Google+ Bites the Bullet and Other Sad Tales

Google+ Bites the Bullet and Other Sad Tales

Not an April Fool’s post by Joe Farace Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times, and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is!—Shakespeare’s Hamlet: Act 5 Scene 1...
Stupid Photographer Tricks

Stupid Photographer Tricks

Today’s Post by Joe Farace …in which I share some of the dumb things I’ve done over the years and that, for some reason, always seem to involve attractive women. Or as Bob Ross once said, “We don’t make mistakes, we make happy accidents. When...
Nice Mice at the Right Price

Nice Mice at the Right Price

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Let me shift away from my normal photo-oriented blog posts to write about a computer product, but one that you use every day and wouldn’t be able to process a single RAW or JPEG image without it. I’m talking about your computer’s...
Shooting a Bridal Portrait in my Studio

Shooting a Bridal Portrait in my Studio

Today’s Post by Joe Farace It has been a long time, maybe 20 years, since I photographed a wedding but when I was testing some monolights for the former print edition of  Shutterbug, I asked long-time collaborator Pam Simpson if she had a wedding dress that she...
Using a Handheld Meter for Portraits

Using a Handheld Meter for Portraits

Today’s Post by Joe Farace All modern cameras have some kind of built-in light meter and many even have spot meters but I still occasionally use a hand-held meter, especially when photographing people outdoors. My current hand-held meter is an old Gossen Luna...