Why You Should Use a Le...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Flare: This occurs when light strikes the front element of a lens and is scattered through internal reflections and within the elements themselves. Flare makes its presence know in visible artifacts or as an overall haze across the image making it look...

Reframing and Tightenin...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver Fall is a favorite season for myself and many friends. Crisp air, cooler evenings, and spectacular colors as leaves turn from green to their gorgeous red, yellow, gold and persimmon hues as they prepare for winter. We all have photographs of colorful leaves,...

Why I Like Auto Review ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace I like and respect Mark Toal. Not only is he a great human being, his photography is amazing. If you want insight into what goes on inside his mind when he’s making photographs, please visit Skip Cohen’s Blog and listen to Skip’s conversation with Mark...

Keeping it Simple

Today’s Post by Mark Toal For the past few months I’ve been fortunate enough to have access to every Panasonic camera body and lens that they make including all of the new cameras that were recently announced at photokina. I’m not complaining but as you’ve read in my blogs you know...

Dreamlike Architecture ...

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern Dream when you’re feeling blue Dream that’s the thing to do ~ Johnny Mercer Infrared images of architecture transform the everyday version of a building into a dreamlike structure. A case in point is the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City....

Field Test: Fujifilm X-...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In the last few weeks I’ve been carrying around the Fujifilm X-T2 and while I have yet to make what would be called great looking images with the camera—I tried when Mark was in Colorado—I did manage to come up with some strong impressions about the camera....