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27 March 2025
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 World Press Photo winners, DC cherry blossom, Hawaii's erupting volcano, dancing spirits, the poor focus problem, Colorsuite and clothing photography.
- Matt Fidler showcases the World Press Photo 2025 winners. The London Exhibition of the 42 winners including honorable mentions will be held from May 23 to Aug. 25 at the MPB Gallery, Here East, London. More here.
- In Peak Bloom in DC Draws Cherry Blossom Fans From Near and Far, Tyrone Turner photographs the annual display.
- Reuters presents 15 photos of Hawaii's Erupting Volcano whose lava fountains have reached heights exceeding 600 feet.
- Suzanne Sease features Moko Jumbies: The Dancing Spirits of Trinidad, the personal project of Stefan Falke.
- Mike Johnston says The Most Common Mistake I See in Photographs Today is the "poor focus problem" of too shallow depth of field.
- Colorsuite is a free, Web-based Lightroom preset extractor and JPEG to xMP/LUT converter that can extract XMP data, LUTs for video work and camera settings.
- Paul Melcher looks at How AI Is Accelerating Visual Content Creation in clothing photography.
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