What’s the Right ...

From the Best of Mark Toal If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that recently we’ve been featuring lots of lenses. There’s more to come with my upcoming reviews of the Sigma 30mm f/1.4, Lumix G Leica DG Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 and the Leica DG Summilux 12mm...

Double Exposures for Do...

Today’s Post by Mildred Alpern Two photos combined In a visual sandwich Such tasty treatment If you’re desirous for a challenge with surprises, try shooting double exposures. I set up my Olympus E-M5 for making double exposure images by pressing Menu, navigating to Shooting Menu 2 for...

The Best Hobby There Is

Today’s Post by Joe Farace, with photos by Mark Toal & Mary Farace People —not-photographers really—often ask my why I like photography so much. They usually know that I have other interests such as model trains, books and Lego (analog interests actually) but photography has been a...

Tips for Capturing the ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Something to think about: When working with infrared images everything you know about visible light is wrong. That’s because exposure meters are not sensitive to infrared light (or even some LED lighting, but that’s a subject for another day,) it can be...

Choosing the Right Lens...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal As I write these posts about my favorite Micro Four-thirds lenses it’s temping to focus on the exotic, expensive lenses but I don’t want to overlook the great inexpensive lenses. A fairly new lens from Panasonic is the Lumix 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 with built in image...

Manos: The Hands of Fat...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace, with Mildred Alpern Manos: The Hands of Fate is a 1966 American low-budget horror film written, directed, produced by, and starring Harold P. Warren. Some consider it to be one of the worst films ever made but I can think of others. (Anyone remember Myra...