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Output Options; How To Protect Your Images; Photos On The Web Might Be Fair Game
Jon Canfield  |  May 01, 2007  | 

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Output Options; Online Or Else; Show Your Images On The Web
Jon Canfield  |  Aug 01, 2007  | 

It's probably no surprise to most of you, but in today's digital world, having a website is almost a requirement if you're to be considered a pro or more than a casual snapshooter. Many publications and image purchasers don't want to deal with looking at contact sheets or browsing at images on a CD or DVD--aside from the task of inserting and reading...

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Output Options; Printing And Mounting Canvas; An Attractive And Lucrative Print Surface Option
Jon Canfield  |  Feb 01, 2009  | 

Canvas prints are becoming extremely popular these days and there are a tremendous number of options available to you, both traditionally mounted with a frame and with a gallery wrap, where the image wraps around the side of the mount and no frame is used. Good options for online printing include Canvas On Demand (www.canvasondemand.com)...

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Outdoor/TravelPro Techniques
Over The Rainbow; Tips For Catching That Magical Light
Brad Perks  |  Apr 01, 2008  | 

Rainbows have inspired legends of luck and good fortune. The beautiful colors are created in a simple process. Capturing a rainbow with your camera takes a bit of that good luck.

Rainbows require two simple ingredients--sunlight and raindrops. They combine at just the right angle to colonize a beautiful picture. The colors are formed when...

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Packing; Saving Ounces; Packing For “On The Road”
Stan Trzoniec  |  Jul 01, 2010  | 

No matter how light you pack, you always feel like you could add just one more item. Knowing photographers, if you can take it, you will. If you plan your trip correctly, you will save weight and not only make your outing a success, but be more mobile and comfortable as well.

With that in mind, let’s look at some “ounce saving” tips. Your...

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Panorama Power
How To Shoot & Stitch A Panorama With Any Camera
Howard Millard  |  Feb 01, 2005  | 

Want to add a new dimension to your photography? Try shooting panoramic pictures--shoot a series of two or more frames and then combine them digitally. The wide sweep of the panoramic format captures attention, adds impact, and compels viewers to...

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Patagonia Dreaming; Photographing At The End Of The World
Efrain M. Padro  |  May 01, 2009  | 

Comprised of almost 390,000 square miles (slightly bigger than France and Germany put together), Patagonia is located in the southernmost third of both Argentina and Chile. Here the Andes Mountains plunge into the Pacific Ocean, leaving a trail of glaciated valleys, rugged granite peaks, ancient glaciers, jade green lakes, and endless plains. This stark and surreal landscape is also rich in...

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Photographer ProfilesPro Techniques
Personal History: Hometown
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 28, 2013  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2013  | 

A phone call from a friend woke Chris Fulcher at his home in Newtown, Connecticut, around 10:30am on December 14th last year. “I’d slept late and didn’t know what was going on,” Chris says. “My buddy told me to check the news, and then I rushed to the school because my 6-year-old cousin goes to that school.”

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Pro TechniquesTalking Pictures
Personal History: This Old House: Private Investigations
Barry Tanenbaum  |  May 23, 2012  |  First Published: Apr 01, 2012  | 

In 1987, my friends Julie and Jim bought the 12-room, three-story Victorian in which they’ve raised their daughters, Megan and Emily. Early on they researched the house and the Connecticut mill town in which it’s located. They found maps that indicated the house had been built between 1870 and 1875; town records revealed much of the chronology of ownership. Over the years they renovated the kitchen and one of the bathrooms, stripped layers of paint from woodwork and doors, replaced wallpaper and made restorations and repairs. They came to realize that the original floor plan of the house was pretty much intact, though there seemed to be some changes they couldn’t quite figure out. And Julie, Jim, Megan, and Emily—they like to figure things out. Often they thought, if only there were photographs of the old house.

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Personal ProjectsPortrait Photography How ToPro Techniques
Personal Project: A Close Encounter With History: A Student Project From Which We All Can Learn
Eric Dusenbery  |  Mar 23, 2012  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2012  | 

“Our family came to America from Vietnam in the 1960s. When I first came to America, I came with fear. I was unsure of what I was going to find, my family had to be broken up. I had no clue if they had made it to America safely.”—Khanh Duong (Excerpt from Liana Bui’s student photo/oral history project.)

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Pro TechniquesPersonal Projects
Personal Project: Architectural Layers: Lighting For Post-Processing
Mike Butler  |  Oct 12, 2011  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2011  | 
Shooting architecture has always been a complex matter and while the challenges remain the digital medium has helped overcome many hurdles. Challenges such as color balance, lighting consistency, and the need to hide every single light and cord have been lessened. In this article I will describe one challenge that exemplifies how I now use digital to make images that would have been logistical nightmares in the past.
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Portrait Photography How ToPro Techniques
Personal Project: Brave Return: A Nation Recovers, A Photographer Comes Back To His Roots
John Isaac  |  Mar 13, 2012  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2012  | 

“Earlier this year, I was invited by JIB TV in Tokyo and Olympus, Japan to help document the recovery taking place after the terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeast part of the country in March 2011. I agreed to do it even though I knew it would be a traumatic experience.

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Personal Project: Photographing America’s Railroads: Shutterbug Contributor Stan Trzoniec’s Passion Turns Into A New Book
Stan Trzoniec  |  Jul 20, 2011  |  First Published: Jun 01, 2011  | 
Brute horsepower, large diesel engines pulling thousands of tons of freight, heavy plumes of exhaust pouring from their stacks, sand being put down on the rails for traction, and the rumble of steel wheels passing by—all are part of the American railroad scene. For both the novice and advanced photographer, the challenge of capturing the drama of moving trains and finding suitable locations is all part of the excitement.
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Photo How ToPro Techniques
Personal Project: Picturing The Gowanus Canal: Documenting A Pre-Gentrification Industrial Area
Jackie Weisberg  |  Mar 12, 2013  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2013  | 

I live near the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn and have been photographing the canal and the neighborhood for over two decades, but it was only in the fall of 2009 that my photographs had the prospect of becoming a historical record, due to the imminent prospect of development and a long-term cleanup. Either way, the area was going to change dramatically. The photographs I produced have won awards, been featured in exhibitions, and 17 of the images have been acquired by the Brooklyn Historical Society for their permanent collection.

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Nature Photography How ToPro Techniques
Personal Project: Tom Millea: The Book Of Palms: A Self-Publishing Saga
Lou Jacobs Jr.  |  Jan 24, 2012  |  First Published: Dec 01, 2011  | 

After almost 40 years of making platinum prints, chemical fumes had harmed Tom Millea’s lungs to a point where he could no longer go into the darkroom. He says, “Closing my studio was traumatic in the extreme.” He didn’t believe that anyone else was capable of printing his work as he envisioned it. He liked computers but had no desire to try to make digital prints look like his platinum prints. “One technique could not replace the other,” he says. He selected prints from his inventory to sell in gallery shows and considered himself retired.

 

But by 2004, when the color palette of digital inks had changed, Millea thought his prints were beautiful, and comparable with his darkroom images. He began making digital color photographs full-time using an Epson 2200 printer. Over the next five years, he says, “By myself, step by step, I learned to use the computer to make images I felt were uniquely my own.” He eventually put together a complete digital studio with Apple computers and two Epson printers, the 4800 and the 9800. He could then make his own prints up to 40x60”.

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