Most of these center around different ways of exposing your shots - however many cameras also give options for different focusing modes (auto, continuous focusing for moving subjects and manual). Itâ??s no wonder then that many photographers never make use of their camera and lensâ?? ability to focus manually. In fact this week I spoke with one DSLR owner recently who hadnâ??t even noticed the manual/auto focus switch on the side of his lens. Image by dsevilla When is Manual Focus Better than Au

How to pop your foreground in Photoshop.

This soft focus effect make portrait photos look dreamy and soft.

Learn how to draw a viewer to the central part of an ad or image.

In this tutorial you'll learn how to make something like focus-effect. You will learn how to make simple effect that can keep observers' attention in one place.

Bring out your favorite model in a photo and let it really attract attention.

This tutorial will teach you how to focus on a specific object in the forground.

This is a nice effect to use when you want to emphasize a subject. Looks great on sports photos.

This will show you how to create a focus point while at the same time reducing your file size.

Learn about editing in quick mask mode.

This tutorial will show you how to create a mask on text and images which can be used in animations.

Learn the basics of masking, like how to properly remove backgrounds from images and other uses for vector masking layers.

Hide parts our your layers with style by using Photoshop's powerful masking features.

Learn eight ways to create a soft focus effect.

Great for softening scenic photos as well as portraits, this quick and easy soft focus method will preserve more sharpness and give you more control than standard blur methods.

Learn how different kinds of auto focus systems work in digital cameras, includes information on what scenes or situations where certain types of auto focus won't work.

It's generally understood in the Photoshop world that almost every image can benefit from judicious sharpening.

In the first installment of this series, we looked at the theory of sharpening and how it works.

In the first two parts of this series, we looked at the theory of sharpening and the commands and tool available in Photoshop.

Learn how to use light to bring focus to your images with Photoshop's Lighting Effects filter and multiple light sources.