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Articles by Bill Katzenstein in Shutter Release, publication of the International Photographic Society, Washington DC. Viewing articles requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Bokeh (February 2012)
The study of what is not in focus.
« read article (PDF 164KB)How Judges Critique Photo Competitions (December 2011)
Artistic criteria and technical standards.
« read article (PDF 28KB)Ethical Issues in Photography (April 2010)
Six cases for discussion.
« read article (PDF 32KB)Techniques of Architectural Photography: Book Review (February 2010)
Architectural Photography: Professional Techniques for Shooting Interior and Exterior Spaces, by Norman McGrath.
« read article (PDF 33KB)The Zone System (March 2009)
The legacy of contrast management.
« read article (PDF 732KB)Digital Architectural Photography Gets a Boost from Nikon (September 2008)
The new PC-E Nikkor 24mm f3.5 lens.
« read article (PDF 17KB)History of Architectural Photography: Book Review (August 2008)
Architecture Transformed: A History of the Photography of Buildings from 1839 to the Present, by Cervin Robinson and Joel Herschman.
« read article (PDF 20KB)The Triumphs of Eliot Porter (November 2007)
Pioneer of color nature photography.
« read article (PDF 21KB)Industrial Photography: Book Review (March 2007)
The Photography of Charles Sheeler, American Modernist.
« read article (PDF 89KB)Extreme Wide-Angle Photography (January 2007)
Equipment and technique for ultra-wide perspective.
How to warp space.
« read article (PDF 543KB)History of Nikon: Book Review (November 2006)
A celebration of the marque by Brian Long.
« read article (PDF 148KB)The Resurgence of Large-Format Photography (September 2006)
The benefits of large format and how technical advances have modernized the classic view camera.
« read article (PDF 315KB)Panoramic Photography (June 2006)
A story from left to right.
« read article (PDF 422KB)The Holga (May 2006)
Medium format for the masses.
« read article (PDF 145KB)The Hasselblad Story (April 2006)
Origins of the modular digital camera.
« read article (PDF 136KB)Telephoto Technique (January 2006)
More than magnification.
« read article (PDF 126KB)Alpa 12: Camera Review (November 2005)
A modern classic from Switzerland enables creativity.
« read article (PDF 59KB)The Left-Brain / Right-Brain Convergence in Photography (October 2005)
Evolution of a century-old theory explaining image appeal.
« read article (PDF 17KB)Photography and the Struggle for Art: Book Review (September 2005)
The Legitimization of Photography as Art in America, 1880-1900, by Paul Spencer Sternberger.
« read article (PDF 18KB)Nikon F6 vs. Canon EOS-1v vs. Leica R9 (April 2005)
Battle of the titans.
« read article (PDF 32KB)The Future of Film (January 2005)
As glimpsed at PhotoPlus Expo.
« read article (PDF 129KB)History of Leica: Book Review (September 2004)
Leica: Witness to a Century, by Alessandro Pasi.
« read article (PDF 93KB)Photography of Flowers in Black & White (April 2004)
Review of an exhibit of Oksana Khadarina.
« read article (PDF 79KB)Photographic Deception and Manipulation: Book Review (March 2004)
A history long before digital.
« read article (PDF 101KB)Diane Arbus Revisited (January 2004)
The scrutiny of photographic ethicists.
« read article (PDF 26KB)The Subjectivity of the Lens (November 2003)
Percival Lowell and the canals of Venus.
« read article (PDF 95KB)Transformations (October 2003)
Review of an exhibit of Antonia Macedo.
« read article (PDF 89KB)Yousuf Karsh: Book Review (February 2003)
A sixty-year retrospective of the master portrait photographer.
« read article (PDF 78KB)All In A Name (November 2002)
Naming conventions for cameras.
« read article (PDF 112KB)Soviet Snapshots (September 2002)
A capsule review of photography of the Soviet era.
« read article (PDF 91KB)
Madrona tree at Inspiration Point,
Camp Indralaya, Orcas Island,
Washington State