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Camera Bags: Hard & Soft Cases For Shoulder & Backpacking
"While camera bags often aim for functionality over style, there were several shoulder bags shown this year that had fashion chic paramount in their design, and a number of them aimed at the female photo enthusiast. Still, the photo backpack seemed to dominate when it came to functionality and innovative design, including two combo packs targeting ......
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06/14/08 |
Photo Backpacks; Amiable Traveling Companions For Your Gear
"It’s been said that every gadget bag is a compromise between how well it protects your gear and how easily your equipment can be accessed. This is especially true with photo backpacks. But if you need to carry a heavy load of gear into the field, a properly fitted backpack is hard to beat. Besides cost, there are five points to consider when selec......
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06/21/07 |
Portable Storage; Hard Drives, CD/DVD Burners, And Flash Drives
"Today's high-resolution digital cameras eat up lots of memory. High-capacity memory cards cost as much as a portable hard drive, so why not use a portable storage device and transfer card memory to that drive? Portable hard drives are battery-driven and most employ a 2.5" disk drive, while a few use the more expensive 1.8" drive. As an alternative......
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06/04/06 |
Memory Cards; Faster & Higher Capacity
"If there's anything you can count on with digital products, it's faster speeds, higher capacities, and lower costs. Nowhere is this truer than with memory cards. There was plenty of news from a variety of vendors.
SanDisk doubled the capacity of several of their most popular cards, including the Extreme III line of cards to 8GB in CompactFla......
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06/03/06 |
Lenses; Great New Optics For Digital And 35mm SLRs
"Every year the PMA Show becomes increasingly digital in its scope, with fewer exhibitors of "traditional" products. The 2006 show confirmed this trend but surprisingly, most of the new lenses (of familiar brands) are of the multi-platform type: suitable for 35mm cameras and digital SLRs with small (APS-C size) or full-frame sensors. That may not p......
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06/03/06 |
Turn Off Your Flash For Digital Images: Continuous Light Sources Make A Comeback
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 especiall......
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12/12/05 |
Studio Flash Lighting: There's a System to Fit Every need
Studio lighting often carries with it the stigma of high cost and high demands (on electricity and learning curve), but that is not necessarily the case. Studio lighting is only as complicated as you make it. You can buy an inexpensive set of lights that will do all you need, with a short learning curve, without fear of shorting circuits around the......
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12/12/05 |
Holiday Books for the Digital Photographer
It's a sign of the times. In 2005 there were more digital imaging books published than ever before and trying to pick some of the best was difficult, but I'll stick my neck out and introduce you to some of the best of the best for this year.
And The Winners Are…
- Creative Photoshop Lighting Techniques
- U......
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11/29/05 |
Holiday Books for Digital Photographers
It's a sign of the times. In 2005 there were more digital imaging books published than ever before and trying to pick some of the best was difficult, but I'll stick my neck out and introduce you to some of the best of the best for this year.
And The Winners Are…
Creative Photoshop Lighting Techniques (See article for description)
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11/06/05 |
Lyson Introduces Bulk Feed System for Epson Photo R800
Lyson, Inc. has introduced the first bulk feed ink delivery system for the Epson Photo R800 printer. This new system is one of several bulk feeds being featured by Lyson. Highly popular among avid amateur photographers, the Photo R800 is an advanced Micro Piezo pigment ink jet, optimized for photo printing......
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03/08/05 |
Panorama Power: How to shoot & stitch with any camera
Want to add a new dimension to your photography? Try shooting panoramic pictures -- shoot a series of two or more frames and then combine them digitally. The wide sweep of the panoramic format captures attention, adds impact, and compels viewers to look more closely at your images. Plus it's a lot of fun and works with virtually any camera. You can......
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02/03/05 |
Photography Techniques & Trends Contest
This exhibition is open to artists working in all photographic processes. Artists are encouraged to expand parameters and traditional definitions.
Award amounts up to $500. Exhibition dates: June 9 to July 17, 2005. Submission fee: $25 for images of 3 works. Deadline: Friday, April 1, 2005. For prospectus, e-mail:targetgallery@torpedofactory.......
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01/26/05 |
Web Profiles: Don't Worry, Be Happy
This month's Web Profiles introduces you to photographers from Canada and France, along with answers to reader's question about protecting images displayed on the World Wide Web. You might be surprised at my answer, but then again, if you've read this department for a while, maybe not.......
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01/14/05 |
How Photographers Are Making The Internet Work For Them Using Blogs
During the recent silly season of national electioneering, blogs and bloggers appeared on the radar screens of America's media in major newspapers and on TV. Unfortunately that awareness did not come with an explanation that a blog is short for weblog, or that a weblog is really an individual's daily journal or diary self-published on the World Wid......
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01/14/05 |
