Choosing the Best Expos...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Back to Basics: As is true in everything photography related, there are no one right way to do everything, although some seminar speakers may disagree with me arguing that only their way is the one, true perfect road. This is no “my way or the highway”...

Quadcopter Diary Part 3...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Repeat after me: You will crash your Quadcopter. You will crash your Quadcopter. You will crash your Quadcopter. You will crash your Quadcopter …. I feel like I should write this on the blackboard 100 times. With its built in GPS and easy to use controls,...

Seen at Imaging USA 201...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal Imaging USA is the National Convention of PPA, the Professional Photographers of America. This year it was held at the amazing Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. Opryland is a huge 2000 room hotel enclosed in a glass dome with waterfalls, and an indoor boat...

My 85th Anniversary in ...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal My second granddaughter, Eliza’s, birth two days ago on February 9th and what would have been my fathers 92nd birthday got me thinking about my life in photography. I like to say that I’ve been in Photography for 85 years since my grandfather started...

Tips for Winning Photo ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace, photos by Mark Toal I admit to being ambivalent about photography contests but I know that many shooters are driven to compare their work against others . And I get e-mails from readers asking for “contest winning tips” and so for those of you who asked,...

Finding Vivian Maier &#...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I finally watched the movie “Finding Vivian Maier” after hearing this interesting story for the past couple of years. If you don’t know the story of how her negatives were found after her death be sure to check out the movie or Google her...