by Joe Farace | Nov 5, 2019 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace I have a confession to make. Not all of the portraits you see on this blog (or in my books) come from a single image file. Sometimes, maybe about 2-3% of the time, the subject’s facial expression that I like isn’t on the...
by Joe Farace | Oct 25, 2019 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace If you’re a regular reader of this blog or follow me on Instagram (please do at @joefarace) you know that a few years ago, my basement was flooded causing lots of damage to my basement, including my in-home studio. My basement studio...
by Joe Farace | Oct 23, 2019 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace par·a·digm shift: a fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. Studio lighting hardware is going through its biggest paradigm shift since the invention of the flash bulb in 1929. Along the way, there have been trends and...
by Joe Farace | Oct 21, 2019 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace When it comes to portraits, you don’t always want tack sharp photographs. Blur and selective blur, when applied to an ordinary photograph can create an impression of the subject that’s more pleasing than reality. But sometimes...
by Joe Farace | Sep 18, 2019 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace One of my friend Rick Sammon’s favorite expressions is that “the name of the game is fill the frame” and that’s good advice, especially when shooting with entry level digital DSLRs that may only have a few autofocus points. And that’s...
by Joe Farace | Sep 13, 2019 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. —Albert Einstein I don’t know if you had been following the saga of some of the technical problems that I previously had with my first Panasonic...