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Leica 70-200mm Zoom, 2.0x Extender
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A Monochrome Victorian
A Respite
Pennies From Heaven
Autumn Agave
Inhospitable Environment
Keyboards
DxO PhotoLab 8
Reinforced Masonry
Mark Jury
Harvest Time
Charles Biasiny-Rivera
Black & White in Color
PSA: Vaccination Time
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Simulated Double Vision
Labor Day
Bookshelves
A Collection of Droopheads
View From the Seventh Floor
Room With a View
Mr. Head
Phalaenopsis
Alfa Romeo 4C Spider
A Streetcar Going Nowhere
Take the Hint
Mike's Olympic Coverage
The Garden in the Fog
Aging a Portrait
Staircase
Cityscape 2024
The Crystal Paperweight
A Gnarly Shot
Vacation
Kathy Willens
That Iris Again
Childhood
Thomas Hoepker
The Model 100
The Fourth Divided by Nine
The Crop
Loving the World
The Speedliner
From a Wedding
Happy Juneteenth
The Old Movie Camera
Propagating a Rose
A Portable Negative Viewer
The Mysteries of Jerusalem
Ron Edmonds
A Purple Cow
A Grateful City
Memorial Day
Along Dolores Street
The Curse of Double Prints
Lightroom 13.3
1964 N.Y. World's Fair
White and Red
Noe Valley
Trash Can
The Unscanner
Pacifica Gardens
Solving Folder Follies
Apple Blossoms
Stepping Out
Bush Street
Calculating an Aspect Ratio
Cropping a Neighborhood
Twin Peaks Scope
A Smile From the Past
City Safari
Dancing Cactus
The Shakespeare Garden
Baby Shoes
Happy Easter!
Elegant Antiskate Devices
Free Art
Expanding Our LR Filter Macro
Addio, Pollini
Spring on Twin Peaks
Automating LR Ratings
The Culture of Undo
The First Day of Spring
Following Directions
A Keypad for Photoshop
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Spring Training
Ice Plant
Red Hot Poker
A Little Painting
Sometimes ...
Photoshop's GPU Complaint
The Wooden Barrel
Early Magnolia
A Backdoor Restoration
The Photo Sleuth
An Old Passport
Presidents' Day
Flaming Flora
Beamo Studio Creative Kit
A Valentine
Absolute Power
House Surgery
Ingester Gets Some AI Help
Executor With a Camera
Hiking Twin Peaks
Brian Griffin
January Sunset
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Down the Corridor
Neural Edits
A Photo Tribute
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Saints Peter & Paul
Peter Magubane
A Monochrome Victorian
30 September 2024
It was impossible to pass this stately, ornate, modestly painted Victorian with a camera in our pocket. We would have had to have had our examined. Again.
Around The Horn
30 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Helene, the Siena Photo Awards, Zihan Wei, Monarch butterflies, clouds Over Seneca, the slow mirrorless year and travel cameras.
Matinee: Goodnight Oakland A's
28 September 2024
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?
Around The Horn
28 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, AOP awards, Kevin Mazur, the Leica Q3 43mm, Data Mining Permissions field and artists' palettes.
Friday Slide Show: A Respite
27 September 2024
When we go out for a walk, we never ever stop moving. We never take a break. We never sit down. We never open a canteen. We never close our eyes. We just keep walking. One mile, ten, it doesn't matter. We don't stop.
Around The Horn
27 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Maggie Smith, AP's week, Phase One, AI landscape contest, Douglas Marshall, the Oakland A's, Print AI, the "AI-generated" label, a budget, Fred Lyon and free Covid-19 tests.
Pennies From Heaven
26 September 2024
Although there is the 1981 movie with Steve Martin and Bernadette Petters by the same name, when we hear Pennies from Heaven it's the song we think of. Bob Hoskins is usually singing it in Dennis Potters adaption of the movie for the BBC.
Leica Q3 Announced With 43mm f2 Prime
26 September 2024
Leica has announced the compact full-frame Leica Q3, with a fixed focal length of 43mm, the third generation of its Q series cameras.
Tamron Announces 90mm f2.8 Macro for Sony E and Nikon Z
26 September 2024
Tamron has announced its 90mm f2.8 Macro lens designed for 1:1 reproduction an 9.1 inches with a 12-blade aperture mirrorless cameras.
