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Sekonic Dualmaster L 558
Is This The Ultimate Meter
Paul Mozell  |  Apr 01, 2004

In the 1960s my father got me a used twin-lens reflex camera, and, with a few rolls of Kodak Plus-X in hand, this teen-ager set out to photograph New York City. Lacking a light meter, I learned to guess exposures following guidelines on a cue card. It wasn't long before I was given a...

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Digital Output In The Age Of Photography; It Is Time To Recognize The Value And Integrity Of The Ink Jet Photo Print
Chris Maher and Larry Berman  |  Apr 01, 2004

Photography is a wide-ranging
field that engenders passion in its practitioners, and like all great
forms of expression creates opinions formed through experience and reflection.
In its early days one of the greatdebate...

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Picture This
Picture This!
Winterscapes
George Schaub  |  Apr 01, 2004

Picture This!

Picture This! - Our Next Assignment

Visual Perspective
Our next Picture This! assignment is Visual Perspective. All photographs are by nature...

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Photo Gear
Covering The Photo Beat
Camera Pouches, Power Supplies, Submersible Flashlights, And More
Robert E. Mayer  |  Apr 01, 2004

Small, Lightweight Rechargeable Qflash Base
New from Quantum is the Turbo Compact, a rechargeable power supply unit that screws onto the base of a Quantum Qflash. Said to be the smallest Turbo yet, it weighs just 16 oz and packs nearly the same power as the...

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Passport
Passport
Why People Pictures; It Is A Passion For Participation
Jack Hollingsworth  |  Apr 01, 2004

I spent last October in China, shooting on assignment for four different stock agencies. It made me think about how my work is affected by changes in the world. Frankly, the stock industry has been dominated by what I call "Wonder Bread...

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Minolta DiMAGE A1
A 5 Mp 7x Zoom SLR That Anticipates Moving Moments
Jack Neubart  |  Apr 01, 2004

Minolta made its name years back with 35mm SLR autofocus cameras and has since gone on to bring their expertise to digital cameras as well. So, when the Minolta DiMAGE A1 digital camera was introduced I was curious to test its various focusing modes and features. This report concentrates on...

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Lighting
Lesson Of The Month
Creating Cinematic Lighting The Easy Way
Basic Methods For Working With The Sun
Ben Clay/Web Photo School  |  Apr 01, 2004

Anyone who's ever been on a movie set is sure to have a sense of just how involved the lighting setups can be. Because shooting for film is very involved, expensive, and takes up a lot of time, production teams need to be able to create their own...

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The JTL Versalight D Digital Monolights
Power, Control, And Versatility Priced Right
Jay Abend  |  Apr 01, 2004

"Digital" is a word that has been thrown about a lot recently. MP3 players have given rise to "digital headphones," drugstore minilabs offer "digital prints," and now we're beginning to see the popularization of "digital lighting."
...

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Portraiture
How To Photograph Big Groups
Simple Guidelines For Great Results
Steve Bedell  |  Apr 01, 2004

I love photographing big family groups. I do lots of them, usually in the summer when families get together, and many times at the beach since it's so gorgeous and people love it. It's one of my specialties, but many photographers shy away from...

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Help
Robert E. Mayer  |  Apr 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
efficientfo...

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