Support Your Local Came...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal A couple of weeks ago one of the largest camera stores in Portland closed its doors after a slow holiday season. Besides the slowdown, Camera World was also in a high rent location in downtown Portland. Their parent company continues to run other camera stores...

A Small Wall of Ice

The theme of bad weather photography continues. One Friday is was about rain, today Jamie Zartmen talks about ice… Today’s Post by Jamie Zartman Last weekend I had to drive from Grand Junction, Colorado to Boulder to attend my granddaughter’s swim meet. I usually exit...

Don’t Be Afraid o...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Portland, Mark’s home, receives less annual rainfall than most cities on the East Coast, however rain often falls as a light drizzle for several consecutive days at a time, contributing to the high number (155) of days with measurable (≥0.01 inches)...

The Basics of Posing fo...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace As a young photographer I attended a workshop on portrait posing and it went down something like this: The well-respected speaker, known for his classic portraits, demonstrated how to pose a subject. It was basically pose A, then pose B, then Pose C....

State of the Mirrorless...

Lets welcome back, Mark. He’s been traveling extensively including the big CES show in Las Vegas and the Imaging USA show in Atlanta. Hope you had a chance to visit him at one of these shows. Today’s Post by Mark Toal I just got back from the Consumer Electronics show in Las...

Ups & Downs of LED...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace The upside of using an LED lamp as a modeling light means that there are no more bulbs to lose or break. An LED will also save energy and last longer than an incandescent or quartz bulb. The downside, and you knew there was one, is than in many affordable...