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10 Winter Photo Tips: Cool Things to try in the Cold Season
The Editors  |  Dec 27, 2000

Winter is one of the most beautiful times of year, providing everything from sunny-clear to blizzards for the phtoographer to capture on film or memory card. Here are 10 ideas for you to try this winter.

1. A Touch of Color

Winter snow can be a beautiful photo subject, but a photo of just snow can be pretty dull. You...

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Portraiture
Wedding & Portraiture
More Simple Lighting Techniques For Photography Outdoors
Monte Zucker  |  Dec 01, 2000

Editor's Note: Last month we accompanied Monte to Sarasota, Florida, where he was making a new series of videotapes. Monte took us to the Ringling Museum and a local Greek Orthodox church to show us his methods of lighting outdoors. This...

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The Polaroid SprintScan 45 Ultra
David B. Brooks  |  Dec 01, 2000

The Polaroid SprintScan 45 Ultra is a new and improved model of Polaroid's multi-format film scanner offering faster scanning at up to 2500dpi optical resolution. The SprintScan 45 Ultra is designed to handle and scan all standard film formats from...

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Tetenal Spectra Jet Ink Jet Papers
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2000

The final step in the digital darkroom process is outputting your photographs on an ink jet printer and having the "right" paper can have as much impact on the quality of that output as choosing the correct paper and developer combination in a...

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SLR Cameras
Peter K. Burian  |  Dec 01, 2000

Once every two years, the world's largest photographic trade show--photokina--is held in Cologne, Germany, in September. In those years (including 2000) we always find that camera manufacturers announce SLR models with entirely new technology. This year was no exception, with four major cameras announced...

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Personal Projects
Shooting For Yourself: Personal Projects Keep The Spark Alive
Steve Bedell  |  Dec 01, 2000

This article is aimed mostly at professional photographers but if you don't count yourself among them, please continue reading anyway because I think you'll find some very useful information. Having said that, let's consider one of the most common yet...

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Passport
Passport
More Is More
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Dec 01, 2000

I call it "total coverage"-bringing back the photos that tell the story of a place, an event, a personality. The concept comes from the days, over 15 years ago, when I shot film and video and worked through what was practically a check list of shots that...

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Show Reports
New 35mm And APS Compact Cameras
Peter K. Burian  |  Dec 01, 2000

Since the compact lens/shutter cameras still outsell SLR models by a vast margin, we found numerous new models at photokina. Most manufacturers offer both formats: 35mm and Advanced Photo System (APS or 24mm). Because general features tend to be very similar in both types of cameras, I am including both...

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Pro Techniques
Murphys Law Revisited
Even A Pro Can Have A Bad Day
Jay Abend  |  Dec 01, 2000

You're all familiar with Murphy's Law--Anything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong. Certainly being a working photographer is a great way to see Murphy's Law in action on nearly a daily basis. While I pride myself on being prepared for every...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
The Darkroom In 2000 to 2001
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Dec 01, 2000

While conventional photography
(as opposed to digital) continues to be the main stream of the industry,
conventional darkroom activity has declined over the past few years. Today,
most conventional darkroom activity seems to be in the area of fine art...

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