The Power of Video As a Marketing Tool

Chamira Young

Recently, I threw a business head shot party, complete with music, refreshments, and mingling for the local businesses in my Port Huron, Michigan area. It was the first time I’d ever thrown such an event, and so I had a strong desire to have it documented. The decision to hire an assistant to take some…

This mother created adorable photos of her son and their rescue dog

John Aldred

Photographing your children as they grow and blossom into the young adults they will become is common to almost all parents.  Some parents, however, like to think a little differently. Commercial photographer Grace Chon is one of those people.  With assistance from the family’s 7 year old rescue dog, Zoey, Grace created an adorable series of […]

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Lighting Design the Easy Way – Secrets of the Inverse-Square Law of Light

Johannes Dauner

In this blog post, I would like to share some insights with you regarding the connection of aperture and  inverse-square law of light as well as their effects on light fall-off. I’m going to be using Set.a.Light 3D to demo some of the things, but light behaves exactly the same in the real world. Let […]

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Lens falls on ice during Hockey NHL Stanley Cup Finals, players think it’s a puck and hit it away. Ouch!

Udi Tirosh

Here is one thing you don’t want happening to you if you are covering the Hockey Stanley Cup Finals. One of the journalists covering the event dropped his lens onto the ice in the early stage of the game. I mean, forget the fact that this lens can easily cost a grand or two (anyone identifies […]

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Photographer of the Day: Karim Sahai

Doug Daulton

Category: Nature Photographer: Karim Sahai Title: A Young Reindeer I know summer is almost here, but how about a little Christmas magic? When I first saw this image, I thought for certain it was a digital painting. I was wrong. Instead, we have a bone simple composition with bit of alchemy found in the subject,…

Question of the Week: How Much Do You Spend on Photography?

Team Photofocus

It’s that time of the week.  We’d like to understand our reader’s a little better.  Please think about how much you spend on photography in a year (we won’t tell your significant other).  Between gear, education, software, services, workshops, and travel… how much do you spend on photography in a year? How Much Do You…