Photoshoot and Beyond
Would you like to take a trip? In our new series on travel photography we’ll explore the beautiful country of Costa Rica. We’ll use this scenic Central American country to illustrate many types of photography as well as share lessons learned. This full course is also available on lynda.com and you can subscribe to watch the entire…
7 years ago, I received a little replica of an iconic Volkswagen minivan from my parents and it was love at first sight for the young 60’s obsessed teenager I was. It stood on my shelf for quite some years, but on a sunny Sunday of May, I took it out to the garden and […]
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Science fiction movies are all that right now… Star Wars, Star Trek, the Marvel universe and DC comics all have at least one exotic character. I thought it might be fun to create one here on the Photofocus blog. Best thing is, you can use any portrait you’ve made where the subject is facing the…
Category: Children Photograph: “Mya” by Berit Alits By using a shallow depth of field and a slight downward point of view, Berit captures the innocence of the child. The post processing adds a nostalgic look. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please read…
While a follow up was already planned, after publishing the previous post and the subsequent, staggering response generated in support, appreciation, comments, critique and criticism I felt the need to also address certain things as well as perhaps reiterate and underline certain points. I also want to fill certain spaces left over in the previous post. […]
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I know like me, you’re probably often challenged by how to compose creative shots, which convey “the strongest way of seeing,” as Edward Weston put it. Straight on. From behind. From the side. From the other side. Get low. Get high. It’s safe to say there are standard go-to camera angles when it comes to composing a…
You may not have heard of British commercial photographer David Lund, but chances are you’ve probably seen his work. David’s worked with brands including Rolls Royce, Baileys, Revlon, and Kellogg’s to produce some of the fantastic photography and video we see in advertisements every day. David specialises in liquid & beverage photography and in this video he’s […]
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It is a tragedy to not make a picture because you don’t want to deal with post production. Yet, many photographers have exactly this feeling–that photography has become a burden. Here’s an idea to help make using two or more cameras less burdensome. Why Two Cameras? Just the other day I had a shoot that…
Some of you will recognise the name Keith Loutit. He’s the amazing timelapse photographer behind The Lion City, a film which really pushed the limits of of what we all thought timelapse could do, as well as the extremely popular Bathtub series. Keith, an Australian filmmaker based in Singapore, has now presented us with The Lion City II […]
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Unless we are an automotive photographer, getting access to fancy cars at the environments in which we’d like to photograph them can be a tricky proposition. But what can we do with those images of cars we get on the street or at shows? In this video tutorial from Tutvid, photographer Nathaniel Dodson shows us how we can cut […]
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