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Shooting Portraits with Scrim Jim Cine
Today's Post by Joe Farace A “scrim” is typically a screen-like mesh placed in front of a light to reduce intensity but in common usage any device that produces a diffusion effect are called scrims. When it comes to portraiture, lighting isn’t only about the quantity...
Light is Light When it Comes to Glamour Photography
Today's Post by Joe Farace “Light,” as a wise photographer once told me, “is light.” The most important characteristics that any studio lighting system can have are the quality and quantity of its output’s. The kind of hardware you use can have an impact on both of...
First Look: Laowa Lenses for Micro Four-thirds
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Anhui Changgeng Optics Technology Co., Ltd aka Venus Optics was established in 2013 and sells lenses under the brand name Laowa. The Hong Kong-based company makes different lenses in different mounts including, Sony FE, Canon EF and RF and...
New Website Design Coming Soon
Today's Post by Joe Farace When it comes to the Internet, change is not only inevitable, it's also sometimes necessary. The realities of contemporary web design literally demand that some kind of change is going to be required to make a website/blog like mine relevant...
Saving Money: Third Party EF-M Lens Adapters
Today’s Post by Joe Farace I’ve written about how much I like Canon’s EOS M6 Mark II on both on this blog and in my Shutterbug review. It’s a great camera but there’s not many good lenses available for it. Sigma has helped big time by offering three fast f/1.4 lenses...
Shooting Portraits During the Holidays
Even when shot wide open, the Zeiss 50mm f/1.4 Planar T* for Canon EOS cameras with EF mount provides high-quality capture that only improves as the lens is stopped down.