Joe Farace

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Photography During The Holidays; Dust Off Your Cameras And Let The Photo Barrage Begin!
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2006

"Fun for all that children call their favorite time of the year."--Bill Melendez

During the holidays many people dust off their cameras and take lots of pictures. Besides cute kids opening their presents many shutterbugs' favorite photo subject is a house decorated with seasonal lights. If you've ever wondered how this custom was started, this...

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Web Profiles
Photography In The Real World
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2007

"A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights."--Napoleon

Recently The New York Times reported that New York City was considering a law requiring photographers to obtain a permit and have $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures on city property, including sidewalks. The film office held a public hearing on the proposed rules...

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Web Profiles
Photography Is The Universal Language; From The Internet To Face-To-Face
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2006

"We are advertis'd by our loving friends."-- William Shakespeare

Contrary to popular opinion, friends who meet on the Internet do get together in person to share their love of photography. Members of SmugMug's (www.smugmug.com) online photo sharing service get together for an annual shootout and...

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Photography’s Future: Here Are 6 Intriguing Imaging Trends to Watch for in 2018
Joe Farace  |  Jan 10, 2018

“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”—Jack Kerouac

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Photoshop Actions; Add Effects With A Mouse Click
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2009

If you would like to create special effects without using plug-ins or following tedious tutorials, you’ll want to explore Adobe Photoshop’s Actions palette. Actions are not applications or even plug-ins; they are simply a series of instructions that store a sequence of image-editing steps that can be applied not only to the file you’re working on but to other, similar files in...

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Digital Darkroom
Photoshop Power Tools
Photoshop Compatible Plug In Roundup
Joe Farace  |  Mar 01, 2003

Photoshop Power Tools

You can build a house with hand tools but it'll go much faster if you use more power. I believe in using power tools for digital imaging, and, for me, the digital equivalent is Photoshop plug-ins. You...

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Phottix Indra500 TTL Studio Light Review
Joe Farace  |  Jan 15, 2016

Phottix’s 500 watt-second Indra500 TTL Studio Light merges speedlight and monolight technologies and is controlled by the company’s Odin TTL Flash Trigger that works with Canon and Nikon SLRs. (Indra is the Hindu warrior god of sky and rain.)

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Pictorico Ink Jet Media
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2000

The simplest and easiest way to change or improve the output from your ink jet printer is to change the kind of paper or media you're using. That's it! You don't have to worry about swapping cartridges or getting your hands dirty with messy ink...

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Digital Darkroom
Picture Taking; Digital Available Light Photography; How Low Can You Go?
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2007

A vailable light, unavailable light, available darkness, or low light. It doesn’t matter what you call it.

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Show Reports
PMA International
Camera Filters
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 1999

Although not all of the filter manufacturers had something new to announce, I was able to get a sense of each product line and the directions they're headed in.

Lee Filters introduced their new Gel Snap Polyester filter holder. The...

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