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Today's Post by John Larsen Like most of you, I've collected my fair share of photo equipment over the years. The expense of quality lenses and camera bodies is only the start. The practicality and frequency of use of flashes, tripods and many gadgets and gizmos...

Photowalking is typically thought of as a communal activity for camera enthusiasts who gather in a group walking around with a camera for the purpose of taking pictures of things that interest them. Although the term implies the simple activity of taking pictures while walking, the more modern use of PhotoWalk in the USA specifically relates to a shared activity* of camera enthusiasts.

…through a combination of learning from our mistakes and a willingness to try anything (I’ll talk about the concept of “throwing it out to the universe” later) have gathered the tips and tidbits that I’ll share in these pages.—Joe Farace, from my unpublished book, “On Photography.”

Today's Post by Joe Farace “Real museums are places where Time is transformed into Space.” ― Orhan Pamuk If you like to photograph cars, I’ve got a suggestion for you: visit a car car museums, especially when you're traveling. But there are a few challenges to...

Skylight filters are one of the standard on-camera filters that photographers tend to use for for color photography because they remove the blue cast that appears particularly under the noonday sun. A Skylight filter typically absorbs 46% of the UV radiation and atmospheric haze appearing in a scene.

Silent film pioneer Mack Sennett once famously said that “a rock is a rock is a rock” when explaining why he was shooting his fledgling comedies in the village of Edendale, California. His concept was that it didn’t matter where you were filming because a tree is just a tree no matter where it’s photographed.