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Wildlife
Lifestyles
The Doctor Is Out...Out Taking Pictures, That Is
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Oct 01, 1999

"I used to consider myself a surgeon, a medical inventor, and a photographer, in that order," Dr. Elliot Kornberg says. "Now I consider myself an inventor, a photographer, and a surgeon. Ultimately I want to be a photographer-inventor-surgeon."...

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Getting Warm
A Roundup Of Warm-Tone Black And White Papers
Tom Fuller  |  Oct 01, 1999

Here I go again dating myself, but I remember going through packs of Kodak Athena, a double-weight contact paper with a lovely brown-black image. Actually, the tone varied daily from warm to neutral depending upon the condition of my fledgling technique...

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Digital Darkroom
Fun With Photoshop
Ideas And The Digital Drawing Board
Rick Sammon  |  Oct 01, 1999

How do we get ideas? This is a question man has asked since the time of the great Greek philosophers, Aristotle and Plato. The answer differs from person to person, from culture to culture, and from idea to idea. I don't claim to know the answer, but as a digital...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Photo CD Vs. Picture Disc: It's Not A Competition
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 1999

In addition to a bunch of new digital imaging products, including an update to Adobe Photoshop and an impressive new ink jet paper from Ilford, this month's column includes a response to a reader's fears that Eastman Kodak had discontinued the...

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Color With The Dichroic Enlarger
Red, Green, And Blue In A Wet Darkroom
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Oct 01, 1999

All color photographic printing paper responds to only three colors of light: Red, Green, and Blue (RGB). In fact, the emulsion of color printing papers is specifically adjusted to respond best to specific wavelengths of RGB. Therefore, if certain, specific wavelengths of RGB are used to...

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The Better Light 6000 Scanning Camera Back
Jay Abend  |  Oct 01, 1999

For those of you who think that digital cameras cannot replace conventional medium and large format film, get a load of the Better Light 6000 scanning camera back. This rather expensive pro digital tool not only replaces 4x5 transparency film for most...

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Adorama Variable Grade Black And White Paper
Tom Fuller  |  Oct 01, 1999

To those still on the quest for an affordable, good quality black and white paper, the time has come to sheath your reading glass. Adorama Variable Grade, a medium weight RC available in glossy and Mother-of-Pearl surfaces, meets the requirements and may...

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Portraiture
Wedding & Portraiture
Cheat Sheet For Bride & Groom Portraits
Monte Zucker  |  Sep 01, 1999

What I wouldn't have given for something like this when I was new to the business. Here's a quickie shot list of portraits that you can take the next time you're photographing a wedding.

Of course, these are a lot...

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Web Profiles
Web Site Of The Month
WJ's Photo Homepage
Joe Farace  |  Sep 01, 1999

The tale of The Ugly Duckling is a Danish fable but perhaps has some resonance with the Dutch. WJ's Photo Homepage originates in The Netherlands and while it contains the most extensive collection of information about infrared photography I've...

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The Tip-Off
Leading Lines--Tony Sweet Extends An Invitation
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Sep 01, 1999

The idea is as old as composition itself: lead the viewer into the picture.

"If there's any hesitation on the part of the viewer, the picture fails," says nature photographer Tony Sweet. "Viewers should go right...

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