Revisiting a Muse: Erin Valakari

Revisiting a Muse: Erin Valakari

Today’s Post by Joe Farace The Wordy Wednesdays feature ran on my old blog for many years and at one point I decided it was time for a change. Inspired by Gary Bernstein’s 1988 book Burning Cold that featured images of his beautiful model/wife I decided to see...
Seamless, Scheamless—Backgrounds That Is

Seamless, Scheamless—Backgrounds That Is

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Backdrops may not be the main focus of a photograph but  they can not only enhance an image, they can improve it in many ways by simplifying the background, placing the emphasis on the subject. In fact, I think that the right backdrop...
Shooting with Affordable LED Portrait Lighting

Shooting with Affordable LED Portrait Lighting

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In the past several years years, the LED’s use as a light source for portraiture has increased as more companies release products in this space. One of the most versatile and inexpensive LED lighting systems that I’ve used...
Working in Toontown: Cartoon Portraiture

Working in Toontown: Cartoon Portraiture

Today’s Post by Joe Farace But I’m a toon. Toons are supposed to make people laugh.”— from the 1988 film Roger Rabbit Mixing genres: Glamour photography meets comic book art?  PanosFX’s “Cartoons and Pop Art” action set works much like a Swiss...
Finding Models though Agencies

Finding Models though Agencies

Today’s Post by Joe Farace Recently a reader asked where to find glamour models. But since you asked, Thurman, here are a few positive and negatives of one method that I’ve use to find models. Update: This post was written almost four years ago and much of...
Is a Smartphone a Camera?

Is a Smartphone a Camera?

What do you call a box with a plastic, wide-angle lens, tiny imaging sensor and no way to control aperture, shutter speed of ISO setting?”—Joe Farace Today’s Rant by Joe Farace If you described a brand new digital camera like that some people would say “it’s a digital...