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Canal Ghosts
Shutterbug Staff  |  Dec 01, 2004

The Y of the convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers separates Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. On the West Virginia side is the historic town of Harpers Ferry where the abolitionist John Brown raided the US Armory in 1859. Across the Potomac on the Maryland side is the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (built in 1850) and its towpath. Late on a fall day two friends and I...

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Silver And Oil
A "Mixed Media" With Archival Qualities
Jack Jeffers  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Jack Jeffers, All Rights Reserved

After spending more than 30 years documenting the Appalachians and publishing two books about the region, I retired to Lander, Wyoming, in 1996, to fulfill a childhood dream of living and working as a western artist. Higher mountains would mean greater challenges, I thought.

The western...

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Quantum's Leap
The Qflash T4d Digital
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

The Quantum Qflash T4d Digital is a serious flash unit that combines the form factor and user interface of the kind of high-end flash units that camera manufacturers charge big bucks for with the kind of power normally found in small monobloc studio strobes. Then there's that removable reflector that...

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Printing As Meditation
Ralph Hattersley  |  Dec 01, 2004

Photography is a wide-ranging field that engenders passion in its practitioners, and like all great forms of expression creates opinions formed through experience and reflection. In its early days one of the great debates was: Is Photography Art? This was the subject of many essays and heated discussions among players and spectators. Today, issues such as film vs. digital, format...

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Shooting Snow & Ice
The Editors  |  Dec 01, 2004

It's winter, and with the season come wonderful opportunities to produce some great snow and ice photos. On the following pages are a few tips to help you do just that.

The basic idea is to have the brightest areas of snow or ice appear white, but with a trace of detail. Very small areas can be blank white, but large areas should have some texture and detail.

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Ulead SmartSaver Pro; A Tool For Putting Your Photos On The Web
Anthony L. Celeste  |  Dec 01, 2004

Ulead SmartSaver Pro Quick Look
· Batch processing
· $59.95 (Street price)
· Opens two dozen different file formats

Further Information
Ulead SmartSaver Pro
http://www.ulead.com

Most of the plug-ins I've looked at have been designed to...

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Epson Stylus Photo R800; "Archival" Prints And UltraChrome Hi-Gloss Pigment Inks
Peter K. Burian  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Peter K. Burian, All Rights Reserved

Epson Stylus Photo R800 Quick Look
· Pigment based inks
· $399 (Street price)
· 8.3x10.7" prints

Further Information
Epson Stylus Photo R800
http://www.epson.com

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nik Color Efex Pro 2
Howard Millard  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Howard Millard, All Rights Reserved

nik Color Efex Pro 2 Quick Look
· 75 filters
· $299.95 (Street price)
· True Light processing

Further Information
nik Color Efex Pro 2
http://www.nikmultimedia.com

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Canon PowerShot S60 5 Megapixels And Abundant Controls
George Schaub  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, George Schaub, All Rights Reserved

Canon PowerShot S60 Quick Look
· 5.0 Megapixels
· $499 (Street price)
· Canon 3.6x zoom lens

Further Information
Canon PowerShot S60
http://www.usa.canon.com

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Digital Darkroom
How To Make A Digital Montage; Combining Images To Create New Visions
Ellen Anon  |  Dec 01, 2004

All Photos © 2004, Ellen Anon, All Rights Reserved

It has long been my goal to create photographic images that capture not only what I saw, but what I felt at the moment I made the picture. It was at a workshop with Freeman Patterson and Andre Gallant that my creative spirit truly began to soar. Patterson and Gallant are two extraordinarily talented photographers...

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