Is man’s best friend paying the price for social media obsession?

Daniela Bowker

A dog is for life, not just for likes. It’s a variation on the nearly-40-year-old slogan that’s impressed on us every Advent by the people at the Dogs Trust. But now it is becoming ever-more pressing as research conducted by the Blue Cross–another animal charity–suggests that there’s a chunk of people who would predicate their […]

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Field Backups With the My Passport Wireless Pro – A Review for Travel Photography

JP Danko

If you’re a travel photographer or just someone who wants to keep your photographs safe and secure while you’re in the field, one of your biggest challenges is copying and backing up your travel photographs and travel video as it’s captured. My top three travel photography backup challenges are: Copying camera photo and video files […]

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Photographer of the day: Ivan Rigamonti

Marco Larousse

Category: Street. Photograph: “Close Encounters” by Ivan Rigamonti (username “Ivan Rigamonti” on Flickr). Originally shared on the Photofocus Flickr community right here. Why I picked this image:  I like images that tell a story or that animate me to make up a story to it – like thinking of a movie plot from just a single frame. In this…

Photofocus Podcast March 14, 2017 — Inspiration with Scott Bourne & Marco Larousse

Marco Larousse

Scott and Marco discuss these topics on this #Inspiration episode of the Photofocus podcast: The inspiration show is moving with Scott and Marco to a new place. In the future, we will broadcast our shows on the PhotoPodcastNetwork.com Get to know an inspirational photographer: This month Marco introduces you to the Swiss/American photographer Robert Frank. Robert Frank is…

Google’s Guetzli reduces size of JPG files up to 35% without loss in quality

Dunja Djudjic

Google has developed and launched a new encoder named Guetzli. It’s an open source algorithm that allows you to reduce the size of JPG files by up to 35% while keeping the quality unchanged. Additionally, you can increase the image quality while leaving the size unchanged. Guetzli will allow you high compression density at a good […]

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Watch: BBC crew caught in Mount Etna explosion, captured the moment on camera

Dunja Djudjic

A group of tourists have suffered minor injuries after they were caught up in the erupting volcano Mount Etna in Sicily. BBC team was among the group, recording. And when the volcano burst out, they caught the explosion on camera. BBC science reporter Rebecca Morelle was at the scene, and she described the event. When […]

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Finally! A Monitor that Displays Colors Correctly!

Mykii Liu

My colleagues at Photofocus have heard me and seen me say some very choice words during a time, not so long ago, when I had a monitor that wouldn’t or couldn’t calibrate! At first, I couldn’t tell if it was the calibration tool I was using, or the monitor itself! Monitor Calibration Now color calibration is…