Monochrome Monday: Sigma’s 35mm f/2 in the Snow
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the ‘ah-ha’.” – Ernst Haas Some Internet pundits feel the 35mm focal length isn’t that useful because it’s not wide enough on one hand and not long enough on the other. I have the opposite...
Determining the Best Exposure for Outdoor Portraits?
My Sunday series on outdoor portraiture continues today with a photograph of the delightfully retro Michelle Monroe, a model who had long been my dream to photograph and who was also the cause of my first “Stupid Photographer’s Tricks!” I only...
Joe’s Movie Club: Looking at Classic Films
Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. —Orson Welles It all started innocently enough… Mary was working late a few nights so I decided to put on my Criterion Collection copy of...
Film Friday: The Ins & Outs of Photo CD
Over the past several years I’ve occasionally written about Kodak’s (defunct) Photo CD process and its contemporary usage. The process was announced in 1990 but Kodak not only abandoned the format by 2004, they never released its technical specifications....
