IFTTT for Photographers – Part 3: Managing Your Social Media

Are you new to IFTTT? Then check out this article For my two photography businesses, I have about 9 billion different social media services, profiles, portfolio sites, and websites. Well, maybe 9 billion is a slight exaggeration. But, just keeping up with your online presence can turn into a full-time job. I would rather be…

The first full Irix 11mm f/4 review is out and it looks very impressive

The Irix 11mm f/4 isn’t quite available yet, but the reviews have started coming in already. First mentioned at The Photography Show last year, it’s a much anticipated lens by landscape, architecture and astrophotographers looking to get ultrawide with full frame bodies.  Depending on the brand of camera you’re using, this is the widest non-fisheye […]

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This is what it was like to work in Photoshop 1.0

The 1990s brought a real revolution in digital technology. Considering that this era brought us digital cameras, broader use of PCs and Internet, we can say that it was revolutionary for photographers, too. And this revolution wouldn’t be complete without the most famous editing tool – Photoshop. In this demo, one of the inventors of […]

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These photographers guide you through the locations of your favorite movies and TV shows

Have you wondered where some of your favorite movies or TV series were filmed? Or maybe you need an inspiration for your next shooting location? Let Tiia Öhman and Satu Walden (Fangirl Quest) guide you. These ladies are travelers and photographers who hunt down the locations of numerous TV series and movies and take photos […]

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Photographer of the Week of February 20 ~ 24, 2017

The Photographer of the Day continues to evolve. Every weekday, Monday through Friday, Photofocus curators present a great photograph in the catagories of Travel, Beauty, Nature, Sports and Street photography. These photographers have touched us with their images that appear at 4:00pm Pacific time. Every week I’ll compile the chosen photographs into a post that…

Humor: Stock Photos

Let’s take a moment to enjoy a few stock photography clichés. While this probably won’t help any of you with your photography, it may at least make you smile at the things we’re often asked to shoot. Disclaimer: This is humor. As such some of you will laugh, some of you won’t.

Photo Explorations

The opportunities for interesting photography are all around us. Sometimes overwhelmingly so. In this series of photos I explored photographing one object (a park slide from multiple different angles). I was drawn to the highlights of the metal edge of the slide and used that as a starting point, experimenting with deliberate underexposure, creating a […]

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Watch a helicopter magically levitates with frozen rotors, and understand why it happens

Have you ever seen a helicopter magically rise in the air without its motor spinning? If not, you are in for a treat. OK, how can that be? Here is a little well-known secret, the main rotor of the helicopter is actually spinning pretty fast? Fast enough that it perfectly aligns with the frame rate […]

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