Challenge Yourself to S...

Today’s post by Joe Farace Tip: Be sure to read Mark’s post ‘Facebook 5-day Black & White Challenge.’ One of the things that I like to do to get out of a photographic is to shoot in direct monochrome mode. It doesn’t have to be all of the images that you make...

Searching for Mr Goodba...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Regular readers know that my mirrorless camera bag of choice has been Think Tank’s Retrospective 5 because of its practicality, size and retro good looks. As I kept adding new gear to my system, I outgrew the bag. Panasonic Lumix GX1, Lumix GF3 body,...

My Favorite Things to P...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Silver white winters that melt into springs, These are a few of my favorite things…”—lyrics to My Favorite Things Whenever I get a new camera or lens I like to test it by photographing a favorite location. You can read about why and how...

Filters for Mirrorless ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace While many digital SLRs have built in color (red, blue, green, yellow, etc) digital filters that can be used with the camera’s monochrome modes to affect tonality of the final image, there are some “real” filters that are ideally suited to mirrorless cameras....

Using Lenses With a Wid...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In the last post in my Landscape Photography series I introduced you to my four guidelines that could be used for your own explorations in landscape photography. Number two was: Use a wide angle-of-view. Angle of view describes the angular extent of a scene...

Why I Mostly Shoot JPEG

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Mark Toal has written about this subject before. To read his take on this subject click here. One of photography’s seven deadly sins is shooting in JPEG format, because everyone know if you’re a serious photographer ya ‘gotta shoot RAW. So now its time to...