Olympus keeps pushing the PEN, obviously feeding a market need. Now we see an entry level Micro Four Thirds model – the Olympus PEN E-PL1 – that should satisfy the less well-heeled and tech-challenged photographers out there.

It’s hard to deny t…

Weekly Assignment
This week’s assignment was to capture Motion Blur with People or Animals. We wanted you to try to keep the background steady, but blur people or animals in your shot in order to show movement. Our winner this week was highwayman’s…

Rant time. When you have a big audience, you get to hear everything from everybody. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s not. Increasingly, the noise is all about process and I must admit, it’s disheartening to me. It’s disheartening be…

Rant time. When you have a big audience, you get to hear everything from everybody. Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s not. Increasingly, the noise is all about process and I must admit, it’s disheartening to me. It’s disheartening be…

Image by Norma Desmond
As a followup to our post this week on Motion Blur – I thought it might be a good this week for our challenge to be on that topic. As a result – your challenge is to take a picture that has motion blur in it.
You might …

We don’t publish much in the way of photo news at Photofocus because there are plenty of sites that do that very well. But there’s SO much news lately we thought we’d mention a few things that caught our eye.
1. Photoshop Express Released for iPa…

Rolling hills and vales, enchanting areas of woodland, rugged shorelines and a dappled spring meadow can all become the most obvious of subjects for the landscape shooter, often yielding strongly emotive and awe-inspiring results.
Image by Garry Schla…

You’ve heard the old saying: “Practice makes perfect.” I actually disagree. Perfect practice makes perfect. But practicing the wrong things over and over merely instills bad habits.
There’s a more accurate saying. You always perform at the lev…

A Guest Post by Pamela Aurino.
1) Camera Settings – Burst mode, Focal Points & Aperture Priority
When shooting any sports, make sure your camera is set to burst/continuous mode to keep up with movements of the players. This will save you having t…

An introduction to social media for photographers by Australian Freelance Photographer Gemma Carr (@GemTweetAlot).
How critical is social media/marketing to your photography business?
Photographers are busy people. So too are our clients. More so than …