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December

Happy New Year!

31 December 2020

This is the eighth occasion we've had to wish you a happy new year. Dare we say it's the thought that counts?

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Around The Horn

31 December 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 the Orion Nebula, stock photography trends, the Fujifilm X100V, gear hits and misses, Instagram photo trends and David Hobby.

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Going Deep Into DxO DeepPRIME

30 December 2020

In our October review of PhotoLab 4, we listed DeepPRIME as the top highlight for a reason. After training the denoising and demosaicing tool with "several billion samples" from DxO's comprehensive database of cameras and lenses, it promised to give our older digital images a facelift.

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Around The Horn

30 December 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 Alex Catt, Ismail Zaidy, portraits, Sanjay Jogia and top rentals.

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A Snapshot of Joy

29 December 2020

It was time to pay some bills before the end of the year. So we took a walk down to the village to visit the Post Office and the bank. But we decided not to sling a camera over either of our slumping shoulders for this particular stroll.

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SilverFast 9 Released +

29 December 2020

LaserSoft Imaging has announced the release of SilverFast 9, its scanner and imaging processing software. The new release features optimized editing processes, an improved user interface and new algorithms to make scanning up to 75 percent faster, among other improvements.

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Around The Horn

29 December 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 the coronavirus pandemic, a Black photographers retrospective, 'Bag-O-Goodies' Lightroom plug-in and macOS data encryption.

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Angel Wings

28 December 2020

Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings," the child Zuzu Bailey tells her father in It's A Wonderful Life when she hears a bell tinkle on the Christmas tree.

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Around The Horn

28 December 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 Henry Balaszeskul, famous photographers, a pitch contest, the Fujifilm X100V, the Tangent Wave 2, 2020 photobooks, year-end deals and Joe McNally.

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Matinee: 'Cambridge Faces: Elsa Dorfman'

26 December 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

26 December 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 nature photography, Harold Davic, a PowerShot G16 and Adobe Lightroom 6.

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Friday Slide Show: Signs of the Season

25 December 2020

We missed our usual excursion through the city to look for signs of the season. We're loathe to get on a bus and parking is never free so we stuck close to home where the neighbors all wear masks and step into the street when we pass.

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Happy Christmas

25 December 2020

Our usual "Merry Christmas" to you has become, this year, "Happy Christmas." We're shaking it up because Christmas is different this year. The toy store is dark.

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Tracking Santa in 2020

24 December 2020

Fortunately, Dr. Fauci (who turned 80 tonight) went above and beyond the call of duty to vaccinate Santa earlier this month.

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Around The Horn

24 December 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 Amy Osborne, Zhong Lin, Jim Kasson and Darktable.

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An Alternative Christmas Card

23 December 2020

When it became obvious to us that we couldn't produce as many Christmas cards using Strathmore Photo Cards and 4x6 prints as we wanted, we decided to make an email Christmas card to send to as many people as we liked.

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Around The Horn

23 December 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 2020, Mexican mansions, open water swimmers, Drew Smith, widowed penguins, the Great Conjunction and Christmas cards.

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Winter Berries

22 December 2020

The thermometer stayed below 50 degrees this morning as we put together Around The Horn. Winter has settled in.

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Around The Horn

22 December 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 a traveling circus, the military, a used Fujifilm X-100V, Vegas dancers, Luminar AI, Lensbaby and booting an M1 externally revisited.

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Site Tweak: Image Search

21 December 2020

We'd like to pretend we spent all day implementing the latest feature on the site but the truth is we spent five minutes on it. It just took nine years to think it up.

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Around The Horn

21 December 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 a few highlights, Christmas lights, store windows, Christmas portraits, B&W captures and a Vivid-Pix deal.

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Matinee: 'Scotiabank Christmas'

19 December 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

19 December 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 Rebecca Soderholm, Nancy Floyd, Roboscan and Edward Stratmann.

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Friday Slide Show: Ode to the Extension Cord

18 December 2020

We have to begin by apologizing to all those young parents who took our advice and watched the Memphis Ballet's free online performance of The Nutcracker. We've heard that it required a number of costume changes by the resident prima ballerina. And we don't mean Mom.

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Around The Horn

18 December 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 Forest McMullin, New York streets, Andi Schmied, Steve Heiner, QImage and an M1 boot issue.

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Winners of BJP International Photography Award 2020 Announced

17 December 2020

The British Journal of Photography and 1854 have announced the winners of the BJP International Photography Award 2020.

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Remembering Thelma Pepper

17 December 2020

Thelma Pepper, who captured the portraits of her Saskatchewan neighbors for 40 years, passed away earlier this month. She was 100 years old.

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Around The Horn

17 December 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 Delirium, petals, careers, predictions and a Z firmware update.

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Art in the Wild

16 December 2020

Every December we wander the city looking for photos to print for our holiday greeting cards. We usually end up with a selection of four to six urban images giving the theme a contemporary spin.

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Around The Horn

16 December 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 Victor Burgin, Lake Como, Carrara, Flickr, Adobe Stock, Ben Sandofsky, Austin Mann, Kirk Tuck's picks, Gmail and a gift guide.

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DxO to Host Free Street Photography Webinar

15 December 2020

DxO has announced a free street photography webinar featuring Nik Collection 3 on Tuesday, Dec. 22, with PhotoJoseph. The webinar will demonstrate the use of the 25th anniversary presets of Silver Efex Pro for urban and street photography.

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Around The Horn

15 December 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 Jeffrey Salter, Lake Volta, Regina Valkenborgh, Lightroom exports, Disney World edits, mentors and free landscape presets.

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Book Bag: Ernst Haas: New York in Color, 1952-1962

14 December 2020

In the foreward to this colorful love letter to New York City (and color photography for that matter), Ernst Haas's son Alex tells a story that you can't hear too many times.

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Around The Horn

14 December 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 more Heroines, Caryatis, 15 DIY cameras, LUTs, changing careers and a BorrowLenses discount.

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Matinee: 'Night Bloom 2019'

12 December 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

12 December 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 Tim Floyd, Bob Gruen, Ballet Memphis, a lighting approach, M1 SSD speed and Tiffen's Annual Warehouse Sale.

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Friday Slide Show: Tiny Angels

11 December 2020

Just as we were getting lonely around the holidays this year, we realized we have a whole squadron of angels on the mantel. They're easy to forget because they're less than an inch tall. Which isn't tall at all. It's small.

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Around The Horn

11 December 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 LensCulture monochrome awards, masked horses, moon shine, Zach Cooley, Northern Lights, Remini, a stocking stuffer, another stocking stuffer, Excire Foto deal, Rocky Nook deal and Adorama one-day sale.

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Beyond the Sea

10 December 2020

Today we pause a moment to reflect on the extraordinary blessing of our double anniversary. It's our 45th year with Joyce and our ninth publishing Photo Corners.

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Leica Announces SL2-S Mirrorless Hybrid Camera

10 December 2020

Leica has announced the Leica SL2-S, a full-frame mirrorless L-mount camera designed to appeal equally to photo and video users. The SL2-S borrows the form factor of the SL2 camera adding a new sensor design and updated processing capabilities.

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Around The Horn

10 December 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 Agency Photographer of the Year shortlist, Will Templeman, spy cameras, surreal flowers, Nikon, the Leica SL2-S and a Luminar deal.

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The Farallons

9 December 2020

From the hill we live on we can see the Farallon Islands 20 miles off the coast on a clear day. But getting a clear picture of them is not easy.

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Around The Horn

9 December 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 2020, rural Ohio, Cornwall, Lilo Raymond, a contract, Adobe's Content Authenticity Initiative and Prathamesh Dixit.

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DxO Releases PhotoLab 4.1 With M1 Support, Holiday Discount

9 December 2020

After releasing PhotoLab 4.1 with DeepPRIME just two months ago, DxO has updated the image editing software with support for the new Apple M1 chip, claiming three to five time image processing time improvement over the Intel-powered 13-inch MacBook Pro and Mac Mini. The company also announced a holiday discount.

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Capture One 21 Released

8 December 2020

Capture One 21 has been released with new features like Speed Edit for immersive editing and Dehaze to improve atmospheric conditions. The new release also brings a friendlier user experience, "removing distraction and making it easy to exploit one's creative potential," the company said.

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8 December 2020

Sony has announced the release of a new camera automation software development kit with enhancements for product photographers, permitting them "to simplify, speed up and standardize" their work, the company said.

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Adobe Updates Lightroom, Photoshop, Camera Raw

8 December 2020

In a blog post today, Sharad Mangalick announced Adobe has released Lightroom as a native app for both Apple M1 and Windows Arm devices. The company said Lightroom was rebuilt to take advantage of the newest performance and power efficiency benefits of the Apple M1 on macOS and Qualcomm Snapdragon on Windows 10 processors.

Sony Releases New SDK Focused on Product Photography

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Around The Horn

8 December 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 top news photos of the year, Earth Photo 2020 Competition winners, Kurt Markus, photobooks, the Epson SC-P900 printer, circular polarizers and photographer Web sites.

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The Season of Giving

7 December 2020

It's been a struggle leaving the house for our daily constitutional recently. The day disappears before we know it. But yesterday we managed to sneak out before dinner as the sun was settling low in the sky when we ran across this scene on Portola Drive.

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Around The Horn

7 December 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 David Paige, Soham Gupta, MonochromeImaging, landscape tools, the manual method and holiday discounts.

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Matinee: 'Bookstores: A Celebration of Independent Booksellers'

5 December 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

5 December 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 a few photos of the week, unusual gift ideas, how Molitor did it and images from a trip 70 years ago.

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Friday Slide Show: The Cherub Caper

4 December 2020

As soon as Detective Nick Nessuno arrived on the scene, he turned off the car radio. He'd been listening to Terry Gross on Fresh Air but if you happened to ask him who she had been interviewing, he wouldn't have been able to remember. He was distracted.

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Around The Horn

4 December 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 AP photographers, Karen Navarro, that 65mm Sigma, Kelby's holiday gear guide and vision restored.

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Tamron Announces Stabilized APS-C 17-70mm Zoom

3 December 2020

Tamron has announced the 17-70mm f2.8 Di III-A VC RXD (Model B070), a high-speed standard zoom lens for Sony E-mount APS-C mirrorless cameras. The new zoom is Tamron's first high-speed zoom lens for mirrorless cameras with APS-C size sensors.

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Around The Horn

3 December 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 Eric Axene, Yannis Davy Guibinga, William Daniels, Alison Jackson, the iPhone 12 Pro Max, gifts, beginner gear and cinemagraphs.

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Around The Horn

2 December 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 Christmas lights, Jacques Brun, the Ancient Forest Alliance, Neil Leifer, drone portraits, neon, using sound to shoot and Harold Davis.

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Sigma Introduces I Series 24mm, 35mm 65mm Primes

1 December 2020

Sigma has introduced its three new primes in its I Series of lenses for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The 24mm f2.5, 35mm f2 and 65mm f2 join the previously released 45mm f2.8 in thd series of Contemporary DG DN marked lenses.

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World Press Photo Opens 2021 Photo Contests

1 December 2020

World Press Photo has announced it is now accepting entries to its 2021 Photo Contest and 2021 Digital Storytelling Contest.

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Natural World Photography Competition Now Open

1 December 2020

The California Academy of Sciences has announced it is now accepting submissions to the 2021 BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition. The competition focuses on the extraordinary wonders of the natural world and the importance of protecting our planet.

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Around The Horn

1 December 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 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Shayan Asgharnia, Ed Justice Jr., a copyright infringement fight, the Godox SL150W II, creating a cinemagraph, the Bob Ross Experience and the American Journalism Project.

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Motif, 100cameras Partner To Create Limited Edition Book

1 December 2020

The macOS and iOS photo book app Motif Photos and 100cameras, a non-profit organization providing educational programs to children and communities in challenging circumstances, have announced a partnership to create a limited edition worldwide photo book of 100cameras images.

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Smith Fund to Host Online Print Sale

1 December 2020

For the first time in its history, the W. Eugene Smith Fund will host an online print sale of photographs donated by 58 grant and fellowship recipients, as well as finalists from the past 10 years including Ami Vitale, Stephanie Sinclair, Matt Black and Moises Saman.

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Kirsten Alana Launches Raising for Change

1 December 2020

Photographer Kirsten Alana has launched Raising for Change, "a collective of well-traveled photographers raising money to change the world by selling prints for good causes."

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November Archived

1 December 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 11 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 23 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 141 items of interest), one review and three site notes for a total of 70 stories.

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November

Downhill From Here

30 November 2020

It is difficult to take a photograph of a hill. As soon as you abandon depth perception, the sense of a steep slope or rise flattens into a wall. Your eyes give your brain twice the information a lens does for a reason.

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Jalal Shamsazaran Awarded 2020 Bob & Diane Fund Grant

30 November 2020

The Bob & Diane Fund has announced Iranian photographer Jalal Shamsazaran has been awarded its $5,000 grant for 2020 for his project The Loss of Oral History. With 73 submissions from 27 countries the contest was judged by the Fund founder Gina Martin and photojournalist Jared Soares.

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Auction: Conlon Original Print of Cobb Stealing Third

30 November 2020

An original print of Charles Conlon's photo of Ty Cobb stealing third in 1910 will be auctioned by Robert Edward Auctions. It is one of just two known original prints. Bidding for the photo, with online options, concludes Dec. 6.

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Around The Horn

30 November 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 Sarah Lee, Jehad al-Saftawi, an Anti-Black-Friday Gift Guide, iPhone camera apps and ND filters.

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Around The Horn: Cyber Monday +

30 November 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. We're updating our continuing Black Friday deals with new Cyber Monday deals from a few unusual shopping resources. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.

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Matinee: 'Dennis Welsh's West Virginia Coal'

28 November 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

28 November 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 autumn, Alex Filz, Spotlight on Snapchat, Filmic Pro/Firstlight and a 2020 gift suggestion thread.

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Friday Slide Show: 1968 Mustang

27 November 2020

We are pushing our luck today by featuring a red car on the day of the Big Game between Leland Stanford Junior University and the University of California at Berkeley. The Junior University leads the series that dates back to 1892 but Cal holds The Axe after winning last year.

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Remembering Leonard Kamsler

27 November 2020

The undisputed dean of golf photography, Leonard Kamsler, died earlier this month from organ failure in Bethel, N.Y. He was 85.

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Around The Horn

27 November 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 Maradona, Esther Horvath, Paul Van Slambrouck, Tom Wood, walking meditation and using a reflector.

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Around The Horn: Black Friday +

27 November 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. Our traditional Black Friday Horn looks at a few unusual shopping resources with links to their deals. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.

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Photokina Suspended 'Until Further Notice'

27 November 2020

Koelnmesse President and Chief Executive Officer Gerald Böse has announced that Koelnmesse has decided to discontinue Photokina, the international trade fair for photography, "for the time being."

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Happy Thanksgiving

26 November 2020

Let no one suggest this is not a happy day. The windows have been flung open and healthy, fresh air is filling the room. It's a new day in America.

But with the coronavirus exploding again, it's also a new approach to Thanksgiving.

We've spent the holiday with friends and family in various combinations over the years and, as the side bar shows, illustrated our Thanksgiving piece with some delicious dishes.

This year, we're celebrating with a photo of Mom. We brought her a turkey breast, some fancy yams and a piece of pumpkin pie yesterday so she'd have a holiday meal. But we'll be celebrating separately this year.

She wears a mask whenever someone comes in the house. And while that list has been paired down to just essential visits since March, it's still requires quite a few people to keep our 93-year-old matriarch at home.

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Phase One Updates Camera Platform

26 November 2020

Phase One has released an update to its Phase One Camera Systems that enhances all IQ4 Digital Backs, the company said.

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Around The Horn

25 November 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 the Johnson Publishing Collection archive, Photoclass2021, Adam Elmakias, Andrew Molitor, multiple displays on the M1 and Apple Silicon software compatibility.

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Miops Launches Flex Kickstarter Campaign

24 November 2020

Miops has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Flex to capture high speed photos with sound, laser and lightning modes. It's the company's fourth Kickstarter campaign.

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Around The Horn

24 November 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 Ken Light, wedding rings, famous movie cars, MLB, Manjari Sharma, Raw captures and a code-signing fix.

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The GIMP Turns 25

24 November 2020

Twenty-five years ago last Saturday, Peter Mattis wrote a message to several newsgroups, the hashtags of the era, announcing a new image editor called GIMP, short for General Image Manipulation Program.

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Sunset Nouveau

23 November 2020

Every sunset is new. Never before. Never again. Unique. Unreproducible (as many an aspiring photographer has discovered to their dismay). But, fortunately, interpretable. You start with a judicious capture and use your software to work back to what you remember seeing and sometimes, even, beyond.

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Nikon School Free Through Year End

23 November 2020

Nikon has announced its Nikon School Online classes are available free of charge through the end of the year. The wide range of classes includes an all-new class for creating memorable holiday photos and videos. And the newest class "Better Holiday Photos with Nikon Ambassadors" features Nikon's top creators sharing ways to get into the holiday spirit by capturing photos and videos to share with family and friends.

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This Weekend It's Artists Sunday

23 November 2020

Sunday, Nov. 29, has been dubbed Artists Sunday by a group of over 3,200 artists, artisans and craftspeople who hope you'll buy their handiwork this holiday season.

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Around The Horn

23 November 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 Margaret Durow, velvet backgrounds, IR processing, correcting mixed lighting, Joe McNally and photos as paintings.

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Matinee: 'Manzanar: Their Footsteps Remain'

21 November 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

21 November 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 photos of the week, counting votes, Jim Kasson and Roger Fenton.

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Friday Slide Show: Triangle Park

20 November 2020

We've lived in this part of town since 2003 and in all that time, the little triangular park down the hill on the way to the Muni Metro station has suffered from neglect.

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Test Drive: FreeFileSync

20 November 2020

Our backup strategy here has been simple but effective. It's a three-pronged approach that has prevented any data loss over the years. But that doesn't mean it hasn't changed and we recently had to make a change.

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Lensbaby to Host Free 'Shoot Extraordinary' Virtual Photo Conference

20 November 2020

Lensbaby has announced "Shoot Extraordinary," a free virtual photography conference featuring educational presentations by Lensbaby staff professionals and professional Lensbaby photographers from around the world plus a live photo/critiques panel on the final day. The three-day virtual conference will be held Dec. 8 to 10.

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Around The Horn

20 November 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 Web site builders, the iPhone 12 Pro Max, Big Sur advice, GO SMS Pro and Gerald Marie.

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Sidewalk Succulent

19 November 2020

We'd made the final turn to the stretch home earlier today and were thinking of what lies ahead when we passed this succulent basking in the morning sunlight. It caught our eye but our optical nerve savored it a while so the news didn't hit our brain until we'd walked by.

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Around The Horn

19 November 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 Don McCullin, landscape photography, Sara Bennett, Sara Forrest, a snowflake camera, Johnston's shed and the optimum digital exposure.

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Around The Horn

18 November 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 California, the Philippines, Dorothea Lange, Nikon teleconverters, hotspotting, rolling cases, the M1 Mini and an app list.

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Nik Collection 3.3 Marks 25th Anniversary

18 November 2020

DxO has released the Nik Collection 3.3 on the 25th anniversary of the plug-in suite with 25 new presets for Color Efex Pro and Silver Efex Pro in Classic Portrait Color, Classic Portrait Black & White, Light & Bright, Wildlife and Street collections. The update also supports macOS Big Sur and the 2021 versions of Adobe's host applications.

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Adobe: 'Photoshop (Beta) for Apple Silicon is here!'

17 November 2020

In a blog post today written by Mark Dahm, Adobe announced a beta version of Photoshop compiled for Apple's new M1 Macs.

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Remembering Bruno Barbey

17 November 2020

The French photographer Bruno Barbey, who was notably a citizen of the world, died suddenly last week from a pulmonary embolism in Orbais l-Abbaye, France. He was 79. His work captured the ubiquity of both civil conflict and common beauty.

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'Hidden' Documents Man's Relationship to Animals

17 November 2020

Featuring the work of 40 international photojournalists, Hidden: Animals in the Anthropocene reveals the invisible animals in our lives: those we eat and wear, those we use in research and entertainment and those we sacrifice in the name of tradition and religion.

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Around The Horn

17 November 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 Kieran Dodds, an underwater museum, Canon RP image processing, two Triumph Tigers, Drobo vs. Big Sur and M1 Macs.

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Olympus: 150-400mm Zoom, M10 Mark IIIs, Firmware Update

17 November 2020

Olympus made three announcements today, introducing a 150-400mm zoom, the M10 Mark IIIs and a firmware update. We cover them all below.

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Adobe Offers Free Lightroom Presets and Tips

16 November 2020

Adobe has announced a partnership program with photographers who specialize in various subject matters to provide free Lightroom presets and photography tips.

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Pixelmater Pro 2.0 Supports M1 Macs

16 November 2020

In a blog post late last week, the Pixelmater team unveiled Pixelmater Pro 2.0 featuring support for Apple's M1 Macs and a redesign that will be released on Thursday, Nov. 19.

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Around The Horn

16 November 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 Justine Kurland, Clara Vannucci, making a print, confusion, 20 Lightroom tips and the Light 16.

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Matinee: 'Keep Rising, Kolkata'

14 November 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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The Kitchen Sink

14 November 2020

After 6,611 articles and 4,287,902 words over nearly eight years (next month), you could say we've thrown everything but the kitchen sink at you. This morning, after brewing a double espresso and cleaning up, we looked across the kitchen and saw the sink gleaming back at us, ready for its close-up.

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Lightroom: Big Sur, Yes; Rosetta 2, No

13 November 2020

In Lightroom Classic and Big Sur | macOS 11, Adobe announced Lightroom Classic 10.x is compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur but Lightroom Classic 9x and earlier have not been tested for compatibility.

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Friday Slide Show: Gracious Living

13 November 2020

Just across Portola from us is St. Francis Wood, an enclave of mansions and tree-lined streets that make the leaves rustle with the phrase "gracious living."

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Around The Horn

13 November 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 Macro contest winners, patterns, the Panasonic S1H and Friday the 13th.

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Around The Horn

12 November 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 Google Photos, Jeremy Snell, Japanese-American photographers, Jesse Diamond, Alan Schaller, M1 MacBooks, the M1's unified memory, Canon Webcam software, NASA photographers, new voices contest and Mitch Goldstone.

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Veterans Day

11 November 2020

So it goes, as Kurt Vonnegut wrote in Slaughterhouse-Five as the story moved from one episode to the next. The nation, as well, is moving on a week after Biden's election as president. And so it goes for us, too, as we take a break from our regular routine to stand and applaud those who served their country in uniform.

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Site Tweak: Improved Full Text Search +

10 November 2020

When we discovered we'd published over four and a quarter million words here, it occurred to us that our full text search known as Mike's Method was going to get slower with age.

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Leica Introduces Q2 Monochrom

10 November 2020

Leica has introduced its Q2 Monochrom featuring a newly full-frame monochrome sensor, a fixed and fast Leica Summilux 28mm f1.7 ASPH. prime lens, quick and precise autofocusing, protective weather sealing and OLED viewfinder technology.

