a creative world unto it’s own. This is true not only in terms of the specialized gear required to tell a story at a true 1:1 scale, but […]
When I first started out with photography, natural light was my best friend. I didn’t have money for lights, so I learned to shoot using what was available to me. Shoot after shoot, I’d tuck a little money away into a gear fund to save up for lights. Natural light can get you pretty far, but […]