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Pro Techniques
Coming Of Age
A Professional Photographer Wins Clients With Digital Photography
Jay Abend  |  Jul 01, 1999

If you have been reading Shutterbug for some time, you're no doubt aware of the constant drumbeat of the digital photography industry. The products used to fall into two categories--expensive cameras that take frightfully bad pictures, or frightfully...

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Pro Techniques
Women In Photography
Marnie Crawford Samuelson
Rosalind Smith  |  Jun 01, 1999

Marnie Crawford Samuelson
recalls one of her earliest influences, the photographer Sam Abell,
telling about a body of work he did on canoeing. His bosses were not
enthusiastic about the project initially but Abell hadst...

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Windows 98 ICM 2.0 Color Management
David B. Brooks  |  Jun 01, 1999

I'm a sensitive person, at least visually, and it used to bother me to no end to go into someone's home with the TV on and see the faces in the screen green. That situation has been improved with auto-adjust features, but even today if you go...

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Wimberley Sidekick Tele Lens Holder
Robert E. Mayer  |  Jun 01, 1999

The large, fast telephoto lenses that are so popular these days for sports and action photography are long and heavy, making them unwieldy and impractical for handheld use, so they require steady tripod support to produce sharply-detailed pictures. While...

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What Shape Is Your Picture?
Aspect Ratio Of Photographic Images
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jun 01, 1999

So, let's see--you shoot with a 35mm camera and occasionally want the lab to make an 8x10 print for you. That's nice. Except whenever the lab does that, they always cut off the edge of the picture. Or, they make a 7x10" print and you...

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We Tried It
JTL ET-4 Tripod
Robert E. Mayer  |  Jun 01, 1999

Heavy and sturdy enough for practically any size camera including large format 4x5, the new JTL ET-4 No. 6014 tripod should satisfy the support needs of most any photographer today. Leg length can be quickly adjusted by first loosening then tightening a...

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Pro Techniques
Tech Tips
Select The "Right" Batteries
Peter K. Burian  |  Jun 01, 1999

Although we tend to take them for granted, batteries are an integral part of photography. Virtually every camera developed in the last 10 years becomes merely a paperweight without voltage to keep its mechanisms ticking. Unlike the previous generation which required power for little more than...

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Outdoor/Travel
Sun Block
The Challenge Of Eclipse Photography
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jun 01, 1999

As the songs says, it don't
come easy. Solar eclipse photography is not something to be taken lightly
or accomplished without preparation and protection. First, it can be
very dangerous: without the rightshielding...

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Student Union
Student Union - Shaun Bangert
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Jun 01, 1999

Shaun Bangert
University of Michigan School of Art & Design

Currently. Second year of graduate studies, pursuing a Masters in photography. Teaches advanced...

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Digital Darkroom
Scans, Scanning, & Scanners
Turning Your Pix Into Pixels
Joe Farace  |  Jun 01, 1999

After desktop printers, one of the most popular digital imaging products that Shutterbug readers ask me about is scanners. Typically, these aspiring digital imagers want to get started digitizing the slides and negative they've been shooting for many...

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