| Apple posts Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.8 |
| Apple has released Digital Camera Raw Compatibility Update 3.8 for the Mac OS. It adds support for the RAW formats of eight additional digital cameras from Olympus, Panasonic, Sony and others. |
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| SI features best of week in sports |
| Sports Illustrated features Leading Off: Pictures of the Week, a gallery of the best peak action sports images. |
| August 31, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Website experiencing serious technical problem (resolved) |
| Starting at about 1pm PT/4pm ET today, our website host began experiencing a serious technical problem, which they're working to fix now. In the meantime, the site is loading either slowly or not at all (instead, you'll see SQL database error messages). Sorry for the inconvenience. UPDATE, AUGUST 31, 8:30am PT/11:30am ET: The problem appears to be resolved and the site should be back to loading normally. |
| August 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Seeing through walls with "gamma camera" to find a lost da Vinci |
| The New York Times reports on an effort by freelance photographer David Yoder and National Geographic magazine to find and photograph a legendary lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci. They are trying to raise money to construct a gamma camera which will see through a wall in a Florence palace where scholars suspect the painting was entombed more than 400 years ago. |
| August 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Tribune photo blog reaches new heights |
| Trib Photo Nation, the Chicago Tribune photo blog, features Shooting while flying, images offering a different perspective from an aircraft above the city during The 53rd Air and Water Show. |
| August 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters blog message: expect the unexpected |
| This Reuters blog discusses the hazards and the unpredictable nature of covering sporting events at the IAAF World Championships in Daegu, South Korea. |
| August 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| New Canon EF 300mm and 400mm f/2.8 supertelephotos now shipping (updated) |
| Canon Europe has announced that the EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM and the EF 400mm f/2.8L IS II USM, which are lighter than their predecessors and have all new optical designs, are now shipping. These updates to the Canon EF supertelephoto lineup were first revealed late last year. |
| August 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo Mechanic 4.6.8 public beta 3 now available |
| Camera Bits has posted the third public beta of the next release of its pro photo browser Photo Mechanic. Version 4.6.8 public beta 3 for Mac corrects incompatibilities introduced by Mac OS X Lion, while both Mac and Windows versions add support for RAW files captured with the Olympus E-PL2, Panasonic DMC-GF2 and DMC-GH2 and fix a handful of minor bugs. |
| August 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic shows the force of Hurricane Irene |
| The Atlantic images from Hurricane Irene show that it was a destructive force along the US east coast. |
| August 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Delkin unveils 685X-rated CompactFlash, iPad mount |
| Delkin has unveiled two product line additions today. The first is a new series of performance CompactFlash cards, called CombatFlash 685 and rated at 685X or 103MB/s. They feature extreme environmental protection and come in 8GB, 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities. Second is a pair of holders for the Apple iPad and iPad 2 that enable the tablets to be attached to Delkin's Fat Gecko mount system. |
| August 26, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Paul C. Buff commences shipping of 8mm straight shaft PLM umbrellas |
| Shipping of the 8mm straight shaft versions of the Paul C. Buff Parabolic Light Modifier (PLM) umbrellas has commenced. All sizes and surfaces - except for the 64" and 86" White models - are now in stock, while the Nashville, Tennessee-based company has begun to fill pre-orders as of today. |
| August 26, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| DayMen Group acquires Joby |
| DayDen Group, the parent company of Lowepro and a distributor of numerous photography products, has announced a deal to buy Joby, makers of the Gorillapod line of flexible-leg tripods and other accessories. |
| August 26, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Week's best images captured in photo blog |
| Captured, The Denver Post photo blog, features an interesting collection of images in Pictures of the Week: August 26, 2011. |
| August 26, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Camera Bits issues second public beta of Photo Mechanic 4.6.8 |
| Camera Bits has posted the second public beta of the next release of its pro photo browser Photo Mechanic. Version 4.6.8 public beta 2 for Mac corrects incompatibilities introduced by Mac OS X Lion, while both Mac and Windows versions add support for RAW files captured with the Olympus E-PL2, Panasonic DMC-GF2 and DMC-GH2 and fix a handful of minor bugs. |
| August 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photo assistant breaks down lighting from several famous photographers |
| Melanie Mann, author of the Confessions of a Mad Photo Assistant blog, recently published a lengthy post breaking down the lighting setups, with explanations and diagrams, of several top photographers, including Annie Leibovitz, Patrick Ecclesine, Jill Greenberg, Dave Hill and Martin Schoeller. |
