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In Dreams; Dreams Are Wishes Your Heart Makes
Joe Farace  |  Mar 01, 2007  |  0 comments

The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.--Okakura Kakuzo

These days my influences are not other still photographers, but movie directors, especially Asian filmmakers who, unbridled by Hollywood's fiscal realties, feel free to create imagery that defies reality. Akira Kurosawa's 1990 film Dreams (a.k.a. Yume) is a collection of...

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Digital Innovations
The Virtues Of Digital Imaging; Zealous Use Of Image-Editing Software Can Get You In Trouble
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2007  |  0 comments

"No good deed goes unpunished."--Clare Boothe Luce

Editor & Publisher recently reported that Charlotte Observer Editor Rick Thames apologized to readers when a staff photographer "inappropriately altered" an image of a local firefighter. The original photograph had a brownish-gray sky, while the enhanced image featured a deep red sky and a...

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Web Profiles
Black And White & Color; Dreams, Themes, And Schemes
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2007  |  0 comments

"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows."--Bob Dylan

Each month I surf the web, peruse reader e-mails, and read notes from photographers who want to see their sites in this department. You may be surprised to learn that a large percentage of people I ask to appear in Web Profiles don't respond or decline. Some...

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Digital Innovations
New Year’s Resolutions; What Santa Should Bring You
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2007  |  0 comments

Computers can figure out all kinds of problems, except the things in the world that just don't add up. --James Magary

I 've been working with all kinds of computers since 1964. When I purchased my first personal computer in '80 people asked, "What do you need a computer for?" That seems like a funny question today, doesn't it?

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Web Profiles
It’s A New Year; New Lives; Children Of The World
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2007  |  0 comments

"My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one."--Groucho Marx

As hard as it may be for some of the young people in my neighborhood to believe, I was once a child myself. I have three grandchildren and a daughter and once upon a time wrote a story about her for ComputerUSER magazine. The story was optioned by an independent...

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Book Reviews
Holiday Books For The Digital Photographer
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2006  |  0 comments

"Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."
--Mark Twain

Even with the massive sale of US book publishers to foreign companies and the payment of million dollar advances to authors whose books don't sell, 2006 produced more and better digital imaging books since I started this annual feature. This current generation of...

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Digital Innovations
Stocking Stuffers; Gifts, Gadgets, & Gizmos For Digital Photographers
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2006  |  0 comments

"A turkey never voted for an early Christmas."--Old Irish Proverb

It's time again to write my annual "stocking stuffers" column in which I collect a list of goodies that make perfect holiday presents for your favorite digital photographer. The ideal stocking stuffers are inexpensive, useful, and small enough to fit inside a sock...

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Adobe’s Photoshop Elements 5.0; Almost As Good As Photoshop…Almost
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2006  |  0 comments

Each new version of Adobe's Photoshop Elements gets better than the previous one. That's the case with this inexpensive ($99) program that has evolved from Adobe's stepchild to a darn good imaging program for the money. The interface of the latest version for Microsoft Windows even contains hints of Adobe's as-yet-released Lightroom in its design...

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Web Profiles
Photography During The Holidays; Dust Off Your Cameras And Let The Photo Barrage Begin!
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2006  |  0 comments

"Fun for all that children call their favorite time of the year."--Bill Melendez

During the holidays many people dust off their cameras and take lots of pictures. Besides cute kids opening their presents many shutterbugs' favorite photo subject is a house decorated with seasonal lights. If you've ever wondered how this custom was started, this...

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Digital Innovations
The Dog Ate My Homework…Again!
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  0 comments

"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."--Douglas Adams

In the April 2006 issue of Shutterbug I recounted a story about methods used to rescue image files from a corrupted memory card. In response I received a couple of useful suggestions from readers: The first was from...

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