Lighting Options: Umbrellas and Softboxes

Lighting Options: Umbrellas and Softboxes

Today’s Post by Joe Farace We must make the choices that enable us to fulfill the deepest capacities of our real selves. —Thomas Merton Whether you’re shooting portraits with speedlights, power pack and head systems or monolights, one of the best ways I know of...
Why I Enjoy Infrared Photography

Why I Enjoy Infrared Photography

Summer may be officially here but nobody told the weather. Last week there was a torrential thunderstorm in my neighborhood and it rained so hard that my trashcan floated two blocks down Daisy Hill!  When I got up this morning, it was 52 degrees F. I’m dreaming...
Outdoor Portraits: No Thanks, I Had Bugs for Lunch

Outdoor Portraits: No Thanks, I Had Bugs for Lunch

I started this Sunday series on outdoor portrait and glamour photography last year because I enjoy this genre. I’ve written four books on this subject, including one on Available Light Glamour Photography that nicely fits this series of posts. Today’s Post by...
When Traveling, a  Clean Lens is a Happy Lens

When Traveling, a Clean Lens is a Happy Lens

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. — Ralph Waldo Emerson When it comes to caring for photo equipment, there seems to be, at least, three kinds of photographers: The first...