Technique: Cut and Paste Portraiture

Technique: Cut and Paste Portraiture

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...
Shooting in Your Home Studio

Shooting in Your Home Studio

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...
Studio Lighting: Paradigm Shifts in Technology

Studio Lighting: Paradigm Shifts in Technology

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...
Soft Focus or Blur for Portraits?

Soft Focus or Blur for Portraits?

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...
When Photographing Kids: Be Sure to Fill the Frame

When Photographing Kids: Be Sure to Fill the Frame

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...
In the Studio with a Panasonic Lumix GH4

In the Studio with a Panasonic Lumix GH4

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...