First Impressions: Olympus ED 17mm f/1.2 PRO

First Impressions: Olympus ED 17mm f/1.2 PRO

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Recently the good folks at Olympus America were kind enough to lend me their 17mm f/1.2 PRO lens for testing. This is another in Oly’s series of fast, f/1.2 lenses and continues a trend I mentioned in a recent Shutterbug review of fast, big,...
Have Fun with Panos FX Film Effects

Have Fun with Panos FX Film Effects

Today’s Post by Joe Farace with John Larsen PanosFX’s FILMSTRIPS is a bundle of three sets of Photoshop actions that create filmstrip effects inspired by classic 35mm film. These actions produce fully layered and editable Photoshop images that use...
Film Friday: Instant Cameras are Fun

Film Friday: Instant Cameras are Fun

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity.”—Edwin H. Land In 1947, Polaroid introduced the Land Camera Model 95, its first consumer camera. At the time I was just a kind but was mesmerized by the concept. It wasn’t...
Social Media: What’s it all about Alfie?

Social Media: What’s it all about Alfie?

Today’s Post by Joe Farace I’ll admit to having a love/hate relationship with social media. I mostly use social media to communicate with my book and article readers to tell them about posts on this new blog and my car photography website/blog. But it...
Mountains, What Mountains?

Mountains, What Mountains?

Guest Post by John Larsen When my cousin from Denmark asked my partner and I if we would like to join her on her first trip to the Canadian Rocky Mountains we jumped at the idea. Having previously visited, we were excited to see the spectacular scenery and amazing...