Around The Horn
26 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Comedy Wildlife awards, Buffalo, Pañamarca, Olga Steinepreis, Take Control of Photos, Winnie Au, TentBox and hurricanes.
Autumn Agave
25 September 2024
The fall has spread its shadow over our days and the Fall Foliage Prediction Map is already waiting for it the spectacular display of dying leaves.
Around The Horn
25 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Bird Photographer of the Year, Joseph Michael Lopez, Sebastião Salgado, leading lines, Ed French murder verdict and CompuServe.
Around The Horn
24 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Luigi Ghirri, a Carl Zeiss 35mm lens, Willie Velazquez, Z-mount autofocus lenses, definitions of a photo, the iOS 18 Photos app redesign and sports lighting in the studio.
Inhospitable Environment
23 September 2024
Earlier this month we bussed over to the hospital for a CT scan of our brain to see if the bleed was resolving. The ~one we knew about~ (../../08/22-mr-head/index.htm was indeed but there was a new one to track. Which was not especially good news to hear as we waited for a bus to take us home.
Around The Horn
23 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Oktoberfest, Reuters, Stephon Dupont, Jeff Cowen, Apple's concept of photography, Kodak's snapshot, Jonathan Becker, Barry Kornbluh, common Z problems and Shreyovi Mehta.
Matinee: 'Walking Photography Stories'
21 September 2024
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?
Around The Horn
21 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Poland, Austin Mann in Kenya, seed pods, Kirk Tuck, Henri Dauman and visual principles.
Friday Slide Show: Keyboards
20 September 2024
We did take a camera on a walk around the neighborhood looking for slide show material yesterday. But with our persistent double vision, it was all we could do to keep from wandering off the sidewalk into the road. So if there was something photogenic out there, we wouldn't have seen it.
Around The Horn
20 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Associated Press, Reuters, the Natural Landscape Photography Award, faked photography, Photo Studio 2025 and Lensbaby's 20th anniversary sale.
Around The Horn
19 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 harvest supermoon, Warm Waters, freed prisoners, shooting exotic cars, ergonomics and manipulated photos.
Hasselblad Announces X2D 100C Earth Explorer Limited Edition
19 September 2024
The Hasselblad has announced its X2D 100C Earth Explorer Limited Edition as "a unique kit designed for photographers who explore and capture the beauty of Earth's natural landscapes." Limited to 1,000 units worldwide, this exclusive edition combines the exceptional features of the Hasselblad X2D 100C in a Tundra Brown exterior with the XCD 55mm f2.5 V lens.
Around The Horn
18 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Pictures of the Day, the 1970s, Ukraine, Benji Reid, selective coloring effects, human impact, disillusion and portraits as a genre.
DxO Releases PhotoLab 8 +
17 September 2024
DxO has once again delivered a fall update to PhotoLab 8, its image editing software. This update includes advances in denoising/demosaicizing that can add the equivalent of three stops of ISO, local adjustment hue masks and an enhanced tone curve among other improvements.
Around The Horn
17 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Photographer of the Year, Amazon drought, Nikon's Small World, Japanese fireflies, shooting Alaska, Apple Photos in iOS 18, McNally in Poland, today's lunar eclipse and a fine art photography swindle.
Reinforced Masonry
16 September 2024
Once upon a time, the cornerstone of a building was important. It was the first stone laid down in a building made otherwise of brick and therefore determined how true each row of masonry would be as the edifice arose.
Remembering Mark Jury
16 September 2024
Mark Jury passed away from heart failure late last month in Scranton, Pa. He was 80.
Around The Horn
16 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Emmys Red Carpet, Christoffer Relander, sharp lenses with weak AA filters, two compact cameras and lens design.
Matinee: 'Anne's Story'
14 September 2024
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?
Around The Horn
14 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's photos of the week, 20 photos from The Guardian, Canon's discontinued Speedlites, Rahul Machvigar, LensCulture's emerging talent awards and Michaela Mabinty DePrince.
Friday Slide Show: Harvest Time
13 September 2024
It's always harvest time for the Meyer lemons but September in also harvest time for apples. The birds usually get to them before we do, but this year we've still got a chance to fill a basket.
