by Joe Farace | May 19, 2026 | All Posts
It’s “Tricky Tuesday,” a way for me to share some of the tricks, tips and techniques I’ve used over the years when shooting portraits in the studio, Today’s post features the amazing Pam Simpson proving once again that she is a woman of many looks. She and I...
by Joe Farace | May 18, 2026 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the...
by Joe Farace | May 17, 2026 | All Posts
Like last week, this Sunday’s Available Light Portraiture theme takes a different turn as we follow up yesterday’s post about exposure metering methods with a down-in-the-weeds look at a specific manual exposure technique. Today’s portrait is of Devra, a...
by Joe Farace | May 16, 2026 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Look and think before opening the shutter. The heart and mind are the true lens of the camera.–Yousuf Karsh A camera’s metering mode determines an image’s exposure, which, if you’re a regular reader, know...
by Joe Farace | May 15, 2026 | All Posts
It’s National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. In the late 1930’s. at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts, Ruth Graves Wakefield chops a Nestlé semi-sweet chocolate bar into bits and mixes them into cookie dough, creating the chocolate chip cookie. Responding...