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The Accordion-
Or maybe the slingshot–
One thing you’ll notice about our title is that the two items mentioned share a similarity — both of them stretch and recoil. Depending on the situation, their size will be at a certain length and, based on that length, their power is determined.
Now, this isn’t really a piece on power. [...]

Photoshop CS5’s Camera Raw Control Panels-
(Part 2)–
Tonal Correction
The next six sliders are used to solve exposure and/or contrast problems.
Exposure Use the Exposure slider if you want to bring out the highlight or to brighten the highlight area of a photo. In the case of Image 06, the image is underexposed, with no highlight at [...]

Digital Dillema–
Unlike years past, our “Undas” lead story is not about ghost or death pictures. Still, others may find losing data just as scary or even more terrifying.
TechRepublic.com recently came out with a very interesting article titled “Facing a data apocalypse: The limitations of digital storage” by Donovan Colbert. It asserts that with the advent [...]

Swan Songs-
And other challenges because your film camera needs film–
People normally speak of swan songs when things are about to go. The swan song speaks of that one last great haul before finally breathing one’s last or making a farewell. All things come to an end anyway, as some people say and, as it has [...]

A Beginner’s Guide to Flash Photography-
Understanding the Studio Strobe Flash-
(Part 75)–
Unleashing and Taming the Raw Light of Studio Flash
The continuing effort of studio flash manufacturers to transform the studio strobe’s raw light into the most coveted light form (the soft and diffused light) has led to the development and coming of light modifiers in different forms [...]

Photo Contest–
On September 1, Photophilantrophy.org announced the deadline for the 2011 Activist Awards. Guidelines to the contest state: “Submitted photos must depict the work of a charitable organization (designated by 501c3 in the U.S., or international equivalent) and be presented as a photo essay. All photographs in the essay must have been taken within the [...]

Making Legacies Part XI–
Honestly, when this series began, it wasn’t part of the plan to let it become this long. Perhaps making legacies involves a lot of things and sooner or later, one must come up with an idea of just what you really want to do in photography. We can all try different things [...]