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Around The Horn

10 November 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 the ISS at 20, Siena photo awards, Rashod Taylor, Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, Mann's iPhone 12 Pro Max review, the Nikon F, buying used, Photoshop actions, a flash conference and upgrading to Big Sur.

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Around The Horn

9 November 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 celebrating Biden's win, prom portraits, Valparaiso, a mystery woman, videoconferencing lenses, a camera accessories discount, the end of HP's free-for-life ink plan and the McClockeys.

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Matinee: 'Sabine Weiss, A Photographer's Life'

7 November 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

7 November 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 the ISS, Fujifilm's Toshi Iida, Google Photos and a Baron Wolman documentary.

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Friday Slide Show: A Walk

6 November 2020

As we left the house in shirt sleeves Tuesday, we ran into our neighbor who we haven't seen since March. We joked that we were going for a walk to work off some nervous energy on Election Day. "It's cold!" he warned us.

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Around The Horn

6 November 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 David Godlis, Melissa Schriek, Shakespeare and Company, Andrew Molitor, Sammy Davis Jr., Sophia Loren and copyright roundtables.

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Remembering Baron Wolman +

5 November 2020

Baron Wolman, who became the chief photographer for the first three years Rolling Stone, died peacefully on Monday after battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 83.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: How To Get Four Figure Day Rate Clients

5 November 2020

PhotoShelter has announced the first of a two-part free webinar series with Christina Peters on Nov. 13 at 12 p.m. ET. Her clients include Chipotle, Walmart, Pinkberry Frozen Yogurt, Domino's Pizza, Kraft and Whole Foods Markets.

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Around The Horn

5 November 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 election protests, portrait photography, plastic waves and Bob Ross.

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Site Tweak: Word Count +

5 November 2020

Oops. Monday night we realized we forgot to include our redesigned form button in the embedded form of our Mike's Method CGI search option. So when we did pop the new code in there, we thought we'd add a little feature for the curious mind.

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Loop Kickstarts Second Generation Smart Picture Frame

4 November 2020

Loop has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its second generation Loop 2 picture frame featuring text-to-frame, auto-sync with Google and Lightroom and an interactive touch screen.

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Around The Horn

4 November 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 Chernobyl, the New East Photo Prize, Bruce Davidson, creating a Blurb photo book, a still life contract, lighting design, Canon's printer discount and Nikon's Webcam utility.

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Panasonic Announces Lumix S 85mm f1.8 Prime

4 November 2020

Panasonic has announced the Lumix S 85mm f1.8 for the L-Mount system, the first of four f1.8 large-aperture lenses the company plans to release. These four f1.8 lenses feature common size and position of control parts. Filters can also be used in common thanks to the same diameter.

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Canon Announces Two RF Lenses, Pro Printer +

4 November 2020

Canon has introduced the compact and lightweight RF 70-200mm f4 L IS USM zoom and the RF50mm f1.8 STM prime lens, two completely re-designed RF mount lenses. At the same time, Canon is also introducing the PIXMA Pro-200 printer designed for photography students and graphic designers.

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Election Day

3 November 2020

Today is Election Day in the U.S., not Armageddon as you may have heard. We'd be happy that it's also the end of election season if we weren't concerned that a close race in several states might prolong the contest. We do hope that won't be the case. For the sake of the country and the world at large.

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Hasselblad Announces XH Converter 0,8

3 November 2020

Hasselblad has announced its XH Converter 0,8 for HC/HCD lenses attached to an X System or 907x camera to reduce focal length 0.8x, delivering a wider field of view and improving the maximum aperture of the lens by two-thirds of a stop.

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Around The Horn

3 November 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 Jack Davison, Harold Davis, Drew Smith, Mike Johnston, zooms vs. primes and behind the scenes.

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Untold Stories

2 November 2020

We were in the middle of three things Sunday after when we noticed this scene. The pile had accumulated over some time but we'd learned to turn a blind eye to it.

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ON1 Releases Photo Raw 2021

2 November 2020

On1 has released Photo Raw 2021 featuring a photo organizer, Raw processor, layered editor and special effects.

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Around The Horn

2 November 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 McNally remembers Biden and Trump, Ed Van Der Elsken, Joey Solomon, the World Food Championships, tiny insects, Man Ray and Dina Alfasi.

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October Archived

1 November 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 10 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 33 commented News stories, 28 Editor's Notes (which included 182 items of interest), five reviews and two site notes for a total of 84 stories.

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October

Happy Halloween

31 October 2020

With schools still closed here, we missed the annual parade of princesses, monsters, movie heroes, baseball players and other professionals (none of whom have to go to school anymore).

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Matinee: 'These Days: Works in Isolation'

31 October 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Fall Back

31 October 2020

If you need another excuse to devour some of that surplus Halloween candy tonight, we've got one for you. You may want the sugar boost to stay up for the end of Daylight Saving Time (for those of us under its thumb) at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Which instantly becomes 1 a.m. again.

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Around The Horn

31 October 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 the Aegean quake, Jona Frank, Society6 and your photographer Halloween costume.

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Friday Slide Show: Basil Revived

30 October 2020

Fresh basil and parsley are right on the kitchen window ledge, the finishing touches for our culinary adventures. The parsley has garnished many a pasta sauce, garlic-and-clam pizza and pan fried fish while the basil gets star billing in marinara sauces, caprese salads and shrimp pastas.

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Magnum Partners With Catch&Release

30 October 2020

Catch&Release has announced Magnum Photos is the first to join its Creative Partnership Program. Catch&Release provides a technology platform to enable advertisers to license visual content from contributors whose work appears anywhere on the Web.

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Around The Horn

30 October 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 a musician's mushrooms, democracy at work, a ballerina from above, the birdie, ACR tips, the Kingston DataTraveler Duo, the Zeiss ZX1 and a fun test.

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Exposure X6 Tightens the Bolts

29 October 2020

October has seen every major image editing software application updated with significant new features. Among the first of them was Exposure X6 from Exposure Software. We reported the news but have only recently had a chance to give it a test drive.

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Around The Horn

29 October 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 a remote portrait session, gear horror stories, flower macros, the Wellcome Photography Prize, Steve Huff and the NCAC auction.

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Lensbaby Announces Spark 2.0

29 October 2020

Lensbaby has introduced the Spark 2.0, a complete redesign of its original Spark lens that adds a Sweet 50 optic in the flexible-body lens and built-in apertures ranging from f2.5 to f22 to vary the effect.

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Hasselblad Releases Firmware Update 1.4.0, Updates App

29 October 2020

Hasselblad has released Firmware Update 1.4.0 featuring "an enhanced shooting experience with the X1D II 50C, 907x Special Edition and 907x 50C cameras." The company also released an update to its Phocus Mobile 2 app to improve Live View and change a White Balance setting to synchronize with the X1D II 50C and 907x cameras.

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Adobe Stock Analyzes the Year in Stock

28 October 2020

Adobe Stock has released Adobe Stock Creativity Insights, a year-end report revealing insights from Adobe Analytics on over 149 million U.S. visits and millions of asset uploads to Adobe Stock between January 2019 and September 2020.

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GoPro, PAID Launch Underwater Selfie Day

28 October 2020

GoPro and The Professional Association of Diving Instructors are teaming up to make a statement for ocean conservation with the world's first-ever Underwater Selfie Day on Nov. 7.

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Around The Horn

28 October 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 pano awards, Imogen Cunningham, Corey Arnold, Joe McNally, Matt Harbison, the Jacksons, Harvey Stern, Retroactive, Kirk Tuck, Night Mode and insurance.

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Female in Focus 2020 Winners Announced

27 October 2020

The second Female in Focus, the international award conceived to recognize women photographers, has concluded with two winning entries and 20 winning single images. 1854 Media, publisher of British Journal of Photography, made the announcement.

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Kissing

27 October 2020

Huffing and puffing through our weight lifting reps yesterday morning, we happened to look a little to our left for a distraction. And there it was. A gift from the gods.

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Around The Horn

27 October 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 fashion photography, Laura Boushnak, Andrew Kung, Tim Flach, five great used dSLRs, custom pinhole cameras, Joe McNally, David Hobby, noise and Deana Lawson.

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The Hedge

26 October 2020

To take a long walk around the block, bring a camera. You'll have to stop every few steps to inspect something interesting, decide if there's anything you can do with it and, if so, do it.

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Around The Horn

26 October 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 Michael Yuan, Farshid Tighehsaz, An-My Le, lens testing, step up rings, manufacturers' tolerances, the Canon R6, "filter failed" error and HP printer software.

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Matinee: Pro Toy Photographer Mitchel Wu

24 October 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

24 October 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 Olaf Sztaba, the Sigma Contemporary 56mm f1.4 lens, a 3,200-Mp camera, a portrait lens comparison tool, middle apertures and stolen gear.

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Friday Slide Show: The Ballot +

23 October 2020

You can't have an election without a ballot. The ballot is, simply put, the record of someone's vote. Traditionally (but not always) it has been a piece of paper.

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DxO Announces New Free Photography Seminars

23 October 2020

DxO has announced a new slate of free photography webinars showcasing the company's new PhotoLab 4 release.

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Data Point: Photoshop 2021 Crashes

23 October 2020

This week's release of Photoshop 2021 has been an unfortunate one for us. On both of our MacBook Pro laptops, the application crashes no matter what we are doing within minutes of launch. And we aren't alone.

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Remembering Frank Horvat

23 October 2020

A paragon of French photography, Frank Horvat, passed away surrounded by his loved ones on Wednesday. He was 92.

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Around The Horn

23 October 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 Arthur Tress, Robert Peek, Silvia Gil-Roldan, Helmut Newton and Frank Horvat.

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Life Among the Ashes

22 October 2020

Just before dinner the other night, we took a moment to exhale at length and take stock of things. We didn't want to scare ourselves this close to Halloween but we had to admit, whatever you look at these days, it's hard to be encouraged.

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Lux Releases Halide Mark II

22 October 2020

In a blog post today, Ben Sandofsky has announced Lux has released Halide Mark II, its iOS camera app, featuring a redesign with over 50 new features that took 18 months to develop.

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Around The Horn

22 October 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 Kremer Johnson, bug photographers, Magnun's 6x6 sale, museums and Still Standing.

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Test Drive: DxO PhotoLab 4

21 October 2020

Early this month we were briefed on PhotoLab 4, DxO's image editing software that taps into the company's extensive database of digital cameras and lenses to deliver uniquely optimized images.

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Around The Horn

21 October 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 Paola de Grenet, Austin Mann, Andrew Foord, Google Photos, historical sites contest, Harold Davis and Backblaze stats.

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Think Tank Photo Introduces New Rolling Backpack

20 October 2020

Think Tank Photo has just released its new The Essentials Convertible Rolling Backpack "to go where other rollers can't." Where you can't roll it, you can carry it.

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IPHF to Honor Inductees at 55th Anniversary Ceremony

20 October 2020

The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum has announced it will honor its 2020 class of Photography Hall of Fame inductees and awardees at a virtual Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 30 a 7 p.m. CST.

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Around The Horn

20 October 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 black-and-white photography, Cig Harvey, Chinatown, Joe McNally, Thom Hogan, Photographers Without Borders and Richard Avedon.

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Adobe MAX Releases: Lightroom, Photoshop

20 October 2020

At the Adobe MAX conference today, Adobe announced major updates to both Photoshop and Lightroom. We attended briefings for both products earlier this month and will be installing the new versions for a more in-depth look.

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Weather Photographer of the Year Winners Announced

19 October 2020

From over 7,700 images submitted from around the world, Rudolg Sulgan has won the Royal Meteorological Society's Weather Photographer of the Year for his image Blizard of the Brooklyn Bridge.

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Around The Horn

19 October 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 Kevin Raber, Diana Markosian, Chris Suspect, Apple ProRaw, Mobile by Peak Design and Roger Cicala.

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Matinee: 'Through The Looking Glass'

17 October 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

17 October 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 Dominik Hildebrandt, Louie Palu, a camera quiz, Art Spiegelman and statute of limitations for copyright infringement.

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Site Tweak: Form Buttons +

17 October 2020

We've been plowing through our Mojave install on unsupported hardware looking for more obscure issues before doing the installation on our main production box. We came up with two, one which affected the site.

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Friday Slide Show: Night Watch

16 October 2020

Ever since he'd made detective, Nick Nessuno has had a hard time getting dressed for work. The job requires him to don "plain clothes" from a wardrobe that is anything but, if you ask him.

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Sneak Peek: Skylum's Water Reflections

16 October 2020

In a blog post today, Skylum introduced an enhancement to its AI Sky Replacement tool that adds water reflections.

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Around The Horn

16 October 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 Photo Oxford Festival, Jeff Schewe, Julieanne Kost, Munem Wasif, the Canon R5, CUPS, photos, a cash grant and a legal chat.

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Epson Announces SureColor P700 and P900 Printers

15 October 2020

Epson has announced its 13-inch SureColor P700 and 17-inch SureColor P900 desktop photo printers, which replace the SureColor P600 and SureColor P800 respectively. They are the first models with the new 10-channel MicroPiezo AMC printhead featuring dedicated channels for both Photo and Matte Black ink types and new UltraChrome PRO10 pigment ink with Violet for an extremely wide color gamut.

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Fujifilm Introduces X-S10 Mirrorless Camera

15 October 2020

Fujifilm has announced Fujifilm X-S10 featuring a 26.1-megapixel X-Trans CMOS 4 sensor, a high-speed X-Processor 4 image processing engine and in-body image stabilization in a compact, lightweight body.

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Fujifilm Introduces Fujinon XF10-24mm f4 Zoom

15 October 2020

Fujifilm has announced its Fujinon XF10-24mm f4 R OIS WR, an X mount lens with a 35mm equivalent focal range of 15mm to 36mm. The redesign makes the focus and zoom rings slimmer, giving the XF10-24mm a lighter overall weight than its predecessor by 0.88 oz. Its optical image stabilization has also been extended by one stop, achieving a total of 3.5 stops in the new lens.

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Around The Horn

15 October 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 the Movement Voter Project, Anna Walker Skillman, Photo London Digital 2020, Jeff Lipsky, entropy, Sony camera technology and Pete Souza.

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Adobe Stock Launches Artist Development Fund

14 October 2020

In a blog post today by Claude Alexandre, Adobe Stock announced it is launching the Artist Development Fund and Adobe Stock free assets to augment the use of and need for diverse Stock assets.

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Apple Announces ProRaw

14 October 2020

At Apple's product announcement yesterday, the company introduced a new photo format it called Apple ProRaw. It will be available on the iPhone Pro and Pro Max models by the end of the year and the company will also offer an API to facilitate incorporating the format in third-party image editing software.

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Remembering Chris Killip

14 October 2020

British documentary photographer Chris Killip, a key figure in post-war British photography, has died from lung cancer. He was 74.

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Around The Horn

14 October 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 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the Denver protest shooting, Kevin Cummins, Sunset Blvd., Mark Rodriguez and a scam.

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Nikon Announces Z 6II, Z 7II

13 October 2020

Nikon has expanded its Z series with two new full-frame mirrorless cameras. The Z 7II features ultra high resolution captures while the Z 6II balances powerful performance with an expert-level multimedia feature set, the company said.

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Canon Announces M50 Mark II

13 October 2020

Canon has announced the EOS M50 Mark II with improved video features like 4K UHD 24p and vertical video support and improved autofocus including eye autofocus for both stills and video.

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Canon Announces EL-1 Speedlite

13 October 2020

Canon has announced the Speedlite EL-1 with higher performance and reliability in comparison to previous models, a new rechargeable lithium-ion battery and newly-designed user-friendly interface.

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Moving to Mojave

13 October 2020

As Apple develops Big Sur, macOS 11 or 10.16 (depending on how you're counting) of the Macintosh operating system, we are starting to see image editing applications cut off support for versions of macOS before Mojave, macOS 10.14.

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Around The Horn

13 October 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 photomicrography, permafrost, Graciela Iturbide, Julia Fullerton-Batten, Herlinde Koelbl, the Sigma 85mm f1.4, folders, the blue hour, a Fotodiox adapter and older readers.

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Columbus Day

12 October 2020

Some time ago we were at the Presidio Visitor Center marveling at the merchandise when we looked up and saw this fanciful kite. At $45 the only way we could possess this beautiful thing was to photograph it. So we did.

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Matinee: 'School Portraits'

10 October 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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212 Photography Istanbul Opens in Istanbul

10 October 2020

Observing " extensive coronavirus safety measures during the pandemic," 212 Photography Istanbul has opened for its third year. The event, which "embracing photography as a universal language," will run through Oct. 18 at several venues around the city.

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Leica Hosts 37th Annual Leitz Photographica Auction

10 October 2020

Leica has announced the 37th Annual Leitz Photographica Auction will be held Nov. 21. The event has established itself as one of the world's leading auctions for classic and vintage cameras and photographica.

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Around The Horn

10 October 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 smartphone light meters, Nikon's spreadsheet mentality, a Red River paper and sexy onions.

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Friday Slide Show: The SkyStar Wheel

9 October 2020

Stopped for a red light near Golden Gate Park, we looked into the distance and saw a big white wheel looming over the trees. That shouldn't be there, we thought. What's going on?

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Think Tank Photo Introduces BackStory Backpack

9 October 2020

Think Tank Photo has announced its new BackStory backpack series available in two sizes.

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Around The Horn

9 October 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 a biology contest, Mono Giraud, Horacio Reyes Paez, bad habits and the issue of alignment.

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Adobe Elements 2021

8 October 2020

We've always found Adobe Elements to be one of the most overlooked training tools for digital image editing. The earliest versions had superb documentation that explained everything from what a pixel is to color channels. And the newest versions were like a magic kit with tricks called Guided Edits that would amaze your friends.

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Camera Bits Releases Photo Mechanic Plus

8 October 2020

Camera Bits has announced the release of Photo Mechanic Plus featuring "the power and speed of Photo Mechanic with the addition of a premium, powerful image database for cataloging every image you've ever taken."

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Nikon Launches Yellow Program for Z 5 +

8 October 2020

Nikon has announced it is launching a Z 5 Yellow program for its newest mirrorless camera. From now until Nov. 30, you can try a Nikon Z 5 camera risk free for 30 days. If it fails to win you over, you can return it for a full refund, including shipping.

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Adobe's 'Create Change' Chats with Creators

8 October 2020

Adobe has launched Create Change, a new series of discussions with creators from a spectrum of disciplines who share how their creativity empowers and inspires them to make an impact on the world.

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Around The Horn

8 October 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 Photographic Journeys, Lucy Laucht, Wally Koval, Taylor Roades, 12 Sunsets, Nikkors retiring, Medium Format Magazine and the blue cellophane trick.

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Around The Horn

7 October 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 extraordinary women, Drone Photo Awards, Ed Ruscha's snow, Photo London 2020, a Nikon Z 5 review, social media influencers, Joseph Ross, a contract and a Davis panel.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: The Power of a Strong Portfolio

6 October 2020

PhotoShelter has announced a free portfolio review webinar with photojournalist Essdras M. Suarez on Oct. 16 at 12 p.m. EDT. Essdras has been published by the New York Times, Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal and CNBC among others.

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Around The Horn

6 October 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 Max Whittaker, the state of the market, Japan colorized, Dave Williams and Conan O'Brien.

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Exposure Software Releases Exposure X6

6 October 2020

Exposure Software has released Exposure X6, the latest update to its image editing software. The new release features GPU optimization, automatic adjustments, enhanced shadow and highlight processing, profile-guided noise reduction, a new color editor, an updated user interface, a haze slider, new mask virtualization options, integrated DNG conversion and a new manual.

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Deals: 16-Inch MacBook Pro Discounts

5 October 2020

Most computer deals we run across are nice discounts on current hardware with less than impressive options like the 27-inch iMac for $1,649.99 at Costco that includes just 8-GB RAM and a puny 256-GB SSD. But both Amazon and B&H are offering the 16-inch i9 MacBook Pro with 16-GB RAM and a 1-TB SSD for $2,399, which is $400 off.

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Around The Horn

5 October 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 Vanja Bucan, Christopher Anderson, Andy Bernstein, the Panasonic GH5, Nikon's Webcam software, the Nikon 70-200mm f2.8 S, 43mm lenses, Jeff Schewe and discounted rolling cases.

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Matinee: 'Cirque Bijou Umbrellas'

3 October 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

3 October 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 nature photography, phone photos at night, Joe McNally, the Peak Design Travel Tripod, Web site tips and a copyright ruling.

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Friday Slide Show: A Foggy Day

2 October 2020

There's just something about the shutter sound of the Nikon D200 that makes every shot sound like a keeper. We've also noticed we touch type better when we have audible feedback (we use JazzUp from Irradiated to emulate a typewriter sound). Audible feedback is both a pleasure and a tool.

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Around The Horn

2 October 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 the first day of school in 1957, Shin Noguchi, David Lienemann, fluid head tripods, a Thunderbolt hub and tips for the Worldwide Photo Walk.

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Flying Meat Releases Acorn 6.6.2

1 October 2020

Flying Meat has updated Acorn, Gus Mueller's image editing software for macOS to version 6.2.2. Version 6.6 introduced new shape processor filters, a mask-to-alpha filter and several minor tweaks and fixes. Version 6.6.2 adds Big Sur compatibility and a few more fixes.

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Datacolor Introduces ColorReader EZ

1 October 2020

Datacolor has announced its new ColorReader EZ, a pocket-sized, Bluetooth-enabled color matching device you can use anywhere. Its smart color sensor communicates with an app to convert real world color into reproducible values.

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Around The Horn

1 October 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 Pelle Cass, Joe Pugliese, Jan Erik Waider, Lightroom Mobile tips, a exhibit in space, greeting cards, lenses, Pixelmator 2.6, LensRentals gear and Alfredo Boulton.

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September Archived

1 October 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 9 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 29 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 163 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 73 stories.

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September

Sigma Announces 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art

30 September 2020

Sigma has announced its 105mm f2.8 DG DN Macro Art lens for Leica L and Sony E mounts, the first macro lens for mirrorless cameras in the Art line of lenses for mirrorless cameras.

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30 September 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 macro photo contest winners, Jamie Johnson, Thea Traff, shooting wide open, Brad Moore and Negative Lab Pro.

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Olympus Details Imaging Business Transfer to JIP

29 September 2020

Olympus has announced it has concluded a definitive agreement to transfer its imagine business to Japan Industrial Partners Inc.

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Checking Photo Corners With Blacklight

29 September 2020

Blacklight is "a real-time Web site privacy inspector" by Surya Mattu. Type in a URL in its search field and Blacklight will scan the site for user-tracking technologies, reporting the results in about 30 seconds.

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Meyer Optik Görlitz Ships Trioplan 50 f2.8 II

29 September 2020

Meyer Optik Görlitz has announced its Trioplan 50mm f2.8 II is now available in a variety of mounts. The 50mm prime joins the company's Trioplan 100 II and our Lydith 30 II released previously this year.

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Persistence

29 September 2020

Eugenio Montale observed enigmatically in a poem called Piccolo Testamento, "ma una storia non dura che nella cenere/e persistenza è solo l'estinzione." But a story lasts only in ashes, he wrote, and persistence is only extinction.

