Joe Farace

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Lighting
Roundup Update: Dynalite, Interfit & Rime Lite, More News From The Lighting Front
Joe Farace  |  Nov 30, 2012
The field of studio lighting equipment is a large one and advanced amateur and professional photographers have many different kinds of products to choose from. There are self-powered monolights, traditional power pack and head systems, or continuous light sources that let you see in real time the lighting effect that’s produced. The kind of photographer you are and the type of images you make determines the lighting system that best fits your working style and Dynalite, Interfit, and Rime Lite are three companies that produce systems for every photographic discipline.
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Compact Camera NewsCompact Camera ReviewsNews
Rugged Point-And-Shoot Cameras; Hitting The Digital Trail
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2010

“Happy trails to you, keep smilin’ until then.”—Roy Rogers & Dale Evans

A growing trend in the world of compact digicams is “rugged” cameras that are capable of taking a modest beating as well as splashing in the surf or playing in the snow. Many of these cameras are festooned in bright colors and lest you think that’s just a fashion statement...

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Lighting NewsLighting Reviews
Safari Luminations’ Pro Lighting Kits; Mix And Match To Meet Your Needs
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 2009

Safari Luminations is a family of monolights and light-modification products aimed at the new shooter or someone getting started in studio photography.

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Pro Techniques
Safe Computing
How To Avoid Catching A Virus
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 1999

Computer viruses are small, invasive programs written by malevolent and misanthropic misfits that are designed to create havoc within your computer system. You get computer viruses in the same way that you catch the human variety; through contact with...

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Samsung’s Digimax Pro815; Not For Pros, But For Everyone
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2006

Samsung's Digimax Pro815 features several digital camera firsts, including the world's longest optical zoom lens--and it's a Schneider, too--and the largest LCD preview screen. It's all wrapped up in a Mad Max-design that looks like a digital SLR, except it's not. The Digimax Pro815 is an 8-megapixel fixed lens camera that provides three...

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DSLR NewsDSLR ReviewsNews
Samsung’s GX-1S; The K-Mount Revolution Continues
Joe Farace  |  Sep 01, 2006

It seems obvious that being part of a group is better than going it alone against the Canon and Nikon digital SLR juggernaut. The K-mount group now joins the Four Thirds alliance in competition with The Big Two. Developed jointly with Pentax Imaging (www.pentaximaging.com), Samsung's GX-1S digital SLR features a...

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Show Reports
Scanners
Models From Every Film Format
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2004

Konica Minolta's DiMAGE Scan Dual IV 35mm and Advanced Photo System (optional) film scanner is a successor to the DiMAGE Scan Dual III and uses a high-performance, three-line color 3200dpi CCD sensor to deliver a 4.8 dynamic range, 3200dpi scan in 21 seconds per image via its USB 2.0...

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Digital Darkroom
Scans, Scanning, & Scanners
Turning Your Pix Into Pixels
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 1999

After desktop printers, one of the most popular digital imaging products that Shutterbug readers ask me about is scanners. Typically, these aspiring digital imagers want to get started digitizing the slides and negative they've been shooting for many...

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Web Profiles
Searching For Website Perfection: And It’s Groundhog Day, Too!
Joe Farace  |  Mar 12, 2013  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2013
Never was there a time when it was so easy or inexpensive to create a great-looking website than right now. I created my own site (www.joefarace.com) using a WordPress template from Obox (www.obox-design.com) that’s hosted on GoDaddy.com and the whole magilla cost a little over $100—along with lots of my own time. What about your site? If you read Web Profiles regularly you know that from time to time I like to feature Shutterbug readers and if you would like to see your website or blog featured here, click my site’s Contact button and tell me about it.
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Web Profiles
Searching The Web So You Don’t Have To
Joe Farace  |  Apr 23, 2013  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2013
I said it last month but it bears repeating: “Never was there a time when it was so easy or inexpensive to create a great-looking website than right now.” Yet one emerging trend is to pack as much text onto the opening screen as possible and if a picture must be used it should be tiny and maybe show a portrait of the photographer. There’s an old joke whose punch line is, “First, you have to get their attention.” That’s true of websites as well. That landing page should be your signature image—that gasp factor—that makes the viewer look, linger, and want to see more. Give it a try.
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