Becca Farsace

B&H Bild meet-up!

Hi folks! Are you in NYC for B&H Bild? Or do you live here?

I know it's a bit short notice, but I'm hosting a little photo walk tomorrow at 4pm near the Javits Center. Let's hang for an h...

Newsletter: week of 6/9

What. A. Week.

Let's get Liquid Glass, Liquid Ass, and all the hot takes that include  2025-06-13 18:54:03 +0000 UTC View Post

My favorite camera of all time. (ad-free)

This video has been a long time in the making (my entire life, in fact 😅). For readers of the newsletter, you have already seen a lot of photos from and heard about my love of these cheap, fun c...

FujiFilm X half review: an almost perfect gimmick (ad-free)

I'm still waiting on an ad approval for this to go live on YT, but everything else is ready, so here you are, bud! Can't wait to hear what you think!

I had a lot of fun with the X h...

Newsletter: week of 6/2

Happy Friday and hello from Chicago! Today, I want to formally introduce you to my partner, Hannah :). She is a book editor at St. Martin's Press, which means she reads every single one of these ne...

I took 1,000 photos with the S25 Edge (ad-free)

I say this in the video, but it really is my biggest takeaway from using this device: size matters.

The only question is, are you willing to lose a telephoto lens, have less battery life, and...

Newsletter: week of 5/26

Hello from my couch as I nervously watch the New York Knicks attempt to make it to game six. (we did it <3)

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Newsletter: week of 5/19

Last week, I brought three cameras on my trip to China: a 2025-05-23 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Newsletter: week of 5/12

Sorry for the slight delay, and hello from 30,000 feet once again!

Last week, I was in Changdu, China, visiting the XGIMI headquarters and factory. Full disclosure: XGIMI is a channel sponso...

I tried the most popular minimal phones... so you don't have to (ad-free version)

Alright, you have to see these side-by-side photos of the Nokia (on the left) vs. the Minimal Phone (on the right). The winner is clear to me, but please sound off about which one you prefer. And s...

Newsletter: week of 5/5

This week, my SIM card was swapped in and out of every mobile phone there is. It started with a Nokia 2...

Newsletter: week of 4/28

With my bike trip postponed, this week was all about pivoting to a new video for next week. So I made my way to BestB...

Bike Trip Postponement Update

Waiting for warmer, sunnier days! If you live in NYS and like riding bikes, hit me up.
-b

Newsletter: week of 4/21

Hello from the air again. This time, I am en route back to NYC from Austin, TX, where I attended an event I can't say much about yet.

I travel alone a lot, and I genuinely love it. This is n...

Everything you need to know about Insta360's new camera (ad-free version)

If you're in the camera world, chances are your feeds have been and will be flooded with paid content from Insta360 this week. It's annoying, but I can't blame them because it works. There won't be...

Newsletter: week of 4/14

Hello from the sky! I am currently en route to Seattle to build the solar trailer of my dreams with my friend Brendan 2025-04-18 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post

Newsletter: week of 4/7

Now feels like the right time to tell you about a big project I've been working on! In a few weeks, I will be biking 450 miles from NYC to Rochester, NY, on an e-bike powered by the sun. Well, kind...

Light Phone, heavy price tag (ad-free, early upload)

So much got left on the cutting room floor with this one. For example, I had a whole section where I talked about how days would go by without getting a single call or text, and I would realize tha...

Newsletter: week of 3/31

I'm coming in hot this week- I just spent an hour attempting to connect my laptop to a printer. I swear they have kept that difficult just so we still feel something about technology....

Newsletter: week of 3/24

I am over a week into daily driving the Light Phone III, and I can't stop talking/thinking about it. A large part of that is because most phones are boring, and while the Light Phone is&nb...

I replaced my camera with a Game Boy (Ad-free)

Okay, who here had a Game Boy Camera in 1999? Since I started making this video and posting about it on Instagram, so many folks have reached out to tell me that they LOVED their Game Boy Camera an...

Newsletter: week of 3/17

Are there any Severance fans out there? Hannah and I stayed up late last night to watch the season finale, and wowee.

Because I have been building a lot of IKEA furniture lately, this has be...

Newsletter: week of 3/10

The sun is now setting after 7 p.m. in my part of the world, which means a few rays still shine after my work day ends. Sunset hiking season has officially begun, and my mood is 110% better! Sorry,...

I took 1,000 photos with the Sigma BF (Ad-free)

Once you get past learning how to use a completely foreign camera system with limited buttons on an all-metal body, the $2,000 Sigma BF becomes a great companion. And I highly recommend you rent on...

Newsletter: week of 3/3

Sorry for the delay, bud. After finishing my Nothing 500 photos video, I needed to take a few days off....

I took 500 photos with Nothing’s new “Pro” phone (ad-free)

sighhh, I just realized that I put the (parentheses) in the wrong place during this video. It's Nothing Phone *(3a) Pro. Sorry, Nothing.

Anwho, I am proud of this video. After using my phone ...

Newsletter: week of 2/24

What a week! Canon launched a new point-and-shoot ...

The tech I travel with as a full-time YouTuber (Ad-free)

If I look a bit tired in this video, it's because I am pretty tired in this video 😅. For the last two months, I have been burning the candle at both ends with endless travel, too many "yeses," a...

Newsletter: week of 2/17

Happy Friday, bud! Another week down and another 2025-02-21 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post

This AI pin listened to every word I said for a whole month (ad-free)

At long last, I worked text on screen, to the beat of my voice, into a video! Edits like this&...