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15th August 2004

Lessons from the Field: Avoiding Some of the Perils of Digital Photography

“Late last year I sold my last film camera after realizing that I love the instant feedback of digital photography and the ability to process images myself on the computer. I had shot digital and film cameras in tandem for several years, but with the advent of the Canon 1Ds, I decided to commit to being a strictly digital photographer. Shooting only digital has taught me the necessity of covering the number of potential points of failure, which are greater than when shooting film. Here are a few tips Iíve learned along the way.”

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15th August 2004

An extra whack

“The title of Wendy Lesser’s essay collection, The Genius Of Language, reminds us that language is the oldest and smartest of human technologies. Nothing the human race has ever come up with since ó not computer technology, not space flights ó remotely compares in power and sophistication.”

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15th August 2004

Beauty

“Various thoughts on beauty. (gleaned from [The Art of Looking Sideways]): Michelangelo - Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. Tibor Kalman - I’m not against beauty, it just sounds boring to me.”

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