Re-discovering Summer

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Summertime is a great time to dust off your mirrorless camera and make some fun photographs. Here are four tips for improving your summer photographs: Watch the background. Too often snapshots include unwanted objects you didn’t originally notice. Have...

Raw or JPEG, Adjusted o...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It’s strange to be thought of as old-fashioned in the digital photography world, but I’m beginning to feel that way. Last week I received an email from a reader who asked if I corrected or adjusted my images. Then I see people online using the phrase “Straight...

Happy Birthday, Charlie...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Mark makes a self portrait on his birthday and I usually have quiet party—Mary and I—at home but I wanted to share some thoughts with you today. Today, as McCartney & Lennon sang, is my birthday. It’s fitting that I was born in National Photo...

Making Your Own Movie M...

…(or at least a reasonable facsimile.) Today’s Post by Joe Farace Even before the first Godzilla movie premiered in 1954, I was a fan of monster movies and special effects films produced by film masters such as Ray Harryhousen. I thought it would be fun to recreate a scene...

Quadcopter Diary #6

Today’s post by Mark Toal Between traveling for work and having a cold I haven’t had much time to fly my DJI Quadcopter lately. I wrote a blog post about the new quadcopters I saw last week at the National Association of Broadcasters show and it made me want to fly again. I’ve decided to...

Show Up, Pay Attention&...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Since writing my first one camera, one lens trip blog a couple of years ago I have followed my advice in many of my travels. This trip was back to Las Vegas for yet another trade show for Panasonic. The reason that I say “show up and pay attention” is that most...