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Around The Horn

29 September 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 Priscilla Gragg, Evelyn Dragran, new Nikon Z countdown, gimbals and two Leica SL2 bundles.

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The Modern To Host Shirin Neshat Exhibit in 2021

28 September 2020

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has announced it will exhibit Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again from Feb. 19 through May 16, 2021.

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Eight Meero Grant Winners Announced

28 September 2020

Eight recipients have been awarded Meero Foundation Grants for their "innovative storytelling methods to impact the collective consciousness." The open grant call attracted 53 applications from five continents over 14 days.

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Around The Horn

28 September 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 Anna Fox, the 10 best cameras, cameras under $1,000, the camera you click with, change and Tuck returns.

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Lightroom Sneak Peek: Color Grading

28 September 2020

Adobe has posted a sneak peep at a new Advanced Color Grading feature coming soon to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic and Adobe Camera Raw. It enhances the former Split Toning tool.

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Matinee: 'New Photography II Awards'

26 September 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

26 September 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 Greg Miller, Leila Jeffreys, scripting Pixelmator Pro, a pandemic Photo Walk and Peter Turnley.

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DxO Announces Free October Photography Seminars

25 September 2020

DxO has announced a new slate of free photography webinars for October. The webinars showcase the company's Nik Collection 3.

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Friday Slide Show: A Painted Lady

25 September 2020

Just a few days before we lost Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who certainly had more to say to us, this butterfly made its last landing near our front door. An ominous sign, we thought at the time, although we couldn't have guessed the specifics of its warning.

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Tamron Announces Affordable, Compact Telephoto Zoom for Sony E

25 September 2020

Tamron has announced a 70-300mm f4.5-6.3 Di III RXD telephoto zoom for the Sony E mount. The company claimed the new zoom is the world's smallest and lightest 70-300mm zoom lens at under six inches long and under 20 oz.

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Around The Horn

25 September 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 black female photographers, Luke Nugent, David Hobby, Canson Infinity Baryta Photographique, a Miops discount, a Harold Davis webinar and the Newspaper Navigator.

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Vivid-Pix Updates Restore

24 September 2020

Vivid-Pix has released an update to Restore, its one-click image restoration software, featuring metadata archiving, local refinement and support for more image file formats

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HEX Announces Ranger dSLR Sling V2

24 September 2020

HEX has announced its all-new Ranger dSLR Sling V2 is constructed in water-resistant Cordura with YKK zippers with custom metal pulls for strength and consistent experience. Upgrades include integrating an integrated, hide-away rain fly, upgraded EVA padding and a double buckle strap that allows for both smaller and larger sizing.

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Adobe Reports 'State of Stock'

24 September 2020

In a blog post today, Adobe's Sarah Casillas summed up the company's bi-annual study of the stock industry. The post shares insights from global stock users and marketers to identify the design and creative trends and challenges facing stock users today, as well as how creatives expect to rely on stock content more in the future.

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Around The Horn

24 September 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 Imogen Cunningham, Nadia von Scotti, the pandemic in Germany, the Blanton Museum, AliveColors and the Mercury Pro LTO.

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38th Nikon Photo Contest Opens in October

24 September 2020

Nikon has announced it will begin accepting submissions to the 38th Nikon Photo Contest on Oct. 22 at 12 a.m. EDT. Since the first contest was held in 1969, more than 440,000 photographers have submitted more than 1.7 million imaging works.

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Cookie Quarantine Ends

23 September 2020

As they like to tease on TV, "Breaking news! Exclusive!" But stop us if you've heard this before.

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Around The Horn

23 September 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 Mark Seliger, William Neill, Jeff Schewe, camera collecting, Nikon's webcam utility for macOS, CineBloom diffusion filters, Facebook takedowns and the Nik Collection.

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Coming Apart

22 September 2020

This old chair has been in the back yard for a long time. It was part of a set that ostensively needed no maintenance. But it didn't quite turn out that way.

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Around The Horn

22 September 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 Olivo Barbieri, Photoville, Sebastian Rich, Ethan Pines, improvement, Walter Chandoha and hammocks.

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OWC Announces Mercury Extreme Pro 6-GB SSD

21 September 2020

Other World Computing has announced the Mercury Extreme Pro 6-GB SSD, optimized for high-performance computing tasks including audio, video, photo editing and production, including in-camera use with Black Magic cameras, AJA and more.

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Pixelmator for iPad Adds AI Resolution Enhancement

21 September 2020

The Pixelmator Team has released ML Super Resolution, which uses machine learning to enhance the quality of low-res photos on the new iPad Air. The team said it's the first first AI-powered image enlargement tool on a mobile device.

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Photoshop Sneak Peek: Sky Replacement

21 September 2020

Adobe has just posted a sneak peek of a new Sensei-powered AI Sky Replacement feature coming soon to Photoshop.

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Around The Horn

21 September 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 the Tour De France, Catherine Panebianco, Japanese potters, Chilean mining, Frames magazine, the Z system and photography ethics.

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Matinee: 'What is Las Fotos Project?'

19 September 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

19 September 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 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Lensfun, Paul Reiffer and Facebook.

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Friday Slide Show: The City Center Caper

18 September 2020

Detective Nick Nessuno found himself inexplicably stuck with another stakeout in the very neighborhood in which he had followed a perp picking up his car one afternoon. This time, however, was different.

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Around The Horn

18 September 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 Muhammad Ali, Julieanne Kost, the 13th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, a Nagaoka, Nikon Z sales and Richard Liebowitz.

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Christie's Announces Fall Photograph Online-Only Series

18 September 2020

Christie's Photographs department in New York has announced it will offer an extensive auction series featuring three online-only sales spaced over six weeks this fall.

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Prestel to Publish 'Ernst Haas: New York in Color, 1952-1962'

18 September 2020

Prestel has announced it will publish Ernst Haas: New York in Color, 1952-1962 on Oct. 6. The 208-page 9.5x11-inch hardback is the first book on Haas dedicated to both his classic photographs and newly-discovered New York City images from the 1950s and early 1960s.

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The Web We Weave

17 September 2020

Our caretaking duties have, admittedly, worn us down a bit this strange and trying week. Working on Photo Corners has been a tonic, though. An effortless production system makes it a joy to focus on the work rather than the limitations of the method.

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HDRinstant Mines Video Clips For Composite HDR Stills

17 September 2020

HDRlog has released HDRinstant [MW] to extract several frames of one moment from video clips, composite them and enhance them with high dynamic range processing.

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Around The Horn

17 September 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 Sept. 15 satellite shot, women over 55, the pandemic, Trump's 'reality show' pictures, Quintin Lake's walk, live streaming and Artists Sunday.

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Adobe MAX to Offer Five Free Photography Courses

16 September 2020

In a blog post today Josh Haftel announced the first five free sessions on the photography track at Adobe MAX, which is being held online this year.

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Around The Horn

16 September 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 Oregon, Rene Burri, the New Nikon 14-24mm f2.8, full-frame lenses, a disability, a model's lament, infringement, firmware and a free air quality macro.

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Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 50mm f1.2 S, Z 14-24mm f2.8 S

15 September 2020

Nikon Corp. has announced two new Nikkor Z S lenses for its full-frame mirrorless Z cameras. They include a fast 50mm f1.2 prime and a 14-24mm f2.8 zoom.

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Olympus Developing Firmware for Raw Video Data Output

15 September 2020

Olympus has announced development of firmware to enable output of Raw video data from the Olympus OM-D E-M1x and Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III mirrorless cameras to the Atomos Ninja V HDR monitor recorder.

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Around The Horn

15 September 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 Ana Zibelnik, Steve Gosling, Nicholas Busch, the Sony FE 28-60mm, layer styles, six tips, the half rule, that folding Android phone, a monochrome contest and a free copyright webinar.

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Sony Announces Alpha 7C Compact, Full Frame Mirrorless

15 September 2020

Sony has announced the Alpha 7C full-frame mirrorless along with the FE 28-60mm f4-5.6 zoom lens and HVL-F28RM flash.

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Around The Horn

14 September 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 Dan Lincoln Harris, Cris Toala Olivares, Michael McIlvaney, Comedy Wildlife Photography finalists, challenging times, the best camera, Jeff Katz and a SIP party.

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Matinee: 'Jason Florio's 911 Story'

12 September 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

12 September 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 Joshua Rashaad McFadden, importing photos, smartphone fail on red skies and some free presets.

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Friday Slide Show: Smoky Sky

11 September 2020

Early Wednesday morning we peeked out the window to an unusual yellow cast. It wasn't from the sun rising but from wildfire smoke. We thought we ought to take a photo.

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Ice Climber Discovers Impact of Climate Change on Kilimanjaro

11 September 2020

Red Bull has released The Last Ascent, a free 45-minute film that begins with ice climber Will Gadd's first trip to Kilimanjaro in 2014, which he left in awe of the mountain's unique glacier formations.

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Around The Horn

11 September 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 9/11 photography, Astronomy Photographer of the Year, the Fall Foliation Predication Map, that video of San Francisco, 3,000 cameras, meteor showers, an eBay sale and ovens.

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Around The Horn

10 September 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 wildfire skies, falling trees, covering protests, Rebecca Solnit, transparent masks, the Holodomor, that large camera, Z lens design, favs and Canon R5 heat emission.

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Around The Horn

9 September 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 Mark Levoy, composition, a spectrophotometer, blurring, Tokyo and digiKam.

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Darkness After Dawn +

9 September 2020

Sunrise was at 6:45 this morning. This shot was taken over an hour later and, as we write this at 8:10 a.m., the sky has gotten so dark we can't photograph it. It's like an eclipse has blocked out the sun.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: Separate Yourself From the Pack

8 September 2020

PhotoShelter has announced a free webinar with Canon Explorer of Light David Bergman on Friday, Sept. 18 at 12 p.m. EDT on taking risks to separate yourself from the pack.

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'Discovering' New Tools

8 September 2020

We've visited the Lightroom Discovery site a few times over the last few weeks, intrigued by the online image editing playback. The site presents a gallery of images, each of which you can open to see what edits were applied.

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Around The Horn

8 September 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 architectural replicas, domestic violence, Down syndrome, molds, peppers, the Canon EOS R5, an Epson P700 and an Adobe job offer.

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Labor Day

7 September 2020

This year's celebration of our nation's workers is a little dampened. Almost five million fewer Americans have jobs than when Trump took office and it is still unsafe to gather publicly for fear of spreading the coronavirus.

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Remembering Joseph Bartscherer

6 September 2020

The fine art photographer Jospeph Bartscherer passed away from hypertensive cardiovascular disease on Aug. 13 at his home in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y. He was 65.

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Matinee: 'Miyako Ishiuchi: Photography Makes History'

5 September 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

5 September 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 35 photos of the week, Rosem Morton, Christian Rodriquez, Jonathon Keats, Andrew Molitor and Jim Kasson.

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Friday Slide Show: A Porcelain Music Box

4 September 2020

Now and then we play what we call the home version of Antiques Roadshow. We put our hands behind out head, lean back in our chair and look around the room for something we might bring to the show.

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Book Bag: Seeing the Body

4 September 2020

From the first word of the title itself, you realize this is not a book to skim through. Rachel Eliza Griffths titles her book of poems and photographs on the loss of her mother Seeing the Body, playing on the common notion of "viewing" the body at a wake.

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Around The Horn

4 September 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 Shroud, Tony Fouhse, El Santo and Julieanne Kost.

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OWC Introduces Mercury Elite Pro Dual

3 September 2020

OWC has introduced the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub. The Dual offers up to 32-TB of storage capacity plus a built-in high-powered USB hub for accessory connectivity and device charging.

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Around The Horn

3 September 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 a trend, Getty's new Viewer, retouching, LuminarAI, Serif videos and Instagram.

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Fujifilm Announces 50mm f1.0 Lens

3 September 2020

Fujifilm has announced the Fujinon XF 50mm f1.0 R WR lens, which it claims is the world's first autofocus lens with a maximum aperture of f1.0 designed for mirrorless cameras.

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Olympus Launches 'Break Free' Program

2 September 2020

What do you dream of creating? That's the question Olympus is asking 15 to 29 year olds with its Break Free program, a three-month, hands-on opportunity to provide emerging photographers both the tools and mentoring support to bring their vision to life.

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Panasonic Introduces the Lumix S5

2 September 2020

Panasonic has introduced its Lumix DC-S5 featuring a full-frame 24.2-megapixel CMOS sensor, UHD 4K60 10-bit internal recording, Dual Native ISO and a 14+-stop dynamic range.

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Adobe Announces 2020 Rising Stars of Photography

2 September 2020

In a blog post today, Lex van den Berghe revealed Adobe's fourth annual "Rising Stars of Photography," 10 up-and-coming ambitious photographers from all over the world.

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Around The Horn

2 September 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 Josiane Faubert, Tracy Sweeney, Kevin Raber and a backpack discount.

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Around The Horn

1 September 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 Jackie Black, Alvaro Gracia, Roland Barthes, Harvey Stearn, Samant Chauhan and luck.

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August Archived

1 September 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 8 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 27 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 183 items of interest), no reviews and one site note for a total of 70 stories.

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August

Lady Gaga Lenses Launch in Photoshop Camera

31 August 2020

Lady Gaga, the masked intruder who took home five awards last night at the MTV VMAs, has teamed up with Adobe to introduce new Rain on Me themed lenses in Photoshop Camera, Adobe's free camera app featuring creative filters as lenses.

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Remembering Jürgen Schadeberg

31 August 2020

Jürgen Schadeberg, who documented the beginnings of the freedom movement in South Africa, died from a stroke at his home in La Drova, Spain on Saturday. He was 89.

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Phase One Adds 90mm Lens to XT System

31 August 2020

Phase One has announced the Rodenstock 90mm, a new lens for its XT Camera System featuring "outstanding sharpness and unbeatable image quality with minute depth of field, uniform bokeh and precise focus," the company said.

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Around The Horn

31 August 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 Jacques Pion, Debi Cornwall, Harold Davis, a Fujifilm GFX 100, camera buyers and Darkroom for iOS.

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California Association of Museums Contests Reopening Blueprint

29 August 2020

The California Association of Museums contested California's Blueprint for a Safer Economy, announced yesterday by Governor Gavin Newsom in response to the Covid-19 global pandemic.

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Matinee: C&GXCC Winning Images 2020

29 August 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

29 August 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 a last responder, James Hill, beets and radishes, a Bristlecone Pine, ISO and Portland.

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DxO Announces Free September Photography Seminars

28 August 2020

DxO has announced a new slate of free photography webinars for September. The webinars showcase the company's software lineup, including PhotoLab 3 and Nik Collection 3.

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Friday Slide Show: The Waiting Game

28 August 2020

Detective Nessuno let his seatbelt fake retracting before reaching down to his left to lift the lever that locks in the angle of the driver seat back. He pushed back from his heels, reclining until only the tip of his nose was visible above the dash board.

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Around The Horn

28 August 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 Hurricane Laura, Australian, Christian Colomer, Gregory Halpern, Harold Davis, William Neill, negative dehaze and virtual art education.

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SmugMug, Pixsy Announce Partnership

27 August 2020

SmugMug and Pixsy have announced a partnership to help SMugMug members find where and how their images are being used online. SmugMug members will be able to instantly protect their collection of photos with one click and use Pixsy to monitor photo use on the Web to find unlicensed use and copyright infringement.

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Portrait of Britain Shortlist, Winners Announced

27 August 2020

The British Journal of Photography and 1854 Media have announced the 200 shortlisted and 100 winning images for this year's Portrait of Britain, the fifth anniversary of the national photography award that celebrates the many faces of modern Britain.

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Around The Horn

27 August 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 wimmelbild, an odd camera, the value of a photo, home ownership and grants for photographers.

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Leica Launches Second Annual Leica Women Foto Project Award

26 August 2020

On Women's Equality Day today, Leica Camera USA has launched its second annual Leica Women Foto Project Award. As part of the Leica Women Foto Project, three photographers will each be awarded $10,000 and a Leica Q2 camera to support the completion of a personal project expressed through the female perspective.

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Around The Horn

26 August 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 Iowa, dreams, birds, gardens, Stephen Wilkes, the Opteka 420-800mm lens, Olympus OM-D Webcam Beta, a cancellation policy and Tinybeans.

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How We Celebrated Street Photography Day

25 August 2020

The prepared mind favors chance, we've always believed (as someone in the habit of transposing things). So when some old friends invited us to lunch, we were prepared to say yes.

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Around The Horn

25 August 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 Colby Deal, Critics' Choice Awards, KR Sunil, travel, nano-textured glass, pricing, AI portrait shadow manipulation, a DxO discount and another Shutterbug Sweepstakes.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: Selling Your Travel Photos

24 August 2020

PhotoShelter has announced a free webinar on Friday, Sept. 4 at 12 p.m. EDT offering practical tips on how to sell your travel photography with Lola Akinmade Akerstrom.

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Remembering Dan Budnik

24 August 2020

After a battle with metabolic encephalopathy and dementia, Dan Budnik passed away last Friday in Tucson, Ariz. He was 87.

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Around The Horn

24 August 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 send you off to 14 item worth your attention including an image of JFK, Franck Bohbot's style, Letizia Le Fur, the Canon RF 600mm, the Godox SL 150 II and much more.

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Matinee: 'A Conversation with the Artist Michael Shainblum'

22 August 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

22 August 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 Post Office murals, Gregory Crewdson, the Zhiyun Smooth Q2, most missed cameras, a Sony A6600, Kevin Raber and James Walker.

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Friday Slide Show: Miraloma School Tiled Stairs

21 August 2020

The Dragon is the mascot of Miraloma Elementary School a few blocks away. Having been born in the Year of the Dragon (by the skin of our fangs), we're partial to the mythical beasts. Our disappointment in rarely seeing one is balanced by the knowledge they will never be an endangered species.

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Shortlist Announced for Weather Photographer of the Year 2020

21 August 2020

The Royal Meteorological Society, in association with AccuWeather, has announced the 26 finalists for this year's Weather Photographer of the Year. The finalists have been presented at photocrowd.com/wpotyvote for a public vote which closes at midnight on Sept. 25.

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Around The Horn

21 August 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 spiral staircases, Belarus, Paulo Coqueiro, Catherine Nelson, ambiguity and surviving the sun in style.

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Adobe, UN, Ocean Agency Launch Ocean League Campaign

20 August 2020

The ocean is facing a perfect storm of pollution, overfishing and climate change, pushing its ecosystems to the tipping point of collapse. Threatened coral reefs alone support 25 percent of all ocean life and over half a billion people with food and income. In response, Adobe, the United Nations Environment Program and the Ocean Agency have launched Ocean League, a campaign to showcase "the power of creativity in driving positive change for ocean protection and climate action."

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Top Kenyan Photographers to Capture the Great Migration

20 August 2020

Four of Kenya's best wildlife photographers and filmmakers have been capturing the Great Migration as the country reopens. For two weeks the four have been hosted by Angama Mara~, the award-winning safari lodge overlooking the Maasai Mara.

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DNP Launches ID520 Passport/ID System

20 August 2020

DNP has announced its IDW520 passport and ID photo solution designed to produce passport and ID photos that comply with federal regulations. The IDW520 system uses DNP's smallest and lightest passport printer tethered to a Panasonic FZ80 camera, FlashAir cCard, Touchscreen monitor and the 13 lb. ID Photo Printer.

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Around The Horn

20 August 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 dementia patients, sea shells, Arseniy Neskhodimov, David Alan Harvey, the Canon R5, LitraTorch, Street Photography Day, free online photography courses and Fresco.

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Smoke Without Mirrors

20 August 2020

It was 9:30 last night when I sat down to write this with the outside temperature still 65 degrees when it would normally be in the mid-fifties. We're having a hot spell after our weekend electrical storm.

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Resurrecting a Dead Mouse +

19 August 2020

Every once in a while you get the gratuitous miracle. We got one today when our antique Wacom Intuos 2 mouse can back to life. All we had to do was breathe on it.

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Around The Horn

19 August 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. On World Photography Day, we look at California's Japanese Pictorialists, Dubai, Mikael Owunna, being prepared, advice for starting out and Bill Murray.

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Portrait of Humanity Winners Announced

18 August 2020

1854 Media and British Journal of Photography have announced the 30 single image winners and three series winners of Portrait of Humanity. The winners were selected by an international panel of judges including Caroline Hunter, picture editor the Guardian; Mallory Benedict, photo editor at National Geographic and Istvan Viragvolgyi, curator at the Capa Center, Budapest.

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North, Central American 6x6 Talents Announced

18 August 2020

The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in North and Central America. Selected from 74 nominees from 10 different countries, the six visual storytellers are...

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Adobe MAX Free Registration Opens

18 August 2020

Adobe is now accepting registrations for Adobe MAX, its creativity conference being held Oct. 20-22 online this year as a free virtual event.

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Around The Horn

18 August 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 the International Space Station, dried blossoms, pattern plotting, Photoshop preferences, Nikon Z vs. dSLR, photographer selfies, a YouTube Channel and Google Search image license badges.

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A Sulphur Sky

17 August 2020

Two nights ago, after an oven-hot day, we saw a rare summer sunset and grabbed a camera to capture the moment. We didn't know it at the time, but we were about to be hit just seven hours by an electrical storm that would last until the middle of the next day.

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Around The Horn

17 August 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 Panicale, Pierre Belhassen, white rhinos, Hernease Davis, dancers, photorealistic Roman emperors and a BuzzFeed infringement.

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Matinee: Graeme Purdy Goes to Mexico

15 August 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

15 August 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 Alyssa Pointer, creativity, a business lesson, the Panasonic GX9 and Volvo.

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Friday Slide Show: Match Books

14 August 2020

Do you smoke?" they always ask as we undress. It's part of the physical. Along with how much we exercise and if we drink alcohol and, well, we suspect you know the drill. Good questions, tough answers.

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Around The Horn

14 August 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 Still Lives, Zaido, Atlanta, the PhotoPXL team and Backup Friday.

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Epson to Participate in Sony Kando Everywhere

13 August 2020

Epson has announced a schedule of presentations it will host at Sony Kando Everywhere this year. The virtual event to be held this weekend is free to anyone who registers in advance.

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Around The Horn

13 August 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 World Elephant Day, Vivian Keulards, Leon Foggitt, a vintage look, Reveni Labs light meter, editing workflows, Shutterbug's sweepstakes and Russell Kirsch.

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Hasselblad Updates Support iPhone in Phocus Mobile 2

13 August 2020

Hasselblad has released Phocus Mobile 2 with support for the iPhone, as well as firmware update 1.3.0 for the X1D II 50C, 907x Special Edition and 907x 50C to add Live View functionality to Phocus Mobile 2 for iPad.

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Hasselblad to Ship 907X 50C Medium Format Mirrorless

12 August 2020

Hasselblad has announced it will start shipping its 907X 50C medium format mirrorless digital camera this month. The 907X 50C matches the modern CFV II 50C digital back with the new 907X camera body to marry the company's "photographic legacy and future into one system."

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Remembering Matt Herron

12 August 2020

Last Friday afternoon, famed civil rights photographer and activist Matt Herron was at the controls of an LAK-17B FES Mini Glider, taking off from Lampson Field near Lakeport, Calif., en route to Mendocino County.

