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Portraiture
Wedding And Portraiture
A New Direction For Portraiture
Monte Zucker  |  Jul 01, 2001

For the past few years there's been a lot of apprehension as to what's happening to the state of classic portraiture. Now, there's an answer. It's growing, maturing, and blossoming out. And, it's also going...

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Speed Demons
The New Breed Of High Speed Print Fims
Peter K. Burian  |  Jul 01, 2001  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2001

Agfacolor Vista 800
Bearing a strong family resemblance, this film appears almost identical to Vista 400 in 4x6 prints. In my 8x12 enlargements, contrast appears a bit higher, an advantage in the flat light of an overcast day.

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Software Roundup Part II
New And Improved Tools For Producing Artistic Photographs
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2001

Ever since the Pictorialist movement at the turn of the 20th century, photographers have always enjoyed applying what many have dubbed "painterly" effects to their images. Pixographers are no strangers to this desire to create artistic...

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Samsung Maxima Elite 170QD
A 38 to 170mm Point And Shoot Zoom In A Coat Pocket Camera
George Schaub  |  Jul 01, 2001

Point-and-shoot zoom ranges keep getting more impressive. Not long ago the 35-105mm was the king; now, with Samsung's Maxima Elite 170QD we have a 4.4x zoom that stretches out to a rather incredible 170mm. Of course, point-and-shoot...

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Lighting
Lesson Of The Month
Using A Telephoto Lens For Outdoor Portraits
Ben Clay/Web Photo School  |  Jul 01, 2001

In order to demonstrate the basics of outdoor portraiture, we brought a local model and our photography crew to a beautiful nearby beach. Careful planning and the right equipment allowed us to achieve stunning results. Being equipped with a...

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Film Photography Reviews
New Kodak Max Zoom 400 Print Film
Peter K. Burian  |  Jul 01, 2001

Until about five years ago, any color print film with an ISO over 200 was considered to be in the "high-speed" category. Then, the many ISO 1000 and 800 films hit the market, and eventually, the ISO 400 products were defined as medium...

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Format Selection
Bigger Is Better, Or Is It
Joseph A. Dickerson  |  Jul 01, 2001

Big Sky Country, The Big Muddy, Big Bad John, and, of course, The Big Kahuna

All expressions of the ultimate, best, or baddest thing around. As anyone who has taken even the most...

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Film Photography Reviews
Fujichrome Provia 400F Pro Plus Sensia 200 And 400 Films
Peter K. Burian  |  Jul 01, 2001

Over the past two years, we have seen significant improvements in all ISO 400 and 800 color print films, but few advances in the "fast" color reversal products. This is understandable because color neg film outsells slide film by a vast...

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The Epson Stylus Photo 1280 Printer
David B. Brooks  |  Jul 01, 2001

Over the last few years the technology performance advances Epson has brought to ink jet photo printing has moved at an amazing pace. I've not just wondered how they have been able to improve photo-realistic printing so dramatically, but...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Printing Your Digital Images
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2001

One of the first things digital imagers are in a hurry to do after capturing an image is to print it. It is here in the real "digital darkroom" where pixographers have made technical advances that have freed them from some of the restrictions...

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