Inspiration and Practic...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace New stuff inspires me. It can be a new camera, new lens, or just a new place to make photographs. I get ideas and inspirations for portraits from a several of different sources. As I mentioned in my other blog, Saving the World, One Pixel @ a Time, one of my...

Photo Tip of the Day: L...

Today’s Post by Mark Toal It’s easy to get so focused on what you set out to photograph that you forget to look around for other more interesting subjects. I recently went to a fly-in air show in Hood River, Oregon. Approximately 200 planes filled the field behind the Western Antique...

Nighttime is the Right ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace …for photography. It doesn’t matter what you call it available light, unavailable light, available darkness, or just plain low light, the fact is that some of my most rewarding photographs were produced when working under challenging lighting conditions....

Having Fun Using Photos...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Photoshop actions are a series of recorded instructions that let you achieve a specific effect without having to manual apply each step of a process. Actions use the .atn extension and are compatible with Mac Os or Windows computers. Once an .atn file is loaded...

Shooting Infrared with ...

Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you read my First Look at Panasonic’s Lumix GX8 you may be left with an impression that I don’t like the camera. That’s not entirely true: I may not like its size, weight and ergonomics but the GX8 is an awesome picture-taking machine and is technically...

Fear of Video

Today’s Post by Mark Toal I think a lot of people share my hesitation about shooting video. When I bring it up at talks I do a camera clubs and in camera stores a very small percentage of photographers shoot any video at all, even though it’s built into every modern digital camera. When...