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Around The Horn

12 August 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 Museo Alfa once again, Jackie Kramer, Aubrey Powell, Nikon Z flash and Kando Everywhere.

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Lowel Introduces Century C-Stands

11 August 2020

Lowel has introduced a line of 40-inch C-stands with a double-riser shaft, locking tri-knobs and staggered leg heights to allow close spacing.

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Around The Horn

11 August 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 Belarus, Dorothea Lange, Harold Davis, a 120-year-old cat, Kevin Scanlon and inside the Getty Museum Challenge.

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Adobe Announces Diverse Voices Platform Campaign

10 August 2020

In a blog post today by Ann Lewnes, executive vice president and CMO, Adobe has announced a new campaign called Diverse Voices with New York Times and Sundance Film Festival initiatives to support a diverse set of voices.

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Around The Horn

10 August 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 Beirut, a perfect day, Pete Rush, Museo Alfa again, landscape layers, fast normal lenses, sensor technology, Photoshop shortcuts and Darktable.

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Matinee: 'The Story Behind the Image with John Moore'

8 August 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

8 August 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 the week in photos, Derrick Story, Kirk Tuck and Kevin Raber.

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Friday Slide Show: A Telephoto on Mount Davidson

7 August 2020

We really can't say what got into us the other day. Some wild hair. Some daft idea. Some crazy inspiration. We mounted the Lensbaby Twist onto a Kenko 2x teleconverter and put that on an adapter to mount on the Olympus E-PL1.

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Around The Horn

7 August 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 Elena Cremona, Lewis Miller Design, inexpensive lenses and chromatic aberration.

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DC's Union Station Photo Mural Honors Ida B. Wells

6 August 2020

The Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission has announced it will commemorate 100 years of women's constitutional right to vote with National Women's Suffrage Month by sponsoring a mosaic of the iconic suffragist and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells, in the Main Hall of Union Station in Washington, DC.

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Sigma Announces 85mm f1.4 Art Lens

6 August 2020

Sigma has announced its 85mm f1.4 DG DN Art lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras, which the new "DN" designation indicates. The dust-and splash-proof design in L and Sony E mounts features a new optical formula that includes five Special low dispersion elements and one aspherical element.

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Around The Horn

6 August 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 Hiroshima, bombing photographers, Alfa Romeo, Srinivas Kurugant, printer ink, Lightroom tips, Google's Pixels and Nikon's Web Utility.

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Around The Horn

5 August 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 Europe's Woodstock, the new Olympus 100-400mm, Tamron's 17-28mm and 28-75mm E-mount zooms, Bob Davis and Adobe Portfolio.

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Davis, Rueda Become Hasselblad Ambassadors

5 August 2020

Hasselblad has announced Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda are now Hasselblad Ambassadors.

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Olympus Introduces M-D E-M10 Mark IV

4 August 2020

Olympus has introduced the OM-D E-M10 Mark IV with a compact, lightweight interchangeable, Micro Four Thirds design tailored for the beginner's budget but outfitted with features from higher-end systems. Through Nov. 1, the company will include an Olympus camera bag, an extra BLS-50 battery and a32-GB SD card (starter kit valued at $99.99) with each purchase.

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Olympus Announces Lightweight Super-Telephoto Zoom

4 August 2020

Olympus has announced the M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f5.0-6.3 IS lens featuring a relatively compact and lightweight design covering a 200mm to 800mm equivalent focal range in the Micro Four Thirds format.

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Around The Horn

4 August 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 Iringo Demeter, Big Kid Circus, Tatsuya Tanaka, the Google Pixel 4A, Instagram tips, Google's free backup tool and a new iMac.

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Nikon Offers Trade-In Program For Z 5

3 August 2020

Nikon has announced a limited-time introductory trade-in offer to make it easy to move to mirrorless with the new full-frame Nikon Z 5. The Z 5 includes features inherited from both the Z 7 and Z 6 and Nikon's next generation Z mount at an affordable price.

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Canon Shuts Down Image.Canon Service

3 August 2020

After noticing original photo and video files had been lost in the 10-GB long-teerm storage on image.canon, Canon's cloud storage service, the company has temporarily shut down the service.

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Around The Horn

3 August 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 a wildfire, lenses, a fast lens, photo layouts, white balance charts, mics, vision, a manuscript and the Content Authenticity Initiative.

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Matinee: 'The Painter's Revenge'

1 August 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

1 August 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 Elinleticia Hogabo, deepfakes, Canon R5 shipments, sharpness, a PenFT lens, R5 IBIS, Adobe bans political ads and Bill English.

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July Archived

1 August 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 7 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 20 Features, 33 commented News stories, 28 Editor's Notes (which included 199 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 83 stories.

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July

Friday Slide Show: The Other Side

31 July 2020

Most images taken from Twin Peaks, we suspect (based on years of observation), are shot looking north at the Golden Gate Bridge and Marin or east looking at the downtown and the East Bay. Beautiful views, no question. That's why the overlook was built on that side, after all.

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About Those MLB Cutouts

31 July 2020

We've long been plagued by a nephew who insists on rooting for his hometown Los Angeles Dodgers despite his affection for us, a life-long San Francisco (and retroactive New York) Giants fan. He's polite about it, a good sport even, but there are lines you can't cross.

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Around The Horn

31 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 flowers underwater, Paul R. Williams, JJC aluminum grip and overheating.

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AKVIS Releases Charcoal 5.0

30 July 2020

AKVIS has released a major update to AKVIS Charcoal, its image editing tool for creating charcoal and chalk drawings out of photos. Version 5.0 provides a reworked photo-to-drawing algorithm that produces more natural and authentic hatching and shading techniques.The update also offers some improvements that make the program more user friendly and effective, the company said.

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Hall of Fame Inductees, Award Winners Announced

30 July 2020

The International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum has announced its 2020 class of Photography Hall of Fame inductees, which will be added to the Hall of Fame and Museum in the Grand Center Arts District of St. Louis. The IPHF also announced winners of its Lifetime Achievement and Leadership awards.

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Hasselblad: Firmware Update 1.3.0, 907X Special Edition Accessories

30 July 2020

Hasselblad has released a firmware update for the X1D II 50C and 907x Special Edition with a number of enhancements. The company also announced two new special accessories for the 907x.

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Around The Horn

30 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 Terry O'Neill, Toby Binder, Dennis Thorpe, Ian Spanier, Harold Davis and the fate of many museums.

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Fujifilm Unveils EF-60 Shoe Flash, EF-W1 Wireless Commander

29 July 2020

Fujifilm has announced its EF-60 Shoe Mount Flash and the EF-W1 Wireless Commander, expanding the lineup of accessories for the X Series and GFX System of digital cameras.

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Nikon, NYC Salt Expand Partnership

29 July 2020

Nikon announced it has expanded its partnership with NYC Salt, an organization that creates opportunities in visual arts and pathways to college and careers for New York City youth dedicated to the arts. The expanded partnership will include...

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Around The Horn

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.

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Sony Announces A7S III Full-Frame Mirrorless

28 July 2020

Sony has announced its Alpha 7S III full-frame mirrorless camera featuring a new 12.1-megapixel, back-illuminated, full-frame image sensor with ultra-high sensitivity and 15+ stop wide dynamic range.

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Around The Horn

28 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 ethical photography, at the museum, Matamoros, Lightroom Mobile productivity tips, the mountains, the Getty Challenge book and Davis webinars.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: The Wild World of Adventure Photography

27 July 2020

PhotoShelter has announced, a free webinar about adventure photography on Friday, July 31 at noon EDT.

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DxO Announces Free August Photography Seminars

27 July 2020

DxO has announced a new slate of free photography webinars for August. The webinars showcase the company's software lineup, including PhotoLab 3 and Nik Collection 3.

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B&H to Host DNP Ambassadors for Online Seminars

27 July 2020

DNP has announced three of its brand ambassadors will participate in B&H's free online seminar series B&H Event Space. Rex Huang, Bert McLendon and Mason Foster will explain how to print wirelessly from an iPad or iPhone, how prints could increase the bottom-line of your business and how to adjust your business to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Adobe Adds Two Features to Photoshop on iPad

27 July 2020

Adobe has updated Photoshop on iPad with two new features, according to a blog post today by Pam Clark. New to the app are the Refine Edge Brush and Rotate Canvas tools.

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Around The Horn

27 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 roses, nomads, India, a portrait, hobbies, shutter speeds, landscapes, backup problems, a print sale and a legal ruling.

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Matinee: June Van Cleef

25 July 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Fujifilm Launches Pro Services Program

25 July 2020

Fujifilm has launched a professional services program to assist professional photographers and videographers with a variety of service and product-related needs for X Series and GFX System products.

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Around The Horn

25 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 Portland, patchwork, buying a camera, a missing Hasselblad and a PhotoPXL webinar.

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Friday Slide Show: Hope at the Windmill

24 July 2020

We have a new attraction in San Francisco. It's four letters in bright white stone that spell "hope" in the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden at the foot of the north windmill in Golden Gate Park.

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Around The Horn

24 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 Millett's 'Naked Lady', the Carmignac Photojournalism Award, Misty Copeland, Seattle media protest images subpoena upheld, ACLU's Portland media lawsuit, the Year of the Mask, Nikon's situation and the new Fujifilm 30mm.

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AP Makes Sony Global Imaging Provider for Journalists

23 July 2020

Sony and the Associated Press have announced a new partnership to make Sony the exclusive imaging products and support provider for AP news photographers and video journalists around the world.

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Around The Horn

23 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 the BIAZA winners, a rare black panther, Nigel Cox, Pierpaolo Piccioli, troubleshooting, Lucus Landers, Catherine Asanov and the iPhone Photography Awards.

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Honolulu Photographer's Prints Feed Hawaiians

22 July 2020

Honolulu photographer David Murphey has launched an Indiego campaign to raise money for Aloha Harvest, which distributes extra food to the over 175 agancies that feed the hungry.

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Around The Horn

22 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 Jonathan Blaustein, inspiration, Mars in 4K, Serge Ramelli, the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards, Nikon's new zoom, medium format and remote video tips.

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DFT for Photos Upgraded to Boris FX Optics

21 July 2020

Marco Paolini has announced the former suite of plug-ins known as DFT for Photos has been renamed Boris FX Optics after a major update that brings 160 plug-ins to Photoshop.

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Around The Horn

21 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 Arnaud Montagard, Pablo Iglesias Maurer, Marc Levoy, the Nikon Z 5, the Libraries panel and jAlbum 21.

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Adobe Issues Critical Security Bulletin for Photoshop

21 July 2020

Adobe has issued a critical security bulletin for both macOS and Windows version of Photoshop CC 2019 and 2020 today. The updates, available via the Creative Cloud app, resolve a vulnerability that "would allow malicious native-code to execute, potentially without a user being aware."

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Nikon Announces Z 5, 24-50mm Nikkor Z, Teleconverters

21 July 2020

Nikon has announced the Z 5, a basic full-frame mirrorless camera, along with a 24-50mm Nikkor Z it claims is the shortest and lightest full-frame zoom for mirrorless, plus a 1.4x and 2.0x teleconverter for the Z series. Details follow.

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Lichen

20 July 2020

As we remain, for the most part, sheltering in place around here, we have left the field to the less intelligent species. Animals and plant life. And they are partying like there's no tomorrow.

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Around The Horn

20 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 Ming Thein, Lena Weisbek, Neil Perry, Mike Stannard, good used cameras, Camera Raw, Harry Gruyaert and Joe McNally.

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Matinee: 'Michael Koerner: Hibakusha'

18 July 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

18 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 John Lewis, IBIS and Neowise, the art of noticing, deep fakes and a free webinar with William Neill.

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Friday Slide Show: Shoes to Save the Planet

17 July 2020

During the last few years West Portal Elementary School has been developing a little corner of its location into quite a garden. It's part of the city's public school Green Schoolyards Program in which the schools design usable green space to educate the next generation.

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Remembering Fiona Adams

17 July 2020

Fiona Adams, who took the famous image of the Beatles jumping on a London bomb site, died of pancreatic cancer late last month. She was 84.

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Remembering Paul Fusco

17 July 2020

Magnum photographer Paul Fusco who photographed the mourners who came to see Robert F. Kennedy's funeral train pass through their town died on Wednesday from complications related to dementia.

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Around The Horn

17 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 Tunisia, Akinbode Akinbiyi, engineering mind, futility, Android cameras and artful face masks.

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Pixelmator Pro 1.7 Released

16 July 2020

In a blog post today, the Pixelmator team announced the release of Pixelmator Pro 1.7 Sequoia, featuring text on a path, canvas rotation and a new welcome screen.

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Leica Announces M10-R Flagship Rangefinder

16 July 2020

Leica Camera has announced its M10-R, a high-resolution version of the company's rangefinder design which includes the M10, M10-P, M10-D and M10 Monochrom.

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Around The Horn

16 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 Neowise, Neowise at Mount Hood, Ming Thein, Art Streiber, the future, the Epson PictureMate PM-400, bokeh, the Alpha a7S III, a contest and a webinar.

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The Overlook

15 July 2020

The sun came out yesterday so we grabbed our longest lens, dropped it into a holster and hiked up Twin Peaks. Forty-eight images later, we walked back down the hill.

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Lensbaby Expands Omni System with Flare Wands

15 July 2020

Lensbaby has announced the its new Flare Expansion Pack with four handcrafted glass Effect Wands for the Omni Creative Filter System.

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Around The Horn

15 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 Vermont, Spain, Brooklyn, China, Jeff Leimbach, Photobooth Supply and five Shutterbug sweepstakes.

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An Orchid a Day

14 July 2020

We are forever repairing the infrastructure of two old houses, Mom's and ours. Plumbing, electrical, gardening, information technology, you name it.

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Giannattasio Appointed President of Leica North America

14 July 2020

Following the retirement of Roger Horn after 40 years at the company, Leica has announced Mike Giannattasio as president of its North American division, effective July 1.

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Around The Horn

14 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 Natalia Ershova, Brea Souders, iOS 14, David Hobby, Dave Williams, Image Colorizer, zooming, aperture, famous album covers remixed, LightroomLessons and a pilgrim's tale.

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Reopening Schools

13 July 2020

Passing one of the public schools in our neighborhood the other day, we were struck by the long shadow cast by its name. We hadn't planned to take photographs but we had our smartphone, so we took a shot to remind ourselves about it.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: Managing Your Online Presence With Google

13 July 2020

PhotoShelter has announced Google Search Console: Managing Your Online Presence, a free webinar on search engine optimization on Friday, July 17 at noon EDT.

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Around The Horn

13 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 the Helsinki Photo Festival, Paul Van Slambrouck, Ximena Natera, the Comet Neowise, Drew Gardner, Howard Schickler's collection, Thom Hogan, saving on ink and buying cameras in pairs.

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Matinee: Ellen Leathers-Wishart

11 July 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

11 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 sharks, the Srebrenica Massacre, humans in nature, photographing buildings, YouTube and Facebook.

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Friday Slide Show: Meerschaum

10 July 2020

As René Magritte said of his 1929 painting The Treachery of Images, "Leci n'est pas un pipe." And this photo is not a pipe any more than his painting of a pipe was a pipe.

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In Praise of Green (and Red)

10 July 2020

We're very fortunate around here to be able to wander through forested areas just a few blocks from where we live. Most of our urban hiking is on sidewalks through residential neighborhoods but there's always a trail nearby.

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Around The Horn

10 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 calming images, Operation Barbarossa, recovered images from the 1980s, Alex Potter, Canon's R system and ethical AI.

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Canon Expands R System With R5, R6, New Glass

9 July 2020

Canon announced a major expansion to the R System, its full-frame mirrorless lineup, with two new camera bodies, a battery grip, four lenses and two lens extenders. the company also introduced a new 13-inch pigment printer we have reported here.

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Recipients for the Women Photograph + Nikon Grants Announced

9 July 2020

Today, the recipients of the Women Photograph Nikon Grants, five women and non-binary photographers, were awarded with grants of $5,000 to support their documentary projects in the field of photojournalism. In addition, a $10,000 Women Photograph Getty Images Scholarship was also awarded.

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Canon Announces imagePROGRAF PRO-300 Inkjet Printer

9 July 2020

Canon has announced the compact 13-inch imagePROGRAF PRO-300 inkjet printer along with a new Premium Fine Art Rough paper. The new printer uses nine Lucia Pro pigment inks plus a Chroma Optimizer ink.

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Audubon Photography Awards Winners Announced

9 July 2020

The National Audubon Society has announced the winning photographs of the Audubon Photography Awards six prizes and four honorable mentions. The award-winning entries were selected from more than 6,000 submissions from across all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and seven Canadian provinces and territories.

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Around The Horn

9 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 84 photographers, Clemens Ascher, portrait backgrounds and stock photography.

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A Project: A Smartphone, A Kwilt and Excire Foto

8 July 2020

We were sufficiently impressed with Excire Foto's handling of our small test database that we tried to come up with a more real-world application. Fortunately we had a problem sitting right under our nose.

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Rocky Nook: Limited Edition of Neill's 'Light on the Landscape'

8 July 2020

Rocky Nook is offering a signed, limited edition, hardcover of William Neill's Light on The Landscape.

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DxO Announces Free July Photography Webinars

8 July 2020

DxO has announced a new slate of free photography webinars for July. The webinars showcase the company's software lineup, including PhotoLab 3 and Nik Collection 3.

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Around The Horn

8 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 Castelluccio, Mathieu Bitton, urban architecture, Honeysuckle and Monarda, boxing photos, Glenn Randall, EVFs, archiving strategies, a contract and ethics.

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Sandra Phillips to Offer Online Photography Course

7 July 2020

Sandra Phillips, the former senior curator of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Art, will be teaching a photography course at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of California at Berkeley.

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Vilnius Opens 'Art Needs No Roof' Exhibition

7 July 2020

Vilnius has turned its downtown center into an open art gallery exhibiting 100 works of art by 100 local artists to support the arts during the coronavirus crisis. Titled "Art Needs No Roof," the exhibit of posters on kiosks includes a Web site where the images can be purchased from the artists.

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Sony Announces 12-24mm f2.8 GM Zoom

7 July 2020

Sony has announced its compact FE 12-24mm f2.8 GM zoom lens featuring a fast constant aperture and beautiful bokeh effects, the company said. Sony's G series lenses now cover focal lengths from 12mm to 200mm with an f2.8 aperture.

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Around The Horn

7 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 Firenze, London's theaters, pandemic photography, the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, Adobe Raw shortcuts, counting whales, portraiture setup, inspiring quotes and a copyright survey.

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PhotoShelter Webinar: Demystifying SEO for Photographers

6 July 2020

PhotoShelter has announced Demystifying SEO: Best Practices for Photographers, a free webinar on search engine optimization on Friday, July 10 at noon PDT.

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Around The Horn

6 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 Jamel Shabazz, Dagarslani & Bogdan, Cedric Gerbehaye, shopping, reading, scanning, metal prints, dancing, going solar and a Sony SD card recall.

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A Fourth Without Fireworks

4 July 2020

The temptation is to straighten out the mast on this symbol of independence flying the flag. But when we tried that, it set the world around it askew.

Somehow that seems an apt metaphor for the situation we find ourselves in this Fourth of July.

You either believe it's time to party again or you face the music of record daily infections.

Either your mast is straight or the horizon is level. Pick one.

We won't spend any time on what, as a national holiday, should be a day off for us arguing the point. There's no argument. The mast is not straight. The ship is listing.

But we will plead with our fellow citizens to skip the mass suicide, stay home and barbecue some hot dogs and burgers, being content with the sparks flying up from the coals.

Not that there's any party going on anywhere anyway.

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Road Test: Excire Foto

4 July 2020

You are banished to a tropical island (complete with deadly mosquitoes) and can take with you either an electrician or a plumber. Which do you choose? (Careful, your life depends on it.)

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Matinee: 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year 55 Highlights'

4 July 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

4 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 photos of the week, Oli Kellete, tonality and Kevin Raber.

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Friday Slide Show: A Few Faces

3 July 2020

Ever get the feeling you're being watched? We do. Late at nights when we sit down at the keyboard to catch up on our work, we have the feeling eyes are staring at us. And, it turns out, we're right.

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Remembering Margaret Morton

3 July 2020

Margaret Morton, who spent two decades photographing the homeless, died suddenly late last month at the age of 71.

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Around The Horn

3 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 statues, nostalgia, history, fireworks, Sankar Sridhar, ISO and Kodak Portra 800.

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Fireworks

2 July 2020

All through June and no less now that it's July, our evenings have been punctuated by the sound of fireworks. Like exclamation marks, the bombs have been bursting in air.

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Around The Horn

2 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 World Sports Photography Awards, a Chernobyl archive, Doug Ross, David Gallagher and Joe McNally.

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U.S. Mayors Urge Arts Relief Funding

1 July 2020

Mayors of American cities with 30,000 or more inhabitants today petitioned Congress to provide long-term arts and culture relief funding in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Nikon Welcomes Alakija, Woulard to Ambassador Program

1 July 2020

Nikon has welcomed two new talented photographers to its Ambassador Program, Jide Alakija and Audrey Woulard. Both Alakija and Woulard embody the philosophy of Nikon's Ambassador Program, the company said, which is to empower creatives through education and inspiration, while making important contributions to modern photography and filmmaking.

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Around The Horn

1 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 David Butow, Istanbul Photo Awards, All Change, Milan's Duomo, Paul Almasy, Sirkhane Darkroom, precautions, a Hall of Fame and superpowers.

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June Archived

1 July 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 6 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 32 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 191 items of interest), 4 reviews and 4 site notes for a total of 84 stories.

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June

Fujifilm Announces GF Wide Angle Prime

30 June 2020

Fujifilm has announced the dust and weather-resistant Fujinon GF 30mm f3.5 R WR, a wide-angle prime lens with a focal length equivalent of 24mm (35mm equivalent) for the Fujifilm GFX System of large format digital cameras.

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Fujifilm Releases GFX Firmware Updates

30 June 2020

Fujifilm has released a firmware update for the GFX System that "provides significant additional capabilities to each GFX System digital camera for photography, as well as considerable new capabilities for video shooters, including 4K Raw video support for the Fujifilm GFX100," the company said.

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Nikon Accepting Entries to 38th Nikon Photo Contest

30 June 2020

Nikon has announced it is now accepting entries to the 38th Nikon Photo Contest, a prestigious international event that "offers creators of all levels the opportunity to connect and advance the culture of visual storytelling," the company said.

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Joop Swart Masterclass Participants Announced

30 June 2020

The World Press Foundation has announced 24 participants for the 27th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass, the Foundation's education program. Due to the current global health crisis, the masterclass will be held online.

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Hasselblad, Aquatech Announce Reflex Water Housing

30 June 2020

Hasselblad has collaborated with Aquatech to produce the Reflex Water Housing for the X1D II 50C, the first in a new series featuring an upgraded build.

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Around The Horn

30 June 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 Philip Jarmain, Lucy Conticello, zootography, a 16mm Sigma and Harold Davis.

