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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.

From time to time I’m asked to judge on-line and in-person photo contests but because of time restraints, I’ve limited the number of competitions I will be available to judge this year. Instead, I’m focusing my time on face-to-face critiques that I do for charity and on mentoring sessions. In the meantime, here are some tips that I would like to pass on that can help you score higher in your next contest or competition:

Since it’s October, you can make every day Halloween with Frankenstein film from the Film Photography Project! It’s available in 35mm-36 DX-coded cassettes ($10.99) or medium format in 120 ($10.99) and 620 rolls ($12.99.)

Like most photographers I love to  to tinker with my images. If there’s too much grain in a photograph, I’ll use all kinds of digital software to eliminate it. For some time, Dfine is my favorite noise removal tool.