Sigma’s 16mm 1.4 DC DN Contemporary lens

Sigma’s 16mm 1.4 DC DN Contemporary lens

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Sometime in the early 1970’s I bought a new Nikon F2 and in those days, you typically purchased a camera with a 50mm lens. The next lens added to my Nikon system was one I’d longingly pressed my nose against the window of Ritz Camera’s...
Photographing “Las Manos de la Hermandad”

Photographing “Las Manos de la Hermandad”

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Great is the hand that holds dominion over Man by a scribbled name.” ― Dylan Thomas As I may have mentioned in a previous post, I am not a deeply religious person but I do believe in a higher power, which also may be why creating...
Filter Basics: The Case for Modular Filters

Filter Basics: The Case for Modular Filters

Today’s Post by Joe Farace I have zero filters.— Ayda Field Trivia The Cokin filer system was invented by photographer Jean Coquin and introduced at Germany’s fotokina show in 1978. That just happened to be the first time I attended the show and was able...
Film Friday: Photographing a Real Jurassic Park

Film Friday: Photographing a Real Jurassic Park

Today’s Post by Joe Farace There’s an incomparable rush that comes from finding dinosaur bones. You know you’re the first person to lay hands on a critter that lived 80 or 90 million years ago. —Jack Horner Within an 80-mile radius of Vernal, Utah—and just...