Photographer of the Day: Don McDaniel

Category: Outdoor Photographer: Don McDaniel Photo: Swallowtail Nature is amazing and this photo proves it. First, the rich bright colors caught my eye, then the light shining through the Monarch wings. That light helps capture the detail, shape and shadow of the butterfly so well. I like how nature’s colors just pop on that dark background. […]

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Weapons and drones don’t mix

Have you seen videos and photos on YouTube and other places where they are showing some sort of flame thrower, or fireworks or other device attached to a drone? Well it’s important to know that Section 363 of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Act enacted Oct. 5, 2018 makes doing that a violation of the law […]

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10 Lightroom tips you MUST know — desktop and mobile, part two

(Editor’s Note: We’d like to welcome this guest post from Giulio Sciorio. Giulio is one of the first professional photographers to move from DSLR’s to mirrorless in 2010 choosing micro four-thirds as his preferred camera system and has worked with both Olympus and Panasonic to inspire thousands of photographers worldwide. Additionally, while Giulio’s vision for […]

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Photographer of the Day: Enio Godoy

Category: Portrait Photographer: Enio Godoy Photo: “Eyes 2” Questions: Does a portrait have to include the entire face? Does the person in it have to be recognizable? Our photographer of the day poses these queries with his photograph, “Eyes 2.” This photo is a portrait of an eye. The eye is often called the window […]

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I wish I knew this when I started editing landscapes in Lightroom Classic

(Editor’s Note: Photofocus is proud to welcome Serge Ramelli to Photofocus. Be sure to check out his free master class and bonus toolkit.) Want to follow along? Click here to get the RAW files Here is a  series of tips and tricks I wish I knew when I started editing my landscape photos in Lightroom. […]

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Alien Skin rebrands as Exposure Software

Late last week, Alien Skin Software — makers of tools for photographers, designers and other creative professionals — announced a major rebranding to Exposure Software. The name change reflects the company’s focus on Exposure, its creative photo editing product. The new name change will be transitioned in gradually, capping with the fall release of Exposure […]

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Photographing Nashville for the fun of it

If you want to be a better photographer you need to practice. I do it all the time. Practice is stellar because you can give yourself an assignment and have no one looking over your shoulder. I was in Nashville on a speaking/judging trip for the Tennessee Professional Photographers Association and scheduled some extra time […]

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