Joe Farace

ACDSee PowerPack 6.0
More Power To The Image Management Process
Joe Farace  |  Mar 01, 2004

ACDSee has always been a powerful image management tool for Microsoft Windows users, and the latest version is no exception, but sometimes you need a little more power. That's when you need to kick it up a notch and spend a few extra bucks for the PowerPack edition. ACDSee PowerPack costs...

Continue Reading >
Web Profiles
Always In Fashion; Simply Priceless Sites
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2004

"Fashion is something that goes in one year...and out the other."--Overheard at Fall 2003 Fashion Week

So what's a henway? The Dumb & Dumber answer...

Continue Reading >
Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
"Real" Rebels, Exclusive Lenses, And More
Thoughts En Route And When Returning From Japan
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2004

Last month, this column was about software; this month the focus is on hardware. I'm writing this on a Boeing 777 as it flies across the Pacific Ocean toward Japan and will complete it on the way back. In between I'll visit representatives of...

Continue Reading >
Web Profiles
Build It And They Will View; A Tribute To Those Making The Effort Themselves
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2004

"It ain't easy being green."
--Kermit T. Frog

To paraphrase the singing amphibian, "it ain't easy having a website," especially like those...

Continue Reading >
Photographing Models With A Minolta DiMAGE Xt; You Can't Always Have An SLR In Your Pocket
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2004

You don't normally think of any point-and-shoot camera as ideal for photographing models, but you never know when a great photo op is going to present itself. That's why I like to carry a small, high quality digital camera with me at all times. Right now Minolta's DiMAGE Xt...

Continue Reading >
Speed Demon; Photographing Race Cars With Canon's Digital Rebel
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2004

Photographing race cars is a challenge no matter what kind of camera you use. Most people think that all they need is high ISO, fast shutter speed, and a long lens with a large aperture a.k.a. "big glass." Toss in a high frame per second continuous shooting mode and with a little...

Continue Reading >
Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
The Law Of Unintended Consequences Redux
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2004

"It's déjà vu all over again."--Yogi Berra

One of the most surprising, to me anyway, unintended consequences of the digital revolution is increasing marginalization...

Continue Reading >
Web Profiles
Happy Homepages For The Holidays
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2003

"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere..."--John Muir

This month's department is organized a little differently. There are big presents in the...

Continue Reading >
Book Reviews
Holiday Books; For The Digital Photographer
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2003

I 've always loved books. The most exciting day of my life was when Sister Mary Anthony took St. Catherine of Sienna's second grade class on a field trip to a library. Baltimore's Enoch Pratt Free Library was the first public library in America and although this branch, just...

Continue Reading >
Digital Darkroom
Setting Up Your Digital Darkroom
Computer Specs To Get You On The Road
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2003

A few years ago I sold all my traditional darkroom equipment, lock, stock, and tongs. After sitting untouched in my new home's basement for several years, I decided it all had to go. I loaded enlarger, lenses, carriers, and trays into my car, and took them to a local photo show and sold...

Continue Reading >

Pages

X