Smith Fund Increases Awards for Grants, Fellowships
13 September 2024
The W. Eugene Smith Fund has announced it is increasing its cash awards to some of its grant and finalist recipients and adding a second grant to its Smith Student grant category.
Around The Horn
13 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Samantha Hurley, wildfires, Astronomy Photographer of the Year, oddest photos, working, Beyond the Bolex and arrests for Jan. 6 assault on photographer.
Remembering Charles Biasiny-Rivera
12 September 2024
Charles Biasiny-Rivera passed away from lung cancer in August at his home in Olivebridge, N.Y. The founder and director emeritus of En Foco was 93.
Leica Announces M11-D Rangefinder
12 September 2024
Leica has announced its M11-D rangefinder with an ISO dial on the rear panel instead of an LCD. "By omitting a display on the back, photography with the Leica M11-D focuses on the elementary aspects of pictorial design such as composition, aperture, shutter speed and ISO," the company said.
Around The Horn
12 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Orleans French Quarter, Images Vevey, Small Trades, Stephen Wilkes, strange things written, lighting styles and a stolen Churchill photo.
Canon Announces RF28-70mm f2.8 IS STM Lens
12 September 2024
Canon has announced its RF28-70mm f2.8 IS STM lens as its new standard zoom lens, primarily for full-frame cameras. The new zoom features a focal range from wide angle to telephoto with a constant f2.8 aperture.
Canon Introduces Selphy QX20 Printer
12 September 2024
Canon has announced its Selphy QX20 compact dye sublimation photo printer, the company's newest wireless compact photo printer. Offering high-quality photo printing in a portable design, it supports square-size format and Canon's new card-size format paper, as well as borderless printing.
Black & White in Color
11 September 2024
Between medical appointments yesterday, we wandered around the neighborhood to amuse ourselves.
Around The Horn
11 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Jennifer S. Altman, the debate, Polaroid x Magnum, Joerg Daiber, Lee Miller, medium format and sacred ground.
Canon Introduces New PIXMA Printers
10 September 2024
Canon has announced two new PIXMA MegaTank G-Series inkjet home printers, the PIXMA G3290 and PIXMA G4280 and one home photo printer, the PIXMA TS8820.
Around The Horn
10 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Meggan Joy, stairways, the iPhone 16, free advice, Elizabeth Sanjuan, Elizabeth Sanjuan and storage device performance.
Hasselblad Introduces the XCD 3,2-4,5/20-35E Ultra-Wide-Angle Zoom
10 September 2024
Hasselblad has introduced its XCD 3,2-4,5/20-35E ultra-wide-angle zoom, the first lens in the Hasselblad XCD E series. The 'E' designation stands for Exclusive, the company said representing the top optical performance in the XCD lens lineup.
Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 50mm f1.4 Prime Lens
10 September 2024
Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 50mm f1.4 lightweight prime lens featuring a fast f1.4 aperture.
Mahmud Hams Wins Visa d'Or News Award
9 September 2024
Agence France-Presse photojournalist Mahmud Hams has been awarded the Visa d'Or News prize for his coverage of the conflict in Gaza. Hams, a Palestinian who has worked for AFP for over two decades, has documented the war ignited by Hamas's attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Around The Horn
9 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at paralympic photographers, Paralympics closing ceremony, Stephanie Santana, Morocco, French Polynesia, Unomia Stolonifera, old images and Photo Book Photo List.
PSA: Vaccination Time
9 September 2024
Joyce requires a monthly RN home visit in addition to three-times-a-week LVN home visits so we get regular front line reports on the Covid situation in San Francisco. And infections have been increasing, the nurses tell us.
Matinee: '2022 Antique and Classic Car Show'
7 September 2024
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?
Around The Horn
7 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Paralympics roundup, light modifiers, creativity and Chris Gampat's surgery.
Friday Slide Show: Ducks, Geese, Swans
6 September 2024
We couldn't leave two tiny blown glass figurines for the salvage guy when we cleaned out Mom's house. Who knows, maybe they're Murano glass. Maybe they were a souvenir of Venice. Whatever else they were, we thought they were charming.
