Joe Farace

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Web Profiles
Four Dynamic Wedding Photographers: Image Galleries And Styles To Admire
Joe Farace  |  May 07, 2012  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2012
Maybe it was the 17th Earl of Oxford (www.shakespeare-oxford.com) who really wrote the above line but it’s a nice thought nevertheless. The quote’s actual authorship was the concept proposed in the film Anonymous as well. (Look for a review of the film on my movie blog www.ihatepopcorn.com.) What’s for sure is that the creative endeavors of the four wedding photographers featured this month display work that transcends the genre, producing images of beauty, sensitivity, and love. And isn’t that what weddings are all about?
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Digital Innovations
Freezing Time With Your Camera: Instant Memories From An SLR
Joe Farace  |  Sep 03, 2013  |  First Published: Aug 01, 2013
Alien Skin Software’s Exposure 5 is powerful monochrome conversion software that lets you produce accurate film simulations while adding a range of creative effects. Wrapped up in a redesigned and easy-to-use interface, Exposure 5 can also be launched as a stand-alone application, which can be useful in a workflow that doesn’t support plug-ins. This latest version includes controls for emulating color or black and white so you don’t have to switch between modes or, as in previous versions, separate plug-ins. It’s all one happy family.
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Mirrorless Camera NewsMirrorless Camera ReviewsNews
Fujifilm X-T100 Mirrorless Camera Review
Joe Farace  |  Jul 24, 2018

I was introduced to Fujifilm’s mirrorless cameras back in 2012 during a press conference that launched the Fujifilm X-Pro1. During the press conference, a Fujifilm representative told Shutterbug’s former editor and myself they planned to be number three in camera sales, something that may have surprised Sony.

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Compact Camera NewsCompact Camera ReviewsNews
Fujifilm’s FinePix S100FS; Capturing A “Digital Film” Look
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 2008

Fuji's FinePix S100FS (Film Simulation) is an electronic viewfinder digicam that's designed to produce film-like images at the point of capture. How it does it is not all that different than a D-SLR set on Picture Styles or similar, but the S100FS does this with menu items with such magical names as Provia and Velvia, Fujifilm's renowned slide emulsions. Overlooked...

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Fujifilm’s IS-1; The FinePix S3 Pro UVIR Gets A Little Brother
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2007

The fascination with digital infrared photography continues to grow and Fuji follows up the introduction of the FinePix S3 Pro UVIR D-SLR with an electronic viewfinder (EVF) fixed-lens camera called the IS-1. (See our review of the UVIR on www.shutterbug.com by typing FinePix S3 Pro UVIR into the Search box.) Don't think Fuji is just concerned about the aesthetic...

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Show Reports
Fun In The Digital Magic Kingdom
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2002

We are producing a new generation of "millennials" whose ABCs include MP3, JPEG, and X Box, and whose imaging tools don't include their parents' silver-halide technology. Even toddlers expect to see their photographs on an LCD preview screen a few seconds after Mom or Dad trips the shutter. These...

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Lighting NewsLighting Reviews
Gear Roundup: Studio & Location Lighting Gear 2014, Trends & New Products
Joe Farace  |  Oct 19, 2014

This report and product roundup is based on my visit to this year’s WPPI Expo, a show popular with portrait, event, and wedding photographers. As I visited the many lighting companies at the show, it became clear that studio and location lighting is going through its biggest changes since the invention of the flash bulb.

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Outdoor/Travel
Get Round Tuit
Organizing Your Travel Photographs With Imagebase Software
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 1999

All of us have made solemn vows that someday we are going to put our travel photographs in an album or arrange the slides into a slide show for family and friends to enjoy, but somehow we never get around to it. For example, what happens when you get back...

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Pro Techniques
Getting Started
Pro Tips For Platinum Printing
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 1999

"The tone he produces on rough platinotype paper by skillful printing and carefully aged mercury baths cannot be reproduced by any mechanical process."
--George Bernard Shaw on the photographs of Frederick Evans

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Digital Darkroom
Giclee
Fine Art Printing Of Digital Images
Joe Farace  |  Sep 01, 1999

Giclee (pronounced "zhee-clay") is a French word meaning "to spray on" or "to sputter." Giclee reproductions were originally developed in 1989 as a plateless method for fine art printing using large format ink jet printers and...

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