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Commentary - A Look Back: Big Changes, but Some Things Have Remained the Same
Nuts & Bolts - Embrace The Unusual
What's New This Month - News from Adobe, Tamrac and Extensis
How To - Image Editing With Paint Shop Pro 9
How To - Turn Off Your Flash For Digital Images
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Contests - Best Of Artists America Book Series Contest
Vote! - Affordable DSLRs are becoming more widespread. Which type best fits your style of photography?
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Thinking about the past is natural at this time of year, when part of what we do is recognize change as being part of the natural cycle of life. In photography, massive changes have taken place that affected us all. So as part of my New Year reminiscences I’d like to take a ten-year or so look back at what has changed, and in some cases what has remained the same.

Ten years back there was no Internet, and certainly no Internet commerce. And ten years back there was one little thing that was bubbling below the surface called digital, and if there’s one certain change that even those who have been asleep recognize it is that digital has changed all that came before.
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Embrace The Unusual
By Ron Leach

The light meter in your camera is designed to deliver accurate results by measuring the amount of light reflected by all objects within its angle of view. The resulting exposure setting is based upon the usually correct assumption that the average of these tones is a medium gray. That’s why reflected light readings require interpretation and compensation when photographing very light or overly dark subjects. Thus, when photographing dark subjects with a reflected light meter, it’s necessary to reduce your exposure by 1 1/2 or 2 stops. Similarly, open up an equal amount when photographing white subjects so that they aren’t rendered a dirty gray.
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Image Editing With Paint Shop Pro 9
A Software With Its Own Approach And Style
by Jon Sienkiewicz

For certain tasks, Paint Shop Pro 9 produces results faster and easier than other products in its category. For novices, or for those among us who haven’t mastered all of the intricacies of more sophisticated software, this latest version of Corel’s popular image editor provides simple and satisfying solutions for some of digital imaging’s more complicated problems. In this article I’ll cover three specific situations where Paint Shop Pro 9 does a great job.
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Turn Off Your Flash For Digital Images
Continuous Light Sources Make A Comeback
by Joe Farace

There’s an old photographer’s joke that goes: “If God invented light, then the devil invented fluorescent light.” How times do change. With digital capture, fluorescent light can be your friend and I don’t mean those long tubes hanging in lighting fixtures from the ceiling. I’m talking about a new breed of portrait lighting tools designed especially for digital photography. So what’s the big deal and why is fluorescent a great source of lighting for digital imaging?
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The Best Of America: Photographers 2005
Kennedy Promotions is producing its second unique new book series, with 200+ winners featured in a beautiful soft cover book listed with major online booksellers. Deadline: February 15, 2006. For more information or to download an entry visit our website at www.bestofartists.com.

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