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Film Friday: Canon AL-1 Field Test
The AL-1 was Canon’s first attempt into autofocus and while far from being true AF, the AL-1 featured what Canon called QF focus-assist (Quick Focus) system for focus confirmation. It used phase detection linear CCD arrays and in the viewfinder, red arrows indicated the direction to turn the lens to achieve sharp focus.
It’s National Old Stuff Day
Today's Post by Joe Farace Observed on March 2nd, National Old Stuff Day gives notice to all that old stuff and encourages you to try something new too. Well, maybe not all the old stuff, but maybe just some of it. It’s a day to break out of the old routines and...
Film Friday Weekend: How Low Can Your Film Temperature Go
This has been a cold winter. In fact, as I write this, is is zero degrees F here on Daisy hill. The recent cold and the snow has affected my film photography. Let me re-state that: It’s brought it to a halt.
Book Review: Landscape Photographer of the Year
Today's Post by Joe Farace I am not now nor have ever considered myself to be a dedicated landscape photographer. Oh sure, I dabble in it when shooting infrared landscapes and have lots of fun doing that but living here in Colorado it’s impossible not to be some kind...
Could it be that: You Are What You Shoot?
Regular readers of this blog know that I like cars and even have a car photography website. In the car world it’s long been an expression that “you are what you drive.”
Anatomy of a Glamour Photographer
On this Valentines Day it somehow seems appropriate that I should write a post about two of my photographic heroes and how, because of their influence, I became interested in glamour photography.