by Joe Farace | Sep 18, 2024 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.,—Edith Wharton In 1960, the late Peter Gowland wrote that “Light is an interpretive tool in the hands of a photographer. He can make it harsh or...
by Joe Farace | Sep 17, 2024 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace A good color image is a good B&W image.—Bill Burt If you’re new to the world of using digital filters for black and white photography, here’s a quick primer that’s aimed at their use in portraiture. The color head shot of...
by Joe Farace | Sep 16, 2024 | All Posts
In my Tuesday Thoughts post Photographing Places You Love, I wrote about that one of my ongoing self assignments was making images of barns, the older the better. In Today’s post—and next Tuesday’s as well, I’m talking you behind the scenes on one...
by Joe Farace | Sep 15, 2024 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace If, in making a portrait, you hope to grasp the interior silence of a willing victim, it’s very difficult, but you must somehow position the camera between his shirt and his skin. Whereas with pencil drawing, it is up to the...
by Joe Farace | Sep 14, 2024 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald Danny Oak recently wrote a piece for Medium called...
