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Low Light Photography: Big Challenge = Exciting Photo Ops
Joe Farace  |  Mar 13, 2013
It doesn’t matter what you call it—available light, unavailable light, available darkness or low light photography—often the most rewarding photographs are produced when working under the most challenging lighting conditions. Photographs made under these lighting conditions are different from those made on a sunny day and often have a more eye-catching look. They also open the night and low light to making photos, times you might not have thought about as presenting fun photo ops in the past.
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Digital Innovations
Mac OS Meets Windows; Peaceful Coexistence Within Platforms
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2006

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
--Isaac Asimov

I've tried to dump my Windows computer many times over the past few years, but the reality of writing Digital Innovations dictates it should be cross platform. So when my eMachines motherboard was fried, it was easier and cheaper to replace...

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Digital Innovations
Magical Monochrome Manipulations; It’s All Black And White To Me
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2011

“…everything looks better in black and white.”—Paul Simon, Concert in the Park

Proving that you can, in fact, change your tune, Paul Simon altered the lyrics of his 1973 hit song Kodachrome from the original “…everything looks worse in black and white.” When he performed the song at a concert in Central Park on August 15, 1991 everything looked...

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Make It Monochrome: My Favorite Black-And-White Film Emulation Software
Joe Farace  |  Nov 06, 2015

There’s more to black-and-white photography than simply a lack of color. Maybe we wouldn’t feel this way if the first photographs were made in color but that didn’t happen and I grew up admiring the works of W. Eugene Smith and other photojournalists who photographed people at work, play, or being themselves in glorious black and white.

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Digital Innovations
Making It Picture Or Portrait Perfect; Pro Gear Portrait Imaging Software
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2007

"I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso."--Rita Rudner

I n more than 50 years of making images, I've never photographed a resolution chart. I have always judged a lens or camera's performance by how much I liked using it and how the photographs looked. I care about how...

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Digital Innovations
Mastering The Art Of Simplicity: Creativity When You Need It
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 2012  |  First Published: Aug 01, 2012
For the past 10 years, my personal photography has enjoyed a burst of creativity that Mary alternately credits to a change in camera brands and a change in my home office environment. Certainly living and working on Daisy Hill has renewed my interest in personal assignments, but I think improvements in imaging technology are another catalyst. How can hardware and software increase or help a person’s pursuit of creativity?
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Medium Format Lensbabies; Blur & Distortion Go Big!
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2007

At PMA 2007 Lensbabies introduced the medium format version of its third-generation selective focus lens for Mamiya 645 and Pentax 67 cameras. That's right kiddies, it's a new lens that's engineered for use with medium format film (remember that stuff?) cameras.

The optic in the Medium Format Lensbaby 3G produces the same effects as the optic in...

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Medium Tools: Our Favorite Medium Format Cameras, Lenses & Accessories
Joe Farace  |  Jun 28, 2016

When people asked legendary editor Herbert Keppler why he sometimes wrote about cameras costing more than the average photographer could afford, he told me it was because of the Maserati factor. “Most people,” he said, “can’t afford a Maserati but like reading about them.” And I get that. My personal dream car is a 1961 Maserati 3500 GT, which sells for north of $450,000. Fortunately, medium format cameras, while expensive, cost less than that.

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Memory Cards
Name Of The Game: Faster And Bigger
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2004

Big, fast cards are becoming the norm, and not just in the CompactFlash format. Delkin Devices offers eFilm high-speed Secure Digital PRO memory cards and CompactFlash PRO 1GB and 2GB memory cards with speeds fast enough for digital video capture. Initial capacities will be 256MB and 512MB with...

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Minoltas DiMAGE X
Tiny Camera, Great Fun...And Results
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2002

The best thing a point-and-shoot digital camera can do is be ready when you want to make a picture and Minolta's DiMAGE X (www.minoltausa.com) delivers the goods in style with a tiny...

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