Photofocus Podcast September 5, 2015 — Lindsay Adler and Ron Pepper

This week we catch up with two photographers to get a wealth of advice.  First Robert Vanelli talks with fashion photographer Lindsay Adler about her career and advice to other photographers. Then Rich Harrington since down with panoramic photographer Ron Pepper for a free-wheeling discussion about gear, tech, and workflow. Get the show here  or get it […]

Deal: Canon 5D Mark III for $1999

ebay (via GetItDigital) has the Canon 5D Mark III for $1999 (reg. $2799) in limited quantity. Check it out here on ebay. Note: This is labeled as a gray market item and, therefore, won’t include a US warranty card. At the time of this post, ebay seller GetItDigital has a positive feedback rating of 99.7% and […]

Welcome Perfectly Clear to Photofocus

We’re super excited to introduce you to one of our latest partners.  Perfectly Clear is a great plugin for Photoshop and Lightroom that brings powerful, but easy to use image corrections.  The software started in the traditional printing labs (and is used on more than 30 million prints every day). Thanks to Perfectly Clear (and […]

Lightroom’s Secret Website for your Clients

Lightroom’s new web interface has made collaborating with clients very easy. Imagine, after a photo session, you import your images into Lightroom, make a collection of images to show your client, then have Lightroom create a private gallery for your client to select and make comments on their favorite images for you to edit.Their input […]

Wacom Introduces New “Intuos Photo” Graphics Tablet

If you’ve been thinking about picking up a graphics tablet to help you get your post production workflow on lock, you may want to check out the latest addition to the Wacom family. The popular graphics tablet manufacturer has added new Pen & Touch tablets, which will come in four different “models”–the Pen & Touch Intuos […]

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Five Ways to Get Better Results with Photomatix Pro

We recently held an HDR Hangout to help you get started.  Our guest on the program was Blake Rudis of EverydayHDR.  Blake is a fine artist who fell in love with HDR photography.  He combines his understanding of light and form to make some powerful images. Here’s a followup guest tutorial from Blake. We hope you enjoy and […]

QA: Cylindrical Aquarium Umbrella Reflections

Photo ©Alison Carlino

Reader Alison Carlino asks, via Twitter:

“How could I light posed formals in front of tank w/no umbrella reflection showing?”
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Welp, there’s good news and bad news.

The bad news is there is no way to effectively stop those reflections from happening. I mean, it’s a CYLINDER for Pete’s sake, right?

Fortunately, there is also good news. And it’ll probably result in a forehead-smack moment for you.

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