| Award winning photo was doctored |
| An award-winning photograph of antelope crossing a Tibetan plateau near a Chinese high-speed train is in fact a doctored image, according to a story in the The Wall Street Journal. |
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| Reuters gives us a look Inside Russia |
| Reuters provides an inside look at the people and their country with a slideshow called Inside Russia and for Royal watchers, another slideshow on the Reuters site features The soldier prince. |
| February 29, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Most of the POYi contest winners posted |
| Judging for the 65th Pictures of the Year International is still in progress and although all categories have not been judged yet there are some great images already online. |
| February 28, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Panoramic shows red carpet at 2008 Academy Awards |
| A 360 degree panoramic captured on the red carpet leading to the Kodak Theatre prior to last Sunday's 2008 Academy Awards in Hollywood, California shows the photographers' tight quarters as they make pictures of eventual best actress winner Marion Cotillard. Shot by the Orange County Register's Eugene Garcia (look for him at work in the photo itself), the QTVR includes ambient sound of the photographers calling out to celebrities as they pass by. |
| February 27, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon USA rolls out new website design, blog |
| Nikon USA has taken the wraps off a revamped website design. |
| February 27, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS-1D Mark III autofocus analysis article updated |
| After being pointed to a story on a German website about EOS-1D Mark III autofocus difficulties being experienced by photographers at last month's Australian Open, we followed up with a wire service photographer who covered the event. The photographer confirmed that representatives from Canon's Japan headquarters did come to Melbourne in response to repeated complaints from EOS-1D Mark III shooters on site, and that they did more than just observe. Here's what we've learned. |
| February 26, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple adds LED backlit option to 17-inch MacBook Pro |
| Apple today has introduced a revamped 17-inch MacBook Pro that includes an optional LED-backlit display, among other changes. Curiously, LED backlighting is available only by ordering the 1920 x 1200 pixel screen; the standard 1680 x 1050 pixel screen continues to use traditional fluorescent illumination. |
| February 26, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer represents himself, wins nearly US$20,000 in copyright infringement case |
| Minneapolis-based stock photographer Chris Gregerson discovered in 2005 that a local real estate and financial services company had published one of his pictures without permission. This set in motion a legal odyssey that lasted nearly three years and culminated in Gregerson being awarded US$19,462 for the infringement earlier this month. Gregerson has written up a detailed account of his experience representing himself and it's a fascinating read. |
| February 25, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Getty Images sold in US$2.4 billion deal |
| Getty Images has been sold to private equity firm Hellman & Friedman in a deal valued at US$2.4 billion, the company announced today. The purchase is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2008. |
| February 25, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Baseball a sure sign spring is on the way |
| The Christian Science Monitor has posted a set of interesting images from the various Major League Baseball spring training camps currently under way. |
| February 24, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters images take a dive |
| Reuters has posted a slideshow from the FINA Diving World Cup in Beijing and after viewing this you might have Time for a spot of tea. |
| February 24, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| The Washington Post publishes Eye on Sports |
| The Washington Post has published a slideshow of outstanding sports images from around the world this week called Eye on Sports. |
| February 22, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Texas photographer posts rodeo stock images |
| Texas photographer Stephen Traynor, who spent some time with a rodeo stock company, has posted a slideshow of images on Sports Shooter. |
| February 22, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple posts lists of digital SLRs compatible with Aperture 2 tethering feature |
| Apple has updated their knowledgebase article on Aperture 2 wired tethering to include a list of Canon and Nikon digital SLR cameras that the company has certified as compatible with this new feature. Notably absent are the latest Canon models, including the EOS-1D Mark III, EOS-1Ds Mark III and EOS 40D, among others. |
| February 22, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon updates Capture NX, Camera Control Pro |
| Nikon has released Capture NX v1.3.2 and Camera Control Pro v2.1.0 for Mac and Windows. |
| February 21, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| "The Awakening" goes on the road |
| The washingtonpost.com features an interesting slideshow of images of a scupture called "The Awakening" being dismantled and moved. |
| February 21, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters video gives behind-the-scenes look at 2008 Super Bowl photo coverage |
| A "multimedia blog" prepared by Reuters staffer Lucy Nicholson gives an interesting behind-the-scenes peek at Reuters' coverage of Super Bowl XLII in Phoenix earlier this month. |
| February 20, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Skiing with a gun leads to great set of photos |
| German photographer Sascha Fromm has posted a gallery of fine images on Sports Shooter from the Biathlon World Championships. |
| February 20, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Photos show Castro resignation and Cuba's reaction |
| Part of the The New York Times coverage of the resignation of Fidel Castro features a slideshow of his life and another showing Cuba's reaction. |
| February 20, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| USA Today publishes sequence galleries from NBA slam dunk competition |
