Steve Bedell

New Concepts In Album Design
48 8x10s Does Not Do It Anymore
Steve Bedell  |  Apr 01, 2003

New Concepts In Album Design

It's really great to be involved in photography these days. I've seen more changes in the last five years than the 20 before it. And not one sector of the imaging world remains unchanged by...

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Digital Darkroom
Infinite Backgrounds
Select, Cut And Paste It is All In The Digital Darkroom
Steve Bedell  |  Mar 01, 2003

Infinite Backgrounds

About 15 years ago I bought a front projection system for my studio. The way it works is something like this: You pop a slide into the projector and it shows up on the background screen. Put your subject in...

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Pro Techniques
Jack Holowitz
A Master Photographer Using Classic Techniques
Steve Bedell  |  Feb 01, 2003

Jack Holowitz

Jack Holowitz is the male half of the incredibly talented team of Jack and Nancy Holowitz from Springfield, Massachusetts. Nancy is known for her sensitive portraiture, and Jack has gained a great reputation for his eye-popping black and white work that includes nudes and...

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Tim Kelly
A Master Of Medium Format Goes Digital
Steve Bedell  |  Jan 01, 2003

Tim Kelly...
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Lighting
Nailed Down Lighting
A Simple Setup For Volume Work
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 01, 2002

Many years ago when I opened my first studio, I visited another photographer who had been in business for many years. When I saw his camera room, I noticed he had a big "X" on the floor in a few...

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Excalibur SPC1600
Strobe And Studio Systems Softboxes Easy Setup And Satisfying Results
Steve Bedell  |  Oct 01, 2002

Like most photographers, I've got a bunch of lights and all kinds of light modifiers lying around. I've got softboxes, umbrellas, and assorted parabolic reflectors. They range in color from white to silver, gold to flesh colored.

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Portraiture
Digital Debate
For Group Portraits, Film Still Rules
Steve Bedell  |  Jul 01, 2002

I think I've got a new career here. Me, probably the least technical of all the Shutterbug writers, writing about technical stuff! I'm basing that on the flood of e-mails and comments I received about my digital portrait article in the April issue.

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

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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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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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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