| August 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SI pays tribute to photographer Lou Capozzola |
| Sports Illustrated features Tribute to SI Photographer Lou Cappozola with a gallery of images by the photographer who died on August 18. |
| August 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Olympus to ship E-PM1 in September for US$499.99 with lens |
| The smallest of the new Olympus PEN-series cameras, the PEN E-PM1, is set to ship next month at a street price of US$499.99 (CDN$499.99 in Canada) in a kit with the M. Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm f3.5-5.6, says Olympus. |
| August 25, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| onOne updates DSLR Camera Remote Server, releases "Classic" version |
| onOne Software has released an update of DSLR Camera Remote Server, the companion application to their series of DSLR Camera Remote apps for Apple's iOS devices. DSLR Camera Remote Server 1.4.2 for Mac and Windows corrects a JPEG rotation bug and is compatible with a long list of Nikon and newer Canon digital SLRs. Also out is DSLR Camera Remote Server Classic 1.4.2 for Mac and Windows. This is a special version of the software intended for use only with a specific set of older Canon digital SLR models, ones that are no longer supported in the standard version. |
| August 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Kelby Media Group launches Light it magazine for iPad |
| Kelby Media Group has launched Light It, a magazine on photographic lighting that is being published exclusively for the Apple iPad and iPad 2. The premiere issue was released earlier this month as a free download and features articles and pictures by Joe McNally, Scott Kelby, Zack Arias and more. Eight issues per year are planned, at a cost of US$2.99 each (or the rough equivalent in other currencies). |
| August 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Sony announces raft of new products: NEX-7, NEX-5N, SLT-A77, SLT-A65, lenses and more |
| Sony has announced the NEX-7, a new 24-megapixel enthusiast-oriented compact system camera (CSC) with a built-in electronic viewfinder, as well as a second new CSC, the 16-megapixel NEX-5N, and two new 24-megapixel cameras, the SLT-A77 and the SLT-A65, which use the company's translucent mirror SLR-like design. All four cameras use APS-C format CMOS sensors. Also announced are three new lenses for the NEX system, including a Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* E 24mm f/1.8; a new DT 16-50mm f/2.8 SSM zoom lens for the Alpha series SLR models; and, for the NEX models, an Alpha lens adapter that enables phase-detection autofocus as well as a new electronic viewfinder for the NEX-5N. |
| August 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon unveils Coolpix P7100, five other compact models |
| Nikon has unveiled six additions to its compact digital camera lineup. Leading the pack is the Coolpix P7100, a reworked version of the P7000 that addresses head-on that camera's various performance and design quirks (and should result in the P7100 being the most capable RAW-shooting Coolpix ever produced), the Coolpix S1200pj, a 14 million image pixel model which can can serve as a projector too (including for an iOS device from Apple), the waterproof/shockproof Coolpix AW100 and three others. |
| August 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe posts Camera Raw 6.5, Photoshop Lightroom 3.5 release candidates |
| Adobe has posted release candidates of Camera Raw 6.5 and Photoshop Lightroom 3.5. The near-final versions of each extend RAW conversion support to 12 new camera models from Fujifilm, Olympus, Panasonic, Phase One and Sony. Over 25 new lens correction profiles have been added too, including for the Canon EF 14mm f/2.8L and several Nikon primes, plus a number of bugs have been squashed (particularly in Lightroom). |
| August 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| 230VAC version of Tronix Explorer Mini now available |
| Innovatronix is now shipping the 230VAC output version of its Tronix Explorer Mini portable power pack for studio flash. It comes with either a single EU or Universal socket and is US$349 when purchased direct from the company in the Philippines. It will also be available from Innovatronix's growing list of international dealers. |
| August 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC highlights the week's best in sports |
| MSNBC features a nice gallery of peak action and other interesting images in the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| August 22, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer explains how he captured three outs from a triple play |
| The Boston Globe has posted a minute-and-a-half video interview with the paper's staff photographer, Jim Davis, who captured all three outs of a triple play in a recent Boston Red Sox baseball game. Davis explains how he made crisp pictures of three events that took place 90 feet apart in about three seconds (no remotes were involved). |
| August 19, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic highlights Animals in the News |
| The Atlantic features an interesting gallery on Animals in the News. |
| August 19, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Berlin Wall remembered in photos |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features an interesting gallery on Remembering the Berlin Wall which was built 50 years ago to separate East and West Germany. |
| August 18, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SF Gate interviews 9/11 photographers |
