Photographing a Classic in Soft Focus Car

Photographing a Classic in Soft Focus Car

Today’s Post  by Joe Farace Let me tell you a secret: You don’t always want or need tack sharp images, even for photographs of cars. Sometimes a soft focus image is just what the doctor or photographer ordered and the use of blur or selective blur can be used...
Something New Is Coming to this Site

Something New Is Coming to this Site

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In the near future, my webmaster Tim Fiedler and I will be moving this site from the host that has been running it for the the past several years to one that will provide better service as well as SSL support. SSL (Secure Sockets...
Updated: Reader Suggestions for a Project Car

Updated: Reader Suggestions for a Project Car

Today’s Post by Joe Farace In a previous post called ‘Welcome to My Garage: Video’ I asked for reader suggestions about what would be a great project car for me now that my garage is partially empty since the departure of my long-gone but not missed...
Two Photographers, Two Motorcycles & One Model

Two Photographers, Two Motorcycles & One Model

Today’s Post by Joe Farace We’re taking a little detour today: First the subject includes motorcycles and second, it features portraits of a woman. In this case, a very specific woman—Tia Stoneman— who was photographed by two different photographers with...
Don’t Get Hysterical Over Histograms

Don’t Get Hysterical Over Histograms

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “That which is measured improves. That which is measured and reported improves exponentially”— Karl Pearson A histogram is a graphic representation of the distribution of exposure data in an image file. Mathematicians will...
The  Best Subjects for Infrared Photography?

The Best Subjects for Infrared Photography?

Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Every object in the Universe with a temperature above absolute zero radiates in the infrared, so this part of the spectrum contains a great deal of information.”—Frank J. Low Digital infrared photography has the power to transform...