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30 Ways to Improve Your Photography
Text and photography by Ron Leach  |  Apr 01, 2002

Ask a group of photo enthusiasts what they have done recently to improve the quality of their images, and many will likely respond by describing the purchase of some fancy new piece of gear. Others may discuss the technical mastery of a new technique, while a few may credit a visit to an art gallery or museum for their newfound inspiration.

In fact, great photographs are rarely the result of...

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Sports Photography How ToSports Tips
Point & Shoot: Sports
Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2002

 

 

 

Capturing Sports Action

If you love shooting sports—whether it's a children's Little League or professional Major League game—timing is everything. Grabbing the shot at just the right moment takes a lot of practice, patience, and film (or a large-capacity memory card). You can do...

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Wedding Photographers Face The Digital Dilemma
Is Now The Time To Go Filmless
Steve Bedell  |  Apr 01, 2002

About two years ago I stated in a previous article that I thought most of photography would be "filmless" in 2005. Can I revise that statement? I think that there are not many who accurately predicted just how quickly digital photography went...

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The Wedding Planner
Al Riccio Finds His Niche
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Apr 01, 2002

He makes no bones about it: "Pretty pictures are what make the world work for me," Al Riccio says, and those are the pictures he always plans to take. He's in the right business, that's for sure. Actually, two businesses-wedding photography and the sale of images to...

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Outdoor/Travel
The Tip Off
Patience Has Its Rewards
Tony Sweet  |  Apr 01, 2002

This scene was the last of a very long and exciting photography workshop that I conducted in North Carolina. We were all pretty tired and a bit anxious to get home. We found the sky interesting at Table Rock and decided to work this as our final...

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Portraiture
The Digital Portrait
Quality, Speed, And Convenience
Steve Bedell  |  Apr 01, 2002

A few short years ago, many writers and photographers, myself included, were of the opinion that in a few short years film would be history, with the exception of a few "niche" areas of photography, like, say, infrared. Now that I've been...

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LightingPortraiture
Simple Lighting Makes For Effective Portraiture
It Is All About Highlight And Shadow
Monte Zucker  |  Apr 01, 2002

Black On Black Is Easy
Still under cover, I photographed the church's Father Frank. I photographed him in black robes against a black background. My aim was to show detail throughout the portrait and separation between his robe and the background.

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Sigma Wide Angle Zoom
AF 15 to 30mm f3.5 to 4.5 EX DG Aspherical And AF 20 to 40mm f2.8 EX DG Aspherical
Peter K. Burian  |  Apr 01, 2002

The Sigma engineers never seem to take a break, coming up with new lenses with surprising frequency. Late last year, they released two short zooms that certainly attracted a lot of attention. Their AF 15-30mm f/3.5-4.5 EX DG Aspherical boasts the...

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Passport
Passport
The Last Word On Travel Portraits
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Apr 01, 2002

I hadn't planned on writing about travel portraiture; after all, we've discussed it directly or peripherally a few times before. I was leaning toward some how-to, application-type things--photography at resorts and on cruise ships, or maybe how to tackle...

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Digital DarkroomPortraiture
Getting Skin Tones Right
Digital Portrait Techniques
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2002

While it's clear to every serious photographer that digital cameras will eventually replace film as we know it, there's still cause for concern with the skin tone of digital portraits.

Unless...

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