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Doug Dubois Awarded John Gutmann Fellowship
The $10,000 prize was created to honor "an emerging artist in the field of creative photography who exhibits professional accomplishments, serious artistic commitment, and financial need."
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The technique of panning adds drama to images of moving subjects, such as racehorses and Indy cars. It's easy, but gorgeous results require practice. Set a shutter speed that's not fast enough to stop the motion. Keep the subject in one spot in the viewfinder and follow the subject's movement the same way would if you were using a camcorder. The correct result is a more-or-less motionless subject surrounded by a streaked background.
Michael from Cleveland, OH reviews the Canon EOS Rebel XTi
At one end of the spectrum, I'm thrilled to have the incredible responsiveness and flexibility of the Canon EOS Rebel XTi at my disposal. At the other end of the scale, my heart is torn to see the polycarbonate bodies that first appeared on point-and-shoot cameras de rigour on our entire crop of DSLRs in the marketplace, and to see so much emphasis on automation to the detriment of providing greater controls for creative freedom. Read the complete review here.
Executive Technology Editor Michael J. McNamara offers his New Year's Resolution, which is to explain why a camera's megapixel count is not always the best quality yardstick.