| The San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate features an interesting story with images from some of the photographers in Lenses shield 9/11 photogs as they capture history. |
| August 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Another doctored image pulled |
| The Associated Press pulled a widely-used image of the mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania driving an armoured personnel carrier over an illegally-parked car. The mayor admitted in this story that the image had been altered. |
| August 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Video of rock-climbing photographer on assignment for National Geographic |
| A 6-minute video has been posted showing how mountaineering photographer Jimmy Chin shot a recent feature assignment for National Geographic magazine. The assignment was a story on the rock climbing culture of Yosemite National Park, and the video shows the remarkable and vertigo-inducing lengths to which Chin went to get shots of rock climbers in action. |
| August 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| It's monsoon season in India |
| The Frame from The Sacramento Bee features an interesting selection of images from monsoon season in India. |
| August 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| It's nap time |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features an image gallery on Sleepers. |
| August 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| LPA Design posts beta firmware for MiniTT1, FlexTT5 and PowerST4 |
| LPA Design has released beta firmware for both the Canon and Nikon versions of the PocketWizard MiniTT1 and FlexTT5, as well as the PowerST4 remote power control module for Elinchrom. |
| August 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Times features Pictures in the News |
| The Los Angeles Times gallery of Pictures in the News: Aug. 15, 2011 represents a fine selection of images. |
| August 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| NPR features multimedia story on Elliott Erwitt |
| National Public Radio's The Picture Show features an audio clip, story and photos of photographer Elliott Erwitt. |
| August 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC selects best of the week in sports |
| MSNBC features the Week in Sports Pictures, the best peak action and otherwise interesting images from the world of sports. |
| August 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Induro announces lightweight ball heads |
| Induro has announced new lightweight tripod ball heads, available in three sizes and called the BHS series. All three have built-in bubble levels and double-locking quick release mechanisms. |
| August 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| A pair of galleries highlight week's best |
| Captured, the Denver Post photo blog features Pictures of the Week: August 12, 2011 and The Los Angeles Times features the best of last week as well with The Week in Pictures: Aug. 8 - 14, 2011. |
| August 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| ShutterSnitch Backup now available on Mac App Store |
| ShutterSnitch Backup, a program for copying the contents of ShutterSnitch collections to a Mac, is now available from the Mac App Store. The free utility automatically discovers ShutterSnitch running on an iOS device on the same Wi-Fi network, then backs up new files to a user-selectable folder on the computer. |
| August 13, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| ShutterSnitch 2.1.5 adds slideshow music option, Zenfolio uploading |
| ShutterSnitch 2.1.5 for the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, our favourite app for receiving pictures from a wireless camera, adds an option to select individual songs or groups of songs to play as a slideshow runs, plus uploading to Zenfolio, mirrored output to an external display and more. The app also sports a spiffier icon. |
| August 12, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Music licensing site aimed at photographers |
| The Music Bed is a music licensing web service targeted at wedding and portrait photographers, and videographers. The site offers original music for use in DVD wedding albums and streaming videos for $49-$79, depending on the license. |
| August 12, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Long Reddit thread lists dozens of photo software favorites |
| A comment thread on Reddit started to compile a list of favorite photography software applications currently has more than 150 contributions. It includes reader favorites for everything from general photography to HDR to astrophotography on Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS. |
| August 12, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Peak action at its best in SI's Leading Off |
| Sports Illustrated's Leading Off photo gallery features a fine collection of peak action images from the world of sports. |
| August 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Two quick tutorials on using Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill |
| Adobe has posted two short tutorials on getting better results with Photoshop's Content-Aware Fill feature. |
| August 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Several photographers assaulted during London riots |
| The Guardian has published an article detailing several incidents where photojournalists covering the London riots have been beaten and had their equipment stolen or destroyed. |
| August 11, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reactions in sports captured |
| Captured, The Denver Post photo blog features an interesting gallery on The Game: Reactions. |
