Infrared Portraiture? W...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Somewhere I read that Infrared photography is not good for portraits. Skin tones can look strange and eyes will be black was the usual reason given. By accident last week I found this is another rule that can be broken. I was shooting with a photo class in...

The Elephant in the Roo...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Photography and the photo industry are a big part of my life so when friends and co-workers get together we naturally talk about cameras. What’s interesting is that nobody ever talks about cell phone cameras, but we all use them. We debate the megapixels...

No Thanks, I’m Ju...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal The other day as I was looking at Instagram and Facebook, I had a thought that not only are we always staring at our LCD screens but that we are taking billions of photos and not seeing anything. Since I started shooting with small mirrorless cameras I’ve a...

Black & White vs. ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, by now you’ve already figured it out that Mark and I are fond of shooting black & white photographs. Whether we do it in-camera at capture or later in post-production, we’re just crazy about black &...

Let’s Get Small

Today’s Post by Mark Toal “…we’re all gonna go out.. and get really small!”—Steve Martin Steve Martin was way ahead of his time when he coined the phrase “let’s get small” back in the 1970’s. Every once in a while I need to remind myself that mirrorless...

Random Thoughts About t...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace One of the differences between how Mark and I blog about cameras and lenses is that we actually use them. We don’t regurgitate manufacturer’s press release just so we can have a post about the camera/lens on the day it’s announced. We wait until the actual...