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Old 10-18-2002, 05:20 PM   #38
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As I have said before, if most of your portraits are children, as mine are, then you would have to be very good indeed to get much information from your moving target.

John, I agree, I should not have revealed the truth right away.

Of course, if you use photos you must always keep in mind that what you are seeing is not exactly what is actually there. After many years of using them, I automatically compensate for the exagerated contrast that you find in photos.

In fact, I adjust all of my digitals by first using the "quick fix", which makes the digital look like a traditional photo.

Then I lower the contrast, raise the brightness, and raise the saturation. This seems to improve the image in most cases.