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Cory Photography with Tom and Pat Cory |
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Costa Rica, 2007 |
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Newsletter, March 1, 2007 Continued |
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Changes in National Park Passes
The Dept. of the Interior has done away
with the current National Parks Pass & various Golden passes as we have
known them. Thanks to Mike Brown for this info.
Outdoor Chattanooga
If you live around Chattanooga or are planning a trip here and you'd like to keep up with what outdoor activities are going on in our area, this is a very helpful site. You can also request to be on the Outdoor Chattanooga email list and each week you will be updated on the scheduled events. A number of the events would make great photography opportunities. Contact: Ruth Cartlidge, Events Coordinator Outdoor Chattanooga, 1250 Market Street, Suite 1006, Chattanooga, TN 37402 Phone: (423) 643-6889, Fax: (423) 643-6885 ruth@outdoorchattanooga.com, http://www.outdoorchattanooga.com/
Testing your Digital Sensor for Dust Spots This from Tim Grey's email newsletters: I do recommend testing the camera for dust before any major photo shoot. To do so, close down the aperture to the smallest size with the camera set to Aperture Priority, and take a picture pointing toward the sky with a normal exposure, moving the camera during the exposure. Open the resulting image in Photoshop and zoom in to examine it, looking for dust spots. Be sure to check the corners in particular, as dust has a tendency to accumulate there, in part because the corners are the most difficult area of the sensor to clean effectively. To subscribe to Tim Grey's free email newsletters or to become a contributor, see www.timgrey.com/ddq/ Fuji Reintroducing Velvia 50
Well, for a number of people, film ain't dead yet. After much begging from photographers who missed their old faithful Velvia 50, Fuji is reintroducing a slightly different but hopefully very similar version of Velvia 50 in late spring. For more details see: http://www.fujifilmusa.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/PRNewsDetail.jsp?DBID=NEWS_860801
Trivia: Where does the name "Velvia" come from? Hint, contrary to popular belief, the answer isn't cheese. Find the answer and more info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvia
Bulk Scanning You have probably read info about 30 Minute Photos, also called Shoebox Reprints and now also Scan My Photos which uses a high speed scanner to scan up to 1000 pictures of various sizes and puts them on a CD for $49.95. We have not used them but I was curious about what resolution they used for scanning and here is what they told me: "For the bulk scanning, all images are scanned at 300 dpi. Therefore, smaller images are going to have smaller files while the large prints will have significantly larger files. This resolution allows for straight duplication of the image or an increase of one size. For example, a 4x6 could have either a 4x6 or 5x7 print made from the file without degradation." If you have a box of old photos that you don't want to take the time to scan yourself but would like on a CD, it might be worth checking out. For more information see Scanmyphotos.com . PSC Exhibit at Blackwell Automotive
Local readers might like to stop by Blackwell Automotive at Eastgate Center to see photographs from several members of the Photographic Society of Chattanooga.
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