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Epson K3 Inks & Printers
Peter K. Burian  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  0 comments

Epson has unveiled a new line of printers employing an eight-color pigment-based UltraChrome K3 inkset system. All of the new machines employ the same K3 inks, print heads, and driver software, but differ in size, cartridge size, and color calibration technology.

The suffix K3 refers to the fact that a full three--not merely two--black pigmented inks are...

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Epson’s Stylus Photo RX620; An All-In-One Family Photo Center
George Schaub  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  0 comments

The kitchen sink mentality these days is called a "convergence device," something that does many things wrapped up in one unit. With their Stylus Photo RX620 Epson has made such a device that can be used as a family photo printing, copying, downloading, photo restoring, scanning device, etc. In short, it does just about anything you'd like with photos and prints...

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Editor's Notes
Who’s Your Favorite Photographer?
George Schaub  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  0 comments

The query, "Who's your favorite photographer?" has to be among the top three icebreakers (can you name the other two?) amid photographers. It's not a popularity contest, per se, but more a seeking of what images inspire you and whose point of view you admire and, at one point in your creative work, who you might like to emulate. This might vary according to...

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5 Tips For Having Fun With Shadows
Mike Stensvold  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  15 comments

Photography is all about light. But wherever there's light, there are shadows lurking nearby. And therein lie some great photo ops.

 

Exposing Shadows
Contrasty shadow scenes can fool reflected light meters, such as those built into cameras. A spot meter enables you to meter the most important highlight area, and determine an exposure that will give...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Black & White And Infrared All Over; Don’t Overlook Your Digicam’s IR Capability
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  0 comments

"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light except bad news, which obeys its own special laws."--Douglas Adams

A digicam's infrared capability is a feature that's sometimes overlooked when cameras are reviewed in Shutterbug and other publications. Lest you think digital IR capture is an esoteric pursuit, a Google search turned up...

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Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  0 comments

Digital Help is designed to aid you in getting the most from your digital photography, printing, scanning, and image creation. Each month, David Brooks provides solutions to problems you might encounter with matters such as color calibration and management, digital printer and scanner settings, and working with digital photographic images with many different kinds of cameras and...

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Digital Darkroom
The Digital Darkroom
Making Digital Mattes In Photoshop; Adding Borders And Accents To Enhance Your Image
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  First Published: Jun 13, 2005  |  0 comments

In the old days we all used to keep tons of different colored matte board in stock to matte our photos. Or, we used the guy down the street who charged us plenty for those fancy mattes that we loved so much. Well, today you can do it all in Adobe's Photoshop. This article will give you the basics of creating an oval double matte in Photoshop.

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Canon’s PIXMA iP8500 Photo Printer; Top Of The Line Model In PIXMA Printer Offerings
Peter K. Burian  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  1 comments

The first Canon letter-size photo printer to employ the ChromaPLUS eight-color ink system, the iP8500 is also the top of the line model in the PIXMA series. Replacing the Color Bubble Jet Photo Printer line, the newer machines boast some extra features, as well as greater speed and quality, thanks to new technology described in our sidebar. The iP8500 should be of greatest...

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Business Trends
Business Trends
Your Portfolio – The Client’s Perspective; How Your Images Look From The Other Side Of The Desk
Maria Piscopo  |  Jul 01, 2005  |  0 comments

The highest goal of presenting your portfolio is to move yourself from the big pool of "unknown" photographers to the pool of "known" photographers clients are likely to hire. To do this, help the clients hire you! Don't just passively show your portfolio. Find out what your prospective clients do and what they are looking for and present that...

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News
dr5 CHROME Relocates To Denver
Shutterbug Staff  |  Jun 30, 2005  |  0 comments

dr5 CHROME LAB, profiled in a recent Shutterbug issue, will make its permanent
home in Denver Colorado as of August 5, 2005. After many successful years as
an independent facility in both New York City and Los Angeles proprietor David
Wood has decided to make the mid-west the final location for his unique photo
lab. "We're relocating for our customers' sake, said Wood, inventor of
the dr5 black and white reversal process which produces transparencies from
over thirty black and white film types. "We want to continue providing
outstanding services without having to raise prices. The economy in Denver will
allow us to do that."

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