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Stocking Stuffers: Third Party Camera Accessories
Today's Post by Joe Farace If you Ifread this blog regularly, you know that I like using battery grips for their convenient vertical grip and shutter release. When I reviewed Canon’s EOS 80D, I noticed that it not only uses the same Canon BG-E14 battery grip ($149) as...
Stocking Stuffers: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 EF-M Lens
Today's Post by Joe Farace In my post about Sigma’s three new Canon EF-M lenses I said, “Look forward to updates and I plan to give each lens a thorough workout.” I’m starting this series of reviews with the 16mm f/1.4 DC DN ($449) because at 3.63-inches long and...
Here’s Why LED Lighting is Popular These Days
Continuous light sources are popular with new and aspiring pros because they let you see in real time the lighting effects that they produce. LED-based studio lights do all that without creating lots of heat, especially when compared to some other continuous light sources, like tungsten and quartz.
Books Make Great Gifts for the Holidays
Today's Post by Joe Farace One question that I get from readers from time-to-time is “when are you coming out with a new book?” I finally have a different answer that can be found at the bottom of this post. But up to that point... Mark Toal and I discussed co-writing...
Seeing the Light, Take II
“Learning ‘to see the light’ may be a tired photographic cliche but that doesn’t mean that it’s not true and an important part of a photographer’s development.”
Trends: More Portrait Photography, Please?
Today's Post by Joe Farace Mark Twain had lots to say about statistics: He said, "Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable." He went on to say that, "There are lies, damned lies and statistics." And so here I am using statistics to make a point. (sigh)...





