Ups & Downs of LED...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace The upside of using an LED lamp as a modeling light means that there are no more bulbs to lose or break. An LED will also save energy and last longer than an incandescent or quartz bulb. The downside, and you knew there was one, is than in many affordable...

More Infrared Photograp...

If you missed the first installment of this series, you can read it here: Infrared Photography Tips. Today’s Post by Joe Farace Since infrared light is predominantly captured using your imaging chip’s red channel images can end up looking red (really magenta) no matter which...

Beginning Our Third Yea...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace with Mark Toal Well it’s hard for Mark and I believe we are beginning our third year of writing and sharing information, tips, and tools about mirrorless cameras. I would like to thank all of you, especially those of you who subscribe by e-mail— try it it’s...

Outdoor Portraiture Tip...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace When working with a portrait subject—indoors or outdoors—I like to measure the light on both sides of a person’s face to determine the lighting ratio. There are all kinds of rules of thumb telling you what the ideal ratio is but Renaissance painters used...

Only Show Your Best Ima...

Today’s post by Mark Toal One photo out of focus is a mistake, ten photos out of focus are an experiment, one hundred photos out of focus are a style. — Anonymous Whenever I do a Panasonic event at Samy’s Camera store in Los Angeles I’m amazed by the high quality of still and video work...

Visualizing Infrared Ph...

Visualization is a central theme in Ansel Adams’ writings, where he defines it as “the ability to anticipate a finished image before making the exposure.” The term previsualization, often mistakenly attributed to Adams was created by Minor White who divided...