THE FOCAL POINT
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The unique thing about humans over the millennia is that by nature we are story tellers. From the beginning we recorded events in a visual way, such as cave drawings. As we evolved and began to use spoken tongue, our stories started to be passed along to the next generation. Then the written word was propagated by the invention of the printing press. Technology fueled the explosion of the written word in books and newsprint. The cultures of the world were propelled by a revolution of technology.
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I couldn’t get over the massive size of it as it stood in the wide open staring at our car. I was in awe. I quickly grabbed my gear from the back, adjusted my manual settings, quietly got out and started snapping away. I got a few great shots but they couldn’t compare to what I was going to capture next…
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If you’ve ever had a tour of this place, you’d know that it’s not just the storefront where all the action takes place. In fact, there’s a whole other level of important work being done in the work areas behind the photo lab.
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The restored colour print looks amazing; Geraldine at Atlantic Photo Supply did a fantastic job! The image was taken by my Nan's father, my late great grandfather, Percy. I don’t know when it was taken, but I figure that it was between 1940 and 1945. It’s a gorgeous colour print that looks like a piece of art. That’s those early days of colour prints for you.
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As luck would have it, my patience paid off and without warning, the heron appeared out of the mist and landed 20 feet in front of me! It was surreal; just me, my camera and this beautiful bird posing for me!
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In 50 years, millions of Digital Train Wreck stories will no longer exist, left on phones and hard drives and on long-forgotten internet clouds or a dead social media platforms. Do not get complacent! One catastrophic crash and a lifetime of photos can get erased…
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The smooth, continuous tone of RA-4 printing is what makes it the gold standard for professional portraiture and for commercial printers. It's this standard by which other technologies are measured.
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This, in a nutshell, is what we believe separates us from the rest: we adhere to procedures and set our own standards. Box stores and many Pro labs don't drill this deep as it takes experience and resolve to stick to what can be a time consuming, but ultimately rewarding process. Would you want us to trade off quality for speed?
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Many people have the idea of printing their files in some ways daunting or incomprehensible, but the alternative of only having an electronic version of our life story is insane. In the meantime, my project will continue, and I will prove that a photographer who wants to can sell their work in print as it should be…
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I checked the stargazing forecasts: snow, clouds, blizzard, freezing rain, more blizzards, and more clouds. Finally, after a couple of weeks of hateful temperatures and precpitation, there appeared to be a clear yet bitterly cold weekend coming so I packed the Nexstar up and we headed home.
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If you have been wanting to order metallic, now is a good time, as they are 50% off until March 31. Go to our Facebook page for more details and to claim this offer. Don't forget to add mounting and lamination to protect your prints!
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Bare walls can pose a challenge for anyone, but one option is to dress them with personalized wall art with the help of our online photo printing. This personalized wall art comes in the form of custom canvas photo prints. Atlantic Photo Supply makes it easy for both amateurs and professionals to create these prints in different sizes, configurations and looks.
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I struggle to find the right words to express the story that I never thought I would be able to tell. Letters and fragments of sentences fill my head with pieces of an entity that is difficult to grasp, and I’m nervous that they won’t do justice to the virtually untouched splendor that is Sable Island.
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If I were to teach a course tomorrow, everyone would learn to shoot in complete manual mode and preferably with something taped over their LCD screen. Too often, in my opinion, people start a career as a photographer without the fundamentals, and it shows. Even to take the time at understand the different aspects of the process is a start.
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Thank you Michel—your images speak for themselves, and you are too shy and modest. We love you anyway. To see more of Michel Duquenne's work, visit Artistic Photography.
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Take everything I have said with a grain of salt and add your own twists—have fun! Sometimes in photography amazing things happen when you break the rules—we all know how objective it can be. Oh, and now that I grasp these little fundamentals, portrait shoots are fun again.
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