Model Fees: Out Here in the Real world

Model Fees: Out Here in the Real world

Some though on the subject by Joe Farace Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.—Sam Ewing These days inflation is an unpleasant fact of life. As I wrote this, the US Inflation Rate is...
Film Friday: Joe’s Film Box for June

Film Friday: Joe’s Film Box for June

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Joe’s Film Box is different from other subscription boxes because you don’t have to subscribe and it’s free. Each month I’ll select two different rolls of 35mm film from a single dealer/vendor. Since most monthly domestic subscription...
That Was the Month That Was

That Was the Month That Was

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In my post about National Photo Month I challenged my readers—and myself —to load a favorite 35mm camera with a roll of film and Snap a Frame a Day in May. Since there are 31 days in the month and 36 frames on that roll of film, the thrifty...
Boudoir Photography in Black & White

Boudoir Photography in Black & White

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “I work in color sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white – I like the abstraction of it.” – Mary Ellen Mark There’s more to black and white...
Joe’s Book Club: Chapter Five

Joe’s Book Club: Chapter Five

“To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself…—Mark Twain People often ask how I wrote 37 books...
Film Friday: Shooting My Zeiss Ikon SW

Film Friday: Shooting My Zeiss Ikon SW

Today’s Post by Joe Farace There are only few truly magical names in photography but Carl Zeiss is certainly one of them. The name conjures up an image of optical perfection with cameras that are built to a standard not a price point. Back in the 1950s when I...