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March 2012

How-To

  • Solutions: Big B&W Prints Made Easy


    Quick tips for Adams-esque results


    When he was working in a black-and-white darkroom with glass plates and later with film negatives, Ansel Adams frequently made very large prints.
  • Solutions: On The Slide


    Slider dollies add interest to your DSLR time-lapse and motion shooting


    The recent trend in jerky, handheld, rapid-fire, jump-cut TV defies this rule, but novice filmmakers would do well to start with less nausea-inducing techniques.

Gear

  • In Focus: March 2012


    Sometimes a camera phone is all you need, especially if it's the camera in the iPhone. Now you can step up your iPhone photography with the iPro Lens System from Schneider Optics.
  • The New Breed Of DSLRs


    Canon, Nikon, Sigma and Sony are pushing into new territory with their latest high-end camera models



    A number of new high-end DSLRs have been introduced in recent months.

Locations

  • The Higher Ground


    Longtime OP contributor and Utah explorer James Kay gives us a unique look at a landscape that needs protection


    Bank to the left and lift the wing," I shout over my shoulder above the roar of the engine.
  • The Spirit Bear


    Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen journey to the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada to find the Spirit Bear of the Gitga’at People


    Fewer than 500—that's the number of Spirit Bears that exist in the entire world.

Columns

  • Landscapes Are Alive!


    Landscapes Don’t Move? • B&W Printers • Specialty Cameras For Unique Results • RAW Or JPEG, Once More


    But the mood changed immediately when he realized I focus on landscapes. "Landscapes are dead," he said. "They don't move."
  • Set Up For Smooth Motion


    Traveling gear that will keep your camera steady for video



    Of the great array of gear that I've used over the course of my career, there is no item about which I'm fussier than my tripod.

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