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Pro Techniques
Buying Tips
A Pros Picks In The Compact Class
Dave Howard  |  Jan 01, 2001

The concept of carrying a small camera with you at all times certainly isn't new. Street photographers from the first half of the last century, whose main work was most often done with a cumbersome tripod and large format camera...

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Business Trends
Business Trends
Making More Effective Sales Calls
Maria Piscopo  |  Jan 01, 2001

Sales calls are not dead
but they are different. It seems that non-personal marketing appears to
have taken over personal sales calls in today's self-promotion mix.
Everyday you read about the extensive use of photographers' web
sit...

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Pro TechniquesPortraiture
Break The Rules
7 Tips For The Modern Portrait Photographer
Jay Abend  |  Jan 01, 2001

The word "portrait" has had a fairly strict definition for ages. From the days of Rembrandt and Carravagio through modern photographic masters like Richard Avedon and Irving Penn, the portrait has remained a constant. While techniques...

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Bowens Espirit Monolights
A New Line Of Solid Performers From A Trusted Name
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2001

Like many professionals, my first studio lights were from Bowens. My original lights were the black 800B models that proved to be indestructible over the almost 20 years that I used them. The new Bowens line of monolights appear just...

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Outdoor Photography How ToOutdoor Tips
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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