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29 July 2020
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Linda McCartney, fashion photography, Art Projector, the Nikon Z, old photos, kids, John Pannozzo, a sweepstakes, Jeff Mermelstein, a scam alert and legal help.
- The Guardian presents a few images from the Linda McCartney Retrospective opening at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool next month.
- In Using Color, Space, and Environment to Create Fantasy in Fashion Photography, Anna-Alexia Basile provides tips on editing fashion photography in Photoshop as well as best practices for creating successful fashion photography shoots both as a team and when shooting solo.
- In How to Use Your Phone to Virtually Display Art, Erin Migdol explains how to use Art Projector, an augmented reality feature available on the Google Arts & Culture app.
- Thom Hogan compiles Your Thoughts on Nikon Z with his own commentary.
- In Restoring Old Photos the Right Way, Jasenka Grujin gets you started with scanning tips before leaving you to the retouching with six other references to advise you.
- Gilmar Smith talks about Working With Kids. "It all starts with, 'Once upon a time,' a pencil and paper," she writes.
- Kevin Raber has a chat with John Pannozzo of ColorByte Software about ImagePrint as an alternative to creating your own color profiles for printing. Pannozzo also talks about Cut It Out, his cloud-based production system for photographers:
- Shutterbug has launched its second Summer Sweepstakes. Three Slik Pro AL-523BH5 tripod kits with PBH-535AS ball head and four $50 Amazon gift cards are the prizes.
- Alex Rayner interviews The Photographer Snapping New Yorkers' Private Thoughts. Jeff Mermelstein has published #nyc, photo book of 160 of his clandestine (one might say, "creepy") images.
- A Photo Editor has issued a scam alert for Freelance/Independent Photographer Needed for a Fashion Shoot solicitations on the rise again.
- Carolyn Wright advises you Get Professional Help! and she provides a few free resources as well as four corrections to some legal advice recently published online by someone who is not an attorney.
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