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Globetrotter
Globetrotter
Cruisin’ For Photo Opportunities;Island Hopping Offers A Variety Of Photographic Subjects
Rick Sammon  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, Rick Sammon, All Rights Reserved

My friends often call me the "shoot and scoot" photographer. The term refers to the fact that I don't spend a lot of time in one location.

Why am I always on the move? Well, for one thing, I, perhaps like many readers, don't have the luxury or resources to spend weeks or even months in...

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Fujifilm’s FinePix S3 Pro
It Isn’t Just About Pixels Anymore
Steve Bedell  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, Steve Bedell, All Rights Reserved

Like most photographers, before I try out new equipment on clients, I test it thoroughly. Yeah, right. It's digital so why bother? We can see the picture right off, so let's get shooting! And so it was with this camera. The day after I got it I was booked in the studio all day with sessions, so after a few...

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Event Photography Tools
Proofing On-Site With The Epson P-2000
Ingrid S. Krampe  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004 Ingrid S. Krampe, All Rights Reserved

To generate and continue our business growth from a small town in rural Georgia, we have focused on the equestrian market. This geographically broad niche seems to have a generous amount of expendable dollars, as well as an ample interest in images and related art. The most challenging aspect of the business--beyond...

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Editor's Notes
Eyes Wide Open: When The Travel And Photo Bug Conspire
George Schaub  |  May 01, 2005  |  First Published: May 20, 2005

My favorite book when I was a kid was the atlas. I would plan elaborate journeys through mountainous regions, follow the shipping news in The New York Times, and ogle the fascinating people and places in Life magazine while waiting for a haircut at the local barbershop. For me, getting there was the point and being there was the reward. I started my travel habit with bicycle trips...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
The Best Things In Life Are Free; Who Says?
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004 Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form."
--Stephen Nachmanovitch

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free open source photo retouching and image authoring program. While some of its fans claim it's just as good as Adobe...

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Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  May 01, 2005

Digital Help is designed to aid you in getting the most from your digital photography, printing, scanning, and image creation. Each month, David Brooks provides solutions to problems you might encounter with matters such as color calibration and management, digital printer and scanner settings, and working with digital photographic images with many different kinds of...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
The Lowdown On VC Papers; A Versatile Choice For A Variety Of Negatives
Frances E. Schultz  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, Frances E. Schultz, All Rights Reserved

How brown do you like your toast? The answer, of course, is "It depends." What kind of bread is it? How old is the bread? How thick? What are you going to put on it? How are you feeling at the time? You can't make hard and fast rules, even for yourself. It's even harder to make toast for...

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Classic Camera Reviews
Baldessa 1
Fun, Despite Its Performance
Roger W. Hicks  |  May 01, 2005

The Baldessa 1 from Balda in the Schwarzwald is one of those cameras that quickens the heart of a collector simply by its looks: beautiful styling and a superb late-1950s West German finish. Unfortunately upon closer examination it turns out to be a bit of a bimbo (for the ladies, think of it as a himbo or dumb hunk--I don't want to be unduly sexist).

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Candid Camera
Casio’s Exilim Card EX-S100
George Schaub  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004, George Schaub, All Rights Reserved

Dubbed "the world's smallest optical zoom digital camera," the Casio Exilim Card EX-S100 is business-card size at a mere 0.66" thick and just 3.46" at its longest dimension. But despite its size the EX-S100 yields excellent color files from its 3.2-megapixel chip and has a whopping...

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Canon’s CanoScan 9950F
An Impressive Flat-Bed For Those With Mixed Scanning Needs
Jon Canfield  |  May 01, 2005

Canon's new flat-bed scanner, the CanoScan 9950F boasts an impressive feature set that will appeal to photographers who either shoot film or have a collection of film that is waiting to be converted to digital. In this review I'll take a look at how well the scanner performs and whether it earns a place in the digital darkroom.



The 9950F is the...

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