by Joe Farace | Dec 29, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “I don’t think of cartoons or comics as being for kids.”—Jeff Kinney Cartoons & Pop Art is a set of Photoshop actions from Panos Efstathiadis, the proprietor of PanosFX, an amazingly talented designer of Photoshop...
by Joe Farace | Dec 28, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace In the past, a camera’s in-camera meter tended to dramatically underexpose from all the reflected light in snowy conditions. The old rule-of-thumb for shooting snow with film SLRs was to overexpose the indicated exposure by...
by Joe Farace | Dec 17, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Posing a portrait subject against a seamless paper background is the ultimate tests of your ability to make something from nothing. You’re shooting without a net—naked, even if your subject is wearing clothes. All that stands between you and...
by Joe Farace | Dec 11, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace I once did a model shoot alongside two famous photographers and was struck by the differences between our approaches. One guy talked to the model before doing anything but once he started shooting never said another word. After each...
by Joe Farace | Dec 1, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post is by Joe Farace As you read this I’m at the eye doctors getting my annual exam. I’ll be picking up two pairs of glasses; not bifocals. One for reading (and the computer) and one for seeing, mostly driving and watching TV. Each year on December 1,...