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Shooting Glamour Using Infrared Light?

Shooting Glamour Using Infrared Light?

As I’ve mentioned here several times, there really are no “official” subjects for digital IR photography. If you have time, please read Best Subjects for Infrared Photography on my car photography blog for some thoughts on that subject.

Joe’s Book Club: Chapter Three

Joe’s Book Club: Chapter Three

Continued from “The Next Chapter”… In which I wrote a meditation, I think so anyway, about writing. All of which got me, later, thinking about my own writing these days. I haven’t written any books in a long time and if you want to know why, you might want to read this post.

An Affordable 85mm f/1.4 Lens: What’s the Catch?

An Affordable 85mm f/1.4 Lens: What’s the Catch?

While browsing the Internet, I saw what I was looking for: The Samyang 85mm f/1.4 that’s priced at $229. Since that’s less than a EF 85mm f/1.8 costs I knew there had to be a catch and there was: The lens is manual focus.

A Guest Post from Barry Staver

A Guest Post from Barry Staver

Today’s Post by Barry Staver. Joe’s a modest guy who’s blushing right now as you read this. He wouldn’t share it himself so with arm-twisting I’m doing that for him.

Film Friday: Things to Come

Film Friday: Things to Come

One of my favorite classic movies is 1936’a Things to Come that’s based on a novel by H.G. Wells and directed by William Cameron Menzies. What’s that got to do with this post. Well not much, but it’s shot on film and foretells what’s to come and that’s what I’m going to try to do today.