DJI provides users with an accidental tour of the Inspire 1 production line

John Aldred

Like most manufacturers, DJI tests its products before they go out the door to ensure as much as possible that they’ll work as intended. They can’t find every fault, but if they do spot an issue, they can remedy it before it’s sold. Unlike most products, most of DJIs can record video. Testing those recording […]

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Photofocus Turns 18 – We’re Finally Legal!

Scott Bourne

On November 2, 1998, I launched Photofocus. There were no blogs or podcasts back then. Heck there wasn’t even RSS (Really Simple Syndication.) Initially Photofocus was billed as an online photo magazine. Over the years it has morphed into a blog, several podcasts, social media channels, live photo walks, and online training videos. I never…

10 things I learned from my first Instagram takeover

Alex Stelma

At the time of my takeover of the Visit Faroe Islands Instagram account, my own account was around 5k followers. To briefly run and manage a page that has surpassed 100k was a great learning experience. Here’s a few things I learned along the way that might help others 1. At that level, you will naturally […]

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Creating stylish cinematic portraits with the Light Blaster

Clinton lofthouse

I recently got my hands on a Light blaster. The Light Blaster Is a strobe-based image projector. Basically it’s a slide projector. You can select and project still images onto any physical space. They claim “unlimited possibilities for creative freedom“, so I thought I’d take it for a spin.  It is seriously one cool piece of kit […]

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Photographer of the Day: KBT Images

Kevin Ames

Category: Fashion Photographer: KBT Images “White Dress” KBT Images a.k.a. Kevin Thornhill returns as the Photofocus Photographer of the Day. His editorial fashion image “White Dress” stands out against a verdant foliage background. Her blue floppy hat compliments the background colors. The model plays with it and flirts with the camera and, of course, the viewer. Originally shared on the…

148 photo editing tools and apps for every possible need

Nazar Begen

Hi photo lovers, In the past two months, I’ve been doing a market research for my project, Photolemur. I looked for different tools in the area of photo enhancement and photo editing. I spent quite a lot of time on research and gathered quite a lot of feedback from the community on my initial findings. I decided […]

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10 tips for candid street photography

Eric Kim

I think in street photography, there are many different “sub-genres.” For example, you have the traditional candid street photography, you have “street portraits” (taking photos of strangers, primarily of their faces), you have photos of urban landscapes, and of just random stuff you might find on the streets. Candid street photography is one of the […]

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