Instant Replay: Local Adjustment Tools with Glyn Dewis

Glyn Dewis joined Rob Sylvan and Levi Sim help you learn to master local adjustments. Global adjustments (changes that affect the entire photograph) in Lightroom are terrific, but learning the local tools will take your photography to the next level, and give you the polished look that master photographers have used for decades. If you’ve not…

The ABC of photography ‘types’

Fox Talbot: Dawn of the Photograph opened at Media Space, part of the Science Museum, in London last week. Using a mixture of images, artefacts, letters, and publications, the exhibition charts the development of photography by William Henry Fox Talbot against the backdrop of his contemporaries. For anyone with a smidgen of interest in the […]

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Pelican announces new ‘Air’ case line-up, up to 40% lighter than predecessors

How to you redesign a classic piece of equipment that has become a staple amongst photographers (and all kinds of other professionals) the world over? You don’t, you simply make it lighter. That’s exactly what Pelican has done with their new lineup of Pelican Air cases. Similar in almost every regard as their iconic predecessors, […]

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Photographer of the Day: Yoann JEZEQUEL

Category: Children Photograph: “Looking Father” by Yoann JEZEQUEL Yoann did a great job combining the technical aspects of photography while capturing the child’s inquisitiveness look. The angle of view and lighting makes this child portrait look beautiful and innocent. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your work can be featured on the Photofocus,…

The Lyrid meteor shower is tonight, here’s how to make the most of it

Tonight, the Lyrid meteor shower will be taking place. They might not be as powerful as the Perseids or Quadrantids, but the Lyrids always have the potential to put on a show for astrophotographers of all experience levels. According to the American Meteor Society, the Lyrids ‘are a medium strength shower that usually produces good […]

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Customizing the Quick Export Format in Photoshop CC

Photoshop has been changing as creatives find more uses for the program. In Photoshop CC, Adobe removed Save for Web and Devices in favor of a new Export wizard that’s so much more powerful. Not only can it save a PNG or JPEG file, but it can also export elements to Adobe Illustrator, create Color…

This 20 year old Nikon 35mm SLR is faster than their new D5 DSLR

Twenty years ago, Nikon released a very special camera; The Nikon F3H (“H” for “High Speed”).  Designed specifically for super fast burst shooting, it keeps up well with many of today’s modern DSLRs. Capable of shooting at 13fps, this rare modification based off the Nikon F3 and MD-4 motordrive manages to stand up against any […]

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Time-lapse Photography: A Detailed Introduction for Beginners

Time-lapse photography is a way of showing the change in an environment over time in a fraction of the time it took to change. It’s basically a fast-forward movie, or the opposite of slow motion. A time-lapse video typically shows hours or even days worth of time in about 10 to 20 seconds. Here’s a

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TPOTY Sets Sail to Greenwich

The Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) exhibition will be on display at 10 Stockwell Street, an award-winning building at the University of Greenwich, from July 22nd to September 4th.
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