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The Honeymoon is Over

Posted by Michael Rawluk (Prince George, Canada) on 6 March 2008 in Plants & Nature and Portfolio.

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A Moment in Photographic History:
English photographer John Mayall died Mar 6, 1901. He is the photographer who brought the albumen process from France in 1851. He was well known for shooting the first portrait of Queen Victoria as well as his British Royal Family portraits taken in the 1860s.
Go to http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/mayall.htm
to read a funny little story about how he handled a client.
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A Photographic Quote of Note:
A photograph is a most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity than a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever.
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Canon EOS 5D
1/200 second
F/5.6
ISO 100
105 mm