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Hi folks - as first announced on the Inside Digital Photo radio program, I have just started writing a column for CreativeBlvd.com on one of my favorite subjects, the convergence of photography and video. As more and more devices and software programs are capable of outputting or ingesting either still or moving images, it’s an […]

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Whether you prize clutter or neatness, tabletops of various types probably abound in your photo world. The most flexible tabletops are made from a pair of sawhorses and a flat surface to throw on top of them. Whether wooden or pre-fab plastic, sawhorses are terrific tools to keep around. When assembling a studio set, the […]

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I was recently interviewed for the popular podcast, and internet radio show, Inside Mac Radio, hosted by Scott Sheppard and Brad Wright. The interview appears in the show dated 12/29/07. If you are interested in the state of the art of photography, and Photoshop’s place in it, give the interview a listen. If you have […]

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I have been reading the many excellent tributes to Sir Edmund Hillary, who died yesterday at the age of 88, and I saw several references to the famous photo he took of Tenzing Norgay at the summit. What I really wanted to know, what was the camera? Some minutes of searching later and I found […]

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I am just back from Imaging USA (where I stayed, mistakenly, near the stadium, arriving just before last Sunday’s football game) and the difference between this PPA event and fall’s PhotoPlus (ASMP) event was somewhat remarkable. Maybe it was the Tampa Buc’s loss on Sunday, or the fact that Tampa is one of the sleepiest […]

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