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National Frankenstein day is typically celebrated on the last Friday in October, recognizes author Mary Shelly, the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, her characters, Dr. Frankenstein and the monster. According to some sources, the day is observed on August 30th in honor of Mary Shelley’s birthday.

One of my favorite portrait photography tips this time of year is to ask portrait subjects to bring their Halloween costumes with them to a photo session.

History Lesson: Keith Swan and Phil Steblay opened The Darkroom in 1976 at a time there were no online photo labs. 45 plus years later and more than 400 miles from where it began it is “light-years from their old attitudes.” That’s because lots of people, including me, have discovered the joy of analog photography.

I love to hear from readers of this blog, which is why there’s a Contact page that lets you send me email. Many of you have taken advantage of that and received a personal reply but there are some questions that happen often enough that I collect them into a Q&A post, like today’s…

Today's Post by Joe Farace If you missed last Tuesday's post, Shooting Low Light Travel Photography, please click here. My favorite lenses for indoor available light photography are fast prime focus lenses but I still use zooms when traveling because you rarely have...

Film Fix Subscriptions from UsedPhotoPro is something I heard about on Instagram. Now I never buy anything from social media but this one was from Roberts Camera, one of my trusted sources for buying new and, these days, mostly used gear—including film cameras.