It’s Just a Photograph or is it?

It’s Just a Photograph or is it?

Today’s post might be considered an unofficial part two of last Wednesday’s post Photography is What You Make of it because it’s all about making images using special effects, in this case using fewer manipulations than either of the auto-related...
Here’s Some Tips on Posing on Seamless Paper

Here’s Some Tips on Posing on Seamless Paper

It’s “Tricky Tuesday,” a way for me to share some of the tricks, tips and techniques that I’ve used over the years when shooting portraits in the studio, Today’s post features the incredible Erin Valakari and this particular image is from our first shoot...
Shooting With a Soft Focus Lens

Shooting With a Soft Focus Lens

Today’s Post by Joe Farace So choose to keep your focus on that which is truly magnificent, beautiful, uplifting and joyful.–Ralph Marston One of my favorite lenses to use for portraiture is Canon’s EF 135mm f/2.8 SF that has, sadly, been...
Joe’s Book Club: Chapter 85, New vs. Used Books

Joe’s Book Club: Chapter 85, New vs. Used Books

Site Update; If you have occasionally encountered difficulty accessing this site and sometimes found it not working at all, please know that yesterday, Tim Fiedler, my Webmaster, and I made some upgrades that will make such outages more infrequent–maybe never....