Photoshoot and Beyond
Category: Street. Photograph: “With Out” by Hassan askafi (username “Hassan askafi” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: This image captured a happy emotional moment in a candid street portrait style. While long tele lenses are not the common tool for street photography, it may not have been possible…
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…
Landscape photography, especially when you’re having to travel any kind of distance, requires some planning. You need to make sure that you pack what you need, but not so much that you can’t manage carrying it with you all day. In this video from British landscape photographer Thomas Heaton, we’re given some advice and suggestions on […]
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My first digital camera was a Nikon D90, and, as with the other 23 changeable lens cameras I’ve owned since, it was intended for autofocus. You’re just supposed to put the focus point where you want to focus and let the lens and the camera do the work. This usually works well, unless it’s too…
Not very long ago I got to visit my buddy Joseph Parry. We drank (quite a lot of beer), we ate (lots of chocolate brownies) and we took photos. Like any normal person, when they go visit a friend I brought with me a cowboy outfit. Wait! What, that’s not normal!!?? Well welcome to my […]
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I often get the feeling that photography is talked and written about as if its practitioners have an innate knowledge of the terms involved. Any craft or profession comes with its own specialist language, but if you’re new to it—and even if you’re not—you can often feel overwhelmed by the terminology, let alone the technicalities […]
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Category: Children Photograph: “Best Friends Forever” by Michael Walker-Toye Michael’s choice to have the child right in the middle of a flock of pigeons dressed in a little bear outfit makes this an adorable image. This isn’t something you see everyday and it draws the viewer into the photo. Great use of black and white to keep the…
When I first heard the phrase “dual cameras” used in relation to mobile phones, 3D is what first came to my mind. How disappointed I was to find out that it was nothing to do with recording videos or shooting stills in 3D. Now, Weeview want to fix that, having announced the Eye-Plug 3D Camera at Computex. […]
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I hike every week with my family, and I travel by air and shoot in other cities every month. You and I both know that using a tripod unlocks picture opportunities that just can’t be made without one. I can use it for super long exposures to blur the sea and clouds, or reduce traffic…
Intelligent Imaging Solutions have released an update to their piccure+ software, billed as “a revolution in computational photography.”