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1 - Introduction
I have a confession to make: I use a Canon 1Ds Mark II.  In fact I have been using it for some time already and have skillfully hidden this fact from most of you.  As you may have noticed, if you have visited my website recently, no mention of what camera was used is made in the caption of recent images posted to my site's home page (such as the current image for example).  The image  title doesn't offer much of a clue either.  I used "1D2" in the title of my first published 1DsMkII image, which was cryptic enough I thought, but quickly moved away from using any letters or numbers that are part of "1DsMk2" and instead used the description of the photograph subject as file name, in a departure from my usual naming practice which involves mentioning the film format in the file name.
So now that the secret is revealed and that  I have come clean,  the question comes up: why? You may also ask if there is more to this conceded approach ...

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Alain Briot
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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores. You can find more information about Alain's work, writings and tutorials as well as subscribe to Alain’s Free Monthly Newsletter on his <a href="http://www.beautiful-landscape.com/">website</a>. You will receive over 40 essays in PDF format, including chapters from Alain’s books, when you subscribe.
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