Joe Farace

There’s no more iconic vehicle on the planet than the original air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle. VW attempted to capture lighting in a bottle with the New Beetle (1997–2011) a car I that actually owned—a 2001 model—and like many latter day VWs, mine was beset with unending quality control issues. VW tried again with the Beetle (2012-2019) and it’s a much better car then the New Beetle.

National Legwear Day on September 22’nd coincides perfectly with the changing seasons. The air is getting cooler and fashion magazines are covering the best style for fall.

Once upon a time, a Shutterbug reader sent me an email asking, “Why do you shoot infrared, when regular photography is already so hard.”  My feeling was then and still is now that IR photography isn’t that difficult and is as hard as you want to make it. That’s why, I was surprised to find that there was a SOOC (Straight Out Of the Camera) movement within the world of infrared photography.