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Maria Piscopo  |  Feb 01, 2004

The Photographer's Travel Guide...
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Book Reviews
Book Reviews
C.A. Boylan  |  Feb 01, 2004

Faces Of Hope: Children Of A Changing World; by Alison Wright, foreword by Marian Wright Edelman; New World Library, 14 Pamaron Way, Novato, CA 94949; hard cover; 180 pages; $35; (ISBN 1-57731-223-6)
Even in the poorest of countries, the light of hope still...

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Easy In-Camera Special Effects
Text and photography by Mike Stensvold  |  Jan 01, 2004

There are lots of special-effects accessories on camera-store shelves, and they are well worth checking out if you're into special effects. But you don't need a lot of fancy accessories to create some interesting and unusual photographic effects. In fact, if you have a basic SLR (single-lens reflex) camera—film or digital—there are several special effects you can produce with no...

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Introducing the Photographic Faculty
Ron Leach  |  Jan 01, 2004

For over 30 years Petersen's Photographic Magazine has been recognized as the leading instructional magazine for photo enthusiasts. Our goal has been to inspire readers with dramatic imagery, and to offer clear and simple instructional articles to help photographers improve their skills.

To further this mission, we have created the Photographic Faculty; a team of seven...

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Lara Jo Regan: A Strange and Beautiful Journey
Lynne Eodice  |  Jan 01, 2004

All Photos by Lara Jo Regan

 

As an award-winning photojournalist, Lara Jo Regan traveled widely on assignment for magazines like Time, Newsweek, and LIFE to document riots, slices of Americana, and some of the nation's poorest families. Her mother, a former socialite, once...

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Lighting
Light Your Way To Online Product Photos; The Samigon Internet Photo Studio Puts Your Online Auctionables In A Better Light
Jack Neubart  |  Jan 01, 2004

With the immense popularity of online sales and auctions, the need to show off those goods to advantage becomes increasingly important. In fact, eBay (ebay.com), the most popular site for such activities, provides some basic tips, which focus on proper lighting and suitable backgrounds. While...

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3D Album; Still, Still, Still--It's A Movie!
John Townley  |  Jan 01, 2004

What if you had to make an exciting movie but the one thing you wasn't able to do was actually film it? Dialog, music, OK--but no footage. None. That's something the likes of historical film director Ken Burns has had to do many times in...

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Total Recall (Almost); ImageRecall--Software To Rescue Lost Image Files
John Townley  |  Jan 01, 2004

We've lost a lot of files in our day--mostly by forgetting to back them up--but photo and movie files have always managed to hang around unscathed, probably because we are rather slow with our equipment and constantly charging it, checking...

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Auto FX Mystical Lighting; 16 Optional Effects To "Light Up" Your Images
Anthony L. Celeste  |  Jan 01, 2004

Although plug-ins are often referred to as "Photoshop Plug-ins," most of them can be used in many photo editors other than Photoshop (such as Corel Photo-Paint and Ulead PhotoImpact). Since everyone doesn't own a copy of Photoshop...

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Canon PowerShot G5; Opening The Door To Raw Processing Power
Peter K. Burian  |  Jan 01, 2004

As full featured 5+ megapixel cameras are becoming quite common, a digicam is no longer viewed as something that's intended only for snap shooting. In fact, a growing number of photo enthusiasts are considering one of these models for their "serious" image-making. While some...

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