Around The Horn
6 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 and Reuters week in pictures, the Yeast Photo Festival, good enough, making a hologram, kids and an update on the publicity altercation at Arlington National Cemetery.
Bob & Diane Fund Raffling a Sally Mann Print
5 September 2024
Gina Martin has announced a Bob & Diane Fund raffle with a compelling prize.
Sigma Announces 28-105mm f2.8 Art Lens, 10-18mm f2.8 RF
5 September 2024
Sigma has announced its 28-105mm f2.8 DG DN Art lens, a compact, full-frame, wide-angle to telephoto zoom lens with an f2.8 constant aperture. The lens notably does not include image stabilization.
Leica Announces 70-200mm Zoom, 2.0x Extender
5 September 2024
Leica has announced its Vario-Elmarit-SL 70-200 f2.8 ASPH. and Extender L 2.0x for L-Mount cameras.
Finalists Announced For Martin Evening Digital Retouching Award +
5 September 2024
The Association of Photographers has announced the finalists for its Martin Evening Excellence in Digital Retouching Award. Launched last year the award recognizes an individual or team excelling at digital retouching in either still or moving image.
Around The Horn
5 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at rural America, Andean women, Dad Jokes, Appalachian Trail hiker archive, Indianapolis Airport photography exhibit, motion, camera straps and eyesight's link to dementia.
Simulated Double Vision
4 September 2024
On Friday we'll be seeing an ophthalmologist about our double vision, which has persisted since Aug. 13. There are several kinds of double vision so we thought we'd try to simulate ours with a photo.
Around The Horn
4 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at August, the Paris Paralympics, summer, where Lightroom saves edits, Peak Design's Outtdoor Line, WhiteWall Changeable Magnetic Photo Frames and the Fujifilm GFX 100S II.
Around The Horn
3 September 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Israeli protests, Paralympics, David Herasimtschuk, Teri Vershel, Liz Sales, an agave, a flashmob, Sahat Zia Hero, Joe McNally, printing, Woodburytype, yearbook photos and blue.
Labor Day
2 September 2024
On the first Monday of each September, Americans stop to honor "the social and economic achievements of American workers" and pay "tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity and well-being of our country," as the Department of Labor reminds us it.
August Archived
1 September 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 8 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, eight commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 176 items of interest), no reviews and one site note for a total of 49 stories.
Matinee: 'Impossible Photography'
31 August 2024
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?
Around The Horn
31 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Paralympics, no news, doldrums, gear used at the Olympics and the Fujifilm GFX 100S II.
Friday Slide Show: Bookshelves
30 August 2024
In My Bookshelf, Myself (gift link), Margaret Renkl observes, "I am what I have read far more surely than I am what I have eaten."
Around The Horn
30 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Visa Pour L'Image, the Venice Film Festival, the N.Y.C. subway, star trails and the George Eastman Museum.
Canon Announces Its imagePROGRAF PRO-1100
29 August 2024
Canon has announced the imagePROGRAF PRO-1100 Professional Inkjet Printer, a 17-inch, large format inkjet featuring 11 colors plus a Chroma Optimizer.
Tamron Announces 50-400mm for Nikon Z
29 August 2024
Tamron has announced its 50-400mm f4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD (Model A067) for the Nikon Z mount system will ship on Sept. 19.
Around The Horn
29 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Paris Paralympics, Tony Danza, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Happy Campers, Bruce Springsteen, Snapshots, bodies of work, adapting lenses and buying used.
Sony Announces FE 85mm f1.4 GM II Telephoto
28 August 2024
Sony has introduced its FE 85mm f1.4 GM II prime lens featuring high resolution, smooth bokeh and fast autofocus in a lightweight and compact body. As a second-generation model, it builds on the optical design of its predecessor and incorporates Sony's latest G Master technologies to enhance overall performance.
A Collection of Droopheads
28 August 2024
We were on our way back to our hospital room for an echocardiogram when we noticed two of these exotic flowers in the lobby where we'd just snapped a few views of the city.
Around The Horn
28 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Burning Man, Mpox, La Tomatina Festival, Emerging Photography Awards, Claudia Fuggetti, Peggy Nolan and landscape photographs.
