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Last week, I mentioned assembling multiple images into a single panoramic image.  After a few people asked me about it, I thought I would elaborate on exactly how to make a panoramic image.  The best way is to use a film camera specifically designed to make panoramic images.  These cameras use 6X17 film instead of 35mm.  However, since most of us don’t have cameras specifically designed for panos, let’s talk about how to make panos with what most of us do have. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tom and Hollie are awesome.  How do I define awesome?  Well part of it is when I suggested we do some of the formal portrait in a bathtub, Hollie thought it was a great idea.  Or, when I though we should get the band involved and get the couple to play some instruments while I photographed them and Tom loved it.  A lot of people cringe at the though of formals becuase they can remember a photographer telling them to “line up and smile.”  That’s one way to do it, but it sure isn’t the only way.  With the right photographer, formals can be different and fun.  Heck, I even did a couple of formals of the bride late in the evening while waiting to meet everyone at the Gold Pan Saloon.

I came across a photographer at an art show this month who had a sign on his booth that read something to the effect of “My images are made using film and traditional darkroom printing.  No computers!”  The message was clear.  There is something wrong with computers.  The subtext was that there was something less honest about digital manipulation techniques compared to traditional analog ones. 

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