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Volume I
First Edition
June 30, 2005

The Language of Photography

The Sleuth

The Traveler

The Exhibitionist

Photography:
The Basics
By Colin Hartness

Photography comes from the Greek words meaning “light writing” and first became known back in 1839 by Sir John Herschel.
For many years prior to this, people had discovered ways of causing certain chemicals to change color when exposed to light but they did not discover ways of getting the images to remain permanent until later on. Now photography is a big part of our culture, something that everyone recognizes.
Most everyone has family photos lying around their house, many people take these photos on a regular basis, preserving precious memories for years to come. Even if you don’t have your own camera, you have seen photos in magazines, used on billboards and advertisements and more.
What is Photography?
Photography is defined as “The art or process of producing images by the action of light on surfaces sensitized by chemical processes....” (more)

"Twilight" by Queen Victoria

Queen Pictoria's eStation Honors Artists of Old
By April Lankford

Dawning her dark attire, Queen Victoria could personify at times, the era in which she lived. Standing on the edge of what would become the age of invention and discovery in arts, science, and technology, she could not know what an impact she would have on the century after her death in 1901. During her reign of over 50 years, the British created what is considered the most successful empire the world had ever known.

Paintings, photographs, writings and journalism ushered in a new spirit of informality that gave the Royal Family a popularity and familiarity covering a quarter of the earth. Travel and communications put England on the cutting edge of world events. And in the midst of all of this, she set a precedent of accessibility to the human side of life without even trying. She simply would not .... (more)

10 Things You Can
Do to Protect Your Photographs from Infringement
by Carolyn E. Wright, Esq.

While it would be nice to live in a house where you don't have to lock the door, it's not practical these days. Likewise, here are 10 things you can do to help safeguard your images from being stolen.
#1 Use the copyright “notice” –the © with a date and name of the copyright owner whenever you publish your images. It may stop someone from copying an image, either because the person will be reminded that the image belongs to someone or because the notice impairs the image for the person’s use.
#2 Include with your copyright notice the words “All Rights Reserved.” Some additional international protection is added.

#3 Register your copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office. While you own the copyright to your image when you click the shutter (in most instances), registration itself provides some evidence that the image is yours. Register it even if it’s already published. It’s better late than never. (more)

Making Money
With Digital Photography
And Live Events
By Richard Meredith

A few years ago I became interested in digital photography, mainly for web publishing and personal reasons. You know, how nice is it now to NOT have to deal with film, scanning pictures, and the costs of developing all of those "not great" photos that you didn't know were so bad until you paid to have them developed!
So, at the time I got my first digital camera a friend of mine was playing in a rock band, and needed pictures for their web pages and promotional printings and ads. When I first began to do their photography, I had NO IDEA what it all would lead to... and now I will reveal to you some of the MANY ways to make money, part-time, with your love for photography... (more)

Is DVD Storage An Attractive Alternative For Your Computer Backup?
By Per Strandberg

If you have a computer for home use or for your business and don't take comprehensive backup for full protection then you are in the danger-zone. Maybe you do not take any backup at all.
You can find in Windows a basic backup utility which are installed during the installation.
I should say for all Windows…,but in fact it is not included during the installation of Windows XP Home Edition.
It is as if Microsoft thinks that data protection is not necessary for home computers and computers used by small businesses.
It is true that hard drives are becoming less prone to hard disk crashes... (more)

Photography:
Tools Of The Trade
Photo Editing
by Lala C. Ballatan

With digital cameras becoming a hit not only to professional photographers, it is understandable that creations of digital image files are also increasing. It is actually the magic of being able to manipulate your photos – edit and organize them and make certain special effects that digital image files become interesting and essential. In order to keep in line with the best and easiest ways of editing, organizing and storing digital photos, latest software application programs for digital photo enhancements are being introduced.
Here, we give you an overview of the features of some of the newest tools to maximize your digital image editing efforts... (more)

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