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The SEI Photometer
A Legend Among Spot Meters
Roger W. Hicks  |  Oct 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Few people realize that photographic spot meters date back some 2/3 of a century. The very first was built by Arthur Dalladay, editor of The British Journal of Photography, in about 1935; he described it in the BJP Almanac of 1937 on pages 127-138. This meter still exists, in the possession of a...

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The Tip-Off
The Right Light--Why It Is Worth Playing The Waiting Game
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Nov 01, 1999  |  0 comments

"A lot of what we do as nature photographers is spend time looking around for places to go when the light is right," Tony Sweet says. And, once those places have been found, waiting around for the right light to put in an appearance.

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Traveling Light
Great Shots With Less Gear
Steve Bedell  |  May 01, 2002  |  0 comments

I must admit that when I travel I usually don't bring along a lot of camera gear. Depending on my mood and how much I've been shooting before I travel, I can bring anything from a full medium format system with back up to a point-and-shoot 35.

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TTL Flash
Shedding New Light On Close Ups And Macro
Jack Neubart  |  Oct 01, 2002  |  0 comments

Any time of year presents us with budding opportunities to shoot close-ups. We can find flowers any time of year, indoors--and possibly even outside. And we're not just limited to...

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Turn Off Your Flash For Digital Images; Continuous Light Sources Make A Comeback
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 2005  |  1 comments

There's an old photographer's joke that goes: "If God invented light, then the devil invented fluorescent light." How times do change. With digital capture, fluorescent light can be your friend and I don't mean those long tubes hanging in lighting fixtures from the ceiling. I'm talking about a new breed of portrait lighting tools designed...

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Using Fill Flash
A Little Extra Light Can Make A Big Difference
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2000  |  0 comments

Have you ever looked at someone's outdoor vacation photographs and wondered who the subject was? The face was so dark you couldn't tell if it was your best friend. And don't you just hate those "raccoon eyes" portraits? You know what I mean; the ones...

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Using Older Electronic Flash With Digital Cameras; What Works—What Doesn’t
Robert E. Mayer  |  Oct 01, 2009  |  1 comments

If you are relatively new to photography and have only digital cameras along with newer digital-oriented versions of major accessories, everything you have should be compatible and work properly together. But if you have been actively involved with photography for many years through the film-based era, you undoubtedly have older accessories designed for use with film cameras that you would also...

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Want to Create Amazing UV Blacklight Images? This Video Shows You How (VIDEO)
Ron Leach  |  Jul 06, 2016  |  0 comments

The latest video from the Cooperative of Photography (COOPH) takes you on a psychedelic, three-minute journey on how to create some really amazing UV blacklight images. All you really need is some imagination and either a simple UV flashlight, lamp or specialized head for your flash unit.

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Wes Kroninger’s Lighting: Design Techniques For Digital Photographers
Wes Kroninger  |  Apr 27, 2012  |  First Published: Mar 01, 2012  |  2 comments

In his new book, Wes Kroninger’s Lighting (ISBN: 978-1-608952-54-0, Amherst Media, $34.95 US), the author and photographer draws on his experience as a portrait, commercial, and editorial photographer to present strategies that will help photographers bring out the beauty and character in all of their subjects—from kids, to businessmen, to fashion models.

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