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Not Just Another Walk In The Park
Vincent Versaces Presidio Project
Rosalind Smith  |  Mar 01, 2003

This park had a story that wanted to be told," says Vincent Versace, Los Angeles celeb photographer best known for his images of "the beautiful people" of Hollywood.

When the trustees of Presidio National...

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Master Class
Master Class
Montes Digital Conversions
Monte Zucker  |  Mar 01, 2003

Master Class


Creating Backgrounds From Within The Original Pictures
This simple photograph was sort of fun to create. First of all, I had professional models and all the time in the world to make the image. It was made during a shoot to create an ad for the...

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Lighting
Lesson Of The Month
Creating Natural Light Indoors
Ben Clay/Web Photo School  |  Mar 01, 2003

Lesson Of The Month

Have you ever come across a portrait or architectural shot that looks as though the lighting was completely natural, only to find out later that it was artificially lit? It's a sign of a good photographer...

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Digital Darkroom
Infinite Backgrounds
Select, Cut And Paste It is All In The Digital Darkroom
Steve Bedell  |  Mar 01, 2003

Infinite Backgrounds

About 15 years ago I bought a front projection system for my studio. The way it works is something like this: You pop a slide into the projector and it shows up on the background screen. Put your subject in...

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Globetrotter
Globetrotter
Shooting The Slots
Rick Sammon  |  Mar 01, 2003

Globetrotter

From a purely sensuous point of view, few outdoor scenes beat Arizona's Upper Antelope Canyon and Lower Antelope Canyon, two of the best-known slot canyons in the world.

The...

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Digital Stock
Is The Spec Image Going The Digital Route
Rosalind Smith  |  Mar 01, 2003

Digital Stock

In November photographer Frank Siteman received an announcement from the stock agency Photo Edit of Long Beach, California, that they no longer wanted film, only digital files, and they had to come from 6-megapixel...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Back To The Future
Joe Farace  |  Mar 01, 2003

Digital Innovations

"Are you telling me you built a time machine out of a DeLorean?...The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style."--Back To...

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Digital Diary
Photographing Dance
Andre Costantini  |  Mar 01, 2003

Digital Diary

With so many new technologies and equipment available it can become overwhelming to know what to use and how to use it. Some have advantages over traditional film and darkroom, which presents...

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Casual Observer
Entries In Joe Gioias Digital Notebook
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Mar 01, 2003

Casual Observer

If you're a photographer, this is what you do.

It doesn't matter if you've drifted away from taking pictures, or turned your back, or burned out while trying to break through. One...

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Photographic Super Course: The Art of Seeing
Mike Stensvold  |  Feb 01, 2003

 

 

 

 

All photos by Mike Stensvold unless otherwise stated.

It's probably true that real artists are born, not made. But there is a lot anyone can do to make his or her photographs more interesting, and the tips on these pages should help you improve yours.

Seeing is the fun part of...

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