Shooting Portraits with...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Panasonic ‘s Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens lets you to capture subjects in their actual size with a true macro 1:1 ratio with a minimum focus distance six inches. The lens, which has a built-in image stabilizer, consists of 14...

First Look: Voigtlander...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace There are some mirrorless shooters that will never, never buy a manual focus lens, like Voigtlander’s Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four-thirds. That’s too bad because it’s an impressive optic. And if your camera has focus peaking, manually...

When it Comes to Infrar...

There are two basic methods for capturing infrared images with mirrorless cameras: The first is by attaching an IR filter, such as the relatively affordable Hoya R72, to your camera’s lens. Other filters, such as Singh Ray’s I-Ray or Cokin’s A007 filter, this latter one may be hard to...

The Creative Use of Tim...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal My friend and master car builder, Gary Fisher, invited me out to Hood River, Oregon to photograph the building of a Rat Rod. The goal is to build a car in 30 days for less than $3000 and take it to St. Louis for the Rat Rod Build-Off. Whether you love or hate...

A Word (or Two) About O...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “It takes a long time to have some humility about what you really know.”— Scott Adams While the focus of most of our blog posts is on technique, that is actually using mirrorless cameras and lenses to make photographs, it’s inevitable that we will,...

Remember to Shoot Panor...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It’s fall and everywhere you look the landscape is amazing. Leaves changing, great clouds and shadows are everywhere. Even with a wide-angle lens like the Lumix G Vario 7-14mm on Panasonic Lumix GX8 it’s hard to capture the view of what your eyes see. I was...