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Soft Focus or Blur for Portraits?
Today's Post by Joe Farace When it comes to portraits, you don’t always want tack sharp photographs. Blur and selective blur, when applied to an ordinary photograph can create an impression of the subject that's more pleasing than reality. But sometimes the...
When Photographing Kids: Be Sure to Fill the Frame
Today's Post by Joe Farace One of my friend Rick Sammon’s favorite expressions is that “the name of the game is fill the frame” and that’s good advice, especially when shooting with entry level digital DSLRs that may only have a few autofocus points. And that’s doubly...
In the Studio with a Panasonic Lumix GH4
Today's Post by Joe Farace We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. —Albert Einstein I don't know if you had been following the saga of some of the technical problems that I previously had with my first Panasonic Lumix GH4; you...
Q&A About Books and Book Reviews
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Next to questions about finding glamour models, I get lots of questions from readers about books and lately about some about the book reviews that appear on the blog. You might want to read my previous post on a similar subject first,...
A Stupid Photographer Tricks Trifecta
Today’s Post by Joe Farace …in which I share some of the dumb photographic things that I’ve done over the years and, for some reason, always seem to involve attractive women. Or as Bob Ross once said, “We don’t make mistakes, we make happy accidents. How I made this...
Green Screen Photography: It’s No Joke
Today’s Post by Joe Farace It’s National Tell a Joke Day; so here goes: “How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that!"—Anonymous There are a few basic rules about shooting blue...