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Lighting
Off-Camera Lighting
Take It Off The Hot Shoe For Best Results
Jay Abend  |  Oct 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Jay Abend, All Rights Reserved

The look of flash photography has been a problem for photographers for decades. As we migrated from huge silver reflectors stuffed with flash bulbs to smaller and more portable electronic flash units, the look of on-camera...

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Master Class
Master Class
Sharing The Secrets Of The Craft
Some New Additions To A Teaching CD
Monte Zucker  |  Oct 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Monte Zucker, All Rights Reserved

One of the most enjoyable parts of my life today is sharing everything I've learned over the years. It's no secret. I learned photographic techniques--posing and lighting--many years ago and then...

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Lighting
Making One Light Two
Get The Main And Fill From One Source
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Steve Bedell, All Rights Reserved

Through the years, I've experimented with many different styles of light and many different light modifiers. There's an old saying that "light is light." That's true, but what a complicated...

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Help!
Robert E. Mayer  |  Oct 01, 2004

Here is a quick tip list on letters for the HELP! desk:
Please confine yourself to only one question per letter. Both postal letters and e-mails are fine, although we prefer e-mail as the most efficient form of communication. Send your e-mail queries to mailto:editorial@shutterbug.com"...

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Fujifilm's FinePix S20 Pro--Small Camera, Big Results
Unique Chip Makes It Stand Out On A Crowded Field
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Steve Bedell, All Rights Reserved

I bought a Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro the minute it came out--ditto with the FinePix S2 Pro. A box containing the new FinePix S20 Pro digital camera arrived recently on my doorstep along with wide angle and telephoto...

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Editor's Notes
Learning About Lighting
George Schaub  |  Oct 01, 2004

When I first started out in photography one of the foundations of the craft I set out to learn was lighting. So I went out to my local camera store and bought a set of metal reflectors with clamps, and, aided by the storekeeper, got me a pair of blue, daylight photoflood bulbs and a few rolls of color film. Those hot lights wilted...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
Be Careful What You Wish For
What I Want And Don't Want In My Next Digicam!
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."--the late Douglas Adams

In last year's Shutterbug's Photography Buyer's Guide (do...

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Digital Help
Digital Help
Q&A For Digital Photography
David B. Brooks  |  Oct 01, 2004

This department will attempt to provide solutions to problems readers may have getting into and using digital cameras, scanning, and using digital photographic images with a computer and different kinds of software. All questions sent to me will be answered with the most appropriate information I can access and provide. However, not all...

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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
Large Format Darkroom; Mix And Match For Fun And Ease
Frances E. Schultz  |  Oct 01, 2004

Photos © 2004, Frances E. Schultz, All Rights Reserved

Large format is fun: magical tonality, and detail in the print that goes on and on. Better still, it's easy. If you already have a darkroom, you probably have everything you need to make large format contact...

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Classic Camera Reviews
Classic Cameras
Vintage 4x5 Field Cameras
Super Graphic And The Busch Pressman
Rick Shimonkevitz  |  Oct 01, 2004

So you want to try large format photography but don't want to spend a lot of money? Vintage 4x5 press cameras sit forlornly on dealers' shelves everywhere, and if not in collectable shape (e.g., mint, with correct lens plus accessories) they can usually be had at bargain prices. One of the cameras I recommend, the Graflex Super...

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