Lisa Robinson
Photofocus
Leesburg, VA, United States
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Nourish your photography soul without touching a camera
Bored? Feeling like you're doing the same thing over and over? My answer is to nourish my photography soul without the camera. → Read More
Culling photos: Five tips to choose your best images
Whatever your discipline of photography, there's one skill that is crucial to catapulting your success: culling. → Read More
History of Photography: Julia Margaret Cameron
It's nice to remember the women who had hands in the photo industry from its early stages. Julia Margaret Cameron is one of those women. → Read More
Am I making art?
Art for art's sake. That's what this is all about. I grew up always in love with creating, drawing, painting and more. → Read More
Am I making art?
Art for art's sake. That's what this is all about. I grew up always in love with creating, drawing, painting and more. → Read More
Why you should photograph engagement sessions
A lot of photographers I know cringe at the thought of doing an engagement session with their clients. Engagement sessions are good business. → Read More
Use a low perspective for unique images
One of the biggest "rules" out there in photography is to shoot level, shoot above, but never shoot someone from a low perspective. → Read More
Why assisting a wedding photographer rocks
Assisting another wedding photographer wasn't exactly what I aspired to do. I yearned for the day that I was in charge. → Read More
Why assisting a wedding photographer rocks
Assisting another wedding photographer wasn't exactly what I aspired to do. I yearned for the day that I was in charge. → Read More
Focus on your subject by using layers
There are many ways that we, as photographers, bring focus to the subjects of our photos. We use light and shadow, composition and focal points. One of my favorite ways of bringing focus to my subjects that isn’t one of those options is to layer found elements of the environment. Layers can be created from […] → Read More
History of Photography: The Stieglitz Group
The Stieglitz Group was an essential number of photographers who pioneered then promoted the pictorial style of photography. (Check out my article on pictorialism here!) Through the efforts of these photographers, photography was ultimately elevated and appreciated culturally to an art form. Through their new techniques and relentless quest to get their images viewed more… → Read More
A New Kind of Acrylic: TruLife
Recently, my friend and fellow Photofocus author, Levi Sim, called me up and asked me about how I print my photos for my clients. We discussed the options I have and where I like to have them printed and he asked me if I had ever used acrylics. I shared with him that truthfully, I… → Read More
History of Photography: The Photo-Secession Movement
Camera Work In 1902 Stieglitz, along with Joseph T. Kelley launched Camera Work, a quarterly publication that supported the ideals of the Photo-Secession movement with the purpose of to "loosely hold together those Americans devoted to pictorial photography in their endeavor to compel its recognition, not as a handmaiden of art, but as a distinctive… → Read More
History of Photography: What is Pictorialism?
In the late 1800's photography was still basically like a baby giraffe learning how to get up and walk for the first time. Photography didn't really know what it was, processes were still being invented and refined and there was still great debate between it's uses for amateurs, scientists/engineers, and artists. More clubs and associations… → Read More
History of Photography: An introduction to Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz is a name many photographers may recognize as "a big deal" but also a name that they might not be well acquainted with. While Stieglitz sets a lot of things in motion for photography's growth, I want to revisit his earliest days in photography. Beginnings In 1881, Stieglitz was working with a mechanical… → Read More
History of Photography: Early Stages of Color
Since the beginning, everyone wanted color photographs. Images being black and white only was a chief complaint about photography. Initially, there were a few "successes"; Sir John Herschel was able to record blue, green and red on paper coated with a silver chloride solution, but he was unable to "fix" (make it permanent) it. This… → Read More
History of Photography: Advances in Technology for Negatives
Photography moves from wet plates to dry There's no denying that the wet plate process was not easy. It took considerable time, planning, effort, money, supplies, and proper logistics to execute and to top it off, the chemicals and fumes from the alcohols and ethers were health hazards. In 1860, a French scientist called Taupenot… → Read More
Luminar 2018: My First Impressions
Macphun (Skylum Software) just dropped their latest version of their editing tool, Luminar 2018 and I decided to check it out. I'm not typically one to edit my work with tons of filters and actions, and those that I do use, I tend to use sparingly, so I wanted to see what Luminar 2018 had… → Read More
History of Photography: The Snapshot
The introduction of the Kodak camera and it’s ensuing popularity started an entirely new school of thought in photography; the snapshot. Previously, "snapshot" was used by hunters as a term that meant to shoot instinctively without taking aim. Soon the term became quite appropriate for photography as well. The increasing ease (technically and financially) of… → Read More
History of Photography: Introduction of Kodak
In the early life of photography, cameras (and all the gear that came with them) were large, heavy, and cumbersome. The wet plate processes, the only one available, required the photographer (or an assistant) to do the development. This added considerably to the time, expense, and skill level required to make a "simple" photograph. In… → Read More