Joe Farace

Digital Innovations
A Digital View Of PMA ’09; An Overview Of Hardware And Software
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2009  |  0 comments

“I’m not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information.”—Bill Watterson

The first PMA show I attended in 1982 was also held in Las Vegas. A lot has changed since then, but photography has clearly changed the most. Here are some of the highlights for digital photographers I saw at this year’s edition:
The D-SLR announcements were few but...

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Web Profiles
Something Old, Something New, Something…; What’s New And Exciting Around The Web
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2009  |  0 comments

“To the complaint, ‘there are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, ‘there are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.’”—Ansel Adams

It’s June, a month of brides and Shutterbug’s Digital Darkroom special issue. In this month’s edition of Web Profiles, I’ll introduce you to a website created by an amazing...

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Digital Darkroom Days; Swinging Into Plug-Ins & Actions
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2009  |  0 comments

“There are three key things for good photography: a camera, lighting, and Photoshop.”—Tyra Banks

Ever since the Pictorialist movement began in 1885 photographers have enjoyed applying what many would call “special effects” to their images. The Modernist movement that started in 1914 began a shift toward tack-sharp realism, but the emergence of the digital...

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Photoshop Actions; Add Effects With A Mouse Click
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 2009  |  0 comments

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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On The Trade Show Circuit; Springing Into New Digital Imaging Products
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2009  |  0 comments

“I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words bother me.”—A. A. Milne

The beginning of the year is a busy one for trade shows, ranging from the huge Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas that showcases everything from the latest vacuum cleaners to digital cameras. On top of that, there’s the classic Macworld Expo in San Francisco that while a shell of its...

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Web Profiles
Websites For Spring; Where Do You Get All Those Marvelous…Quotations?
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2009  |  0 comments

“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”—Ambrose Bierce

The second question readers ask when they meet me (the first is how to pronounce my name) is where do I get the quotations that kick off this column? I collect them from various sources, including reader submissions, and have an affinity for the sarcastic and witty, which is why writers...

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Travel Photography Accessories; A Shopping List For When You Hit The Road
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2009  |  8 comments

If there’s any secret about making great travel photographs it’s that using your camera has to be instinctive because when a photo opportunity presents itself you may only have a few seconds to get a shot.

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Nikon’s D3X; One Of The Best Just Got Better
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Right now it’s all about megapixels and Nikon’s latest entry in the super D-SLR race is the 24.5-megapixel D3X.

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Olympus’ E-30; All The Filters Of The Rainbow
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2009  |  0 comments

Olympus decided to build an impressive camera that goes where none has gone before, the Olympus E-30.

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Web Profiles
Building A Better Mousetrap (Website); From Templates To Online Services
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2009  |  0 comments

“April Fool. The March fool with another month added to his folly.”—Ambrose Bierce

The best thing photographers can do to showcase their work is build a website, especially one that features their own name as a domain. Oh sure, Flickr and its clones are OK to get started, but when you get serious about your photography you need to get serious about marketing, too. There...

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