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Twin Peaks: A B&W Conversion

29 June 2020

We came across this unusual view of Twin Peaks the other day and couldn't resist taking a photo. Imagine our surprise when we discovered we had been carrying a camera with us on our walk. Apparently we had planned all along to, you know, take pictures.

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Around The Horn

29 June 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 National Camera Day, Matt Draper, small prints, Ming Thein, focus bracketing, an $8 polarizer, taking a short trip, Micro Four-Thirds and Scott Kelby.

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Matinee: 'Profiles Of Courage'

27 June 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

27 June 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 the water lily harvest, Delphine Diallo, Texas during a pandemic, making prints, free prints, blurring a background and Olympus.

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Friday Slide Show: A Neighborhood Walk

26 June 2020

The other evening, the sun hadn't gone down and the fog hadn't come in. So after dinner we decided to exploit the unusually favorable summer meteorological conditions and take a stroll through cozy Rockridge Terrace up the hill a few steps.

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Remembering Li Zhensheng

26 June 2020

The Chinese photojournalist Li Zhensheng, who surreptitiously documented the crimes of Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, has died. Li, who lived in Queens, had been hospitalized on Long Island after a brain hemorrhage. He was 79.

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Around The Horn

26 June 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 Marietta Varga, Cheryle St. Onge, Stephen Vanasco, Sigma fp video, Google Photos and Chris Porsz.

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Around The Horn

25 June 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 Jung Ho Jung, Jeff Katz, Gabriela Bhaskar, Adam Moran, more one Olympus, William H. Mumler and 1.13 trillion photos.

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Sigma Releases Major Firmware Update for Sigma fp

25 June 2020

Sigma has released a major firmware update for its Sigma fp camera. Firmware 2.0, the first major update to the firmware, includes cinemagraph creation and playback, CinemaDNG footage playback and improved autofocus, among other things.

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Goldsworthy's Spire Damaged by Fire

25 June 2020

Arson is suspected in an early morning fire that damaged Andy Goldsworthy's Spire sculpture in the Presidio on Tuesday.

The fire was reported at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning when the 100-foot tall spire was engulfed in flames that shot above the tree line. Embers from the fire started several spot fires in the clearing around the sculpture, itself made of 35 felled Cypress trees.

The Fire Department said the fire and spot fires were all contained by 10 a.m. thanks, in part, to the fog.

But the damage had been done by then.

Presidio Fire Marshall Matt Kiolbassa reported, "The entire structure is damaged by the fire. There is some charring and discoloration that runs the entire height of the structure."

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Lady Gaga, Adobe Invite You to 'Create Your Chromatica'

24 June 2020

Lady Gaga has joined Adobe and Live Nation to sponsor the Lady Gaga Chromatica Challenge, a contest inviting you to "express the unique meaning of Chromatica to you."

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Panansonic Introduces Lumix G100 Vlogging Camera

24 June 2020

Hoping to win video creators away from their smartphones, Panasonic has entered the vlogging game with the Micro Four Thirds Lumix G100 featuring "intuitive controls, visually engaging images and excellent sound quality."

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Olympus Signs Memorandum on Divestiture of Imaging Business

24 June 2020

Olympus has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the divestitute of its imaging business to Japan Industrial Partners, Inc. The memorandum describes the creation of a new company, referred to only as NewCo, and transfer of shares to a fund managed by JIP.

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Around The Horn

24 June 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 Julius Shulman, Damian Heinisch, Leonardo Scotti, Panasonic and Olympus news, Ibarionex Perello, PhotoShop Camera, packing prints, Peter Eastway, a big contract and content authenticity.

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Leica Oskar Barnack Award Celebrates 40 Years

23 June 2020

The Leica Oskar Barnack Award celebrates its 40th anniversary this year with "a few updates to the Award judging process and upgrading prizes awarded to winners," organizers said.

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Around The Horn

23 June 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 street photography winners, Katie Orlinksy, Misan Harriman, success, Brandon King, miniatures and an online workshop.

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Deals: ON1 Photo Raw 2020.5

22 June 2020

ON1 is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a new release this month: Photo RAW 2020.5. And it is offering a discount on the image editing software prior to release.

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Road Test: Camera Raw 12.3 in a Summer Fog +

22 June 2020

Adobe's summer update to Photoshop and Lightroom (not to mention the rest of the Creative Suite) beat the summer fog here by a few days. But the fog has set in.

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AKVIS Releases MakeUp 7.0

22 June 2020

AKVIS has released AKVIS MakeUp 7.0 [MW], its portrait enhancement software, with a presets gallery, improved batch processing feature, new options for the Crop tool and more.

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Around The Horn

22 June 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 dancing trees, memories, old hard drives, trade-offs, travel damage and a rental discount.

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Matinee: 'The Broken Land'

20 June 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

20 June 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 Juneteenth, camera deals, walking, Camera Raw, hummingbirds and reading.

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Site Tweak: More Glossary Entries, Better Count

19 June 2020

We've really enjoyed working on the glossary you can explore on our headline page. One thing we've learned is that glossaries are not just references. They are quite fabulous learning devices.

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Pixelmator Pro 1.3 Released

19 June 2020

In a blog post today, the Pixelmator team announced the release of Pixelmator Pro 1.3, featuring "a whole bunch of great new features and improvements."

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Friday Slide Show: A Menagerie

19 June 2020

A menagerie is what we politely call a strange or diverse collection, a future garage sale, evidence of an eclectic taste. To curate one, you really only need a 120mm lens to crop out the context.

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Deals: Think Tank Photo Extends 20 Pct. Discount

19 June 2020

Think Tank Photo has extended its 20 percent discount through July 5.

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Around The Horn

19 June 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 Grace Molteni, Ross Mantle, medical photography, classic cars, S1 vs. SL, fakes, color theory and thetta reddast.

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Weather Photographer of the Year Contest Open Until July 6

18 June 2020

The Royal Meteorological Society and AccuWeather have announced entries to the Weather Photographer of the Year 2020 annual competition have now surpassed 3,800 images, double that of last year. The competition closes on July 6.

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Sigma Announces 100-400mm Zoom for E, L Mounts

18 June 2020

Sigma has unveiled its 100-400mm f5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary lens, the company's first full-frame mirrorless telephoto zoom lens. It will be available in Sony E-mount and L-mount, the company said.

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Around The Horn

18 June 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 Kate Wagget, Aldo Chacon, Konsta PUnkka, funeral photographers, the Olympus E-P1, lockdown portrait lessons, TinEye, Toon Artist and vagabond photography.

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Around The Horn

17 June 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 Venice, water, vocabulary, black photographers, the Panasonic GX9, forensic photography and Olympus skipping PhotoPlus 2020.

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Test Drive: Adobe Camera Raw 12.3 +

16 June 2020

It didn't take long to find a metaphor for today's Camera Raw update from Adobe. Goats may not seem to be quite the right message but, in fact, they are marvelous weed mowers.

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Adobe Enhances Its Ecosphere Again With June Updates

16 June 2020

Adobe has released new features and numerous collaboration and productivity enhancements to its Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop, Lightroom, XD, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and more.

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Around The Horn

16 June 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 Thomas Hoepker, Albet Eckstein, Guillem Vidal, a re-opening strategy, Stan Evans, Nikon's Noct, Photoshop Camera, Adobe updates and making a photography zine.

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Site Tweak: Glossary Grows Again

15 June 2020

Imagine our embarrassment when we realized we hadn't included the term pixel in our glossary. It's the first thing you have to contend with in digital imaging, after all.

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Lensbaby Extends Summer Sweepstakes

15 June 2020

Lensbaby has extended the deadline for its #shootextraordinary Summer Giveaway until July 15.

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Apple's iCloud Backups Expire After 180 Days

15 June 2020

Adam Engst was alerted to Apple's unusual iCloud backup deletion policy by a reader. After six months, the iCloud backup of your device is deleted.

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Reviewing the Toolbox

15 June 2020

Time flies while you're having a good time. And one morning you wake up and realize time has expired, the game over, the score settled. We had that feeling this weekend.

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Around The Horn

15 June 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 Robert Frank, Margaret Mitchell, Chrystofer Davis, image sensors, archiving and subscriptions.

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Matinee: Arthur Elgort

13 June 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

13 June 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 Navigli, documenting social movements, Life Magazine, Roger Cicala and the legal liability of being vague.

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Friday Slide Show: Matryoshka Dolls

12 June 2020

It's amazing what you can do when you aren't spending your time commuting, sitting in meetings, listening to someone's deep thoughts, watching TV, texting, tweeting ... oh, we could go on. But then we'd have to add ourselves to the list.

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Around The Horn

12 June 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 Albert Knapp, Madame D'Ora, Jonathan van der Knaap, the camera market(s), a Canon G10, Kelby's tome, a bike and Photoshop Camera.

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Harvey Posts ExifTool 12.00 Production Release

11 June 2020

Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v12.00, the first production release since v11.70 on October 20, 2019. The small download is available three formats, including a Windows executable and Macintosh OS X package.

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Making It Miniature

11 June 2020

There's something elevating about turning a bland landscape image into a Madurodam. It makes you feel gigantic, a master of the universe.

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Around The Horn

11 June 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 Ruddy Roye, Maria Quigley, Bryan Coppede, mobile presets, five Lightroom tools, transparent backgrounds and Chris Gampat.

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Deals: Retrospect, iDrive Offer Backup Discounts +

11 June 2020

Both Retrospect and iDrive have announced special promotions for their backup services. Retrospect is offering a free 90-day subscription while iDrive is offering 5-TB of cloud backup for $1 for the first year.

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Tamron Announces 28-200mm E-Mount Zoom

11 June 2020

Tamron has announced its 28-200mm f2.9-5.6 Di III RXD (Model A071), a fast all-in-one zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. At 4.6 inches long and weighing 20.3 oz. with a filter diameter of a 67mm, the all-in-one zoom is easily portable as well.

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An Urban Scene

10 June 2020

The word urban has had a pejorative whiff to it. City life is ugly, dirty, disgusting. Uninhabitable. And yet, millions manage. Thousands enjoy it. Even if everybody has a complaint.

If the last few months have shown us anything around here, it's that the urban landscape is, underneath it all, rather pleasant, inhabitable, even beautiful.

So many neighbors have taken daily walks to enjoy the views, the sun, the fog. And instead of the usual urban scowl and diverted eyes, we nod and say hello and even wave to each other.

The predators have fled. Everyone you see lives in your neighborhood.

We took this shot on a hike this weekend not up Twin Peaks but along the western edge on Panorama Drive. Not at the top, not at the bottom, but in between where there is what we urban types call green space. As if it has to be planted on the naturally-occurring concrete.

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African 6x6 Global Talents Announced

10 June 2020

The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the results of the second cycle of the 6x6 Global Talent Program in Africa. Selected from 76 nominations, the six visual storytellers are...

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Iridient Digital Releases June Updates to Iridient Developer

10 June 2020

Iridient Digital has announced the release of Iridient Developer 3.3.13, its Raw file image editing software. It's the second maintenance release this month, in fact.

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DNP Introduces WCM Wireless Print Module

10 June 2020

DNP has announced its Wireless Connect Module that creates an 802.11 b/g/n WiFi hotspot for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows devices to print to DNP's dye sub printers. No special printing app is required if an app has a print option.

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Around The Horn

10 June 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 drag racing, protests, underwater art, airplane windows, Ed Ruscha, more free Davis webinars, the Blackmagic eGPU Pro, ARM-Based Macs and Matthew Jordan Smith.

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Road Test: Lensbaby Omni Creative Filter System

9 June 2020

Shooting through handheld objects can add a special -- even magical -- effect to an image. The trouble is, you need three hands to do it.

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OpenWalls Arles Winners Announced

9 June 2020

Sixty-three winners have been announced for OpenWalls Arles 2020, including 50 winning single images and two winning series plus 10 singles and one series from the Daily Life category.

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Around The Horn

9 June 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 Robin Hinsch, Adam Hillman, David Goldblatt, Armin Tehrani, the Panasonic GX9, Lightroom view options, Acorn, BackupList+ and Dreamstime.

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Sony World Photography Awards Winners Announced

8 June 2020

The World Photography Organization has announced the winners of the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards. In addition to the overall title, winners were announced in the 10 professional categories plug the open, student and youth categories.

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Always Take a Camera With You

8 June 2020

In today's episode of Always Take a Camera With You, your absent-minded editor leaves the house with his bandana wrapped around his neck but forgets to take his camera.

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Around The Horn

8 June 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 zillenials, near misses, Mars images, Ethan Russell, gear reviews, suggested software, tethered product photography, a low-height tripod and photography persuasion.

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Matinee: Christie Goodwin

6 June 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Site Tweak: Expanded Glossary +

6 June 2020

In the last two days we've added over 40 terms to our glossary of photographic terms accessible at the top of the headline page's left column. That makes 187 definitions in the glossary.

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Around The Horn

6 June 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 regrets, profiting from lockdown, non-photo apps for photographers and photography jokes.

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Friday Slide Show: Weathered Wood

5 June 2020

Furniture, fencing, planters, palettes. The weathered wood in the back yard has several different duties.

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Lexar Introduces Pro CFexpress Card Reader

5 June 2020

Lexar has announced its Professional CFexpress USB 3.1 Reader featuring "next-generation transfer speeds" over a USB 3.1 Gen 2 connection.

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Around The Horn

5 June 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 the protests, embodying emotions, mirrorless full frame, Roberts Camera reopening, German photography laws, emergency grants, state copyright immunity and attacks on journalists.

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The Patio at Night

4 June 2020

The third in our series of curfew images, The Patio at Night is uninhabited but, we think, welcoming. In addition to the pairing of the comfortable chairs, the heightened colors invite you into the picture.

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Hasselblad Releases Firmware Update 1.2.0

4 June 2020

Hasselblad has released Firmware Update 1.2.0, its largest firmware update to any Hasselblad camera at one time, the company said. The update covers both the X1D II 50C and 907x Special Edition medium format cameras. An additional Firmware Update 0.1.24 covers the XCD 45P lens.

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Around The Horn

4 June 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 Dawoud Bey, Mark Seliger, Wes Eisenhauer, a lunatic, picking a camera, flange-to-sensor distance, videoconferencing, passport photos and lens compression.

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Curfew Again

3 June 2020

Yesterday was a warm day, getting into the 70s in our neighborhood by the time we got the mountain bike out to pedal up Twin Peaks. We took a camera but we didn't take a picture.

The steel doors of the grammar school we passed on the way up was open, blocked by a folding table with gift bags on it. For a few hours, one car after another had been driving up and stopping for a moment. Now we knew why. This must be graduation what graduation looks like this year.

City workers were digging up a street at the foot of the hill. None of them wearing masks, all of them within a foot of each other, except one guy working. So it goes. As it always has.

The road up Twin Peaks has been blocked to auto traffic to encourage local residents to get some safe exercise. Not many people were walking up but a big garbage truck was coming down as we went up. It had been cleaning out the cans at the overlook.

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Test Drive: Nik Collection 3 by DxO

3 June 2020

DxO has released Nik Collection 3 with some stunning enhancements to its earlier rewrite of the code it inherited from Google in October 2017. The new version modernizes the Selective Tool palette, adds a multi-page TIFF format for non-destructive editing and includes a Perspective Efex tool to handle geometric distortions introduced by your specific lens, among other corrections.

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Around The Horn +

3 June 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 Mike Broomfield, a sports shortlist, Nicola Harger, Excire Foto, ICC profiles for commercial labs, smartphone accessories and a free Father's Day template.

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Remembering Elsa Dorfman

2 June 2020

Elsa Dorfman, the American portrait photographer known for her large-format Polaroids, has died of complications from kidney failure. She was 83.

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Curfew

2 June 2020

Last night was the second night of a city-wide curfew in San Francisco that began at 8 p.m. and ended at 5 a.m. this morning. And we thought the coronavirus had shut the city down.

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BJP Announces 'Portrait of Humanity' Shortlist

2 June 2020

Shortlist may not be quite the right word for the 200 final candidates for the British Journal of Photography's Portrait of Humanity contest announced today by the British Journal of Photography. But the photographers represented on the 23 pages of the Portrait of Humanity 2020 Shortlist are all worth a look.

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Around The Horn

2 June 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 Mark Clennon, Cecil Beaton, BJP's plans to honor black lives, monitors, Nikon's biggest problem and insurance.

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Summer Savings: Nikon, Olympus, Sony, More

1 June 2020

Summer may not begin until June 20 but Nikon, Olympus and Sony have already announced summer discounts. Our affiliates Adorama and B&H are both honoring the discounts.

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Around The Horn

1 June 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 Christo, virtual venues, white balance, a Lomo conversion, indoor activities, a wildlife camera, inclusivity and Central Camera Company.

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May Archived

1 June 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 5 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 22 Features, 24 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 174 items of interest), one review and four site notes for a total of 77 stories.

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May

Justice

31 May 2020

We were on our way to the butcher to pick up something for Sunday dinner when, passing the public middle school, we saw this scene. We passed by, thinking it over, and on the way back, snapped a shot.

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Matinee: 'The Shutdown' by Jeffrey Ross

30 May 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

30 May 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 an ancient mosaic, scanners, used Leicas, naive or incorrect evaluations and a self-portrait.

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Friday Slide Show: Looking Up

29 May 2020

Things, as we like to call them, may not exactly be looking up these days but we ourselves decided to earlier this week. Up from the little smartphone screen reporting grim news throughout the day without a break, that is.

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Around The Horn

29 May 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 Minneapolis, Shadi Ghadirian, Mariame Kaba, Sven Kristian, a perfect morning, composition, motivation and faint praise.

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Adobe Updates Its 'Brand Identity'

29 May 2020

In the blog post Evolving Our Brand Identity, Sonja Hernandez, who leads the brand and icons design teams at Adobe, announced the rollout of changes to the company's "brand identity" that include a refreshed Adobe logo and updated product logos "to accommodate the range of operating systems and devices our products can be used on."

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Ricoh Announces Pentax 85mm f1.4 Prime

28 May 2020

Ricoh has announced the HD Pentax-D FA*85mm f1.4ED SDM AW lens, the second fixed focal-length lens in its Star lens series. Designed for use with Pentax K-mount dSLR cameras, Star-series lenses boast the highest imaging performance of all Pentax lens lineups.

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Around The Horn

28 May 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 Steve Benjamin, unemployment, contest winners, pickles, Reborns, perspective correction, programming, Canon's webcam utility and more predators.

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Shutterstock Announces New Earnings Structure

27 May 2020

In a post today on its forum for contributors, Shutterstock announced it will be "updating the earnings structure that determines how much you get paid when customers license your work."

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Society Garlic

27 May 2020

When we wrote about the garlic growing like a weed along the side of the house last month, we thought we were done with the subject. But not quite yet, we discovered.

It turns out there's more than one kind of garlic growing around here. These delicate beauties are a kind of garlic too. They go by the name of society garlic, probably more for their regal color than their skunk-like smell.

Skunk is only one things they've been compared to. Smoking cannabis is the other. Police have actually been called, we learned, to investigate the cannabis smell.

We find it only a bit amusing that the regal plant has an unpleasant odor.

It's a perennial groundcover from South Africa named for Ryk Tulbagh, an 18th-century Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The full name is Society Garlic Tulbaghia violacea. That violacea refers to the purple color.

The stems are taller and stiffer than our white garlic. They do seem a bit more elegant, too. Although, you know, we're partial to the graceful purity of our short white version.

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Panasonic Announces L-System Mid-Range Zoom

27 May 2020

Panasonic has introduced the Lumix S 20-60mm f3.5-5.6 for its S series full-frame digital single lens mirrorless camera. The new zoom features a compact, lightweight body covering an ultra-wide to normal focal length range and offering a minimum focus of 5.9 inches.

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Around The Horn

27 May 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 Gordon Parks, Tara Wray, Linda Brownlee, 'A Lightroom Minute', LaCie's BOSS drive, a big photo duffel and Fujifilm X Webcam.

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Sony Introduces ZV-1 Vlogging System

26 May 2020

Sony has announced its ZV-1 compact digital camera designed specifically for the vlogging community. Built on the RX100 VII platform, the ZV-1 features a side flip-out 3.0-inch touchscreen for front-facing recording plus a much-improved directional three-capsule microphone and a multi-interface shoe for attaching a variety of accessories.

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Remembering John Loengard

26 May 2020

John Loengard, an American photographer who became Time's picture editor after Life magazine folded, died last Sunday from heart failure. He was 85.

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Hasselblad, Ceder Witness Stockholm Open's 'Tennis Against Corona'

26 May 2020

On May 10, Sweden's highest ranked tennis professionals and the world's second-best ranked brothers in the sport, the Ymer brothers Mikael and Elias, competed head-to-head-in the Royal Tennis Hall in Stockholm.

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Around The Horn

26 May 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 Jim Kasson, Thomas Kretschmann, Matteo de Mayda, Caitie McCabe, Covid-19's effect on the business, layer styles tips, Harold Davis, Ming Thein, a color test and Vivid-Pix.

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Lensbaby Announces $7,500 Summer Sweepstakes

26 May 2020

Lensbaby has announced #shootextraordinary Summer Giveaway, a sweepstakes giving away $7,500 in prizes this summer. Entries will be accepted until June 19.

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Memorial Day

25 May 2020

The last Monday in May is set aside to honor those who died while serving in the U.S. armed forces, protecting us. Individual American flags are placed on each grave at military cemeteries and cemeteries with military sections.

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Matinee: An Encouraging Word

23 May 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

23 May 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 Charlottenburg, Uzbekistan, Chicago, a monochrome test, Ignacio Palacios, a first camera and a Rocky Nook discount.

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Friday Slide Show: The Class of 2020

22 May 2020

You'll be glad to know we're not in the commencement address business. We don't give speeches at all, actually. Just little chats like this between us. That's all we indulge in. With your permission, of course.

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Around The Horn

22 May 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 Kylli Sparre, Robert Johnson, videos, Painter's Lens, reopening, a spring show, Sarah Perry and the HEIC catch.

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Escape

21 May 2020

While we were working on this image, we wondered what to call it. We wanted to keep it simple so we thought about calling it simply "Landscape" but that was a little too simple. So we tried "Cityscape" on for size and found that not quite descriptive.

Then we hit on the kind of 'scape it really is: it's an e-scape or escape.

We're fortunate we can walk up the street and look north at this view of the Golden Gate. In front of those distant hills in Marin, the bay empties into the Pacific Ocean.

And at our feet is a neighborhood of single family residences. These days all of them are occupied during daytime by the families who live in them. In San Francisco, we're still staying home except for essential trips and exercise.

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Around The Horn

21 May 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 Daniel Garzee, Jason Lindsay, the Infinity Awards, three perfect lenses, too much gear, Google Photos album sharing, home security and Jason Schneider.

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SD Express to Reach 4-GB/Second

20 May 2020

The SD Association has announced its SD 8.0 specification for SD Express memory cards will use the PCI Express 4.0 specification to deliver a maximum of nearly 4-GB per second data transfer rate.

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AKVIS Releases Neon 5.0 With Presets Enhancements

20 May 2020

AKVIS has released Neon 5.0, its image editor for added glowing lines effects, with a new Presets preview mode, the ability to add presets to Favorites, new options in the Crop tool and other improvements.