| USA Today has published three interesting sequence galleries, featuring photos by staff shooters Bob Deutsch and Bert Hanashiro, each giving a frame-by-frame look at the basketball dunking prowess of competitors in a slam dunk contest this past Saturday. The event was part of NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans. |
| February 19, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features the lighter side of transportation |
| Reuters features a slideshow on unusual forms of transportation called "You're driving that" which includes a children's Ferrari, a car that runs on AA batteries and another shaped liked a cricket bat. |
| February 16, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| The washingtonpost.com features Tokyo panoramas |
| The washingtonpost.com's Ben de la Cruz and Nancy Donaldson have teamed up to produce a series of interactive panorams called TOKYOPANORAMAS. |
| February 16, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon EOS Utility 2.3 for Mac fixes remote shooting problem |
| EOS Utility 2.3 for Mac corrects a remote shooting problem that under certain conditions led to photos not being saved to the computer. The update is for Mac only, and the bug affects only Canon's shipping digital SLR models that have Live View: the EOS 40D, EOS-1D Mark III and EOS-1Ds Mark III. |
| February 14, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer documents elephant seal success story |
| Los Angeles Times photographer Stephen Osman makes good use of photography and sound for this multimedia presentation on California's successful elephant seal rookery at Piedras Blancas. |
| February 14, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon D300 firmware update posted |
| Nikon has posted a firmware update for the D300. Designed to resolve a problem in which vertical bands could appear in photos captured at exposures longer than eight seconds, firmware v1.02 (only the A portion of the firmware has been revised) is available now from Nikon support websites. |
| February 13, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| National Post galleries yield remarkable images |
| The National Post is similar to MSNBC in its penchant for publishing outstanding photo galleries and three in particular caught our eye, starting with a daily gallery, weekly gallery and a gallery on winter. |
| February 13, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Notes on Apple's Aperture 2 |
| A chat today with Apple's Kirk Paulsen, Senior Director of Applications Product Marketing, and Joe Schorr, Senior Product Line Manager for Photo Applications, revealed a number of interesting things about the most significant upgrade to Aperture since the fall of 2006. Here are notes from the call.*UPDATED* |
| February 12, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| National Geographic features gallery on caves |
| National Geographic features a slideshow on Cave Exploration which depicts some of the largest and deepest caves from around the world. |
| February 12, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple releases Aperture 2 |
| Apple this morning released Aperture 2, a new version of its pro imaging application for Mac that boasts over 100 new features.*UPDATED* |
| February 12, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac OS X 10.5.2 adds support for new camera RAW formats |
| Mac OS X 10.5.2, released today as a free update to the current version of the Mac operating system, adds support for RAW files from the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III, Canon PowerShot G9, Hasselblad CF-22, Hasselblad CF-39, Leaf Aptus 75s, Nikon D3, Nikon D300 and Sony Alpha DSLR A700. The OS update potentially paves the way for a new release of Aperture, one with "exciting new features," says Joe Schorr, Sr. Product Line Manager for Photo Applications at Apple.*UPDATED* |
| February 11, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Sale of Getty Images stalled, says New York Times |
| An article in today's New York Times says that the sale of Getty Images has stalled. |
| February 11, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters posts Pictures of the Month |
| Reuters has posted a pair of slideshows that caught our eye: Pictures of the Month from January and a Portfolio of Work from Spanish photographer Susana Vera. |
| February 11, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| PDN's World In Focus contest winners unveiled |
| Photo District News' pdnonline features an outstanding gallery of winning images from The Ultimate Travel Photography Contest 2008. |
| February 8, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| World Press Photo contest winners announced |
| The World Press Photo contest for 2007 has announced its winning entries, which include Tim Hetherington's World Press Photo of the Year. The contest website also includes a gallery and list of all winners. |
| February 8, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Frigid Green Bay weather a challenge for photographers |
| Lately there have been a number of dispatches on the Internet from photographers discussing the frigid shooting conditions during the New York Giants-Green Bay Packers NFL football game in Green Bay on January 20th. |
| February 7, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Tornado aftermath images show path of devastation |
| Photographers captured the devastation from killer tornados that wreaked havoc across five southern states. |
| February 7, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| NATURESCAPES selects 2007 Images of the Year |
| NATURESCAPES.NET has selected its 2007 Images of the Year and this month's online issue features a slideshow of the winners. |
| February 4, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Super Bowl results in some super photos |
| Scouring the web after yesterday's Super Bowl XLII, it was easy to find several photo galleries featuring images from one the world's premier sporting events.
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| February 4, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon USA informing key customers of new EOS-1D Mark III AF fix |
| Starting on February 1, Canon USA began informing key photographers and key organizations using the EOS-1D Mark III that engineers at Canon in Japan have developed a new fix for the camera's autofocus, a fix that's in addition to the change in the sub-mirror mechanism and firmware updates introduced in 2007. |
| February 3, 2008 | FULL STORY |
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