A Photographer’s ...

From Joe: A lot of us are thinking about our waistline after our Thanksgiving feats. In today’s post Mark makes some suggestions that will both help us with our diet while having fun with photography at the same time. Today’s Post by Mark Toal Last week my pants lost a button...

Manfrotto Filters for M...

Today’s post by Joe Farace Last week, I wrote about the importance of using camera filters with mirrorless camera and this week, I’ve put my money where my post was. Manfrotto, not previously known for camera filters, introduced a series of filters in Essential, Advanced, and...

Black is the New Orange

Today’s Post by Mark Toal This week I bought two new creative photo tools, otherwise known as toys. I picked up an iPhone 6 and the Ricoh WG-M1 action cam. Both of them brought more questions than excitement from my friends. For the iPhone it was why didn’t I get the iPhone 6 plus?...

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...

It’s All About The Dark...

Today’s post by Mark Toal This time of year in the Portland, Oregon, where I live, the days get very short and frequently rainy. A lot of people, me included, get depressed due to the lack of light. It has an official name, Seasonally Affected Disorder or SAD. I used to mope around...