| August 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Mac OS X Lion support in Photo Mechanic 4.6.8 public beta (updated) |
| Camera Bits has posted the first public beta of the next release of its pro photo browser Photo Mechanic. Version 4.6.8 public beta 1 for Mac corrects incompatibilities introduced by Mac OS X Lion, adds support for RAW files captured with the the Olympus E-PL2, Panasonic DMC-GF2 and DMC-GH2 and fixes a handful of minor bugs. A Windows public beta release is to follow shortly. |
| August 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Fusion: offering wedding clients a mixture of still photography and video |
| Professional Photographer magazine has posted an article about husband-and-wife wedding imagery team Vanessa Joy and Rob Adams, who offer clients a concept they call "fusion". Fusion is still photography augmented by video (as distinct from full-on wedding video coverage) and delivered in various platforms from pad devices to DVDs to physical albums that can accommodate digital displays. |
| August 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Dramatic fire photo in MSNBC Photo Blog |
| An MSNBC Photo Blog features a dramatic image of a woman jumping from a burning building during the London riots. The Atlantic features this most recent gallery of the situation. |
| August 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Ordering starts for new PLM-series umbrellas from Paul C. Buff |
| Paul C. Buff has started to take orders for the newest additions to its line of Parabolic Light Modifier (PLM) umbrellas. All three surfaces, all three sizes and both mounting methods of the efficient umbrellas can be ordered as of today, including all Soft Silver and 8mm straight shaft models. Shipping of the speedring mount versions begins this week, with the straight shaft versions following at the end of the month, says Lori Smith, customer service manager at the company. |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| London riots in The Big Picture |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features dramatic images from the London riots sparked by the shooting death by police of a Tottenham man. |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Lost negatives reveal early Berlin Wall images |
| TIME's Lightbox features The Berlin Wall - Don McCullin's Lost Negatives which reveal the early days of the news-making structure. |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Kodachrome enters the war effort |
| The Atlantic features another installment of its WWII retrospective with a look at the war effort on the US home front where photographers took many posed pictures using Kodachrome transparency film. |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| LA Times works at its celebrity portraits |
| The Los Angeles Times photographers do a fine job on their Celebrity portraits. |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Angle/field of view calculator for iOS released |
| Physical Software has released Angle of View, an iOS app that can compute angles of view in degrees, and the resulting fields of view in feet or meters, for a given combination of camera-to-subject distance, lens focal length, and image format (i.e. sensor size). |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Leica M9 reportedly experiencing corrupted files with some Sandisk SDHC cards |
| PopPhoto.com is reporting that Leica is looking into reports from photographers of incidents where Sandisk SDHC cards have become corrupted when used with the M9 camera. The story stems from the experience of photographer Gil Lavi who received a note from Leica saying the company was investigating the matter. |
| August 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Control a Canon digital SLR with DSLR Controller app for Android |
| DSLR Controller, a new app for certain Android devices, enables remote control, triggering and Live View viewing of a USB-connected Canon digital SLR, without the aid of a computer. In beta now, it's available for purchase for about US$8.50 from the Android Market. |
| August 5, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Leica M-mount module for Ricoh GXR previewed |
| Digital Photography Review has published a preview of the Ricoh GXR MOUNT A12, a new module for the Ricoh GXR camera. The GXR MOUNT A12 inserts into the GXR camera body and provides a Leica M lensmount combined with an APS-C format 12.2 million image pixel CMOS sensor, allowing the GXR camera to accept nearly all M-mount interchangeable lenses. |
| August 5, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Tenba introduces photo backpack sized for iPad/MacBook Air 11-inch |
| Tenba has introduced the Discovery Mini Daypack, a trim photo backpack designed to carry a small SLR system plus an Apple iPad-sized tablet or MacBook Air 11-inch. The company has also unveiled three other photo gear or gear + computer carriers in the brand's Discovery and Vector lines. |
| August 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| A photographer looks inside North Korea |
| The Atlantic features Inside North Korea, the work of Associated Press photographer David Guttenfelder. |
| August 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Post captures images of the NFL back to work |
| Captured, The Denver Post photo blog, features The Game: Back In The Game, a collection of images from the National Football League which ended its lockout and is back to the work of preparing for a new season. |
| August 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Finding an audience for your photography |
