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March/April 2007

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Complete Digital Photography, Third Edition (Digital Photography Series) by Ben Long (Charles River Media, 2005; ISBN: 1-58450-356-4). Explore the technical and creative ins and outs of shooting digital in this thorough guide, which tackles a broad range of topics, including your camera’s inner workings, shooting techniques and image-editing software.

Practical Color Management: Eddie Tapp On Digital Photography by Eddie Tapp (O’Reilly Media, 2006; ISBN: 0-596-52768-3). Take a lesson in color management and how to fit it into your overall workflow. From choosing a color space to calibration and applying the appropriate profiles, Tapp covers what you need to know and why.

Shooting Digital: Pro Tips for Taking Great Pictures with Your Digital Camera by Mikkel Aaland (Sybex, 2006; ISBN: 0-470-04287-7). Based on his 30 years of experience, Aaland, along with other pros, offers tips on how to improve your photographs by explaining the latest technologies and giving step-by-step examples.

Professional Filter Techniques For Digital Photographers by Stan Sholik (Amherst Media, 2006; ISBN: 1-58428-196-0). Discover how using filters can improve your shots with some help from this reference book. Tips for using on-camera filters, choosing a camera filter system, selecting different kinds of filters and more are explained.

An Illustrated A to Z of Digital Photography: People and Portraits by Nigel Atherton and Steve Crabb (AVA Publishing, 2006; ISBN: 2-88479-087-X). Refine your portrait-making abilities using this straightforward guide that covers all aspects of photographing people, including what equipment to use, how-to techniques and image-editing programs.

High-Tech Frame
Show off your photos from varying angles in the Braun photo Technik picture frame. The seven-inch, 480 x 234-pixel display is set in a glossy black frame with built-in stereo speakers. You can show your photos in slideshow mode with changeable transition speeds and formats that include thumbnail, landscape, portrait and zoom. The built-in memory-card reader is compatible with nearly all formats. The frame has 32 MB of internal memory. List Price: TBD. Contact: HP Marketing Corp., (800) 735-4373, www.hpmarketingcorp.com.

Video On Demand
Watch video clips, view photos, send e-mail and surf the Web with the WiFi-enhanced Archos 604, the latest-generation portable media player. The device has a 30 GB hard drive and 4.3-inch color touch-screen LCD. Transfer photos directly from your camera and play them back as slideshows with music and transition effects. The ultra-slim 10-ounce device reads all standard video formats, including MPEG 4, in full DVD resolution, with additional functions for slow-motion playback, adjusting the screen size, video editing and bookmarking. List Price: $449. Contact: Archos, (877) 300-8879, www.archos.com.

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