I proposed to my girlfriend in the darkroom with a hidden message

My name is Paul Fehr, and I recently proposed to my girlfriend, Ale, in a photography darkroom. Here’s how I did it. Ale and I both started learning how to develop and print film photos in our home darkroom about 6 months ago. Ale is in her last semester of architecture school, and I studied […]

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Canon Adopts Ink Tank System in New “MegaTank” Printers

Ink cartridges are a racket and we all know it. It’s the not-so-hidden cost of buying an ink jet printer. The makers of these “affordable” machines love to discount the hardware price to hook you on a recurring cycle of buying the outrageously expensive ink cartridges. When Epson announced a new ink tank system back […]

Photographer of the Day: Fitz Crittle

Category: Beauty Photographer: Fitz Crittle “Piercing Eyes of Grace” Photographer of the Day, Fitz Crittle, names this image perfectly. Grace’s pupils are dilated, her brown irises are vibrant. The clean makeup emphasizes her brows and lashes. Wrapping the rest of her face in neutral fabrics force the color of her skin and her “piercing eyes”…

Get amazing outdoor location portraits by mixing ambient light with your flash

A common mistake made when learning to shoot flash outdoors is to try and crush every bit of ambient light you can. Many photographers think it’s either one or the other. Daylight or flash. But mixing the two and getting the best of both worlds often produces the most spectacular results. It’s also less stress […]

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Photofocus Reader Survey

We could really use your help…  please consider taking our reader survey.  It will help us better serve you our readers.  Please take it now (it will take 3 minutes to complete and is only one page long). We’ll be giving away two gift certificates to B&H to two random folks who take the survey.…

Photofocus Reader Survey

We could really use your help…  please consider taking our reader survey.  It will help us better serve you our readers.  Please take it now (it will take 3 minutes to complete and is only one page long). We’ll be giving away two gift certificates to B&H to two random folks who take the survey.…

These images may look like CG renders, but they’re actually photographs

In a world where many CG artists are aiming for photorealism, one very skilled photographer seems to be going the opposite way. These images look like something straight out of 3DS Max or Blender. They’re not, though. They’re actually very carefully designed photographs, created by Norwegian design duo Lars Marcus Vedeler and Theo Zamudio-Tveterås at their […]

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French woman attacked by crocodile in Thailand while posing with it for a photo

It seems that “Selfie Stupidity” isn’t going to stop any time soon. In this latest act of idiocy, French woman Muriel Benetulier was attacked by a crocodile in the Khao Yai National Park while posing for a photo with it. Bangkok Post reports that according toe Khao Yai park rangers, the attack occurred on Sunday afternoon. […]

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