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Software Roundup Part II
New And Improved Tools For Producing Artistic Photographs
Software & Computers
Joe Farace • Jul 01, 2001 • 0 comments

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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Software, Memory And More
Or, The Stuff That Makes Digital Work
Show Reports
Joe Farace • Jun 01, 2003 • 0 comments

PMA 2003 abounded in lots of digital gear. There were digital camera bags, digital tripods, and so forth so I went looking for digital lens tissue. I failed to find it but found something better from the clever folks at Hakuba (www.hakubausa.com).
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Software
Programs For Every Need
Show Reports
Joe Farace • Jun 01, 2004 • 0 comments

There was all kinds of software at PMA 2004, but I would like to pass along some advice to would-be developers who want to get rich making under-$100 software for Windows that lets users manage, edit, print, and do all kinds of tricks. Fuggedaboutit. ACD Systems owns this market. While the Mac...
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Something Old, Something New, Something…; What’s New And Exciting Around The Web
Web Profiles
Joe Farace • Jun 01, 2009 • 0 comments

“To the complaint, ‘there are no people in these photographs,’ I respond, ‘there are always two people: the photographer and the viewer.’”—Ansel Adams

It’s June, a month of brides and Shutterbug’s Digital Darkroom special issue. In this month’s edition of Web Profiles, I’ll introduce you to a website created by an amazing...
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Speed Demon; Photographing Race Cars With Canon's Digital Rebel
Pro-Quality Digital SLRs
Joe Farace • Jan 01, 2004 • 0 comments

Photographing race cars is a challenge no matter what kind of camera you use. Most people think that all they need is high ISO, fast shutter speed, and a long lens with a large aperture a.k.a. "big glass." Toss in a high frame per second continuous shooting mode and with a little...
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Speedotron DM802B Two-Light Travel System: Indestructible Yet Affordable Lighting
Lighting Equipment
Joe Farace • Apr 23, 2013 • Published: Mar 01, 2013 • 1 comments
Speedotron’s power pack and head systems are the studio lighting world’s equivalent of the American muscle car. They’re powerful, made in the U.S.A., and ruggedly built to take hard use. Since its beginnings the company has offered two lines of lighting systems for photographers with different requirements. The premium-priced Black Line is intended for commercial shooters, while Brown Line products are aimed at portrait photographers, yet when used normally both have similar quality, reliability, and longevity.
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Starting Here, Starting Now; Predicting The Future For More Than 25 Years
Web Profiles
Joe Farace • Aug 01, 2009 • 0 comments

“Scientists are saying the future is going to be far more futuristic than they originally predicted.”—Krista Now, Southland Tales

When Olympus announced the Four Thirds concept at PMA 2001, I was among the many members of the press who were, to put it in the most polite terms, skeptical. At the time, it seemed to me like a cure for no known disease, but I began to get...
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Stocking Stuffers & More; A Happy Digital Holiday
Digital Innovations
Joe Farace • Dec 01, 2010 • 0 comments

“One of the nice things about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with a present.”—Anonymous

It was a dark and stormy night…(continued from last month). Western Digital (www.wdc.com) asked me to return my recalcitrant network drive to them and, after taking a look, declared it DOA. Every cloud has a...
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Stocking Stuffers 2007; What Santa Should Bring This Year
Digital Innovations
Joe Farace • Dec 01, 2007 • 0 comments

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."--Benjamin Franklin

Submitted for your approval: A list of gizmos, gadgets, and gear for the digitally-minded who thought they had everything but didn't know that they really needed lots more stuff in order to capture, enhance, or store the ultimate image. Use this month's column as a shopping list for...
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Stocking Stuffers: It’s All About Giving To Others
Digital Innovations
Joe Farace • Feb 02, 2012 • Published: Dec 01, 2011 • 2 comments
This is the time of year when readers are looking for gift ideas for themselves, family, and loved ones, so, presented for your approval, is a list of gizmos, gadgets, and gear for the digitally-minded who think they “have everything” but didn’t know that they really needed more stuff to produce that ultimate image. You can use this month’s column as a shopping list for your favorite photographer or grab a Sharpie and circle all of the goodies that you want and leave it near where your spouse eats their Grape-Nuts. It’s worked for me.
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