Taking a Look at ISO Settings for You and Me

Taking a Look at ISO Settings for You and Me

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it.”― Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man The International Organization for...
Film Friday: Why Should You Push or Pull Your Film?

Film Friday: Why Should You Push or Pull Your Film?

As the most amateur of amateur horologists, I am happy to report that June 19 is National Watch Day. It celebrates an invention that ensures every action is taken at the correct time. In Barry Staver and my most recent Pixels, Grain and Cookies podcast, we talk about...
Cleaning Up Your Macro Photography

Cleaning Up Your Macro Photography

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs.” – Ansel Adams Whenever I get a new lens to test one of the first questions I typical get about it from readers and one I try to answer in any review is “How close...
It’s Just a Photograph or is it?

It’s Just a Photograph or is it?

Today’s post might be considered an unofficial part two of last Wednesday’s post Photography is What You Make of it because it’s all about making images using special effects, in this case using fewer manipulations than either of the auto-related...
Here’s Some Tips on Posing on Seamless Paper

Here’s Some Tips on Posing on Seamless Paper

It’s “Tricky Tuesday,” a way for me to share some of the tricks, tips and techniques that I’ve used over the years when shooting portraits in the studio, Today’s post features the incredible Erin Valakari and this particular image is from our first shoot...