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Around The Horn

20 May 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 a print sale, another print sale, images from the Hubble, mirrorless Ming, Giphy, Serif extends deals and the Files app.

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Peruvian Lilies

19 May 2020

We stumbled upon these Peruvian lilies growing in a patch around the corner from us this weekend when we went out for a walk. We were immediately attracted to them and took a few shots.

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Photoshop on iPad Gets Curves, Brush Sensitivity

19 May 2020

In a blog post by Pam Clark today, Adobe announced it has updated its free Photoshop on iPad app with a new Curves tool and brush sensitivity.

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Around The Horn

19 May 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 Tower Arch, layer styles, Tamara Lackey, inexperienced attorneys and Christie's online auction.

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Test Drive: The Capture One 20 Update

18 May 2020

After weeks of beta testing, Phase One has released an update to Capture One 20, its Raw processing and image editing application. The new version 13.1.0 features new Heal and Clone tools, a Before/After feature, an improved user interface and more.

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Weather Photographer of the Year Competition Opens for Entries

18 May 2020

The Royal Meteorological Society in association with AccuWeather is now accepting submissions for Weather Photographer of the Year and Young Weather Photographer of the Year. Now in its fifth year, this year's competition celebrates the Society's 170th Anniversary.

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Around The Horn

18 May 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 Paolo Pellegrin, the last normal photo, two color fallacies, a print, an anamorphic illusion and Mike McCaskey.

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Matinee: Christine Holtz

16 May 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Remembering Astrid Kirchherr

16 May 2020

German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, who photographed the Beatles before they went all-in for the haircut she gave her boyfriend, died last week after a short illness. She was 81.

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Around The Horn

16 May 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 Rachel Ross, local businesses, Mini-LED displays and an Apple IIe.

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Sony Showcases World Photography Awards On Screen

15 May 2020

Sony has been exhibiting entries to its 2020 World Photography Awards contest on a weekly schedule that began April 23 and will conclude on June 14. Each week, the shortlist and finalists in a specific category are showcased with short videos of their work on a page linked from the Sony World Photography Awards on Screen page.

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Adobe Launches Lightroom Ambassador Program

15 May 2020

Adobe has launched a Lightroom Abassador Program to help users of its cataloging and image processing application tell their stories.

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Friday Slide Show: The Ghosts of Childhood

15 May 2020

Children see life through the pinhole of their short experience. The wide view is not within their grasp. But even as adults, there is no guarantee you'll see things in perspective. Wisdom, after all, isn't inevitable.

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Around The Horn

15 May 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 Austin Leis, David Hockney, Jim Kasson, Harold Davis, a selfie-portrait collage, wireless flash controllers, the 120-300mm f2.8 Nikkor and Adobe's DNG SDK patch.

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The Wet Geranium

14 May 2020

April showers, it's said and sometimes sung, bring May flowers. So what do May showers bring? We suppose we'll find out in June. Meanwhile we couldn't resist snapping a shot of our freshly sprinkled 17-year-old geranium.

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Sigma Announces April #SigmaShotAtHome Winners

14 May 2020

Sigma has announced the first monthly grand prize winners for its #SigmaShotAtHome contest. Marcel Lecours, founder and art director at SimpleFly Creative, won for his photo submission Self Portrait of a Quarantined Dad and Marshall Victory, cinematographer, won for his short film Mano A Mano.

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Around The Horn

14 May 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 Julia Baier, Harry Lichtman, Joe McNally, Marc Levoy, Tony Richards, Kirk Tuck and Jason Little.

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Site Tweak: A Glossary

13 May 2020

No one has ever complained to us that Photo Corners, despite using lots of technical terms in its editorial content, does not have a glossary. And, frankly, we haven't much missed such a thing either.

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U.S. Mayors Seek Congressional Support of the Arts

13 May 2020

Spearheaded by the San Francisco Arts Alliance, a letter signed by mayors across the nation calls for specific relief fund efforts in the next stimulus package to focus on the long-term recovery of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and individual artists. It also calls for increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Around The Horn

13 May 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 Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky, the Stasi's hidden cameras, Mrs. RedHat, a 28mm lens, Adobe MAX, the NAB show, a free workshop and Backblaze.

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Ode to Rosemary

12 May 2020

Rosemary, oh, rosemary. Forgive us for forgetting your powers in this pandemic. Would that thou wouldst be the woody wonder drug we so need now. Thine fragrance, alas, wafts no less than oregano, thyme, basil or lavender.

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Nikon Introduces Z 50 Creator's Kit

12 May 2020

Nikon has announced a new Nikon Z 50 Creator's Kit designed for creators, bloggers, vloggers, DIYers and travelers. The kit bundles a Z 50 mirrorless camera with several video accessories.

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Around The Horn

12 May 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 Sharon Radisch, Nicola Cordi, Angelo Partemi, the 2019 CIPA report, scanning film, clicking, the Night Watch and Google's Street View cameras.

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B&H Announces Optic 2020 Digital Online Edition

11 May 2020

B&H has announced it will hold Optic 2020 as a live streaming event on June 7 and 8. The sixth annual event brings you the world's best wildlife, landscape and travel photography content, courtesy of B&H Photo and Lindblad Expeditions.

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Eizo Announces First ColorEdge CS Monitor with 4K UHD

11 May 2020

Eizo has announced its new ColorEdge CS2740, a 27-inch, 4K UHD monitor with USB Type-C connectivity.

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DxO Extends Free Webinar Series

11 May 2020

DxO announced five free webinars for May. The curiculum is designed for both beginner and expert photographers, providing step-by-step walk-throughs using the company's post-production software, as well as giving tips and advice on post production.

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The Orchid

11 May 2020

It was, for many of us, a frustrating Mother's Day. The physical distancing protecting us from the deadly Covid-19 virus squashed any of the usual plans like taking Mom to lunch or a fancy dinner, just as it made any gathering risky.

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Around The Horn

11 May 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 Roland Schmid, Ming Thein, Arthur Cauty, womxn coping, Christian Werner, LED lighting, Sharon Tenenbaum and the Panasonic FZ1000M2.

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Matinee: 'The Story Behind the Image with Maggie Steber'

9 May 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

9 May 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 photos of the week, photo firsts, PMOA's collection, Naomi Campbell, how to tell you're done and a crop factor calculator.

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Friday Slide Show: Standing in Line

8 May 2020

Once upon a time you only stood in line for movies. Now you stand in line for food. And so there we were, standing in line to get into Trader Joe's in Stonestown. For an hour.

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Site Tweak: A Look Back

8 May 2020

Things have been quieter than usual, you may have noticed, in our little sector of the economy. Product introductions have slowed, exhibits have been closed, even slide shows are trickling to a precious few.

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Photography 4 Humanity Open For Submissions

8 May 2020

Fotografiska New York has announced its partnership with United Nations Human Rights and David Clark Cause as the exclusive presenter of the annual Photography 4 Humanity Global Prize Competition and subsequent exhibitions.

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Around The Horn

8 May 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 intimacy, Berlin, Memphis, Vancouver, backup, mistakes and Hold Still.

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Macro Mushroom

7 May 2020

When we take a break on Thursdays, we put on an old shirt, strap on the suspenders and stomp out into the back yard wearing rubber gloves to do some gardening. That's because Thursdays we put out the garbage so it's the perfect day to fill up the green bin.

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Around The Horn

7 May 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 Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, E.J. Bellocq, medium format's magic, wireless mesh networks and 'The Creative Self'.

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Site Note to Twitter Feed Readers

6 May 2020

It's been a tough week for Twitter. We've had an almost daily requirement to sign in to our account before tweeting a headline and the delay in forming the tweet has been minutes long, as has the confirmation of the tweet. And the few fellow twits we follow are coming up very slowly.

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Around The Horn

6 May 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 the WPA, Live Photos, Meredith Reinker, museum directors, Joey Terrill and Apple Photos counts.

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WESTAF Announces CARES Relief Fund for Organizations

6 May 2020

The Western States Arts Federation, a nonprofit arts service organization and leading provider of technology solutions for the arts, has announced its Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Relief Fund for Organizations. WESTAF CARES will provide relief funds of up to $20,000 to arts organizations in need.

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BigPicture Winners Announced +

5 May 2020

The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco has announced the winners of this year's BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition. Over 6,400 photographic submissions were entered by photographers representing 65 countries..

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Teacher Appreciation Day

5 May 2020

On Sunday Teacher Appreciation Week began and today is Teacher Appreciation Day, also called National Teacher Day. But last night as we were tossing the pizza dough in the kitchen, we looked out the window and saw this refreshing sight...

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Around The Horn

5 May 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 Phil Bergerson, John Hryniuk, the Lightroom interface, Simon Phillips, the De Young Open and big Olympus discounts.

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Pulitzer Winners In Photography Announced

4 May 2020

Among the Pulitzer Prizes announced today were two photography honors in the categories of Breaking News and Feature Photography, each of which carry awards of $15,000.

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Ice Plant

4 May 2020

We're no fan of ice plant having acquired a distinct dislike for the stuff as a boy. It grew as ground cover on the embankment behind our home that led to the road which led to the lake. We were forever slipping down it trying to get somewhere.

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Matterport Releases 3D Mapping for iPhone

4 May 2020

Matterport has released Matterport for iPhone to create, edit and share high fidelity 3D digital renderings of any physical space. Captured spaces can be personalized with embedded notes, links, labels or videos and shared with a click.

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Around The Horn

4 May 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 Viktoria Sorochinski, Jean-Luc Feixa, basICColor Display 6, external drives, virtual highlights for May and a photo at Kent State.

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Matinee: Madame d'Ora

2 May 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

2 May 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 Robin Schwartz, ExifTool, Workprints, Jens Krauer and Harold Davis.

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Friday Slide Show: Ascending the Cathedral Tower

1 May 2020

Days earlier our train had pulled into the main station in Cologne and we had climbed up to street level after buying a map of the city to find a taxi. Before me stood the great cathedral, ashen under the gray skies.

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Around The Horn

1 May 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 windows, Steve Gosling, Lightroom, a replaced SE, Sigma fp magnifying loupes, new Lexar card readers, Nikonians, streaming software, a copyright case and Madeline Kripke.

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April Archived

1 May 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 4 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 21 Features, 27 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 170 items of interest), three reviews and two site notes for a total of 80 stories.

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April

Pride of Madeira

30 April 2020

These things are all over the place around here with several of notable growths on the way up Twin Peaks. They grow in groups on the side of the hill, blooming in the spring and drying out into mere skeletons of themselves in the summer.

We threw a JPEG of the peculiar plant at Pl@ntNet to find out it's echium candicans or the Pride of Madeira.

Madeira is a Portuguese island off the African coast with a population of just over 262,000.

It's the peak of a large volcano submerged in the Atlantic Ocean. The island was formed almost entirely of lava flow from that volcano. Its low profile built up by that lava oozing over itself resembles a warrior's shield.

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Adobe Launches Creative Residency Community Fund

30 April 2020

As well as naming two new creative residents for 2020, Adobe has launched a $1 million Creative Residency Community Fund "in response to the extensive need in the creative community for monetary support and career guidance."

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Datacolor SpyderX Elite

30 April 2020

We've been reviewing monitor calibration (and profiling) solutions for decades now. And every time we start a new review, we feel we have to argue the benefits of it. For some reason the word never seems to get out that a calibrated monitor can help you produce better images because it isn't lying to you.

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Site Tweaks: Footnotes, Content Alerts

30 April 2020

We've made a few small site tweaks this month we thought we'd report in one story. Not just what we did but why we did it. Not to avoid punishment so much as to take you behind the scenes of a major publishing enterprise as its gears grind on and on relentlessly.

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Around The Horn

30 April 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 people at work, Eric Newby, Keukenhof without people, #PhotographersforBiden, the Raspberry Pi's new camera and Toshiba's SMR hard drive list.

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Around The Horn

29 April 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 remembering 135photojournalists, the Trussell Trust, Carl Corey, Bob Dechiara, Jim Kasson, point-and-shoots worth pocketing, iPhone close-ups and an iPhone SE camera comparison.

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A Burst of Roadside Yellow

28 April 2020

Climbing to the top of Twin Peaks the other day, we couldn't help pausing beside this patch of yellow flowers waving in the wind. It was bright, bold and beautiful to behold, weeds that they are, bursting with color.

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Around The Horn

28 April 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 Paul Phung, Seattle artists, the iPhone SE, Eric Bissell, Lightroom mobile monochromes and Adorama's webcam.

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Book Bag: Lighting for Photographers

27 April 2020

It may be a show-and-tell world but sometimes it still takes a book to impart a deep understanding of some subjects. Lighting is one of them.

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Around The Horn

27 April 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 parked airplanes, Julia Gillard, downtown Austin, avoiding dust, home printing continued, a free creativity webinar, home broadcasting and a free Mother's Day template.

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Matinee: 'This Land'

25 April 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

25 April 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 the week in photos, Neil Burnell, Robert Darch, output sharpening, more on printing at home, the wedding industry, WD Red NAS drives and Darktable.

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Friday Slide Show: Three Coins

24 April 2020

We're very glad we lived to see this day when families spend the day together, when the arts are remembered as things anyone can do, when cooking returns within reach of even the Starbucks set, where the air is cleaner and the water is clearer. It's a world, in short, of human dimensions.

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Remembering John Pfahl

24 April 2020

American photographer John Pfahl whose imaginative approach to photography inspired generations died last week in Buffalo from Covid-19. He was 81.

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Around The Horn

24 April 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 Marzena Skubatz, Gertrude Brugman, home printing, eclipsed lenses, Darkroom 4.6, a serious Image Capture bug and a Miops giveaway.

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A Tiny Miracle +

23 April 2020

We change the image on the home page of our personal site every season. And for spring, we went with one of the more elegant little blossoms in our garden. The flowers arranged themselves so nicely, we thought we'd revisit the image here.

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Around The Horn

23 April 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 the golden hour for phones, flowers at home, creativity, freelancers and self-employed photographers, DNG Converter and Adorama's deal of the day.

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A Hard Place

22 April 2020

The hills around here are chert, a crumbly red rock derived from sand not ideally suited to earthquake country. It presents a compelling subject where you can see the striations dramatically exposed in the sunlight. But it's a light red rock, which dampens the drama.

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Around The Horn

22 April 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 the New Silk Road, cowboys, work, Kevin Steele, Matt Lange, resilient image formats, Bea Nettles and Sandra Coan.

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Pixelmator for iOS Adds File Browser

21 April 2020

In a blog post today, the Pixelmator team announced the release of Pixelmator for iOS 2.5, a major update to the iOS version of the company's image editing software.

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Katrin Eismann's Five Tips For Pleasing Portraits

21 April 2020

By KATRIN EISMANN

The best photos always start out with the best light and the light coming in through your windows changes over the course of the day and the seasons.

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Epson Announces SureColor P700, P900 Inkjet Printers

21 April 2020

Epson has announced two new inkjet printers, the 13-inch SureColor P700 and 17-inch SureColor P900, which replace the P600 and P800 respectively at 30 percent their size. The new printers use a new 10-channel MicroPiezo AMC printhead with dedicated channels for both Photo and Matte Black ink types so no ink switching is necessary.

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Around The Horn

21 April 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 big five wildlife, Narelle Autio, virtual galleries, reflecting and Huawei.

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Lensbaby Announces Velvet 28 Art Lens

21 April 2020

Lensbaby has announced the Velvet 28, an f2.5 all-metal, hand-crafted art lens designed to capture sharp detail beneath a layer of radiant glow. Velvet 28 also features 1:2 macro capabilities.

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SFMOMA: Hal Fischer Interview

20 April 2020

SFMOMA has announced it will broadcast a conversation between photographer Hal Fischer and Erin O'Toole, Baker Street Foundation Associate Curator of Photography at SFMOMA. The talk will be held Thursday, April 23, at 6 p.m. PDT on SFMOMA's YouTube channel.

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Meero Launches Free Social Network For Photographers

20 April 2020

Meero has launched a new social network called "Community" for photographers to share their experiences on its free myMeero platform.

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Serif Extends Affinity Offers Through May 20

20 April 2020

Shelter-in-place orders aren't the only things being extended these days. Serif has announced it has extended its 90-day free trial and 50 percent discount on its Affinity products through May 20.

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Remembering Peter Beard

20 April 2020

Peter Beard, whose wildlife photography has been widely published since the 1960s, was found dead in Camp Hero State Park Sunday, nearly three weeks after he wandered away from his Montauk home on Long Island. He was 82 and had been suffering from dementia and the effects of a stroke.

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Around The Horn

20 April 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 five home portfolios, Sarah Lee, Bus Riders, the Sigma fp, Sinclair vs. Mashable Ziff Davis, Photo Attorney Forms deal and Kevin Raber.

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Matinee: 'A Shimmering Light'

18 April 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

18 April 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 John Moore, Hiro, Punta Arenas Cemetery, an F-Stop sale and Margaret Atwood.

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Friday Slide Show: A Deserted Twin Peaks

17 April 2020

When the temperature soared into the seventies this week, we decided to jump on the bike and pedal up Twin Peaks. We wanted to see what the view looked like with the cleaner atmosphere.

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Yasuyoshi Chiba Wins World Press Photo of the Year

17 April 2020

The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the winners of the 63rd annual World Press Photo Contest and the 10th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest.

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Around The Horn

17 April 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 Nina Raasch, a LensRentals AMA, the Canon G10, Capture One 20 for Fujifilm, Raw Power 3 and baggage.

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A Bright Spot

16 April 2020

Taking our usual walk through the neighborhood the other day, we noticed it wasn't just our garden that was blossoming. The whole city was blooming. All we had to do was look up.

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Lensbaby Announces #lensbabyathome Photo Competitions

16 April 2020

Lensbaby has announced a series of photo competitions to support image makers during the coronavirus pandemic. "Right now, creative outlets are more important than ever," the company said.

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Deals: DxO Discounts

16 April 2020

To celebrate winning the 2020 TIPA Award for Best Imaging Software, DxO is offering a 30 percent discount on its products until April 26 at 12:00 a.m. CEST.

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Around The Horn

16 April 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 Matthew Nordman, Unshuttered, LIDAR and Raw Power 3.0.

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WPO Announces Open Winners, Shortlist

15 April 2020

The World Photography Organization has announced this year's category winners and shortlist in the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards 2020, recognizing the best single images from 2019.

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Around The Horn

15 April 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 Tommy Clarke, Iridient Digital X Transformer, pet photography, image.canon, Sigma and Mendel Mendlowits.

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Adobe Lists Free Tutorials, Tips, Transition Help

14 April 2020

Adobe has curated a list of its free beginner tutorials, transition help to new apps and more bite-sized content on social media to make sheltering in place a less monastic experience.

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Around The Horn

14 April 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 Apollo 13, Plague Doctor, automating Photoshop, Fujifilm X Raw Studio and #HonorHeroes.

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Digital Transitions Launches Capture One Automation Series Today

14 April 2020

Digital Transitions has announced a five-part series on automating Capture One using simple programming to improve your workflow, efficiency and skill set.

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Book Bag: Joel Meyerowitz: How I Make Photographs

14 April 2020

This title is the first in a new series called Masters of Photography which presents a set of easily digestible lessons dished up by a, well, master of the craft. Joel Meyerowitz gets the ball rolling with this slim but engaging book.

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Deals: Datacolor Color Management Solutions

13 April 2020

Datacolor is discounting both of its color management kits $100 through April 26. The spring sale includes...

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Deals: Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II at Adorama

13 April 2020

Adorama is listing the OM-D E-M10 Mark II in either black or silver with the 14-32mm f3.5-5.6 II R lens for $299.

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Remembering Anthony Causi

13 April 2020

Sports photographer Anthony Causi, who covered the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Knicks and Rangers during his career with the New York Post, died yesterday from Covid-19 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. He was 48.

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Around The Horn

13 April 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 sports photographers, digitizing family memories, Kirk Tuck's home, f11 Magazine, Sunnyside Sequestered and a BorrowLenses deal.

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Happy Easter

12 April 2020

Some things are real. Some things aren't. You'd think we could tell the difference but it isn't easy. Even unreal things often have something real about them. Take this image of a chocolate bunny for example...

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Matinee: Jack Benny's Easter Show

11 April 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

11 April 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 bugs, Ming Thein, time itself, printed colors, a dSLR for a webcam, the Rogeti TS-E Frame, remote management and a Tinybeans deal.

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Friday Slide Show: Orpheum Tenor Banjo

10 April 2020

Several weeks ago Mom couldn't find her small black Sony transistor radio. Since it's her constant companion, she was distraught. We looked everywhere before conceding the obvious and driving over to Best Buy to get her a new one.

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Deals: Think Tank Photo 20 Pct. Discount

10 April 2020

Think Tank Photo has announced a 20 percent discount on everything in its online store through April 30. Both Think Tank Photo and MindShift Gear products are included in the deal.

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Around The Horn

10 April 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 Paul Outerbridge, Scott Kelby, visual technologies, an eBay sale, LaCie 2big 8-TB RAID, new Adobe Stock templates for working at home and Carlson's Luminar 4 book.

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Signs of Life

9 April 2020

Thursdays are gardening day around here. We put the compost bin out for pickup tonight so we do our weed whacking, tree pruning and ivy maintenance when we take a break.

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Around The Horn

9 April 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 Robin O'Neill, Michael Gessner, Francesa Tosarelli, bridge cameras, disinfecting gear and 11 support initiatives.

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An Invisible Man

8 April 2020

Earlier this week we had the sad task of driving Joyce downtown to clear out her office. Considering the pandemic, we stayed in the car while she collected her things and closed the door behind her for the last time.

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Around The Horn

8 April 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 Michael Durr, astrophotography, Donald Page, the Rough-Stuff Fellowship, Issei Suda, Ming Thein, Peak Design and a LensRentals discount.

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Pixelmator Photo 1.2 Released

7 April 2020

In a blog entry today, the Pixelmator Team announced the release of Pixelmator Photo 1.2. The iPad photo editor now features trackpad and mouse support, Split View support, the machine-learning powered ML Match Colors.

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Tamron Announces 70-180mm f2.8 E-Mount Zoom

7 April 2020

Tamron has announced its Tamron 70-180mm F/2.8 Di III VXD zoom for Sony E-mount featuring a compact and lightweight design with a 67mm filter diameter. The long zoom is not image stabilized, however.

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Phase One Rainbow System Captures the Invisible

7 April 2020

Phase One has launched the first fully-automated high-resolution solution for multispectral imaging. At the touch of a button, the Phase One Rainbow MSI Solution can precisely and non-invasively analyze materials for hidden properties ranging from painting layers to crime scene evidence.

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Around The Horn

7 April 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 box art, Horses for Heroes, your workspace, Sony continuous drive mode, Arnheim and a DNP donation.

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Remembering Victor Skrebneski

6 April 2020

Fashion and celebrity photographer Victor Skrebneski passed away Saturday of cancer after a 70-year career. He was 90.

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Around The Horn

6 April 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 Arranmore, Istanbul, the Magnum Square Print sale, Texture vs. Clarity, the Panasonic Lumix GX8, Opera Omnia, Bergamo and the 2020 Inge Morath Award.

