Reader Photos Roundup: November 6, 2016

It’s time for our weekly roundup of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group. Clicking on the photos will take you to its Flickr page where you can read more about the shot, leave a compliment or connect with the photographer. As always, thanks for being a part of Photography Bay and sharing your […]

Photographer of the day: kawartistic

Category: Street. Photograph: “Isolation” by kawartistic (username “kawartistic” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  I like how kawartistic managed to tell a story in this one street image. An old lady that walks hunched over alone in an old run down and deserted back alley. The image gives…

Batch Renaming Photos and Videos in Adobe Bridge

One of the key functions of Adobe Bridge is renaming your digital media. This can come in handy with digital camera files because they are likely named with a combination of letters and a progressive numbering system.Eventually these names and numbers repeat themsleves. Fortunately, Bridge makes it easy to rename several files at one time:…

Dropbox Just Deleted 2000 Files Because of My Samsung Phone

I have been using Dropbox for years now and I have never once had a problem with it…until a week ago when over 2000 files mysteriously vanished from my Dropbox account. For the record, I love Dropbox – to the point where Dropbox is now integral to running my business – here are two examples: Dropbox Lightroom Catalog […]

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Photographer of the Day: Benjo Rulona

Category: Children Photograph: “Sinulog sa Kabataan (Sinulog for Kids)” by Benjo Rulona Benjo use of light, color and gesture makes this a beautifully candid photo of a street dancer. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read this article.

Photographing Flying Squirrels with High Speed Flash

Flying Squirrels are fairly common, although seldom seen members of the rodent family. The Southern Flying Squirrel is found throughout the Eastern half of the United States. The Northern version is only found in the Northern most tier of states and in Canada. One of the biggest challenges of this project was attracting, and training […]

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These macro photos make bees look like aliens from another world

With seven species of bees having been added to the US endangered species list only a month ago, photographs may soon be all we have left. Thanks to the USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (BIML), at least we’ll have those. For the past several years BIML have been creating stunningly beautiful macro photographs […]

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Brevitē, Camera Backpack Rolltop First Look

Lots of camera backpacks. That’s the first thing people see when they look into my closet. You can never have too many of them. And these days, there are more types and styles of camera backpacks than ever. Recognizing that “style” is more important to today’s camera bag buyers than it used to be, several…

Shopping is coming to Instagram

Facebook’s takeover of Instagram becomes more apparent by the day. We’ve seen ads, selective algorithm driven feeds, business pages and other features. Some good, some bad. Now, we get online shopping, too. We already have ads popping up in our feeds as we browse. Now we’ll start seeing them inside the posts themselves. Facebook’s own “marketplace” […]

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