Samyang XEEN 20mm T1.9
The Samyang XEEN 20mm T1.9 is a new full-frame wide-angle lens designed for professional video- and cinematographic applications.
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Instant Rebates Up to $300 Off Sony Cameras
Several Sony cameras have instant rebates up to $300 off available now. The deals include the A6300, A6000, RX10 Series and RX 100 series, among others. Some of the deals include a $50 or $100 gift card in addition to the instant rebates. Check them all out here at B&H Photo. Copyright/DMCA Notice: The RSS entry […]
Benefits of Copyright Registration
Copyright law protects your intellectual property immediately upon the fixation of a creative work in a tangible form. However, in many circumstances it is desirable to additionally register your works with the United States Copyright Office; especially if you want …
Photographer of the Day: Mundl Photographie
Category: Travel Photographer: Mundl_Photographie “_DSC3525” Photographer of the Day Mundl_Photographie beautifully captures the peace and quiet of a winter’s day, focusing our attention on a lone tree. There is geometry in the composition, with the band of white snow in the background running perpendicular to the tree. Our eyes form a triangle as we look between…
Bright skin, dark clothes, how to keep details on both
This week, I have a pretty well-known tip for the manual HDR types out there. Back in the days, landscape photographers used the shadow and highlight sliders in Photoshop to get the more details out of their files. This was kind of like making an HDR image before “HDR” existed. In time, some started layering files with different […]
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Photographer creates surreal moody art with only stock photos
Recently I got involved in the old debate on using stock images in personal art. The outrage of not taking the images in a composite yourself. This is a debate that will probably still be going until the end of time. My stance is that art is art. It’s not how you create it that […]
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Photowalk Las Vegas: 6:00pm Wednesday, Feb. 8th
Many of our Photofocus team will be in Las Vegas for the WPPI photography conference, and we’d love to get together and make pictures with you. Photowalks like this are a great time to put into practice various techniques that you don’t otherwise get time to use. We won’t be walking very far on this…
If you can only have one light, strongly consider a big octabox
Well, of course, it won’t be just one type of light, you will also have a bare flash to play with. But if you can only have one modifier, I would say get a big octabox. But first, let’s define the octabox or as photographers fondly call her, the Octa. The Octa is (usually) a fairly […]
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This artist combines shadows and doodles to make incredibly fun photos
Photography wouldn’t be possible without light, and where there is light – there are shadows. Creative Belgian artist Vincent Bal chases shadows and turns them into something unique. With some everyday objects, a few doodles and a camera, Vincent gives life to shadows and turns them into super-fun photos like you’ve never seen before. Vincent […]
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The Value of Social Media Followers: Does It Matter If They Are Real or Fake?
As creative professionals, we all spend a lot of time and effort on social media to promote our brands and get our work out there. I personally contribute to Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and 500px. However, after a recent spike of ghost account followers and image views on my 500px account, I have been trying to […]
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