View From the Seventh Floor
27 August 2024
We'd taken a walk around the ward on the seventh floor in the morning, just to keep active. We noticed a few color pinhole prints and a couple of black-and-white "digital prints" of blooming flowers on the walls.
Around The Horn
27 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Ukraine's 33rd Independence Day, whales, the arboreal world, a camera rumor, the Samyang Remaster Slim, ideas for the homebound and Google's Reimagine feature.
Room With a View
26 August 2024
We returned to the Emergency Room Friday at noon, after escaping early Thursday morning. After a few tests and hours waiting in the ER, we were admitted to the seventh floor of the hospital for observation very late Friday night.
Cyme Releases Peakto Search 1.2
26 August 2024
Cyme has released an update to Peakto Search, its plugin that uses AI to streamline navigation through thousands of files in Lightroom or Capture One.
Around The Horn
26 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, Ukraine in Russia, Monday's photos, NYC subway portraits, Chaltén, the Wegman dogs, a used Leica SL2-S and headshots/portraits.
Mr. Head
22 August 2024
We spent the night in the Emergency Room having our head examined. And imaged, first with a CT scan and then, when that only raised questions, with an MRI.
Around The Horn
22 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Day Three of the DNC, the Obamas, Ukraine's advance, Clay Cook, Gemma Padley's new book, Lego cameras, a Sony a7RV, color calibration and Peek-a-View.
Around The Horn
21 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 iPhone Photographer Awards, the Palm Photo Prize, the AP at the DNC, Reuters at the DNC, Mother Jones at the DNC and an iPhone photo.
ICP to Host Photobook Fest
20 August 2024
The International Center of Photography will host Photobook Fest, a three-day celebration of photobooks and visual culture, from Sept. 6 to 8. The public is invited to explore a wide selection of image-based books, magazines and zines presented by 70 leading international photobook publishers, as well as artist signings, discussions on publishing and image-based books and hands-on workshops.
Around The Horn
20 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 DNC opening day, the supermoon, the Darién Gap, window light portraits, Process Zero, the medium format look and sports.
Around The Horn
19 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Photography Day, Reuters, Ocean Photographer of the Year, turning 15 in a Mexican hospital, the Arizona desert, Bucharest, color filters and optical finders.
Matinee: 'Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story'
17 August 2024
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?
Around The Horn
17 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 pictures, personal preference, the work week and international airport security.
Friday Slide Show: Phalaenopsis
16 August 2024
There is probably no generic hospital gift that is without a downside (we've made a study of them). Books and magazines require the ability to focus or at least flip pages. Flowers are pretty but die. Plants require attention.
Around The Horn
16 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at pictures of the week, street photography winners, Stonehenge, balance, a fisherman, vintage effects, digicams and Gena Rowland.
Around The Horn
15 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Mount Etna, Johnston's new work, Eric Melzer, AI-generated claims and a copyright suit against AI image generators.
MFA Boston to Celebrate Robert Frank Centennial
14 August 2024
On the centennial of Robert Frank's birth, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will exhibit the personal scrapbook he made for his first wife, titled_ Mary's Book_.
Around The Horn
14 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Reuters, Allen's Boots, eroding forces, photo manipulation and the content tsunami.
Bard Establishes Barbara Ess Fund in Photography
13 August 2024
Bard College has announced the creation of The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography after a generous endowment from the Schwartz Family to honor their sister, Barbara Ess, a beloved teacher, colleague, mentor, artist, friend and much-loved family member.
Around The Horn
13 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Greek wildfire, Ukrainians' wartime homes, Carlos Serroa, Julienne Kost, Jason Row, roof top camping, how to be a photographer, Veronica Cotter with Dennis Keeley and a celestial event.
Around The Horn
12 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at closing ceremonies in Paris, Exif data from Olympics photos, 12 wows in Paris, Perseid Meteor Shower, Vasantha Yogananthan, Joe McNally, the Leica D-Lux 7 and a free Eastman Museum Zoom talk.
Matinee: 'The Images of the Paris Olympics'
10 August 2024
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?
Around The Horn
10 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Day 14 at the Olympics, nanophotography, offering free school portraits and Utah's Double Arch.
