Today’s Post by Joe Farace In my post about Sigma’s three new Canon EF-M lenses I said, “Look forward to updates and I plan to give each lens a thorough workout.” I’m starting this series of reviews with the 16mm f/1.4 DC DN ($449) because at 3.63-inches long and weighing 14.9 oz, it’s the biggest lens in this series and I wanted to see how balanced it was with Canon’s lightweight M series cameras. Compared to the other lenses in the series, the...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Continuous light sources are popular with new and aspiring pros because they let you see in real time the lighting effects that they produce. LED-based studio lights do all that without creating lots of heat, especially when compared to some other continuous light sources, like tungsten and quartz. At a previous WPPI show one industry insider told me, “When LED delivers a form factor that looks like a monolight, studio...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace with Cliff Lawson When it comes to softboxes, bigger it always better—and softer. FourSquare’s FSK48 48-inch softbox is big but it’s only 20-inches deep allowing it to be used in tight spaces like my 11×15-foot home studio. For location work, it knocks down to 20-inches long, slipping easily into the pouch included with the kit. In addition to the front diffuser panel, an interior diffusion screen is included...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace One question that I get from readers from time-to-time is “when are you coming out with a new book?” I finally have a different answer that can be found at the bottom of this post. But up to that point… Mark Toal and I discussed co-writing a book about mirrorless photography, specifically on Micro Four-thirds system cameras and lenses with the publisher of my last four books. While the publisher initially considered...
Some thoughts for today by Joe Farace “I don’t know anything about art but I know what I like.”—Orson Welles I am semi-active on social media. I mostly use social media to communicate with my blog, book and article readers to tell them about new posts on this and my car photography website/blog. I also try to post some photographs every day on Instagram as as well as Pinterest. Each week or month (I don’t remember which) the latter site sends me an email...
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Silver-white winters that melt into springs, these are a few of my favorite things”—Richard Rodgers Here’s what appears to be a few of my favorite cameras and lenses for the holidays. If you read my Shutterbug review of Canon’s EOS M6 Mark II, you should have at least two takeaways from my field test of this interesting mirrorless camera: First, I really liked this compact and quite capable little camera. Image quality...
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created. Now for the first time it is possible to express reality by reality.—Ernst HaasAt a time when everybody who writes a blog is an expert, I’ve have been writing about photography, cameras and studio lighting since 1981 and digital photography since 1989. I’m passionate about photography and if you would like to get some additional photo tips from all that experience, please follow me on Twitter, Pinterest with an occasional post on Instagram In these places, you’ll also get a peek at my personal life, work and other stuff I’m interested in. If you like automobiles, you might want to visit my car photography website and read a related blog at JoeFaraceShootsCars.com.
Learn MoreI strongly believe that photographers should use whatever kind of camera—DSLR or mirrorless that they like and can afford. Personally I’m a thrifty shopper and many of the cameras that I use everyday were purchased as either used or as “refurbs.”
Over the years photographers have asked me about the kind of gear I use and this page is my answer for them and anyone else that’s interested. I tend keep most of my gear in specific bags so that I can grab one, two or three bags and go.
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