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Shooting a Bridal Portrait in my Studio
It has been a long time, maybe 20 years, since I photographed a wedding but when I was testing some monolights for the former print edition of Shutterbug, I asked long-time collaborator Pam Simpson if she had a wedding dress that she could borrow and together we made today’s featured image.
Using a Handheld Meter for Portraits
All modern cameras have some kind of built-in light meter and many even have spot meters but I still occasionally use a hand-held meter, especially when photographing people outdoors.
Looking at Macro Options: Tamron’s 90mm f/2.8 Di VC USD Lens
Today's Post by Joe Farace Camera lenses are traditionally optimized to focus at infinity, not within close-up range but the best macro lenses, such as Tamron’s 90mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens let you focus to life-size (1:1) magnification. The lens also has built-in image...
First Impressions: Olympus ED 17mm f/1.2 PRO
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Recently the good folks at Olympus America were kind enough to lend me their 17mm f/1.2 PRO lens for testing. This is another in Oly’s series of fast, f/1.2 lenses and continues a trend I mentioned in a recent Shutterbug review of fast, big,...
Have Fun with Panos FX Film Effects
Today's Post by Joe Farace with John Larsen PanosFX’s FILMSTRIPS is a bundle of three sets of Photoshop actions that create filmstrip effects inspired by classic 35mm film. These actions produce fully layered and editable Photoshop images that use non-destructive...
Film Friday: Instant Cameras are Fun
Today's Post by Joe Farace "Creativity is the sudden cessation of stupidity."—Edwin H. Land In 1947, Polaroid introduced the Land Camera Model 95, its first consumer camera. At the time I was just a kind but was mesmerized by the concept. It wasn’t until the SX-70 was...