Jay Abend

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Sports/Action
The Inside Scoop
A Day At The Ballpark With A Photojournalist Part 3
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2003  |  1 comments

The Inside Scoop

This is the third and final in a series of articles devoted to a topic near and dear to every Shutterbug reader's heart--gear! We love gear, and particularly love to take a look into the bags, cases...

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The Canon EOS 1Ds
The Well Heeled Photographers Dream Camera
Jay Abend  |  Mar 01, 2003  |  0 comments

The Canon EOS-1Ds

This digital thing just might work out after all. Consumer point-and-shoot cameras are getting better, faster, cheaper, and easier to use. Photo quality color printers are starting to live up to their "lab...

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Pro Techniques
The Inside Scoop
The Travel Photographers Kit Part 2
Jay Abend  |  Mar 01, 2003  |  0 comments

The Inside Scoop

The camera bag is a wonderful thing. Bodies, lenses, flashes, cables, maybe some gaffer tape--all the tools of the trade for a working photographer. Serious photographers (which means Shutterbug readers) love...

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Pro Techniques
The Inside Scoop
A Look At A Traveling Commercial Photographers Gear Part 1
Jay Abend  |  Feb 01, 2003  |  0 comments

The Inside Scoop

Face it, you like your equipment. You started reading Shutterbug for the ads, and there isn't an issue that comes where you don't check out the price on some photo item you must have. I started my...

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Medium Format Camera News
The Hasselblad 203FE Revisited
New Pricing On This Pro Workhorse
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 2003  |  0 comments

While the whole photo world is buzzing about Hasselblad's styling new H1 645 system, Hasselblad quietly announced some stunning price reductions on some of its landmark camera...

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Hasselblad Zeiss Telephoto Power Pack
A 300mm f2.0 APO Redefines MF Sports Photography
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 2003  |  0 comments

Hasselblad Zeiss Telephoto

When you think about really long, really fast glass, you naturally think of 35mm. I have owned both Hasselblad and Mamiya RZ systems for years, and the longest lens I own is a 180mm. I'm like most shooters--I think of compact and portable 35mm as the...

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Pro Techniques
Building Great Photos
Compositing Multiple Frames To Create One Great Image
Jay Abend  |  Nov 01, 2002  |  0 comments



Surreal Composites--A great technique is to take a collection of original images and combine them to create a fanciful and surreal final image. For this other-worldly desert scene I took four original film shots of...

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Film Photography Reviews
Fuji NPH 400 Professional
Fuji ReInvents Fast Color Negative Film
Jay Abend  |  Nov 01, 2002  |  0 comments

I knew this would happen. I knew that just as digital cameras got really good and really inexpensive we'd see lots of great film stock. I'll admit that my own shooting, whether for clients or personal amusement, is mostly digital...

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The Quantum FreeWire
The Pro Wireless TTL System That Turns Heads
Jay Abend  |  Dec 01, 2002  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2002  |  0 comments

When Quantum, the well-known innovators and manufacturers of workhorse Turbo battery packs and robust Quantum Qflash portable strobe equipment, announced that they were introducing a wireless...

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Kodak Professional DCS Pro Back Plus Digital Camera Back
16 Million Pexels And A Whole Lot More
Jay Abend  |  Jun 01, 2002  |  0 comments

In case you haven't heard, there's a new sheriff in town who just rode in from Rochester. This new sheriff has 16 megapixels, pro-oriented software, gorgeous color, and fits virtually any medium format camera--what's not to like?

When Kodak introduced...

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