Here’s Why LED Lighting is Popular These Days

Here’s Why LED Lighting is Popular These Days

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Continuous light sources are popular with new and aspiring pros because they let you see in real time the lighting effects that they produce. LED-based studio lights do all that without creating lots of heat, especially when compared...
Books Make Great Gifts for the Holidays

Books Make Great Gifts for the Holidays

Today’s Post by Joe Farace One question that I get from readers from time-to-time is “when are you coming out with a new book?” I finally have a different answer that can be found at the bottom of this post. But up to that point… Mark Toal and I discussed...
Seeing the Light, Take II

Seeing the Light, Take II

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Learning ‘to see the light’ may be a tired photographic cliche but that doesn’t mean that it’s not true and an important part of a photographer’s development.”—Joe Farace As I mentioned in a post on this subject on my old blog, light...
Trends: More Portrait Photography, Please?

Trends: More Portrait Photography, Please?

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Mark Twain had lots to say about statistics: He said, “Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.” He went on to say that, “There are lies, damned lies and statistics.” And so here I am using...
Shooting High Key in Your Home Studio

Shooting High Key in Your Home Studio

Today’s Post by Joe Farace There are lots of things you’ll have to consider when working in your home studio beginning with tailoring its possibilities to the available space. In turn, that space will help determine the kind of lenses and the focal lengths...