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Lara Jo Regan: A Strange and Beautiful Journey
Lynne Eodice  |  Jan 01, 2004

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As an award-winning photojournalist, Lara Jo Regan traveled widely on assignment for magazines like Time, Newsweek, and LIFE to document riots, slices of Americana, and some of the nation's poorest families. Her mother, a former socialite, once...

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Light Your Way To Online Product Photos; The Samigon Internet Photo Studio Puts Your Online Auctionables In A Better Light
Jack Neubart  |  Jan 01, 2004

With the immense popularity of online sales and auctions, the need to show off those goods to advantage becomes increasingly important. In fact, eBay (ebay.com), the most popular site for such activities, provides some basic tips, which focus on proper lighting and suitable backgrounds. While...

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3D Album; Still, Still, Still--It's A Movie!
John Townley  |  Jan 01, 2004

What if you had to make an exciting movie but the one thing you wasn't able to do was actually film it? Dialog, music, OK--but no footage. None. That's something the likes of historical film director Ken Burns has had to do many times in...

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Total Recall (Almost); ImageRecall--Software To Rescue Lost Image Files
John Townley  |  Jan 01, 2004

We've lost a lot of files in our day--mostly by forgetting to back them up--but photo and movie files have always managed to hang around unscathed, probably because we are rather slow with our equipment and constantly charging it, checking...

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Auto FX Mystical Lighting; 16 Optional Effects To "Light Up" Your Images
Anthony L. Celeste  |  Jan 01, 2004

Although plug-ins are often referred to as "Photoshop Plug-ins," most of them can be used in many photo editors other than Photoshop (such as Corel Photo-Paint and Ulead PhotoImpact). Since everyone doesn't own a copy of Photoshop...

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Canon PowerShot G5; Opening The Door To Raw Processing Power
Peter K. Burian  |  Jan 01, 2004

As full featured 5+ megapixel cameras are becoming quite common, a digicam is no longer viewed as something that's intended only for snap shooting. In fact, a growing number of photo enthusiasts are considering one of these models for their "serious" image-making. While some...

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Point & Shoot: How to Photograph Textures
Lynne Eodice  |  Jan 01, 2004

 

 

 

As the subject of a photograph, texture speaks to our sense of touch. The way that things feel is very ingrained in our consciousness. Texture tells us about the nature of a subject, whether it's the rough surface of a straw hat, or the silky smoothness of satin. The light that reveals an object's texture also gives us a sense of...

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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-V1 Digital Camera; 5-Mp Prosumer Camera With 4x Carl Zeiss Zoom, Plus Exclusive Night Shooting Modes
Peter K. Burian  |  Jan 01, 2004

The most prolific manufacturer of digital cameras, Sony was also one of the first to introduce a 5-megapixel model, the DSC-F707 in 2001, later replaced by the F717. The company's latest high-end 5-Mp camera, the DSC-V1, should become more popular, thanks to its smaller size and lighter...

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Web Profiles
Build It And They Will View; A Tribute To Those Making The Effort Themselves
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2004

"It ain't easy being green."
--Kermit T. Frog

To paraphrase the singing amphibian, "it ain't easy having a website," especially like those...

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Olympus Camedia C-4000; Feature-Filled 4-Mp, 3x Zoom With Familiar Look And Feel
Jack Neubart  |  Jan 01, 2004

While subcompact digicams are nice, many of us may feel they're too small to work easily with, and often too costly, given a similar feature set. The C-4000 provides a workable alternative--not too pricey and compact, but not overly so. On top of that, the camera sports 4-Mp capture...

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