How to photograph under moonlight and calculate long exposure times

Photographing landscapes under moonlight can be tricky, there’s no doubt about it.  You’re fumbling around in the dark trying to get everything ready to take the shot, and your exposures can often be so long that you might only get one or two chances to actually capture the scene you want. In this video, Karl […]

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This deep 24″ collapsible beauty dish folds down to just 6″

Designed by portrait photographer Joel Grimes, the new 24″ Rapid Box Beauty Dish from Westcott seems to tick all of the boxes when it comes to location photography.  It’s small, lightweight, and can also double up as a regular 24″ round softbox by adding the diffuser panel on the front. Having lightweight and portable kit is important when […]

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Schedule Instagram Posts from Your Computer With Later

If you are a photographer on Instagram, you know that there are two major headaches when it comes to posting your photos: You can’t schedule Instagram posts. You have to upload images and write captions from a mobile device. If you are looking for a much more efficient way to manage your Instagram profile, you […]

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Photographer of the Day: Mundl

Category: Nature Photographer: mundl Title: Untitled Contrast is a great tool for creating drama. In this image, soft, billowing clouds compete with a hard, stark mountain’s edge. Light and dark are pushed to the extreme. The contrast captured in camera is further emphasized by Mundl’s definitive, yet deft, hand in post processing. Excellent! Photo originally…

Join The Photofocus Staff For Breakfast At PSW!

Are you planning to come to this year’s Photoshop World? Come join our team for breakfast July 19 & 20, 2016! For the past few years, we have hosted a special Photoshop World breakfast for our readers. We reserve a private section at Mandalay Bay’s Bayside Buffet where our readers have the chance to socialize and…

Taking photos actually increases the enjoyment of an experience, research says

Adele might disagree with this one, but a team of researchers at the American Psychological Association have published a study reporting that taking photographs of an experience can actually increase the enjoyment of that experience. With several lab and field studies conducted, each of the over 2,000 participants were either banned from using or allowed to use a camera […]

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11 Tips to Improve Your Photography TODAY!

Want to take better photos, like, NOW? And how about doing that without having to dig into technical settings? Even better, what if you could do all that, without needing any new gear – using whatever camera you currently own (even a smartphone?). Cool beans, right? Today I’m going to give you 11 super-practical tips to […]

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