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Digital DarkroomPortraiture
A Pros Touch
Creative Portrait Backgrounds Using Photoshop 6.0
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Mar 01, 2001

In the "old days" we kept dozens of different backgrounds in our studio. By using different colored lights on them, we could create even more different options for our portrait customers. Today all of that is mostly obsolete. It is now...

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Olympus Camedia E10 4MP SLR
David B. Brooks  |  Mar 01, 2001

First, I must express my gratitude to Olympus. A few years ago when rumors of digital backs for 35mm SLRs first cropped up, I responded in print with the opinion that eventually cameras designed for and around a CCD chip would prevail.

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JTL Superlights Are Hot
Robert E. Mayer  |  Mar 01, 2001

The incandescent JTL Superlight is a hotlight fixture intended primarily for working with tungsten-balanced color films or any black and white film. Although motion picture and videographers would probably use this type of light most, still photographers...

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Outdoor/Travel
Jasper, Banff, And Yoho
A Photographers Delight
Joseph A. Dickerson  |  Mar 01, 2001

A couple of years ago as Ann, my most significant other, and I were discussing where to go during our summer break she made a suggestion. Like most of her suggestions, this one proved to be a gem.

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Fujifilm FinePix 4900 Zoom
More Serious, More Fun
David B. Brooks  |  Mar 01, 2001

It wasn't that long ago I reported on a fun camera from Fujifilm, the shirt-pocket sized FinePix 4700. The follow up for the photo enthusiast, the new FinePix 4900, brings the same serious digital picture qualities with added features...

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Format Wars
Which One Is Right For You
Dave Howard  |  Mar 01, 2001

Like many photographers, my first "serious" camera was a 35mm SLR. And while my original rationale for choosing it (portability, number of exposures, large selection of lenses and accessories) proved sound, it wasn't long before I...

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Expand Your Horizon
Ultra Wide Zooms Can Do The Trick
Peter K. Burian  |  Mar 01, 2001

Although the 28-80mm zooms have become the standard lenses, they're not ideal in every respect. Although practical their somewhat limited focal length range tends to yield an "average" vision of the world, perhaps limiting the ability...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Image Capture Revisited
Joe Farace  |  Mar 01, 2001

Proving that in digital imaging, like the rest of photography "there are no absolutes," I've been forced to re-examine my original contention that there are just three major phases of digital imaging. To my original trifecta of image...

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Wildlife
Crash Course
A Short Lesson In Wildlife Photography
Rick Sammon  |  Mar 01, 2001

Imagine this: You show up for a wildlife photography shoot in Africa. An expert guide with a Land Rover outfitted especially for photography meets you. Camera mounts are set securely in place on the doors of the vehicle. Several padded...

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The Canon EOS D30 Digital SLR
George Schaub  |  Mar 01, 2001

When they first arrived on the scene digital SLRs were well beyond the means of all but the well heeled. News organizations, sports photojournalists, government photographers, and the corporate world were the first to take advantage of the new tech...

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