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Shooting With Classics
For The Subjective Approach
Mike Matzkin  |  Aug 01, 2000

This is about putting some of the fun, mystery, and control back into image making. Do you ever feel that something is interfering in the process of making a photograph? That somehow you are not in control of it? Some of that feeling has to do with...

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Outdoor/Travel
Quick Tips
The Nighttime Is The Right Time For Dramatic Pictures
Rick Sammon  |  Aug 01, 2000

Quick question: What's one of the key ingredients for a dramatic picture?
Answer: Dramatic lighting.

One more question: Where and when can you almost always find...

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Passport
Passport
No Paperweight
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Aug 01, 2000

Since this is the magazine's annual issue devoted to lenses, let's talk about the lens most likely to be forgotten or ignored, the one that practically no pro pulls out of his bag, but which is my favorite: the 50mm f/1.4. You know, the paperweight.

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Olympus C-3030 Zoom Digicam
David B. Brooks  |  Aug 01, 2000

The digital camera industry seems to be in that adolescent period when growth and maturation is at a feverish weed-like pace. At the forefront is Olympus, now with their Camedia C-3030 Zoom, with 3.34 megapixel resolution and a host of new features...

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Miss Less Pictures
Carry Fewer Lenses
Dave Howard  |  Aug 01, 2000

How many times have you missed a picture opportunity due to not having the right lens on your camera at the time? It never fails: you've just finished taking a wide angle, get-everything-in shot with a 28mm lens; no sooner than you've released...

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The Lighter Side
On Location With Just Two Lenses
Rick Sammon  |  Aug 01, 2000

Okay, so I lied--but it's a small, white lie. Please let me explain. I do go on location (and on assignment) with just two lenses: my 100-400mm Image Stabilizer zoom and my 17-35mm zoom. My tiny fib is that I use a 1.4x tele-converter (some would call...

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Lighting
Lesson Of The Month
Photographing Expensive Jewelry With Inexpensive Equipment
Ben Clay  |  Aug 01, 2000

Photographing jewelry can be particularly challenging for a number of
reasons:

1. Since most jewelry is highly reflective, the size and placement of
light modifiers is crucial.

2. To appreciate theatte...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Printing Color Negatives
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Aug 01, 2000

The Beginners Method.
You'll need three trays; a black and white enlarger; a red, green, and
blue filter; some of the special, ambient temperature, color chemicals;
and, of course, some color printing paper.

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Do It Yourself
Build An Ultra Wide Shift Camera Part 1
Tom Fuller  |  Aug 01, 2000

This month we have a Level 5 project (see the April 2000 issue for an explanation of the DIY complexity scale) that I've broken into two parts for convenience. This part describes the concept and the basic camera design, with next month's Part 2 covering...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Take A Creative Break, Today
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2000

"You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."--Wayne Gretsky

Back in the Cretaceous era while studying photography at the Maryland Institute of Art, I was privileged to have Jack Wilgus as an instructor. One of my fondest memories of...

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