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...
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...
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...