Apple is killing QuickTime for Windows, how will this impact your workflow

Udi Tirosh

Apple is now doing to Quicktime what Adobe did to Flash a few years ago. Not for the same reasons, but the impact is similar. Apple has stopped updating its Quicktime software for Windows and now the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team issued an Alert (TA16105-A), which recommends Windows users uninstall Apple QuickTime from their computers. […]

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Here is how to register the bride and groom to have a Sony automatically focus on them in a crowd

Udi Tirosh

Wedding photographers, this the feature you’ve all been waiting for. The new cameras from Sony have a nifty feature that allows you to register a face and then tell the camera to look for a specific face and then try and find them in the frame and force focus on them. This feature works by […]

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Reader Photos Roundup: April 17, 2016

Eric Reagan

It’s time for our weekly break from the gear for a few minutes so we can enjoy another round of reader photos from the Photography Bay Flickr Group. Check out the rest of the photos below. Clicking on the photos will take you to its Flickr page where you can read more about the shot, […]

Photographer of the day: Nicolas Winspeare

Marco Larousse

Category: Street. Photograph: “Street cart. Udaipur, India” by Nicolas Winspeare (username “Nicolas Winspeare” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image: In street photography you can use existing physical objects to frame your subject. That can be a window, a door, a mirror, trees  or an arch. Next time you…

Mac User? Time to Update Your Raw Support (6.05)

Team Photofocus

If you’re a Mac user, a two new camera updates have recently shipped (we’re up to version 6.18). OS X El Capitan provides system-level support for digital camera RAW formats. In order to use these files, youcan access them through Photos, Aperture or iPhoto on your Mac. You can also browse at the system level looking through folders. Supported…

This is what your naked body would look like if it was hit by a drone

Udi Tirosh

Of course, no sane person would subject themselves to being hit by a flying drone, but researches at Aalborg University in Denmark used a piece of pork and a propeller catapult to simulate the impact bare flash would suffer if hit by a drone. And it ain’t pretty. The team uses a 3 meter aluminum catapult can accelerate a 1-kilogram drone […]

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The C-PAN camera guide arm is a jib, slider and curve all rolled into one

Udi Tirosh

I have to admit that the jib market is not an innovative market, I mean the mechanical basics have been laid down years ago and aside a few clever travel form factors for jibs we have not seen much. But 9.solutions really got me by surprise when they announced the C-PAN camera guide. I am not exactly […]

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Instant Replay: Lightroom and Powerful Plugins

Levi Sim

Plugins are external software tools that work with Lightroom to give you extra power for finishing your photographs. This episode of the Lightroom Hangout will show you how to use plugins with Lightroom and explore some of our favorites plugins. Nicolesy joins Rob Sylvan and Levi Sim. Hosted by: Rob Sylvan and Levi Sim Produced…

Photographer of the Day: Denis Smith

Robert Vanelli

Category: Children Photograph: “Junior Light Painter” by Denis Smith Denis captured a difficult exposure and a beautiful candid expression. The shallow depth of field shows just enough of the background that shows the child isn’t alone, but is in her own special moment. Originally shared with the Photofocus Flickr community right here. To learn how your…