LATEST ADDITIONS

The Sigma 300 to 800mm f5.6 Zoom
Winning The Hearts And Lens Mounts Of Dedicated Wildlife Photographers
Stan Trzoniec  |  Oct 01, 2003

As soon as I opened the box I was in hyper-drive. There before me was one very impressive piece of optical gear. Made by Sigma, this new telephoto lens includes useful focal lengths from the ever-popular 300mm to a mind-boggling 800mm. For photographers...

Continue Reading »
Picture This
Picture This
America The Beautiful
Shutterbug Staff  |  Oct 01, 2003

Picture This!

Picture This! - Our Next Assignment

Group Portraits

Ever since photography began people have been lining up, or have been posed, in the...

Continue Reading »
Lighting
Tabletop Photography
Controlling Shadows And Contrast With Light Tents And Cocoons
Jack Neubart  |  Oct 01, 2003

When it comes to lighting tabletops, professional photographers often opt for the sweep table. A sweep table looks like an oversized chair, but, instead of cushions, it comes in an assemblage consisting of an upward curving, or
...

Continue Reading »
Book Reviews
Book Reviews
C.A. Boylan  |  Oct 01, 2003

Perfect Exposure; by Jim Zuckerman, Writer's Digest Books, 4700 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236; soft cover; 160 pages; $27.99; (ISBN 1-58297-126-9)
This is a fantastic opportunity to learn the fine points of exposure with the expert help of Jim...

Continue Reading »
Help
Robert E. Mayer  |  Oct 01, 2003

Here is a quick tip list
on letters for the HELP! desk:

Please confine yourself to only one question per letter. Both postal
letters and e-mails are fine, although we prefer e-mail as the most
efficient...

Continue Reading »
Student Union
Student Union - Lindsay Adler
Jay McCabe  |  Oct 01, 2003

Student Union

Owego Free Academy
Owego, New York

Early Start
It was the enthusiasm that her grandmother and mother had for photography that led to...

Continue Reading »
Passport
Passport
Model Assignment
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Oct 01, 2003

A few months ago I wrote about my assignment to photograph on the Caribbean island of Curacao for the island's tourism board. It was my first time in Curacao, so the board's slogan for their advertising was perfect for me:...

Continue Reading »
Master Class
Master Class
From Russia With Love... Part 3
Monte Zucker  |  Oct 01, 2003

When we last left Monte he was making his way through the Kremlin's incredible interior...

One of the highlights of my visit to the Kremlin was undoubtedly seeing some of Russia's greatest...

Continue Reading »
Living History
Tony Arruzas Offshore Interests
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Oct 01, 2003

The assignment from Endless Vacation magazine was to photograph the Gullah and Geechee people of the sea islands off Georgia and South Carolina. "The magazine was interested in portraying a people who live and work in much the same way as their...

Continue Reading »
Lighting
Lighting Workshop
How To Meter And Balance Your Lights
Steve Nichols  |  Oct 01, 2003

It started back in the old days of Hollywood. The cameramen and directors needed to devise lighting schemes that would create a realistic, three-dimensional look on film. Their solution was what they call "triangle" lighting.

...

Continue Reading »

Pages

X