Autumn in Transition

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern You turned the tables on me And now I’m falling for you music Louis Alter, lyrics Sidney D. Mitchell, published in 1936. “You turned the tables on me” is an interesting idiom with a song title to match. From the 1930’s movie Sing, Baby,...

Mirrorless Photo Tips T...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace The subtitle of my car photography website/blog is “the home of Tortuga Racing” and I often receive e-mail asking, What is Tortuga Racing? The short answer is Tortuga Racing was started in 2001 by Mary and Joe Farace and consisted of the cars we raced—a...

Shooting Holiday Photos...

From the Best of Mark Toal We’re kicking off our Holiday coverage with this tip from Mar about using your camera’s built-in flash. Last week I had an early morning photo session with a family for their holiday photos. I thought I was being prepared by putting my camera case...

Swivel and Touch LCD Mi...

From the Best of Mark Toal Last week, the articulating, touch sensitive LCD screen on my Panasonic Lumix GH3 saved me during a photo shoot. Have you ever tried to photograph a three year old that doesn’t want her photo taken while a security guard tries to tell you that you can’t...

A Bow for Every Season

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern From an archer’s bow With it graceful sweeping curve Cupid’s arrow flies Why shoot the same image time after time? Let me suggest some reasons. Invariably, I am drawn to Bow Bridge, the perfect arc of a bridge in Central Park that is the site of many...

Field Test: Sigma 30mm ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace You may have seen my post “First Impressions: Sigma’s 30mm f/1.4 DC DN lens” and if not, you want to bounce back and take a read because it has the technical detail about this lens. Sigma’s 30mm f/1.4 lens ($339) is designed for Micro...