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The Process of Image Capture

Understanding the Photographic Process

As photographers, we used to rely on a photo lab to develop, process and print our images, with only a little guidance from ourselves. The digital revolution and the simultaneous expansion of affordable computing power have brought the photographic lab to our desktop without the need for a darkened, light-tight room. Now photographers have the power, at their finger tips, to optimize their imagery or transform it in highly creative ways.

With this power, though, comes the requirement to understand the equipment, software and digital imaging techniques, to a degree that ...

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