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Adobe Photoshop 6.0
The Editors  |  Feb 27, 2001

Improvements in capabilities and ease of use make the most popular pro image-editing program even better

Adobe Photoshop was introduced 11 years ago this month, and it's been the photo-editing tool of choice for most serious photographers and desktop-publishing professionals ever since. Does that make it the right one for you? Well, if you're serious about digital...

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Portraiture
Wedding And Portraiture
Portfolios For Models, Always Something New
Monte Zucker  |  Feb 01, 2001

For years, now, I've been asked to shoot portfolios for models, but I always felt as if I didn't have the time or the desire. In truth, I was just never excited about the challenge.

Then JJ, the man...

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Student Union
Student Union - Shreve Neff
Jay McCabe  |  Feb 01, 2001


Brooks Institute Of Photography
Santa Barbara, California

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Special Section
The Exciting World Of Black And White Imaging
The Editors  |  Feb 01, 2001

Just as when you put a new lens on your camera, loading black and white rather than color film makes you see differently. The images you make deal in the gray scale world, where tone and texture and an exciting range of light can be found. There are deep blacks, bright...

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Digital Darkroom
Playing With Pixels
Add Motion To Stills
Rick Sammon  |  Feb 01, 2001

I'm a still photographer: I shoot only still pictures. Video? It's cool, but I like to capture individual "frozen moments in time." However, I often like to convey action--and the grace of a moving subject--in my still...

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Passport
Passport
Capturing That Special Sense Of Place
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Feb 01, 2001

It's the seeing that's
the magic, not the technique, the execution, or the equipment. The magic
that makes the difference between an okay photograph and a great one is
seeing the scene or the element in the scene, capturing it and moving...

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Digital Darkroom
Made Easy
Digital Sepia Toning
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Feb 01, 2001

In the old days, in a wet darkroom, we frequently sepia toned our black and white prints. The real goal of sepia toning a print was to alter the chemicals in the emulsion to improve the life of the image. But, of course, many folks simply liked the look...

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LightingPortraiture
Lighting For Black And White Portraits
The Black And White Thing
Steve Bedell  |  Feb 01, 2001

I get a whole new way of seeing things when I put black and white film in the camera. It seems like I have a little Photoshop Desaturate command that goes off in the back of my head and suddenly I see everything in shades of gray. Anyone who's...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Using The Right Enlarger Lens, Exception To The Rules
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Feb 01, 2001

Almost all enlargers will accept lenses of different focal lengths, designed so you can match the focal length of the lens to the size of the negative that you are printing. If you do not, your negative might not print correctly.

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Epson Expression 1640XL
A Quality All Format Scanner
David B. Brooks  |  Feb 01, 2001

Only recently have individual photographers been offered affordable scanner models that can scan 6x4.5 and 6x6cm 120 film images with quality sufficient to match that of the latest 13x19" ink jet printers. A new large format (12.2x17.2")...

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