Film Friday: Buying a Camera from Japan

Film Friday: Buying a Camera from Japan

Today’s Video by Joe Farace Here’s some camera/lens terms that were mentioned in today’s video that you may (or may not) be familiar with: Fungus (lens): This is produced by dust and moisture accumulating in a camera lens element and looks like small web-like...
It’s National Frankenstein Day

It’s National Frankenstein Day

Today’s Post by Joe Farace National Frankenstein day is typically celebrated on the last Friday in October and recognizes author Mary Shelly, the novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, her characters, Dr. Frankenstein and the monster. According to some sources,...
Have Some Fun Shooting Halloween Portraits

Have Some Fun Shooting Halloween Portraits

Today’s Post by Joe Farace One of my favorite portrait photography tips this time of year is to ask portrait subjects to bring their Halloween costumes with them to a photo session. As adults your portrait subjects and potential clients don’t usually get a...
Lab Report: The Darkroom

Lab Report: The Darkroom

Today’s Post by Joe Farace My Film Friday post Yashica FX-3 Super 2000 mentioned that I planned on writing reviews of the labs processing the film I’ll be shooting for this series. Today is the second: I’ll tell you how the lab did, what the experience was...
Q&A: Film Photography Photo Books and Budgets

Q&A: Film Photography Photo Books and Budgets

Today’s Post by Joe Farace I love to hear from readers of this blog, which is why there’s a Contact page that lets you send me email. Many of you have taken advantage of that and received a personal reply but there are some questions that happen often enough that I...
Available Light Travel Photography, Part II

Available Light Travel Photography, Part II

Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you missed last Tuesday’s post, Shooting Low Light Travel Photography, please click here. My favorite lenses for indoor available light photography are fast prime focus lenses but I still use zooms when traveling because you...