Nikon Lens Instant Rebates End Soon

Several Nikon lenses have instant rebates up to $200 off through July 2. Applicable lenses include the AF-S 70-200mm v/2.8G ED VR II, the 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR and the 14-24mm f/2.8G ED lenses, among others. You can find them all here at B&H Photo. Copyright/DMCA Notice: The RSS entry was originally published on Photography […]

Photography Tips to Improve Your Images

I put together a list of tips to help beginners get better images when not using a flash or tripod. Tips to Improve Your Images 1.     Shoot either Shutter or Aperture Priority, but always consider your shutter speed first in determining your settings. Otherwise your images may not be sharp (unless you want your images…

These artists recreated lost and destroyed artwork using Photoshop and stock images

Whether the work we create is digital, or a little more tangible, it’s an inevitable consequence that some of it will be lost or destroyed.  In this short series of videos released by Adobe, we see four of them recreated using Photoshop and stock imagery. Rembrandt’s The Storm on the Sea of Galilee went missing […]

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1200 rolls of undeveloped film shot by one photographer in the 1950s discovered at auction

66 bundles of undeveloped film, estimated to be over 1,200 rolls, shot by the same photographer in the 1950s have found themselves in the hands of Levi Bettwieser at the Rescued Film Project. Acquired by the Bettwieser a year ago at auction,the bundles of film are meticulously wrapped and labelled, including information such as the camera […]

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The New Perfect Skin: One-Click Supermodel Results in Lightroom

We all have wrinkles, blemishes and laugh lines. When these features are completely removed—with the exception of blemishes—the image instantly looks fake. The key is to make the retouch look natural by softening wrinkles, fading laugh lines and smoothing the skin. But sometimes you may want flawless, almost porcelain skin that screams SUPERMODEL. You could…

Get a Grip with Platypod Pro Max

Whenever I see a new piece of photo gear, one of the first things I ask myself is “what else can it do?” You’ll find great reviews of Platypod Pro Max by my fellow Photofocus authors extolling it’s virtues as a camera platform – and while it certainly excels at that – I’m more interested…

You can now get a fader filter to adjust your scene’s colour temperature

This is a strange one, and I’m not quite sure how I feel about it yet.  The new ICELAVA Warm-to-Cold fader is a new filter which offers a stepless level of white balance adjustment from 2900K to 6300K. It works similarly to a circular polariser or variable neutral density filter.  You screw it onto your lens, and […]

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Photographer of the Day: UK Photo Art

Category: Fashion Photographer: UK Photo Art “Anna 7” Photofocus photographer of the day is UK Photo Art.  “Anna7,” is an editorial / lifestyle photograph that features makeup, messy hair, a simple necklace in an urban setting. The soft light makes Anna’s eyes and striking red hair glow. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right…

Woman’s head saves drone from crashing straight into the ground at 25mph

In another instance of drone operator stupidity, 38 year old Stephanie Creignou was seriously injured when a 2.8lb (1.3kg) drone dropped from about 33ft (10m) in the air straight into her head with a velocity of around 25mph (11m/s) during the Challenge 5km Arc-en-Ciel race in Beloeil, Canada. TVA reports that the operator of the […]

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