Photoshoot and Beyond
Category: Street. Photograph: “Miroir d’Eau Pt. 2 – Sprint” by Verity Milligan (username “Verity Milligan” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: When I saw this image for the first time, I had to pause and think if I knew the photographer behind it? It reminded me of an…
On this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast Marco invited two guests and discussed these topics: Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month our guest Monika Andrae introduces you to the award winning fine art and commercial photographer Susan Burnstine. Susan is represented in galleries across the world and has also written for several photography…
The best thing anyone ever said about one of my photographs was “That looks like shit.” — “ That (meaning my photograph) looks like shit.” I think it was something I posted on DPREVIEW or one of those other sites. Anyways, where I posted the photo is irrelevant. What is relivant is that that comment changed everything […]
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We love to use natural light, and even when I have to shoot in the studio, I’m usually trying to mimic natural light. While not all natural light is great light, one simple quality to search for is light falling from the side. In the studio, I put my softbox the side, maybe slightly higher…
Sell the fake or add to the surrealism. As as creative retoucher and composite photographer, these are two aspects that in my opinion are very important, you either learn techniques to help blend realism into the piece, or techniques to make it stand o…
Category: Children Photograph: “Just a Kid” by Croitoru Daniel Croitoru captured a great photo by using emotion and filling the frame. This directs our focus on the child just being a kid and having fun. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus, please…
It’s getting to become a pretty common occurrence lately. Somebody flies a drone, somebody else gets hit in the head by it. Well, when they’re not being speared out of the sky. This time, however, it is believed that it wasn’t pilot error or a drone malfunction, but simply mother nature doing her thing as the drone collided […]
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The Dutch Angle. It’s one of those things you either love or you hate, and even when you are a fan, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between an intentional act and whether the creator simply forgot to level their tripod. It’s one of those things I’ve tended to avoid, having never really seen a purpose for […]
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Join Rob Sylvan and Levi Sim with their special guest Ron Pepper, a photographer who makes a living shooting panoramic and HDR photographs. Pepper puts these special photographic techniques to incredible uses, and he’s a wiz. We’ll show you what scenes make a great panorama or HDR, how to keep it organized, how to put it together…
Samsung Electronics, have unveiled their newest memory card, a massive 256GB microSD, raising the bar for super small storage formats by a pretty impressive amount, beating out the previous record held by SanDisk’s 200GB microSD card. With the proliferation of data collecting devices like 4K cameras, 360 degree video recorders, action cams and drones which can quickly accumulate very […]
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