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Wedding Photography With A Difference; Faces Of Today’s Wedding Photography
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Joe Farace • Apr 01, 2010 • 2 comments

“The gift of real love is having someone who’ll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.”—Oprah Winfrey

The first wedding I remember attending was my Aunt Rose’s when I was just a cute (I know, it’s hard to imagine) 7-year-old who got drafted into being ring bearer. A few...
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What’s In A Name?: Four Photographers Sharing A Surname
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Joe Farace • Mar 28, 2012 • Published: Feb 01, 2012 • 1 comments
In January I featured the work of Thomas Lee (www.thomasleephoto.com) in this column and while researching for this month, I came across the outstanding work of Ralph Lee. This coincidence got me to thinking: why not have an entire Web Profiles featuring photographers named “Lee,” a surname derived from Old English leah or meadow. The most interesting part of my search was discovering that these photographers are a diverse lot, stylistically and geographically, even though they all have the same surname. I’ve introduced them here in alphabetical order with Jeff Lee last as the custom for “Blog-of-the-Month.”
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What’s Mew Pussycat?; More Readers’ Websites To Enjoy
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Joe Farace • May 01, 2010 • 0 comments

“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.” —John Lennon

I want to bring readers up-to-date on how online changes mentioned in the February 2010 column are proceeding: my blog is on hiatus, probably never to return, but I’m continuing my Facebook page (www.facebook.com/joe.farace)...
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Which Famous Photographer Are You? Good Day And Welcome To Year Nine
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Joe Farace • Aug 01, 2008 • 0 comments

"Ultimately, my hope is to amaze myself. The anticipation of discovering new possibilities becomes my greatest joy."--Jerry Uelsmann

To find out which famous photographer's style best fits you, take this quiz at:

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Yet Another Auld Lang Syne: What’s Your Digital New Year’s Resolution?
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Joe Farace • Mar 05, 2012 • Published: Jan 01, 2012 • 3 comments
Many people’s New Year’s resolution is to lose weight and since, as of this writing, I’ve lost 53 lbs, that’s low on my list of possibilities. Last year in this column I announced a resolution to make a new photograph every day and post in a gallery called “2011 Photo of the Day” (http://farace.smugmug.com). If you visit it, you’ll see that I’ve only partially succeeded. The project turned out to be much harder than I expected and only heightened my appreciation of some of the Picture-a-Day blogs and websites featured in Web Profiles during 2011. Instead, my 2012 New Year’s resolution is to update all of my websites and blogs and I’m well on my way, including a long-overdue update to www.joefarace.com. In the meantime, you can draw some inspiration from the websites and blogs that are featured to kick off the New Year.
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You Are What You Photograph: It’s Not Just All About Exposure
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Joe Farace • Nov 07, 2011 • Published: Sep 01, 2011 • 4 comments
Steichen was always one of my photo heroes. A true Renaissance man, along with Alfred Stieglitz he opened the Little Galleries of the Photo-Secession in 1905, won an Academy Award for his World War II film The Fighting Lady, and became director of the Department of Photography at New York’s Museum of Modern Art where he curated the legendary “Family of Man” exhibit that traveled to 69 countries and was seen by 9 million people. A companion book sold 2.5 million copies. Yet, many photographers today don’t even know his name. One of this column’s goals is to bring future “Steichens” to the attention of Shutterbug’s readers and I’m especially proud of the group of photographers that I’ve assembled for this month.
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You Can’t Tell A Book By Its Cover… Or A Website By Its URL
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Joe Farace • Jul 01, 2006 • 0 comments

"I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away."
--Oscar Levant

I've always been a big fan of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that's descriptive of what or whom a website is about. That's why my latest homepage is called JoeFaraceTravels.com. Clive Talbutt (

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You Meet The Nicest People On The Internet… And In The Most Unlikely Places
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Joe Farace • Mar 01, 2006 • 0 comments

"You Meet the Nicest People on a Honda." --1962 TV commercial

By December, 1962, American Honda was selling more than 40,000 motorcycles a year and its number of dealers exceeded that of any competitor. When a US advertising agency proposed a campaign slogan called, "You Meet the Nicest People on a Honda," it became a sensation and people...
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Young At Heart; Praise And They Will Prosper
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Joe Farace • Jul 01, 2004 • 0 comments

"Praise youth and it will prosper."--Irish proverb

For many photographers, especially young ones, it seems like the most difficult challenge they face is getting published. Maybe not?
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Your Rights As A Photographer; Print And Keep Them In Your Camera Bag
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Joe Farace • Sep 01, 2005 • 0 comments

"Get up, stand up Stand up for your rights. Get up, stand up Never give up the fight."--Bob Marley

Recently Mary and I were strolling around a local outdoor mall and I was making some pictures of the landscaping with my recently infrared-converted Canon EOS 20D (www.irdigital.net). Within...
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Zen And The Art Of Photography
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Joe Farace • Dec 01, 2004 • 1 comments

"Attain the center of emptiness, preserve the utmost quiet..."--Tao Te Ching

In recent months, I've introduced you to websites chock full of colorful images and action. This month, we will get meditative with two sites that have quiet designs and one photographer who creates art out of emptiness. This artist's images may be just a few dots...
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