July/August 2010
Gear
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Behind The Scenes
The truth about HD video capture in DSLRs
There’s still a lot of mystery surrounding exactly how still cameras capture video. -
DPP Solutions: iPad Apps For Pro Photographers
A selection of apps that any professional with an iPad should think about getting
The Apple iPad is reinvigorating the tablet computer market, and for photographers, the potential goes far beyond merely being a cool gadget. -
Hi-TechStudio: You Need Your Fluids
Still photographers who pursue shooting video with their DSLRs will want to have a tripod head that’s appropriate to the job
When you’re shooting still images, keeping the camera absolutely rock-steady is critical. -
July/August 2010
New Tools Of The Trade
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Misinformation: Camera Tech
Pro photographers should be paying attention to a new trend in mirrorless camera design
Developed as a compromise between the efficient size of compacts and the quality and compositional freedoms of a DSLR, a brand-new breed of camera has appeared over the last year or so. -
Mobile Lighting Solutions
Build the location lighting setup that suits your style
The era when every pro would have their own studio space has ended.
Profiles
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Brian Smith: Art & Soul
Brian Smith crafts a series of celebrity portraits for a cause that’s close to home
In May of 2009, photographer Brian Smith and several members of The Creative Coalition traveled to Washington, D.C., to lobby Congress and the White House in support of arts funding. -
Colin Anderson: Visual Alchemy
Colin Anderson’s high-impact, hyperstylized imagery is proving that, with digital photography, the only limitation is your imagination
Colin Anderson says that as a professional image-maker, it’s his singular goal to make people want to stop and look harder. -
Don Bartletti: Movements of Sand
As an L.A. Times photojournalist and a longtime resident of Southern California, Don Bartletti immerses himself in the lives and the stories of the U.S.-Mexico border
Don Bartletti has seen a world unimagined by most of us, but too real to thousands of migrants, border-dwellers and working-class people who have been the subjects of his photography.
Technique
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Hybridized!
A photographer who can deliver a still shoot and a video shoot simultaneously is a photographer who’s in demand and commanding a high fee. Michael Grecco is doing it and putting HD DSLR technology to the test as he works his multifaceted magic.
Though known for his dynamic celebrity portraiture, Michael Grecco is no stranger to the motion-picture world. -
Lose Noise With Plug-Ins
Caponigro explains why and how he uses Noiseware
Who doesn’t have noise? If you don’t run into noise in your digital images, at least once in a while, you may not be pushing the envelope enough. -
Wet-Plate Digital?
In a world of megapixels, bit depths and color spaces, Jody Dole is making art by mixing current photo technology with the state of the art from 1860
It was sometime during the ’80s, with electronic imaging evolving, when I heard about a photographer named Jody Dole, who was doing interesting things with imaging software and Iris printers.
Business
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Trademark Yourself Part II
Picking up where our May/June article left off, DPP delves into acquiring, registering and protecting your business trademark
In the first part of this article, which you can find on the DPP website, www.digitalphotopro.com, we addressed some of the key reasons why a photographer should make use of trademarks and how to use and clear that trademark -
Vision To Visuals: Preserving Image Quality
Staying true to the originals through successive generations or reproduction
I’ve written a fair amount in this column about the rich experience of working with artists who donate their works for charities.






