Shooting Portraits with...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Panasonic ‘s Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. lens lets you to capture subjects in their actual size with a true macro 1:1 ratio with a minimum focus distance six inches. The lens, which has a built-in image stabilizer, consists of 14...

First Look: Voigtlander...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace There are some mirrorless shooters that will never, never buy a manual focus lens, like Voigtlander’s Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four-thirds. That’s too bad because it’s an impressive optic. And if your camera has focus peaking, manually...

When it Comes to Infrar...

There are two basic methods for capturing infrared images with mirrorless cameras: The first is by attaching an IR filter, such as the relatively affordable Hoya R72, to your camera’s lens. Other filters, such as Singh Ray’s I-Ray or Cokin’s A007 filter, this latter one may be hard to...

The Creative Use of Tim...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal My friend and master car builder, Gary Fisher, invited me out to Hood River, Oregon to photograph the building of a Rat Rod. The goal is to build a car in 30 days for less than $3000 and take it to St. Louis for the Rat Rod Build-Off. Whether you love or hate...

Remember to Shoot Panor...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It’s fall and everywhere you look the landscape is amazing. Leaves changing, great clouds and shadows are everywhere. Even with a wide-angle lens like the Lumix G Vario 7-14mm on Panasonic Lumix GX8 it’s hard to capture the view of what your eyes see. I was...

How I Photographed the ...

Today’s Post by Barry Staver The annual Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta boasts this claim and rightly so. Literally hundreds of hot air balloons are launched during the mass ascensions as thousands of spectators crowd around the balloons at the launch site. I believe 90% of the spectators and...