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Thanks For The Memories, Adding RAM Can Be A Good Solution
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2002

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"Memory feeds imagination."--Amy Tan

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The Best Things In Life Are Free; Who Says?
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2005

Photos © 2004 Joe Farace, All Rights Reserved

"Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form."
--Stephen Nachmanovitch

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free open source photo retouching and image authoring program. While some of its fans claim it's just as good as Adobe...

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The Big Picture
Joe Farace  |  Nov 01, 2000

"To have a camera is to open your world, to take a bite out of a moment"
--Sharon J. Wohlmuth

In Shutterbug's Photography Buyer's Guide 2000, you'll find information on computer monitors...

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The Law Of Unintended Consequences Redux
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2004

"It's déjà vu all over again."--Yogi Berra

One of the most surprising, to me anyway, unintended consequences of the digital revolution is increasing marginalization...

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The Old Operating System Debate
Mac OS Vs. Windows
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2002

"Different
strokes for different folks."--Sylvester Stewart from "Everyday People"

Occasionally I get e-mail from
readers who think I'm biased toward Macintosh computers...

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The Rainbow Connection
Joe Farace  |  Jan 01, 2003

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If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." --Dolly Parton

I've often written about the interesting photo ops...

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The Return Of 3D Photography
Joe Farace  |  Dec 01, 2003

Just in time for the holidays, 3D is back and gone digital. Fresh on the heels of the blockbuster summer movie Spy Kids 3D, you can now make stereo photographs using the digital camera you already own. I've been a fan of 3D since the premiere of the...

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The Times They Are A Changin, Digitally That Is
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2001

Take a look at the photograph of me that accompanies this month's column. Nothing remarkable, wouldn't you say? I am standing in front of the Applied Science Fiction (ASF) stand at the photokina 2000 show in Köln, Germany, last...

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Thinking Outside The Box car
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2003

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"Video Killed the Radio Star"--The first music video played on MTV

Picture this: You pick up a client in your newly cleaned car to drive them to...

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USB & Fire Wire Voodoo
Make The Right Connection
Joe Farace  |  Aug 01, 2002

"You do that voodoo that you do so well"--Cole Porter's "You've Got Me Under Your Skin"

When USB and FireWire were first introduced, manufacturers promised us a more stable connectivity...

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Visiting The Law Of Unintended Consequences
Joe Farace  |  Oct 01, 2002

One of the most interesting
facts about digital image capture is that we pixel pushers seem to shoot
more images during a typical session than we did when using film for the
same kind of project. For a typical model test shoot, I used to expose...

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What Color Is Your Umbrella?
Going Out? Don't Forget To Take Your Gray Card
Joe Farace  |  Jul 01, 2004

"Black is the color of my true love's eyes."--traditional English song

Making photographs in a factory presents lots of technical challenges. Obviously, there are lighting...

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Whats In Your Utility Belt?
Tools To Save The Day
Joe Farace  |  Apr 01, 2004

Robin: "I want a car; chicks dig the car." Batman: "This is why Superman works alone."--from the film Batman & Robin

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Whats Wrong With My Prints
The Joys And Frustrations Of Ink Jet Printing
Joe Farace  |  Feb 01, 2002

 

"What one has experienced one will never understand in print." --Isadora Duncan

The headline for this month's column is a question I received in a letter from a reader...

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Where Are All Your Digital Negatives
Joe Farace  |  May 01, 2003

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"Someday my prints will come."--Anonymous

When I was a student at The Maryland Institute College of Art, there was a...

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