The Last Post: End of the Road
Today’s Final Post by Joe Farace On January 1 2018, I announced via my Instagram feed—if you’re not following me there please do It’s @joefarace—that I was taking a hiatus from blogging to focus on my personal photography. That hiatus ended and while I’ve started blogging again, it’s somewhere else and with some differences. I’m no longer Editor or contributor to the Mirrorless Photo Tips blog. After today there will be no new posts added to this blog and URL. As we move my other sites to a...
Using In-Camera Filters...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you’re new to the world of camera filters for black & white photography, here’s a quick primer: A Yellow filter slightly darkens the sky, emphasizing clouds and is primarily used for landscape photography but when shooting in snow, it produces...
Creating a Time Lapse V...
Today’s Post by Mark Toal I never thought I would have any use for the time-lapse feature that’s built-into my Lumix camera. Then I meet a group of guys in Hood River, Oregon that asked me to record 30-days they had to build a Rat Rod car for a competition. I went on-line and learned as...
Blur/Soft Focus Secrets
Today’s Post by Joe Farace There is no rule of thumb about how much blur or soft focus you can apply to an image but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a few tricks up your sleeve. Start by moving any control panel sliders to the extreme ends to see what effect this produces and even...
Macro Photography with ...
Today’s post by Joe Farace In a previous post, I wrote about using Close-up Filters for macro photography with mirrorless cameras and I put the use to work over the weekend. While working in my yard ding some pre-Fall clean-up I noticed a praying mantis (Mantodea) in the bushes...
Fight Photo Boredom: Sh...
“Results are uncertain, even among the most experienced photographers”—Mathew Brady Today’s Post by Joe Farace One of the best reasons for shooting digital infrared photographs is that this technique has the power to transform mundane visual experiences into something new and...
Pro vs. Con: Depth of F...
One of the big controversies—on-line anyway—is the big back-and-forth discussions related to depth-of-field and how small sensor cameras lack the ability to produce shallow depth of field of full-sized sensor (24x36mm) cameras. Mark takes on this topic with a practical example…...
