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Personal Project: A Close Encounter With History: A Student Project From Which We All Can Learn
Eric Dusenbery  |  Mar 23, 2012  |  First Published: Feb 01, 2012  | 

“Our family came to America from Vietnam in the 1960s. When I first came to America, I came with fear. I was unsure of what I was going to find, my family had to be broken up. I had no clue if they had made it to America safely.”—Khanh Duong (Excerpt from Liana Bui’s student photo/oral history project.)

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Personal Project: Architectural Layers: Lighting For Post-Processing
Mike Butler  |  Oct 12, 2011  |  First Published: Sep 01, 2011  | 
Shooting architecture has always been a complex matter and while the challenges remain the digital medium has helped overcome many hurdles. Challenges such as color balance, lighting consistency, and the need to hide every single light and cord have been lessened. In this article I will describe one challenge that exemplifies how I now use digital to make images that would have been logistical nightmares in the past.
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Personal Project; People At Work; John Siskin’s On The Job
John Siskin  |  Jun 01, 2010  | 

I probably take more pictures of people working than any other subject. Since I am a commercial photographer this makes a lot of sense. I love taking shots of people actually working; they provide wonderful opportunities to see people involved in something they take seriously. You can often get shots where people really aren’t paying attention to you, just doing what they do. Work shots...

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Wilhelm Scholz: Shooting Travel Images for Advertising
Lynne Eodice  |  Apr 01, 2005  | 

All photos by Wilhelm Scholz

Just talking to photographer Wilhelm Scholz on the phone inspires wanderlust. "It's all location work," he explains, "But it can be applied to automotive, cigarette, apparel and many other industries." Scholz has the enviable job of traveling to exotic places to shoot images that are used for advertising here in...

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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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