Improving your night photography with foreground lighting

One of the biggest challenges when it comes to night photography is incorporating good foreground elements, but learning a few simple tricks will instantly elevate your game. If you’ve ever snapped a shot of the Milky Way in a very dark area on a moonless night, you will find that the landscape elements will often be silhouetted […]

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How Ansel Adams chose the work for his famous “The Range of Light” book

Ansel Adams’ book, Yosemite and the Range of Light, is one of those must-reads of photography. Especially if you’re a landscape shooter. It’s full of amazing imagery that’s inspired countless other photographers since it was first published in 1979. But how did he decide exactly which images went into its creation? In the latest video of […]

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Reason Number 172,360 Why Photographers Should Make Prints

Over and over throughout my time here at Photofocus, in various forms, and in various ways, I’ve expressed my deeply held opinion that photographers should print. Making a print is the final leg of a photographic journey that may start with nothing more than an idea or even a dream. This journey includes time spent…

The laws of light cannot be broken but they can be controlled

Without light, there would be no such thing as photography. But simply having light isn’t enough. Cameras turn our three dimensional world into a two dimensional flat image. Light allows us to bring that third dimension back into our images. In order to do that, we need to know how to read it and how […]

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Instagram App is now officially available on Windows 10

It’s taken a while, but it’s finally happened. Instagram is finally available for Windows 10 tablets. An app had previously been released for Windows 10 Mobile back in April, but now we have it on the Windows desktop. It features all the usual features, including Instagram Stories, messaging and Explore. You’ll also be able to capture, […]

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Old Fashioned Bank Accounts Cost Your Business Time And Money – Why Not Use PayPal Instead?

I have been using PayPal for almost all my business transactions for years now – however, I recently had to (briefly) open an old fashioned business bank account for a special project I was working on. I was amazed at how expensive and useless a regular business bank account is compared to PayPal! There were […]

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5 Photoshop Keyboard Shortcuts for Faster Editing

Keyboard shortcuts are awesome. I have my favorites in a variety of applications; however, I’ll admit that my keyboard shortcut game is not up to snuff in Photoshop compared to some other programs. Phlearn’s Aaron Nace gives us five cool keyboard shortcuts for Photoshop to help speed up the editing process. Check out the video above […]

Manfrotto Befree Live Video Tripod Released

Manfrotto has launched a video-centric iteration of its popular Befree tripod line. The new Manfrotto Befree Live Video tripod is a compact video tripod kit with a fluid video head designed for portability and functioning with DSLR-esque video kits. The Befree Live Video kit supports up to 8.8 pounds and extends to a max height […]