Monochrome Monday: Sigma’s 35mm f/2 in the Snow

Monochrome Monday: Sigma’s 35mm f/2 in the Snow

Today’s Post by Joe Farace  “Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the ‘ah-ha’.” – Ernst Haas Some Internet pundits feel the 35mm focal length isn’t that useful because it’s not wide enough on one hand and not long enough on the other. I have the opposite...
Joe’s Movie Club: Looking at Classic Films

Joe’s Movie Club: Looking at Classic Films

Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story. —Orson Welles It all started innocently enough… Mary was working late a few nights so I decided to put on my Criterion Collection copy of...
Breaking Through the Limits of Your Comfort Zone

Breaking Through the Limits of Your Comfort Zone

Today’s Post by Joe Farace My whole artistic life has always been about change, change, change, move on, move on. It’s the only thing I find interesting.—Paul Simon Paul Simon once said that real talent evolves, changes and grows over time, which pretty...
Film Friday: The Ins & Outs of Photo CD

Film Friday: The Ins & Outs of Photo CD

Over the past several years I’ve occasionally written about Kodak’s (defunct) Photo CD process and its contemporary usage. The process was announced in 1990 but Kodak not only abandoned the format by 2004, they never released its technical specifications....