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Matinee: Diana Robinson

4 April 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Clouds in Isolation

4 April 2020

We've had these clouds hanging over our head for a week now. They were floating above Donner Lake in February 2007 at the precise moment we had gotten out of the car with a Kodak EasyShare One.

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Rocky Nook to Host Two Free Webinars

4 April 2020
Rocky Nook has announced it will host two free webinars next week. One covers photographic basics and the other looks at Luminar 4.

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Around The Horn

4 April 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 the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher, David Hockney, Harold Davis, Kirk Tuck and a big Rocky Nook discount.

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Sigma Announces #SigmaShotatHome Contest

3 April 2020

Sigma Corp. of America has launched #sigmashotathome, a photography and cinematography contest of personal depictions of life in quarantine. Open to the public, #sigmashotathome will be hosted online from April 6 through June 26.

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Friday Slide Show: Sausalito

3 April 2020

The first city you come across when you cross the Golden Gate Bridge traveling north is Sausalito. Hugging the bay, it's known for its ship building, artists, shops and restaurants.

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Camera Bits Discounts Photo Mechanic, Upgrades

3 April 2020

Camera Bits has announced discounted prices on both new licenses and upgrades to Photo Mechanic 6.

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Serif to Offer 100 Commission in 100 Days

3 April 2020

Serif, the company behind the Affinity suite of graphic applications, has announced a new initiation to award 100 commissions in 100 days to creatives using its applications. Those include Affinity Photo, Affinity Designer and Affinity Publisher, all of which can be downloaded for a 90-day free trial and purchased at a 50 percent discount.

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Around The Horn

3 April 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 volunteers, isolation, Kelby's free webinar, the Sigma fp, cheap camera flashes, a free Kost class and an infringement lawsuit.

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Vivid-Pix Announces Free, Low-Cost Family History Program

2 April 2020

Vivid-Pix has announced the Vivid-Pix "Round Tuit!" (Get Around to It!) Online Education Program to help people during quarantine with classes priced for free or $1.99 to organize family photos and learn about their family history with the help of the world's most respected historians, genealogists and educators.

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Hasselblad Updates Phocus, Phocus Mobile

2 April 2020

Hasselblad has updated Phocus for desktop and Phocus Mobile, its image processing software.

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Blind Calls for Coronavirus Photographic Portfolios

2 April 2020

Blind, an online publication devoted to photographic culture, has invited photographers around the world to submit portfolios of their work, especially work covering the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

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Around The Horn

2 April 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 a nature photography contest, graphics in Austin, Tibetan twins, a custom Zoom background, buying a used lens and shooting mist and fog.

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Around The Horn

1 April 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 Peter Kayafas, Marcus Westberg, Joe Baraban, the Sigma 20mm Art Lens, Akasha Rabut, the Berlebach wood tripod, new portrait lenses and skin tones.

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Deals: Peak Design 40 Pct. Discount

1 April 2020

In its Weird Times Sale, Peak Design is offering up to a 40 percent discount on most of its well-regarded photography accessories.

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March Archived

1 April 2020

We've just archived Volume 9, Number 3 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 20 Features, 28 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 185 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 76 stories.

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March

Deals: 5-TB External Drives for $100

31 March 2020

B&H is offering a discount coupon at checkout that brings the cost of two WC 5-TB external drives below $100 (with free standard shipping)...

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Zeiss Photography Award 2020 Winner and Shortlist Announced

31 March 2020

The World Photography Organization has announced KyeongJun Yang (South Korea) as the winner of the fifth annual Zeiss Photography Award. Responding to the brief Seeing Beyond: Discoveries, Yang won for his series Metamorphosis, exploring the immigrant experience.

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Deals: AquaTech Water Housings 20 Pct. Discount

31 March 2020

AquaTech is discounting all of its water housings 20 percent while supplies last, the company announced.

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Around The Horn

31 March 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 Joe Pugliese, Pietro Motisi, Peter Cox, Julieanne Kost and Network Traffic. Or, looked at another way, social distancing portraits, Sicilian ghosts, the Skelligs, Death Valley and Comcast.

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Pixelmator Pro 1.6 Magenta Released

30 March 2020

The Pixelmator Team has released v1.6 Magenta of its $39.99 Pixelmater Pro with a new color picker, easier selection, missing font handling and performance improvements.

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Keeping Your Distance

30 March 2020

Sheltering in place isn't the only defense we're practicing these days. You do have to go to the market, after all. And you have to take a walk to get a little exercise.

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Around The Horn

30 March 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 Fabrizio Bensch, at the museum, Scott Kelby, the Extreme Photography Competition, the camera industry, Harold Davis, more resources and the Internet as a public utility.

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Matinee: 'Portrait of the Year 2019 in Sweden'

28 March 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

28 March 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 an iceberg, two 20mm lenses, tutorials, the Nikon D780 and a Krogh discount.

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Friday Slide Show: Signs of the Time

27 March 2020

When it became apparent that there would not be enough coronavirus tests to isolate the infected and track the exposed, sheltering in place became the only strategy to avoid bringing the health care system in several countries to its knees. If we couldn't contain it, we'd have to hide from it.

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DxO Announces Free Webinar Series for April

27 March 2020

DxO has announced a slate of free webinars to be broadcast this April featuring the company's professional photography educators plumbing the depths of both PhotoLab 3 and the Nik Collection. Registration is required.

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Around The Horn

27 March 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 #ICPConcerned, Jenia Fridlyand, Czeslaw Siegieda, shopping, portraits and pizza, a new newspaper and Maurice Berger.

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Canon Announces TR150 Compact Printer

26 March 2020

Canon has announced its PIXMA TR150 wireless printer which, with the optional battery pack, provides a portable color printing solution.

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Hovering Clouds

26 March 2020

Sometimes it's overcast but sometimes the clouds hover brightly over us, protecting us from the harsh sun. Today is a day like that we discovered as we took a little break for some fresh air.

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Free Online Lightroom Seminar

26 March 2020

John Nack has posted details of a free online seminar tomorrow at noon Pacific Time on Lightroom Classic 2020 Tips & Techniques. The link is to the Zoom broadcast so apparently no pre-registration is required.

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Around The Horn

26 March 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 Peter Lindbergh, Andy Batt, the latest camera bodies, eyes, San Francisco by drone, nature, #ProductiveAt Home and Dan Ginn's Palm.

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Phase One Introduces Cultural Heritage iXH Camera System

25 March 2020

Phase One has announced its iXH 150-Mp Camera System high resolution single-shot imaging technology designed for high volume cultural heritage digitization projects by museums, libraries and other large organizations.

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Around The Horn

25 March 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 balconies, imperfection, Toby Coulson, kids, compositing, freelancers and more resources.

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A Few Video Chat Tips

24 March 2020

These days social distancing has been somewhat mitigated by an increase in FaceTiming and Skyping. We may not be able to be in the same room together but we can see each other on our screens, whether it's a monitor, tablet or phone. And that certainly does a body good.

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Around The Horn

24 March 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 Joe McNally squared, Louis Foubare, Dave Williams, Datacolor, Chris Crisman, Danny Ghitis and resources for collaboration.

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Supreme Court Rules States Immune From Copyright Claims

23 March 2020

In a unanimous decision announced today, the Supreme Court ruled that states are immune from copyright claims. The case, Allen vs. Cooper, was brought by underwater videographer Frederick Allen who sued the state of North Carolina for using his copyrighted videos of a salvage operation of the Queen Anne's Revenge, the pirate Blackbeard's flagship.

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Asparagaceae

23 March 2020

We saw this dramatic statement on a walk the other day when the sun was shining. We had no idea what it was (other than a plant) but we knew we wouldn't learn anything more about it if we didn't take its picture. So we did.

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Around The Horn

23 March 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 free PPA classes, SD cards, Scott Kelby and color grading.

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Phase One Industrial Launches 280-Mp Aerial Solution

23 March 2020

Phase One Industrial has launched its 280-Mp Aerial Solution large format aerial photogrammetric system with an image coverage width of over 20,000 pixels. Compact and lightweight, the new aerial mapping solution can reduce operating costs and produce better returns on investment than today's traditional large format systems, the company said.

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Matinee: 'We Belong to Naples'

21 March 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

21 March 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 photos of the (strange) week, social distancing, Kenny Rogers, Photoshop Actions, Antarctica, Netflix, five movies, working at home with kids and coping for creatives.

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Friday Slide Show: Little Libraries

20 March 2020

One of the first things a new neighbor did was plant a Little Free Library book-sharing box on their property under the protection a giant shade tree. We thought that was a nice way to say hello.

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Around The Horn

20 March 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 the Covid-19 Archive, Abstract Expressionism, Kelby's free webinars, disinfecting gear and the 2020 MacBook Air.

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Affinity Offers 50 Pct. Discount, 90-Day Free Trial

20 March 2020

In an email today from Managing Director Ashley Hewson and Executive Chairman Gary Bates, Affinity has announced three initiatives designed to support the creative community during the coronavirus crisis.

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Rocky Nook Publishes duChemin's 'The Heart of the Photograph'

19 March 2020

Rocky Nook has announced the publication of David duChemin's The Heart of the Photograph, subtitled "100 questions for making stronger more expressive photographs."

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Around The Horn

19 March 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 the Getty Garden, Christoffer Relander, Pat Molnar, Every Brilliant Thing, a small crew, Luminar 4.2, the iPad cursor and copyright courses.

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ON1 Photo Raw 2020.1 Released

18 March 2020

In a blog post today ON1 announced the release of Photo Raw 2020.1 with new user interface tweaks, new features and performance improvements, along with new cameras and lens support. The update is free to Photo Raw 2020 owners.

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Photokina 2020 Canceled

18 March 2020

In News About the Corona Virus, the Koelnmesse organization responsible for trade fairs at the Cologne venue has announced that Photokina 2020, originally scheduled for May 27 to 30 has been canceled. The next scheduled Photokina would be held no sooner than May 18 to 21, 2022.

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Attached Housing

18 March 2020

One of things that surprises new visitors to San Francisco is the attached housing. While realtors talk up detached housing as a special feature, we've always thought of attached housing as the real plus.

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Around The Horn

18 March 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 Arina Voronova, the Adobe Color Profile, a productive quarantine, the new iPad Pro, Monterey Bay Aquarium and copyright registration fees.

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DxO Releases PhotoLab 3.2

18 March 2020

DxO has released PhotoLab 3.2 with more flexible local adjustment mask management, an optimized Repair Tool and improved PhotoLibrary keyword support. In addition, the software now supports five new cameras, including the recent Canon EOS-1D X Mark III, the Nikon D780 and the Olympus E-M1 Mark III.

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Book Bag: That Photo Makes Me Hungry

17 March 2020

Under the guise of a book promising to concern itself with "photographing food for fun and profit," New York Times food photographer Andrew Scrivani has hidden a treatise on being a photographer in the 21st century that more than once reminded us of Machiavelli's The Prince.

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Digital Transitions Launches Project Lemonade

17 March 2020

Making lemonade from lemons, Digital Transitions announced it will be offering an ongoing series of free webinars it calls Project Lemonade.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

17 March 2020

We just now noticed, in compiling our See Also list, that we have never published a greeting on St. Patrick's Day in even years. Until now.

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Around The Horn

17 March 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 Max Zerrahn, the Getty, the Sandor Collection, Julieanne Kost, spring, Selma Fernandez Richter, photo challenges and the photo community.

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Another Red Chair

16 March 2020

As we took our daily constitutional earlier today, the mayor was announcing a six-county remain-in-place order for everyone effective at midnight. Restaurants are only permitted to do take-out business and non-essential businesses are to close. We've been ordered to make ourselves scarce.

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Around The Horn

16 March 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 Justin Mott, Nick Brandt, Ming Thein, neutral density filters, the Olympus 12-45mm, Scott Kelby, fake SLRs and two gear deals.

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Remembering Boris Yaro

14 March 2020

Boris Yaro, a photojournalist for the Los Angeles Times for over 40 years who captured the famous image of the mortally-wounded Robert Kennedy in the arms of a busboy, died Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Northridge. He was 81.

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Matinee: Tracy Page on Fine Art Photography

14 March 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

14 March 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 masculinity, Los Angeles, Canon budget lenses, the Nikkor Z 85mm, the Gnarbox and flat lens technology.

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Friday Slide Show: Santa Barbara City College

13 March 2020

We have been visiting Santa Barbara since 1970 but we'd never set foot on the campus of Santa Barbara City College until two weeks ago. Whenever we passed by it, we'd take a peek at its signature architectural feature and drive on.

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Around The Horn

13 March 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 Denelle and Tom Ellis, Ming Thein, a pink Manta Ray, March, cloudy weather, film cameras and student Creative Cloud licenses.

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Around The Horn

12 March 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 women in media, Metallica, Laia Abril, portraits, focus stacking, camera buying, glass, fake profile pictures, Chrome OS and a one-day Blurb discount.

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The Empty Ocean

11 March 2020

This is what we saw out the window last night. An inflamed sky with a ribbon of gold on the horizon. But Saturday it wasn't just the sky that was different.

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Phase One Announces Development of Three XT Lenses +

11 March 2020

Phase One has announced the development of three Rodenstock HR Digaron lenses for its XT system, all of which are scheduled to ship this year.

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Christie's to Hold Spring Photograph Sales

11 March 2020

Christie's has announced it will present its Spring Photographs auction in New York on March 31. It will also hod an online sale of more Ansel Adams prints from the Center of Creative Photography.

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Around The Horn

11 March 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 Italy deserted, Harry and Meghan, Julio Aguilar, printing, a photo archive and lost portraits.

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Closed

10 March 2020

You can't pass a dry cleaners without seeing a Juki sewing machine in the window. It's essential equipment.

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Around The Horn

10 March 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 Deanna Dikeman, stone, Mitch Epstein, immigration, iMazing, Erin Patrice O'Brien, keywords, the iPad Pro, color profiles, Darktable, disinfecting, working remotely and NAB 2020.

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Lemke Software Releases GraphicConverter 11.1.3

10 March 2020

Earlier this month, Lemkesoft released GraphicConverter 11.1.3, the Swiss Army knife image editing utility, with new and updated features plus a few bug fixes.

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DNP Expands Media Options For Its Dye Sub Printers

10 March 2020

DNP has announced new media options for it DS620A and DS80 printers plus a new 5x7-inch media option for the DS-RX1HS.

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Around The Horn

9 March 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 500 women photojournalists, men through women's eyes, Eric Gross, the Platyball, lens flare, women at Adobe, laptop battery life and OVID.tv.

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Matinee: Louie Palu on the Challenges of Photographing in the Arctic

7 March 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Spring Forward

7 March 2020

Public service is in our blood. Twice a year, anyway, when we feel the urge to remind you that Daylight Saving Time (for those of us who observe it) takes effect at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Which instantly becomes 3 a.m.

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Around The Horn

7 March 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 trees, sand castles, MacBook Pro ports, a kitchen and natural light.

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Friday Slide Show: La Mesa Park

6 March 2020

If you get off 101 at Las Positas in Santa Barbara and drive toward the coast, you'll find an intersection where a right turn takes you along La Mesa Park. That route also takes us to our brother's house on the Mesa, a block away from the park, where we spent a few days last week.

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Around The Horn

6 March 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 Kevin Raber, Elke Vogelsang, the Australian Associated Press, buying used, a Mars panorama, copyright registrar and unplugging.

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Tokina Celebrates 70th Anniversary with 2020 Lens Roadmap

6 March 2020

Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, Tokina has released its 2020 lens lineup roadmap.

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Tokina Celebrates 70th Anniversary with 2020 Lens Roadmap

6 March 2020

Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, Tokina has released its 2020 lens lineup roadmap.

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Spring Pop Up Features Hasselblad, Peak Design, DJI

6 March 2020

Hasselblad, Peak Design and DJI will host a five-day Spring Pop Up at Hasselblad's New York Experience Studio in Manhattan starting March 10. The event will feature artist talks, demonstrations, community meetups and interactive learning sessions.

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The Other Red Chair

5 March 2020

Mike Johnston started it. His red chair has become something of a meme. So much so that when we passed by this red chair we almost hoped it had been painted green.

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Around The Horn

5 March 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 The Smithsonian contest, Navid Baraty, ON1 Mobile camera app, the Sigma 45mm f2.8, Capture One Pro 20, launching a product and fake images.

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Hasselblad Will Launch Second 'Heroines' on Sunday

5 March 2020

Hasselblad announced it will launch the second year of Hasselblad Heroines celebrating women photographers on March 8, International Women's Day. The first photographer to be highlighted will be Swee Oh.

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Sigma Announces March Photography Workshops, Events

5 March 2020

Sigma has announced its March lineup of photography workshops and events featuring tips and techniques on macro, aviation, sports photography and more.

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Old Bones

4 March 2020

We were minding our own business, strolling down the sidewalk on a sunny weekend afternoon, when we were hit by a vision. We stopped, turned around and returned to the home we had just passed. We rubbed our eyes to make sure we were not seeing things. But there it was.

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Around The Horn

4 March 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 Jen Carey, Nathan Wirth, Kyle Zedaker, the Nikon ES-2 scanning adapter and the Holga.

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Around The Horn

3 March 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 Night Mode photos,Tyler Sharp, Joe McNally, scholarship opportunities, Coronavirus and OpticWest.

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Phase One Introduces Phase One Lab Program

3 March 2020

Phase One has launched its Phase One Lab, a workspace allowing access to Phase One's development roadmap and Phase One's technical experts. The Lab workspace is activated as part of the latest IQ4 150 Infinity Platform update, which was also released today.

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Phase One Releases Capture One 20 Update

3 March 2020

Phase One has released Capture One v20.0.2 with support for new cameras and lenses including the Fujifilm X-T4. The update also includes bug fixes.

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Eizo Announces First ColorEdge Monitor with USB Type-C

2 March 2020

Eizo has announced its new ColorEdge CS2731, a 27-inch color management monitor designed for photographers, illustrators, videographers and other creatives. It is the successor to the ColorEdge CS2730.

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Around The Horn

2 March 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 Israel, cliff diving, Sony World Photography Awards, Shawn Walker, camera profiling, the Canon RF 85mm f1.2L DS, misconceptions, LensRentals, trade shows and Studio Dog.

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February Archived

1 March 2020

We've just archived Volume 9 Number 2 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 22 commented News stories, 24 Editor's Notes (which included 159 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 65 stories.

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February

Matinee: 'Crafting the Fine Silver Image with Alan Ross'

29 February 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

29 February 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 Death Valley, a simple digital camera, responsibilities, Meyer Optik Gorlitz and a gear sale.

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Friday Slide Show: A February Farmers' Market

28 February 2020

On Sundays Fort Mason hosts a Farmers' Market, one of several throughout the city that day and Sunday isn't the only day there's a Farmers' Market in town. We appreciate farm fresh quality around here.

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Around The Horn

28 February 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 the ocean, Brazilian youth, Martin Elkort, markup in Apple Photos, a Kelby invitation, product supply after the stock market plunge and Andrew Molitor.

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Around The Horn

27 February 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 underwater winners, Eirik Johnson, Jason Kottle, Keith Ladzinski, bokeh, Leica M lenses, 50+ Adobe apps, instant cameras, Angler collapsible softbox, copyright, Affinity Photo 1.8 and color.

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Around The Horn

26 February 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 Anne Helene Gjelstad, Johannes Bauer, women refugee photographers, Smithsonian Open Access, composites, depression and Datacolor discounts.

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Fujifilm Announces X-T4

26 February 2020

Fujifilm has announced the Fujifilm X-T4 flagship model of its X series of mirrorless digital cameras. The new APS-C camera features newly-designed 6.5-stop in-body image stabilization, a new articulated touchscreen LCD and a larger capacity battery capable of 600 shots.

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DxO Releases Nik Collection 2.5

26 February 2020

DxO has released v2.5 of the Nik Collection of plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic, Elements and Affinity Photo. Adding to the previous release's 10 well-known black-and-white emulsion emulations, this version adds five famous color emulsions to the suite.

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Fujifilm Introduces the Instax Mini 11

26 February 2020

Fujifilm has announced Instax Mini 11, the latest in its Instax line of instant cameras and smartphone printers. The Mini 11 will be available in five new colors but there's more to it than that.

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An American Project

25 February 2020

The irony was not lost on us. We had just gotten three new product releases to comb through and publish when it was time to leave for the press preview of Dawoud Bey's An American Project at SFMOMA. Stay or go?

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Sony Unveils Fast E-Mount 20mm

25 February 2020

Sony has announced its latest full-frame E-mount prime: a compact, 20mm f1.8 G that weighs 13.2 oz. The full-frame design proves a 30mm equivalent on APS-C cameras.

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Around The Horn

25 February 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 Paxson Woelber, Vitor Andrade, World Press Photo Contests nominees, Steve Peixotto, Fujifilm X100V focal lengths, Nikon's WPPI live stream and Harold Davis.

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Around The Horn

24 February 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 Carnival, California light, Chris Boot, old guys going back to film and Joe Rosenthal.

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Matinee: A Day of Remembrance

22 February 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

22 February 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 Patrycja Pati Makowska, 24-70mm zooms, the Foveon sensor, visual content, old photographs and Rebecca Senf on Ansel Adams.

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Friday Slide Show: Venice State Beach

21 February 2020

We got in the old Civic last weekend to escape the city, driving down the coast to Half Moon Bay. Along the way, we turned off on a gravel road and rolled slowly into the parking lot at Venice State Beach for a bathroom break.

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Around The Horn

21 February 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 California's National Parks, tricolor separations, Tower Arch, use case, tracking, metadata, old Leicas, Sigma Mount Converter and Helen Yancy.

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Around The Horn

20 February 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 Marietta Varga, crime photography, Peak Design Travel Tripod, types of lighting and JPEG AI.

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Adobe Celebrates 30 Years of Photoshop With an Update

19 February 2020

Adobe has marked the 30th birthday of Photoshop with updates to both the desktop and iPad versions of the software. And just for fun, the company conducted a survey of over 1,000 U.S. adults to shine a light on "Photoshop's impact on popular culture."

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Around The Horn

19 February 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 Karen Knorr, artificial lighting, a 30-inch NEC monitor deal, macOS permissions and the Feature Shoot Street Photography Awards.

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Minna Street

18 February 2020

Press previews of exhibits at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art take place on Wednesday when the museum itself is closed. Only the Minna Street entrance is open for check-in. So whether you arrive by car or public transportation, you'll find yourself briefly on Minna.

For many years we worked at a weekly newsmagazine whose back entrance was on Minna, just across from the museum. We remember looking out the second story window at the museum's ground-breaking in 1992 during which a couple of massive robots tore into each other. It was orchestrated by Survival Research Labs.

On Wednesday evenings we took sacks of bundled magazines down the freight elevator to load into the old Plymouth Sports Suburban station wagon parked in the alley for trips to the Post Office.

So Minna Street is our old haunt. And we have a certain affection for it.

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Around The Horn

18 February 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 Cretto Di Burri, slow seeing, waves, a color blind viewfinder, stock photography, value, articulated LCDs, Nikon Z firmware updates and copyright registration videos.

