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Rangefinder
Magazine
March 2004
Problems & Solutions
Please accompany your questions
with a self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish an immediate reply.
Alternatively, you can e-mail me at: bhurter@rfpublishing.com.
From:
Larry Burrows
LBurrows@hinda.com
I was irritated and intrigued by the commentary on the “Ten Most
Overpaid Jobs” article. After having to sign up for CBS Marketwatch.com
(a hassle in itself), I downloaded and read the article in question.
Several comments come to mind. The printable ones follow.
1. When did
either Mr. Pummer, or the so-called expert he quotes, Bill Coleman,
get married? How about their children?
2. What experience did these individuals have at these weddings?
3. Do either of these self-described experts know what is involved
in producing a $1000 wedding or a $5000 wedding, financially— (i.e.,
equipment and other tangibles) and experientially (sometimes, I think
that our internships are longer and harder than doctors’)?
4. By including wedding photographers as a class in the same list
as the likes of Kenneth Lay and his ilk, he has earned the enmity
of our
profession. And did you notice that journalists did not appear on
his list?
Thanks for my moment on the soapbox.
Keep up the great work. See you at the convention.
In addition he left off what should be number one on the list—journalists
who don’t get their facts right!
From: Walter Smithey
opticsign@hotmail.com
Several years ago I used a Laney front-projection background in my
studio. At that time there was another comapny also big in front
projection.
Now I cannot find any references for front-projection backgrounds.
Are these still used and do you know any company making and selling
the equipment?
Virtual Backgrounds’ Scene
Machine may be what you are thinking of. The Scene Machine with its
Spectravue
projection system, involves
taking any ordinary transparency and inserting it into the projector.
Making use of a beamsplitter and specially coated, retro-reflective
screen, the image is projected behind the subject. The image
is flashed simultaneously
with the studio strobes used to light the subject(s), creating
a backdrop during the exposure. Any imaginable scene can be used.
Virtually
any camera will fit on the Scene Machine with optional adapters,
whether you shoot film or digital. For more information
contact Virtual
Backgrounds at (800) 831-0474 or visit the web site: www.virtualbackgrounds.net/.
From:John
Gittens
john_elaine@netzero.net
You had an email from Steve Jordan Photography about using
polarizing filters with digital images. They do make a difference—however,
it is a good idea to use the appropriate white balance (sunshine,
usually, when using a polarizer) but not “A” for
automatic setting!.
The two pictures with this E-mail
were taken with a Nikon D1X as high quality TIFFs today, but reduced
to low quality
JPEGs
for
sending to
you. One was with a Tiffen Circular Polarizer the other
with
a Skylight filter. Needless to say, Number 06 is with the
Polarizer.
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Image made with Tiffen Circular Polarizer |
Image made with Skylight filter |
Thanks for passing these along.
From: Rich Chambless
phototreasures@msn.com
A short time ago I saw an article about converting a color image to black
and white and then pulling out color from the underlayer. Thanks for
your attention and for any help.
The article was by Deborah Ferro and
it was in the August 2003 issue. View the finished article online at
rangerfindermag.com. Go to the “archives” section.
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