March/April 2013
Gear
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DPP Solutions: Bling Your Smartphone
Professional accessories for gaining extraordinary images and video from iPhones and iPads
Smartphone and tablet manufacturers are heavily impacting the compact camera market for the simple reason that the more connected your camera is, the faster you can get content online. -
Hi-Tech Studio: Fixed-Lens, Large-Sensor Compacts
The professional backup camera with extremely fast apertures and very high image quality
The camera market has become increasingly confused and splintered. -
March/April 2013
New Tools Of The Trade
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What's Your Next Pro DSLR?
The lines between top-tier and mid-level camera models are blurring. We look at the features and capabilities that are most important for your work so you can make a thoughtful decision before leaping into an über-pro hot-rod unit.
Today's pro DSLRs, and even the mid-level models, offer a lot to hard-working pros, including image quality, performance, ruggedness and system accessories. -
What’s New In Medium-Format Digital
When nothing short of maximum resolution and image quality will suffice, medium-format digital is still at the top of the pyramid
The death of medium format has been greatly overstated.
Profiles
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Ketch Rossi: Evolution
Ketch Rossi has transitioned from a pure still photographer to a *Cinephotographer, and his latest projects are visually gripping, multimedia philanthropic endeavors
Ketch Rossi is on the leading edge of the future of photography, capturing still and motion imagery with a single state-of-the-art camera. -
Sam Kaplan: The Problem Solver
Sam Kaplan raises the bar in the realm of studio still-life photography. The innovative professional displays a style that’s exacting and meticulous, yet never dull or sterile.
Product, still-life and food photography aren't for those with short attention spans.
Technique
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Cover Shot: Learning To Relax
Markus Klinko and Indrani continue to broaden their horizons while returning to what matters the most: the image
Markus Klinko and Indrani have created absolutely iconic portraiture of everyone from Beyoncé to Lindsay Lohan to Lady Gaga. -
DNG File Format & DNG Converter
In this excerpt from his book, digital master photographer and Photoshop Alpha-tester Jeff Schewe demystifies the DNG format for today and for the future
Given the very real problem of the rapid proliferation of proprietary and undocumented raw file formats, Adobe (read: Thomas Knoll) decided to do something about that. -
How To Go Big
Get more resolution from your camera with these three key techniques: Upsample, Stack, Stitch
There are several ways to get more resolution out of your camera.
Business
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Click On The Dotted Line
From model releases to job contracts, know how to use electronic signatures to get the most benefit for your work
Technological advancements are being made in photography at such a tremendous pace that it's often difficult to keep up. -
Misinformation: Business Tech
Choosing to ignore the market is to do so at your own peril
This last December, Instagram infuriated its base of smartphone photographers when it released a newly revised terms of service that appeared from the language to reflect an extended rights grab by the service. -
Visioneer’s Gallery: Project Paz
As Juarez continues to struggle with drug violence, artists band together to aid the children of that beleaguered city
Systemic violence is one of the most debilitating epidemics challenging the notions of progress in global societies today.






