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Around The Horn
15 December 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 last week, Bondi Beach, Beverly and Dereck Joubert, inspiration for newbies, setting up as iPhone 17 Pro, more gifts and Apple's printing software.
- The Associated Press presents its top Photos of the Week for last week, curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch.
- Reuters captures the Flowers, Candles and Tears at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, as the world mourns the 15 people killed by two gunmen on the first day of Hanukkah.
- John Yang interviews Beverly and Dereck Joubert on their new book covering 40 Years of African Wildlife Photography:
- In Where New Photographers Might Start, Mike Johnston points to Pit Haupert and Taki Bibelas.
- Derrick Story details how to setup A New iPhone 17 Pro. There's a lot of settings to turn on.
- Zach Sutton suggests The Best Gifts for the photographer or videographer in your life.
- In Yet Another Swing at the Presets Issue by Don Quixote, photographer Tracy Valleau continues to wrestle with Apple's printing software. "Apple's implementation of the 'split presets' (print jobs and custom jobs) back in Ventura was 'half-baked' at best and has caused a few years of pain now, at least for some users," Valleau writes. "Unfortunately, the thing is still half-baked and the bugs and poor design remain into Tahoe."
More to come! Meanwhile, here's a look five years back. And please support our efforts...