How to Take Professional Looking Photos: Mobile Phone Versus DSLR

JP Danko

Hint: sometimes it is the camera… Last Sunday morning, my son Isaac was sitting at our dining room table eating breakfast with a typical seven-year-old too cool for school hairdo going on. My wife though that it would make a cute portrait, so she grabbed the camera and snapped the above portrait. Nothing special, natural […]

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Canon 5D Mark IV Due for Photokina

Eric Reagan

Rumors of the Canon 5D Mark IV continue to trickle in. The latest word comes from Canon Rumors, which believes Canon will launch the 5D Mark IV in the August/September time frame ahead of Photokina (in late September). There are really no reliable specs for the camera at this point. Previous rumors have suggested everything […]

Canon 5D Mark IV Due for Photokina

Eric Reagan

Rumors of the Canon 5D Mark IV continue to trickle in. The latest word comes from Canon Rumors, which believes Canon will launch the 5D Mark IV in the August/September time frame ahead of Photokina (in late September). There are really no reliable specs for the camera at this point. Previous rumors have suggested everything […]

How To Make Light Rays Through Clouds In Photoshop

Eric Reagan

In this new video from Phlearn, Aaron Nace walks us through how to create light rays through clouds inside Photoshop. He does this buy using the radial blur filter as a smart filter, along with some simple strokes from the brush tool. Pretty cool results. Check it out above.

How To Make Light Rays Through Clouds In Photoshop

Eric Reagan

In this new video from Phlearn, Aaron Nace walks us through how to create light rays through clouds inside Photoshop. He does this buy using the radial blur filter as a smart filter, along with some simple strokes from the brush tool. Pretty cool results. Check it out above.

This is why you should never chimp at your camera

Gannon Burgett

In the world of sports photography, there’s no such thing as second chances. In the words of Marshal Mathers, ‘you only get one shot, one opportunity.’ Unfortunately, one photographer who was recently covering a kickball game missed her one opportunity by not following the number one rule you learn when shooting–don’t chimp. As a result, […]

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Photographer of the Day: CampanellaFoto

Nick Minore

Category: Sports Photograph: Audi FIS Ski World Cup 2016 by CampanellaFoto Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. This is a great action shot of a skiier during the 2016 Audi FIS Ski World Cup held in Stockholm, Sweden in February 2016. CampanellaFoto’s timing was right on, leaving the bright white backlight behind…