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Do It Yourself
Build A Low Cost Film Drying Cabinet
Tom Fuller  |  Feb 01, 2001

Our project this month is to turn a hanging garment bag into an effective film drying cabinet. Although this is just barely a Level 2 Project (see the April 2000 issue for an explanation of my DIY complexity scale), it requires the wiring of an AC...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
The Times They Are A Changin, Digitally That Is
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2001

Take a look at the photograph of me that accompanies this month's column. Nothing remarkable, wouldn't you say? I am standing in front of the Applied Science Fiction (ASF) stand at the photokina 2000 show in Köln, Germany, last...

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Buyers Guide To Tripods
Choosing Different Pods For Different Jobs
Dave Howard  |  Feb 01, 2001

As there's no such thing as the one perfect camera for all photographic pursuits, there's also no one perfect tripod all camera support tasks, although I'll admit to having taken a rather inordinately long time early in my...

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Digital Darkroom
Black And White In Color
Something Extra From Monochrome Digital Images
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2001

One of the reasons purists often refer to black and white prints as "monochrome" is that it's a much more precise term that also covers prints made in sepia and other tones. One of the advantages of working with monochromatic digital...

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All Manual 35mm Cameras
Total Control Is In Your Hands
Peter K. Burian  |  Feb 01, 2001

After more than a decade of technological innovation, the multimode SLR cameras now dominate just about every brand on the market. Packed with a full array of capabilities, their "intelligent" exposure meters, multiple Programs, "fuzzy logic" computers, and predictive AF systems offer valuable...

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Adobe Photoshop 6
David B. Brooks  |  Feb 01, 2001

Probably the one computer product most closely associated with photography is Adobe's Photoshop. Adobe releases a major upgrade of Photoshop every so often that incorporates improvements the company's programmers have developed since...

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A Wedding Pros Confession
I Still Use Medium Format Manual Focus Cameras, For My Work
Steve Bedell  |  Jan 01, 2001

First, let me state that I currently shoot the majority of my wedding photos with a Bronica SQ-Ai medium format 6x6 camera. I use Kodak Portra 400VC 220 film (I like the extra snap in the contrast). It's fast enough for 90 percent of the...

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LightingPro TechniquesPortraiture
Available Light Portraits
10 Secrets To Photographing People Using Minimum Equipment
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2001

It should come as no surprise to you to discover that there are few--maybe no--real secrets in photography. Instead, what you find are informed opinions based on experience blended with some stylistic preferences. The recipe for producing...

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Pro Techniques
Autofocus Problem Solving
10 Tips For Reliable Photography
Peter K. Burian  |  Jan 01, 2001

A full 15 years have passed since the first commercially viable autofocus SLR was introduced (the Maxxum 7000) and the technology has been improved significantly since then. Even so, some photographers consider AF suitable only for snapshooting.

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Portraiture
Wedding And Portraiture
Seeing Pictures, Outdoor Backgrounds Around Every Corner
Monte Zucker  |  Jan 01, 2001

I arrived at the International Wedding Institute, Hasselblad's annual school for wedding photographers in Tucson, Arizona, a day early to get a feel for things and scout locations for outdoor portraiture. I didn't have to look far.

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