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The Darkroom
The Darkroom
From Color Prints To Color Copy Negatives
Darryl C. Nicholas  |  Jan 01, 2001

Sooner or later you will
want to make a copy of a color print. If you have the negative, it's
an easy task. If you own a digital imaging darkroom (computer, scanner,
and printer) it is still an easy task. However, if you have to do it the...

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Hands On
Quick Draw Clip System
Robert E. Mayer  |  Jan 01, 2001

There seems to be a proliferation of belt clip systems for carrying small film or digital cameras, camcorders, cell phones, and similar items that are needed nearby when you are busy doing something else. One of the latest to come to our...

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Do It Yourself
Build A Variable Extension Tube
Tom Fuller  |  Jan 01, 2001

This month's project is a variable-length extension tube for close-up photography. It provides several inches of magnification adjustment without the need of an expensive and cumbersome macro bellows unit, and allows virtually any lens to be...

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Digital Innovations
Digital Innovations
All The Colors Of The Rainbow
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2001

"It has taken me many years as an active image-maker to fully embrace the idea that the entire photographic process is an act of metamorphosis." --Jerry Uelsmann

If you shoot a...

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Digital Darkroom
Deja Vu: Kodak Photo CD Revisited
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2001

While Kodak's Photo CD process was originally announced in 1990, it wasn't until the summer of 1992 that a photo lab in my area offered the service. The original concept behind Photo CD was at once simple and complex. The...

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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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