Nick Minore
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Ruggard Thunderhead 35 DSLR and Laptop Backpack Review
A photographer is always looking for new camera bags, but there always seems to be a new one on my mind. I was looking for a camera backpack that I could keep a camera body and lens attached while carrying a few extra lenses and accessories. I don’t use a backpack often, but I have… → Read More
Making Fall Colors Pop in Lightroom
Sometimes what you see and what your camera sees are very different. This was the case on a recent fall foliage hike I took a few weeks ago. It can really mess with your head - “my photos are terrible” and the like. Luckily with a few specific sliders in Lightroom, we can bring your… → Read More
Why is Lightroom Importing my Images out of Order?
Every once in a while, Lightroom gives me an issue importing images from my Nikon cameras. It’ll import the images out of “filename” order and out of “capture time” order. As frustrating as it is, I’ve yet to find out why it’s doing it. It seems as if the sorting option on the Import Window… → Read More
Photofocus | iOS 11 Photos – A New Image Format?
In the past few days since Apple’s keynote at WWDC June 5th, a bunch of articles have popped up around the web about a new image format coming to iOS. Indeed, Apple plans to fully adopt the HEIF image standard on iPhone and iPads running iOS 11. What is it, how does it work, why… → Read More
Photofocus | Moving into 360-Degree Cameras
Camera technology is constantly changing and it's about to the point where we're wondering. . . What do we want next? We have ultra-high megapixel digital cameras like the Canon 5Ds R and the Pentax 645z medium format camera, amazing low light cameras like the Sony A7s Mark II, great action sports and underwater cameras… → Read More
Photofocus | HSL Panel – The Secret for Local Color Adjustments in Lightroom
There are two kinds of tools in Lightroom – global adjustment tools and local adjustment tools. Global adjustments refer to sliders that adjust the overall image. Things like Exposure, Contrast, Whites, Blacks, Clarity, Saturation, Sharpening, etc. Sometimes you just can’t push an image far enough with global changes and you need to target specific areas… → Read More
Photofocus | Cheating Blue Skies in Lightroom
We all know that there’s a right way to do things and a “cheating” way, but it doesn’t matter which one you use as long as the end result is the same, right? A few months ago, I was on Zuma Beach i… → Read More
Quickly Delete Apple Live Photos in Lightroom
I shoot a lot of images on my iPhone. It’s the camera that’s always with me when I stumble upon something interesting. In 2015 Apple introduced Live Photos at the iPhone 6s, which creates a video showing the moments right before and right after you take a picture. These “sidecar” video files are 2 seconds in length and… → Read More
How To Ruin A Sunset Shot (And Save It In Lightroom)
I admit it…I’m not perfect. Sometimes the simplest things can come back and bite you. A few months ago, I made the trek up to Crescent City, California for a photo adventure in Redwood National Forest. The day I arrived, we checked into the hotel and went to find the beach for sunset. Being from… → Read More
6 Tips for Protecting your Camera at the Beach
I'm lucky enough to be spending a few days relaxing with my family on a beach. On our way there, I was charging my camera batteries and starting thinking of a few tips for keeping my camera safe while still snapping on the sandy shore. Isn't my Camera Body Weather-Sealed? Luckily yes, most camera bodies… → Read More
I Snuck Away from my Job to Photograph Redwood National Park
Ok...so not entirely true. But made you click, right? Sometimes I'm afforded opportunities to travel the country with a video production group and recently I was out in the Mountain West region of the United States: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, and California over the course of 17 days. Though I only had 5 events, it… → Read More
Photographer of the Day: Vanelli
Do you know Vanelli? An all-star martial artist turned photographer, Vanelli’s been living and breathing sports for the past 30+ years. It’s time to pass the torch here on Photofocus … Vanelli will be taking over the Sports category for our Photographers of the Day in 2017. Be sure to submit your best sports images to our Photofocus groups on Facebook, Flickr, or 500px. Good luck and keep… → Read More
Photographer of the Day: Christoph
Christoph shot a great image of a biker using his Fuji X-T1. I really like how he panned the image with the biker, blurring the background. The black-and-white conversion is pretty good, although I would have liked to see the blacks punched up a little more to eliminate some of the gray in the image. In my opinion, the white vignette keeps the image lively rather than dark and moody (like you… → Read More
Photographer of the Day: Nic Taylor
There are so many different ways to photograph architecture, and I really love getting in close and creating something abstract out of something very real. Nic Taylor did just that with his image of One Kemble Street. The light glistens off the balconies perfectly, as if the image was taken after a rain storm. Styling the image black and white adds to the mood. I love it! → Read More
Photographer of the Day: monoauge
This is a very interesting composition…there’s a mix of architecture and portraiture. I love how the beams and stairs criss-cross throughout the image, but I also think the timing was perfect, with the two people on the landing. It helps add depth and scale to the image. I think the vertical composition adds to the image, stretching up with the stairs. Well done! → Read More
Photographer of the Day: Michael Hoffman
For those that don’t know, Oculus is part of the rebuilt World Trade Center in New York. If you haven’t been, it’s definitely worth a trip. Michael’s photo really shows the amazing design work by it’s architect, Santiago Calatrava. Not only is the image perfectly symmetrical, Michael also chose to keep a few people in the bottom center of the image, really helping show off the massive size of… → Read More
Creating Better Sun-Flared Images with Photomatix Pro
Have you struggled to make a great image when shooting into the sun? Our cameras can’t see the dynamic range in a scene as well as our own eyes can, so we have to shoot a series of bracketed images and merge them into an HDR. In this tutorial, I walk you through exporting to HDR from Lightroom to create two sun-flared images with Photomatix Pro. → Read More
Photographer of the Day: Khürt Williams
Khürt did a great job capturing a mix of the old and new architecture of the great city of Philadelphia during the blue hour. Symmetry is key with architecture images and the clock tower sits perfectly in the center of the image between the two skyscrapers. The faded film filter gives the overall image an interesting look. The only thing I would do is use Lightroom’s ruler to make sure the… → Read More
Switching to the Sony A7R Mark II with Matt Kloskowski
Regardless of the type of photography you focus on, Photofocus is here as a helpful and educational resource for the aspiring and professional photographer. Our goal is to assist in your success as an artist. → Read More
How to Avoid Ugly Skies with Polarizers
Regardless of the type of photography you focus on, Photofocus is here as a helpful and educational resource for the aspiring and professional photographer. Our goal is to assist in your success as an artist. → Read More