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...
Quadcopter Diary #7
Today’s Post by Mark Toal I recently upgraded to a DJI Phantom 2 Quadcopter so I could continue learning to fly and make photographs with Micro Four-thirds cameras. The extra battery life in the Phantom 2 (25 minutes) helps when flying cameras heavier than a GoPro. My goal is to...
Making a Splash With Fl...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace, photo by Mary Farace Some point and shoot cameras have a “kids” mode most of which boils down to the same exposure advice I’m gonna give you right now: When photographing kids outdoors, turn on the flash. Even a small pop-up flash will add some...
Anatomy of an Infrared ...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “The object of photography is to express what is in your heart and mind.”— Yoshihisa Maitani A typical digital camera’s sensor sees a range of light in wavelengths from approximately 350 to 1,000 nanometers. A nanometer (nm) is a metric unit of length...
Shooting the (Mirrorles...
Today’s Post by Mark Toal Preview The Lensbaby Velvet 56 is a 56mm f/1.6 lens that has 1:2 macro capabilities that is now available in a dedicated Micro Four-thirds mount. (It is/will also be available for Sony E, Samsung NX and Fuji X—Joe.) The lens is manual focus delivering a soft,...
Panasonic Lumix G7: Fir...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-G7 ($797.99 with 14-42mm lens) is the latest in Panasonic’s line of SLR-styled but not SLR-sized cameras. It blends 4K video capture with a 16 megapixel Micro Four-thirds sensor and ISO sensitivity to 25,600, along with continuous shooting...
Have All the Photograph...
Today’s Post by Mark Toal Looking at social media sites like Facebook, Google +, Flicker and Pinterest I feel like everything has been photographed from just about every angle. I like to constantly look for new things to shoot in new ways and I feel frustrated after surfing the web. When...