| Photo.net has published an article by photographer and book author Harold Davis called "Finding an Audience for Your Photos". The first in a promised series of articles by Davis, the piece surveys the current landscape of photography distribution and publishing and draws on interviews with photographers such as Vincent Versace, Michael Clark, and David duChemin. |
| August 4, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Eye-Fi issues firmware update for X2 cards |
| Eye-Fi has released firmware v4.5157 for its X2 series of Wi-Fi/memory SD combo cards. The new firmware promises improved camera and router interoperability, faster scanning when a card is filled with files and folders and reduces "logging verbosity." It also adds support for the folder structure used by Samsung when writing video to the card. |
| August 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Version 1.4.1 of DSLR Camera Remote Pro now available (updated) |
| onOne Software's DSLR Camera Remote Professional Edition, its remote camera control, triggering and viewing app for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, has been updated to v1.4.1. The Canon EOS Rebel T3 and T3i, as well as the Nikon D5100, are now supported, plus the app's video features no longer require an extra-cost in-app purchase to come to life. |
| August 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| DSLR Camera Remote HD also updated to v1.4.1 (updated) |
| DSLR Camera Remote HD for the iPad and iPad 2, has also been updated. Version 1.4.1 of the remote camera control, triggering and viewing app for Apple's tablet, adds support for the Canon EOS Rebel T3 and T3i, as well as the Nikon D5100. |
| August 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| A series on marketing yourself as a photographer |
| The New York Institute of Photography has published a series of seven blog posts on marketing for photographers. Written by Zach Heller, the Institute's Director of Marketing, they cover web sites, social media, branding, and budgeting, among other topics. |
| August 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Arnold Newman talks photography in 1981 video |
| Strobist features an interesting interview with Arnold Newman who talks about photography and some of his famous images in this 1981 Visions and Images video. |
| August 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Snapseed image editor comes to iPhone, iPod touch |
| Version 1.2 of Snapseed, Nik Software's fast and fluid image editor for the iPad, is now compatible with Apple's smaller iOS devices too. In addition to supporting the iPad and iPad 2, Snapseed 1.2 works on the iPhone (3GS and later) and iPod touch (third generation and later). Other changes include the addition of common aspect ratios to the crop tool as well as unspecified bug fixes and performance tweaks. |
| August 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Tether Tools Wallee Connect module broadens iPad mounting options |
| The new Wallee Connect module from Tether Tools, along with a Wallee iPad Case, enables Apple's tablet to be mounted to a tripod, lightstand or other photography gear support. The Wallee Connect incorporates attachment points for a 1/4-20 tripod head, 3/8" tripod mount, 5/8" light stand/clamp plus Arca system components; the Wallee Case is available for both the original iPad and the iPad 2 and is compatible with the full range of existing Wallee desktop, wall and other mounts, in addition to the Wallee Connect. |
| August 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Leading off with some weekly sports highlights |
| Sports Illustrated features Leading Off: Pictures of the Week, a collection of peak action moments and interesting perspectives from the world of sports. |
| August 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| NYT LENS highlights the work of Esther Bubley |
| LENS, The New York Times blog, features Tender Moments in the Maelstrom of War, a story and images featuring the work of Esther Bubley, a photographer for the Farm Security Administration: Office of War Information. |
| August 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic adds to World War II collection |
| The Atlantic features World War II: Pearl Harbour, the latest in the online magazine's collection of WWII retrospective galleries. |
| August 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Times selections always a treat |
| The Los Angeles Times makes a fine collection of images in Pictures in the News, Aug. 1, 2011. |
| August 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photosmith for iPad updated to v1.06 |
| Photosmith v1.06, an update of the app for Apple's iPad that allows sorting, rating, captioning and keywording of pictures on the go, and then later syncing those pictures and metadata to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, is now available. The new version addresses several bugs and should be considered a critical update by existing Photosmith users. |
| August 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Vimeo to offer pro video streaming service |
| CNET and PDNOnline are reporting that the video streaming web site, Vimeo, today will launch Vimeo PRO, a subscription video hosting service aimed at small businesses. For an annual fee of US$199, users get 50GB of storage and 250,000 video plays per year, as well as the ability to post video galleries to their own web sites and use their own branding and logos. |
| August 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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