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Presidents' Day

17 February 2020

Before we cast off the yoke to enjoy another national holiday in the pursuit of nothing whatsoever, we thought we'd take a moment once again to observe the honorees.

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Matinee: Dawoud Bey

15 February 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

15 February 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 landscape contest winners, icebergs, an EOS Utility update and Andrew Molitor.

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Friday Slide Show: Two Tipping Buildings

14 February 2020

We say the earth shook when we fall in love so a couple of buildings that protect against seismic activity would seem to be an appropriate antidote for Valentine's Day. We found just the thing on Shattuck Ave. in Berkeley.

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Around The Horn

14 February 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 Omar Z. Robles, Letizia Battaglia, a deserted Shanghai, Sony World Photography awards and Topaz Labs.

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A Valentine

14 February 2020

When we came across this New Yorker documentary earlier this week, we made a note to mention it today. It's a sweet story. But the charm of A Couple's Final Words to Each Other Accidentally Recorded is not just the story.

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CIPA Cancels CP+ 2020 Over Coronavirus Threat

13 February 2020

The Camera & Imaging Products Association has announced the cancellation of CP+ 2020, its photo imaging trade show scheduled to open Feb. 27 in Yokohama, Japan. In a message on its Web site, CIPA cited the coronavirus threat as the reason.

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Remembering Santu Mofokeng

13 February 2020

South African photographer Santu Mofokeng, who documented black life under apartheid, died late last month at the age of 64. He had been ill for several years.

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Around The Horn

13 February 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 Anton Kusters, Boaz Aharonovitch, Rick Sammon, the best sports camera, favorite camera and LosslessCut.

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Canon Unveils Rebel T8i

12 February 2020

Canon has introduced the Rebel T8i, the latest in its entry-level dSLR line, featuring a DIGIC 8 image processor, eye-detection in Live View and 4K video in a compact and lightweight body.

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Canon Announces RF 24-105mm STM Zoom

12 February 2020

Canon has introduced its RF 24-105mm f4-7.1 IS STM zoom lens, featuring a compact and lightweight body at an affordable price.

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Canon Introduces SELPHY Square Printer

12 February 2020

Canon has introduced its SELPHY Square QX10 Printer, a battery-powered dye-sub printer that makes square prints with the updated Canon Square Print app SELPHY Photo Layout 2.02.

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Olympus Unveils the OM-D E-M1 Mark III

12 February 2020

Olympus has announced the OM-D E-M1 Mark III featuring a 20.4-megapixel live MOS sensor, TruePic IX image processor, in-body image stabilization, an OLED viewfinder and articulated touchscreen.

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Olympus Brings E-PL10 to North America

12 February 2020

Olympus has introduced its E-PL10 to North America. The newest addition to the PEN Lite series of Micro Four Thirds cameras features a TruePic VIII image processor, 4K video and in-body image stabilization with a 180° flip-down LCD.

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Olympus Announces 12-45mm Pro Zoom

12 February 2020

Olympus has announced the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm f4.0 Pro lens featuring a fixed f4 maximum aperture, a 0x5x maximum magnification plus dustproof, splashproof and freezeproof performance.

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Pazienza

12 February 2020

Our apologies for the delay in publishing the three Olympus announcements today. They'll be up shortly after this apology. First things first, after all.

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Lanker Exhibit of Influential Black Women Opens Friday

12 February 2020

An exhibit of Brian Lanker's photographs of influential African American women will open at Washburn University's Mulvane Art Museum on Friday, Feb. 14.

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Around The Horn

12 February 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 photojournalism, trains, new customers, pixel-shift, architectural photography and silence.

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Nikon Announces D6 Flagship dSLR

11 February 2020

Nikon has announced its D6 flagship dSLR designed for sports photographers and photojournalists with the most powerful autofocus performance in the company's history. The D6 also boasts more efficient tools for post-processing, ISO to 102.400 and 4K UHD video.

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Nikon Introduces Two Nikkor Z Lenses

11 February 2020

Nikon Corp. has announced two new Nikkor Z lenses that include a fast 20mm prime and a 24-200mm zoom.

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On a Clear Day

11 February 2020

Ferocious winds blew through here on Sunday. Edgehill Mountain protected us from any serious damage but others were not as lucky. Today we took the bike up Twin Peaks to do a few laps in the calm and warm (71°) air and as we got to the top, this is what we saw.

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Sony Releases SDK for Remote Control

11 February 2020

Sony has released a new software development kit for Windows to "provide remote control functions from a host PC and facilitate transmission of the image data back from the Sony cameras."

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Adobe Releases Updates to Lightroom, Camera Raw

11 February 2020

In a blog post by Lisa Ngo today, Adobe announced new features and enhancements to both its suite of Lightroom applications and Camera Raw.

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Around The Horn

11 February 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 gardens, panos, newcomers, Francesca Woodman, The Group, custom Raw defaults, depth and more answers.

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Caffe Trieste

10 February 2020

Even since Caffe Puccini burned down, we've been anchorless in North Beach. We used to frequent Caffe Italia on Vallejo but that closed sometime in the last century.

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Around The Horn

10 February 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 Ian Bates, Wacom, color, the Sigma fp in monochrome, 12 tripod brands and Lightroom typography.

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Matinee: 'Il Carnevale' +

8 February 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

8 February 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 noise, cheat sheets, more answers and cameras.

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Friday Slide Show: Japan Center

7 February 2020

In the days when the 35mm SLR roamed the earth, we would now and then take the bus to Japan Center to hit the camera shops. It was like surfing Adorama or B&H but using your feet instead of a trackpad or mouse.

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Around The Horn

7 February 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 Dr. Deborah Willis, Sheila Pree Bright, Gunner Stahl, Fyodor Yurchikhin, Alastair Philip Wiper, biographical fallacy and the Fujifilm 50mm f3.5.

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Low Tide

6 February 2020

We took a little walk in Crissy Field in the Presidio the other day. We were going in the direction of the Golden Gate Bridge, which always commands our attention. But at one point, we turned around. And this is what we saw.

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Around The Horn

6 February 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 #Photojournalism, the Fujifilm X100V, Jason Flynn, the Godox TT600, an LED bulb, camera death, Adobe Capture, the Women's Weekend Film Challenge, Wacom and truth in advertising.

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Road Test: Vivid-Pix Restore +

5 February 2020

Restore is an image restoration application from Vivid-Pix that uses patented artificial intelligence image processing to improve "the color and contrast of scanned, faded images and digital photos, as well as scanned records, letters and documents."

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Around The Horn

5 February 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 Noritaka Minami, Anthony Luvera, Kowloon, Chris Arnade, some answers, Gigapixel AI, RawTherapee and John McGlohon.

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Ricoh Announces WG-70 Rugged Digicam

4 February 2020

Ricoh has announced the Ricoh WG-70, a durable, lightweight and waterproof digicam with a 5x optical zoom lens that starts from 28mm and a large, LCD monitor. The 16-megapixel sensor is coupled with a high-performance imaging engine for high resolution stills and video.

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Fujifilm Announces X100V

4 February 2020

Fujifilm has introduced the Fujifilm X100V premium compact digital camera, the fifth iteration in its X100 series and a significant upgrade over previous X100 line models.

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Around The Horn

4 February 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 Drakes Beach, transitions, the state of photography, tripods, fundamentals and Jigsaw's Assembler.

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Smith Fund Announces Call for Entries

3 February 2020

The W. Eugene Smith Fund, now in its 41st year, has announced it is accepting applications for its 2020 Grants and Fellowships in Humanistic Photography. This year, more than $65,000 will be presented to documentary photographers and others providing exceptional services to the photographic community.

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Iridient Developer 3.3.10 Released

3 February 2020

Brian Griffith has released Iridient Developer 3.3.10, the second maintenance release this year, with a few new features.

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Around The Horn

3 February 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 Seiya Nakai, Klaus Bo, an ancient roman sculpture, the Sigma fp, Google subscription prints, the Nikon Z system, a fraud ruling, Vanessa Joy and that Super Bowl.

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Matinee: 'Welcome to Winona'

1 February 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

1 February 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 Mik Critchlow, David Meaux, the persistence of the dSLR, free photography ebooks and popular gear in January.

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January Archived

1 February 2020

We've just archived Volume 9 Number 1 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 29 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 192 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 75 stories.

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January

Friday Slide Show: Addison St.

31 January 2020

We had lunch in Berkeley earlier this week with family from out of town. The meter was ticking so we didn't have much time for a tour near the restaurant but Berkeley can be counted on for miracles.

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LaserSoft Imaging Offers New ISO Advanced Scanner Target

31 January 2020

With the publication of ISO standard 12641-2 by the ISO committee of a new standard for the color calibration of scanners, LaserSoft Imaging has begun offering the new "extended" Advanced Part 2 target.

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Iridient Developer 3.3.9 Released

31 January 2020

Brian Griffith has released Iridient Developer 3.3.9, a maintenance release that nevertheless includes a few new features and improvements.

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Around The Horn

31 January 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 Coronavirus, Claudia Andujar, Stephane Lavoue, adding motion to stills, sharpness vs. anti-aliasing, portrait lighting, light and Facebook.

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Delighted

30 January 2020

It was a rough weekend for household furnishings. The Roman shade that hung in the front window gave up the ghost, its plastic hooks unable to hold onto the horizontal rods that fold each section up as you pull the cord.

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Around The Horn

30 January 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 the sun, Graeme Haunholter, Nancy Newberry, Brandin Cooks with Brian Bowen Smith, Charles Haine and the end of PDN.

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Insider Describes Rise & Fall of Apple's Aperture

29 January 2020

Chris Hynes, a 20-year veteran of Apple, has described his experience working on the project in a post made last month in his blog Tech Reflect.

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Around The Horn

29 January 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 Wright Morris, Kevin Liles, the Wacom One, the D780 Blog and disk price tracker.

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Sigma Announces February Photography Workshops

28 January 2020

Sigma has announced a Feruary lineup of Photography Workshops at SYNC 2020, WPPI 2020 and nationwide dealer locations for tips and techniques on macro, wedding, portrait photography and more.

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Meero Launches myMeero for Pro Client Management

28 January 2020

Meero has launched myMeero, a new platform designed to help professional photographers manage their workflow. myMeero's free suite of tools is available to both Meero partners as well as photographers outside Meero's network.

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Around The Horn

28 January 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 an architectural contest, Robert Rieger, Bella Kotak, five landscape photographers, Joe McNally, cropping, street photography, rethinking defaults, Photoshop actions and an open call.

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Auschwitz

27 January 2020

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the German concentration camp in Poland where 1.1 million people were exterminated during World War II. The day of liberation by Soviet troops has been commemorated since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Around The Horn

27 January 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 Gareth Pon, the International Center of Photography, Hokkaido, a tool tip, the Sigma fp, the Yongnuo 40mm, field curvature, a sweepstakes win and public deaths.

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Matinee: 'My Labor of Love'

25 January 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

25 January 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 platinum prints, alternatives to Instagram and Facebook, photography contests and a print deal.

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Friday Slide Show: Revelation

24 January 2020

The day we visited our optometrist, we stopped by Yerba Buena Gardens to take a few photos of Revelation, the second largest monument to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the U.S.

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Topaz Labs Release Denoise AI With Batch Processing

24 January 2020

Topaz Labs has released an update to its Denoise AI that can batch process images. The company announced the new release in an email, the text of which follows...

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AKVIS Releases Explosion 1.0 Special Effect Software

24 January 2020

AKVIS has released Explosion 1.0, a new application designed to create particle explosion effects to simulate explosions in images.

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Around The Horn

24 January 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 Matthieu Litt, Raul Arantes, the LumoPro LP180, flash-free school portraits, View-Master reels, Julieanne Kost, gifts and the Macintosh.

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DNP Announces Compact QW410 Dye Sub Printer

23 January 2020

Dai Nippon Printing has introduced the DNP QW410, a 4.5-inch printer capable of 4x6 prints that weighs in under 13 lbs., making it the lightest industrial-strength dye sublimation printer on the market, the company said.

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Around The Horn

23 January 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 Jim Kasson, Anders Vinberg, 'A Terrible Past', Nan Goldin, Gideon Mendel, breaking a camera and Jim Lehrer.

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Fujifilm Unveils the X-T200 Mirrorless

23 January 2020

Fujifilm has announced its X-T200 mirrorless camera featuring a lightweight and compact body with a newly-designed EVF, quick face detection AF and a new sensor and processor combination that can create 24.2-megapixel stills at 8 fps and record 4K UHD video at 30fps.

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Fujifilm Introduces the GF 45-100mm f4 Zoom

23 January 2020

Fujifilm has unveiled its Fujinon GF 45-100mm f4 R LM OIS WR zoom lens for the GFX system, providing the 35mm equivalent range of 36-79mm. The new zoom fills the gap between the current GF 32-64mm f4 and GF 100-200mm f5.6.

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Fujifilm To Develop Two New GFX Lenses

23 January 2020

Fujifilm Corp. has announced its plans to add two new lenses to its GF lineup, bringing the total to 13 lenses designed for the GFX system. The new options will include a 30mm f3.5 prime and an 80 mm f1.7 prime.

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Ricoh Announces 70-210mm Pentax Zoom

22 January 2020

Ricoh has announced the HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm f4 ED SDM WR zoom lens for full-frame Pentax K-mount dSLRs. The telephoto zoom features a lightweight body with weather-resistant construction, the company said.

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Think Tank Photo Introduces Retrospective Backpack

22 January 2020

Think Tank Photo has introduced the Retrospective Backpack 15L made from form-fitting canvas treated to repel the elements.

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Around The Horn

22 January 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 Ferdinando Scianna, Sohrab Hura, Free Transform, Polaroid, Luminar 4.1, motion art, Photo L.A. and a deadline extended.

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Remembering Bill Ray

21 January 2020

Bill Ray, who photographed everyone from Marilyn Monroe to the Hells Angels for Life and Newsweek, passed away earlier this month at his home in New York City. He was 83.

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Steidl Awarded Outstanding Contribution to Photography Award

21 January 2020

The World Photography Organization has announced printer and publisher Gerhard Steidl is the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Photography at the Sony World Photography Awards. This is the first time in the Awards' history that the award will be presented to someone other than a photographer.

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Around The Horn

21 January 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 Ben Brody, Xiomara Bender, Cindy Sherman, Ellen Silverman, focus, the Nikon Z50, used gear and two theories.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

20 January 2020

Waiting for justice can be like waiting for a trickle of water to cut a path through rock. You may not live to see it. But you may.

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National Archives Apologizes

18 January 2020

With words never uttered by the current administration, the National Archives of the United States has apologized for altering images of the 1913 and 2017 Women's Marches.

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Matinee: 'Don McCullin: The Stillness of Life'

18 January 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Tokina Announces 85mm f1.8 Prime for Sony

18 January 2020

Tokina has announced the Tokina atx-m 85mm f1.8 FE for Sony E-mount full-frame cameras, its first lens in the atx-m series. The new atm-x series will include lenses for several mounts and sensor formats, the company said.

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Around The Horn

18 January 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 the Dakar Rally, the National Archives, Brian Bowen Smith and Jim Kasson.

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Friday Slide Show: Remembering a Friend

17 January 2020

Last month we lost a friend of over 30 years. The memorial service was just last weekend. And she has been very much on our mind these past few days.

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Leica Introduces M10 Monochrom

17 January 2020

Leica has announced the Leica M10 Monochrom with a newly-developed 40-megapixel sensor, new WiFi capabilities and an expanded ISO range from ISO 160 to 100,000.

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Around The Horn

17 January 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 ocean art, Ashton Hugh, the Comoros, Alan Schaller, the Filter Photo Festival, Desiree Rios, Harold Davis, banned photography, the Sony FE 135mm f1.8 lens, ultraviolet photography and Merge to Panorama.

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A Blue & Gold Evening

16 January 2020

Today's storm brought hail that piled up on the street and winds that made the fences dance but it's moved on now. As we looked westward tonight we saw a blue and gold evening.

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Book Bag: Recent Releases from 2019

16 January 2020

Our full book reviews gathered under this column's tag are reserved for titles we found particularly inspiring. But there are a number of releases that we read for review that are worthy of recognition if not a full review. Our short reviews of recent releases attempts to retrieve them from oblivion. Because, you know, we think you might enjoy them.

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Around The Horn

16 January 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 taxi driver costumes, Life magazine,, the Female in Focus Award, Scott Kelby interviewed, Jim Kasson camera deals and Gary_Starkweather.

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Around The Horn

15 January 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 impeachment trial press access, the family Volvo, the Nikon Z 24-70mm, Photoshop Camera, archiving, DIY photobooks, Yandex, automation and a contract.

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Hasselblad Announces Compact XCD 4/45P Prime

15 January 2020

Hasselblad has introduced its XCD 4/45P designed portability. The XCD 45P is the most lightweight and compact member of the XCD lens family at only 0.7 lbs. and measuring 1.85 inches deep. The company claims the XCD 45P is the world's lightest digital medium format autofocus lens on the market today.

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Miops Launches Capsule 360 Motion Box

14 January 2020

Miops has announced its Miops Capsule 360, a compact motion box with automated pan, tile and slide movements driven from an app.

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X-Rite Announces Next Generation i1Pro 3

14 January 2020

X-Rite has announced the redesigned i1Pro 3 spectrophotometer featuring higher accuracy and reliability as well as twice the speed of its predecessor. The i1Pro 3 is designed to track and verify monitor and print quality and capture spot color measurements.

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Audubon Society Opens 2020 Bird Photography Contest

14 January 2020

The National Audubon Society has announced it is accepting entries for its annual Audubon Photography Awards photography contest. Deadline for entries is April 6 with discounts for early entries ending March 30.

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Around The Horn

14 January 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 free images, finding images, Dawn Huemann, a twilight tip and three answers.

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January Free Webinars

13 January 2020

Both Rocky Nook and Phase One are offering free webinars this month, two of which will be broadcast this week. Here's the schedule...

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Around The Horn

13 January 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 backups, mirrorless, one roll of film, photo printers and lens tutorials.

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Matinee: Kate Parker's Girl Scout Photoshoot

11 January 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

11 January 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 Gregg Segal, good photographs, software, cheap lights, Capture One, Reichmann book, deals and Pier 24.

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Friday Slide Show: Twin Peaks in Winter

10 January 2020

Among the blessings we count are the hills surrounding us. In the middle of the city, you can walk for an hour without seeing a sidewalk or a fire hydrant or a utility pole.

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Around The Horn

10 January 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 Wayne Levin, Dan Ryan, a little history, event photography, gloves and stock design trends.

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A Storm Passes

9 January 2020

We were chasing a sunset last night (it got away) when a storm passed by. In the high resolution version of this image, you can see the rain coming down on the ocean at an angle under the dramatic cloud formations.

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Around The Horn

9 January 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 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Kennecott Mines, 2019 Gear, Nikon feedback, creatives' predictions, CES and Canon's RF 70-200mm firmware update.

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Canon Announces Image Connect Service, Lightroom Plug-In

9 January 2020

Canon has announced Image Connect, a new service to match customers with photographers, and a Photo Culling plug-in for Lightroom Classic that uses artificial intelligence to screen images for quality.

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Being Held

8 January 2020

Looking through the images we captured on Twin Peaks earlier this week, we paused for a moment on this one. It was overexposed so the color was weak but we liked the composition of the rock wall beyond the woman holding the child.

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HEX Introduces Its Mini dSLR Sling

8 January 2020

HEX has announced the Mini dSLR Sling, a smaller version of its dSLR Sling, featuring EVA padding, fold-away dividers and multiple accessory pockets. It's available in Black, Glacier Camo and Camo.

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Around The Horn

8 January 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 autos, surfers, AI, a white rose, women, a microphone, the most important products and an iPhone contest.

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Wacom Introduces the Wacom One Pen Display

7 January 2020

Wacom has unveiled its Wacom One, an affordable 13-inch display with a pen interface compatible with Android, macOS and Windows. While a pen is included, the tablet is also compatible with pens from Staedtler and Lamy, among others.

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Around The Horn

7 January 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 Cooper Island, the Acropolis, Joan Shelley, Bosque del Apache, a travel kit, Abdul Saboor, iPhone photo apps, Type 1 fonts and cultural heritage.

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Nikon Unveils Full-Frame D780 dSLR

6 January 2020

Nikon has introduced its D780 full-frame dSLR, the successor to the D750, with an EXPEED 6 processor, touch operability, advanced autofocus capabilities, extensive video features.

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Nikon Shows Off Two Lenses, Coolpix P950

6 January 2020

In addition to the D780 announced today, Nikon also introduced a new Z system 70-200mm zoom, an AF-S 120-300mm zoom and the Coolpix P950. We'll look at each of them in detail.

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Nikon Announces CES Offerings

6 January 2020

Nikon has announced four products and the schedule of its presentations at CES. The Nikon Booth will feature three Pop-Up Studio scenarios and the chance to check out Nikon's latest imaging technologies at display tables showcasing it mirrorless, dSLR, Nikkor and Coolpix lineups.

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Canon Announces 1D X Mark III

6 January 2020

Canon has introduced its 1D X Mark III camera featuring improvements over the Mark II inspired by "extensive feedback from the professional sports, photojournalist, wildlife and wedding photographers," the company said.

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Cityscape 2020

6 January 2020

Remember those little pencil marks that climbed up the door jam marking your height as you grew up? Cities can use that kind of periodic mark up, too. So we hiked up Twin Peaks today before the rain came in to capture the skyline at the beginning of the year.

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Around The Horn

6 January 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 Marzio Emilio Villa, the Golden Globes, Kelby's challenge, the Book of the Year, installing a split image focus screen, KeyboardCleanTool and the Getty.edu redesign.

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Matinee: Mustafa Hacalaki

4 January 2020

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Around The Horn

4 January 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 Vogue Italia, Michael Mack, National Geographic cameras, Elias Chasiotis, Maine and HDMI cables.

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Friday Slide Show: The Grandfather Clock

3 January 2020

In 1992 Mom and Dad bought themselves a grandfather clock. They went to a shop in Benecia, Calif., that specialized in them and ordered the Sligh you see in today's slide show. It has been running in the entry hall ever since.

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Around The Horn

3 January 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 Feature Shoot awards, Institut pour la Photographie, Thilde Jensen, Russell Brown, a better dSLR, best-selling cameras of the decade and a free portrait webinar.

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Mount Diablo in the Clouds

2 January 2020

We took a walk on New Year's Day before the wind chilled things down to miserable on the comfort index. Climbing a hill, we turned around and saw Mount Diablo in the east covered in clouds.

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Around The Horn

2 January 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 Australia, photojournalism, Venice, Nishant Shukla, the best cameras of 2019, Steve Brazill, the iMac Pro, camera company resolutions, archives and Albertina Martinez.

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December Archived

1 January 2020

As the Rose Parade marches through Pasadena this morning, we archived Volume 8, Number 12 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 21 Features, 25 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 165 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 74 stories.

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It's 2020!

1 January 2020

Over the years (and there have been a few), we've grown particularly fond of our New Year's Day ritual of taking out the Sharpie and a Post-it note to scribble a reminder to use the new year in our dates from now until further notice. Today was no exception.

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