Photography and Social ...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I’ve run into a few photographers lately who tell me that they don’t have any interest in Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, etc. When I ask why the answer usually involves not wanting to see photos of what people are eating for dinner or hearing their...

Foul Weather Shooting T...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver with Joe Farace Weather can provide the backdrop and subject matter for many incredible photographs. To capture these images a photographer must be willing to uncover his or her precious camera and risk getting it wet. Don’t worry, your camera can take it....

Buying a Camera This Ye...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I work a lot of sales events for Panasonic and talk to a lot of potential camera buyers. Most of the questions I get are about sensor size, megapixels and why shouldn’t I just use my cell phone? Sensor size: Size does matter, but not as much as most people...

Lost in (Color) Space

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Color space is a specific organization of colors and permits reproducible representations of color in both analog and digital representations. A color space may be arbitrary, with particular colors assigned to a set of physical color swatches and...

Exploring a City

Post by Mark Toal As part of my job with Panasonic I travel a fair amount. I visit the same cities, like Seattle, often and I’m always looking for new ways to see and photograph them. I think photography is what keeps me sane on these trips. Winter nights get very long on the road. I’ve...

Remembering All Who Ser...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace On a Snowy January in 1944 in the Ardennes Forest on the German/Belgium border, a US Army medic who looked much like this young man was involved in the “Battle of the Bulge.” In this battle there were more than one million soldiers —500,000 Germans,...