Friday Slide Show: Alfa Romeo 4C Spider
9 August 2024
We happened upon this beautiful car as we were skirting the eastern slope of Twin Peaks where it descends into Noe Valley. We slammed on the brakes and came to a stop in two or three steps. We were on foot.
Around The Horn
9 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Olympic competition, natural light, proprietary batteries, Memory Station, Lyrak and About This Image.
A Streetcar Going Nowhere
8 August 2024
The refurbished streetcar from Illinois wasn't going anywhere. It was stopped on the tracks in the middle of the block. And there wasn't another streetcar running on the line in either direction.
Around The Horn
8 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Olympics photo tech, Day 12 photos, good food, Cosplayers, iPhone video, Vital Impacts grants and trust.
Manfrotto Adds Three Models to Befree Travel Tripods
7 August 2024
Manfrotto has announced three new models of its Befree travel tripod range available in both aluminum and carbon fiber.
Around The Horn
7 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Day 11 of the Olympics, Debby, Parisienne Projections, young lovers, curves, Apple's SuperDrive and serendipity.
Take the Hint
6 August 2024
Escaping the wet wind yesterday, we hiked over the hill. It was still foggy but it wasn't windy. We had no destination in mind and we didn't bring a camera either. It was strictly what we like to think of as scouting.
Around The Horn
6 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at sportsmanship, Bangladesh, Olympic surfing, Day 10 in Paris, Shane Hamman, Brendon Burdon, Edmond Leong, Harold Davis, melting Swiss glaciers and Van Gogh's Irises.
Mike's Olympic Coverage
5 August 2024
Our recent Around The Horn columns have been led with Olympic coverage from various sources including the Associated Press, Reuters and The Guardian. It's also featured some fabulous composite imagery.
Around The Horn
5 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Paris Olympics, the NYT's running Olympics feature, Hector Vivas, Great White Shark tours, Jerry Day, American Glitch and retouching skin color.
Matinee: Positive Exposure
3 August 2024
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?
Around The Horn
3 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Olympics, Destination Downtown, Gail Devers, using natural with artificial light and Lensbaby refurbs.
Friday Slide Show: The Garden in the Fog
2 August 2024
There's nothing quite like diffused light for a boy who grew up in the fog. It's the way we see the world. No blinding highlight, no shadow too obscure. You can take it all in.
Around The Horn
2 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 return of imprisoned Americans, Day 6 of the Paris Games, Simone Biles composites, a popular Flickr image, the Pentax FA 80-160mm f4.5 and print shop photo sizes.
Around The Horn
1 August 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Day 5 in Paris, Mitch Epstein, Beth Galton, Gabriele Seghizzi, reading, the Nikon Z f, love, standards, AI in DAM, the Apple Vision Pro and Public Work.
July Archived
1 August 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 7 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 10 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 159 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 56 stories.
Aging a Portrait With Photoshop
31 July 2024
After we read a touching request for a recommendation for an "age progression photo" on Reddit, we couldn't get the idea safely out of our head. The poster explained his wife had asked for a photo of what her daughter, who passed away at the age of 12, would have looked like now "on her 21st birthday this year."
Tamron Announces Compact 28-300mm Zoom for Sony E
31 July 2024
Tamron has announced its 28-300mm f4-7.1 Di III VC VXD (Model A074), a 10.7x all-in-one zoom lens only 5.0 inches long for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras.
Around The Horn
31 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at NASA's Chandra, Day 5 of the Olympics, Jerome Brouillett, hiking or biking and the Nikon D2Hs.
Staircase
30 July 2024
Yesterday we showed you the first image we took on our weekend walk (after we caught our lens as it fell off the camera). Today, you can see the last image we took.
Around The Horn
30 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Park Fire, Day 3 of the Olympics, Ben Thouard, Kang-Chun Cheng, the Nikon 135/1.8 Plena, bad cameras, the Lightroom Travel Photo Contest and a lawsuit over Oct. 7 photos.
Cityscape 2024
29 July 2024
Every now and then, the skyline of the city changes. So yesterday we took a walk around the other side of Twin Peaks to see what San Francisco looks like now.
Around The Horn
29 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Day Two of the Olympics, Reuters best Olympics shots, spiders, Death Row survivors, debate media visuals, DreamCon and the Nikon 58mm f0.95 Noct.
Matinee: 'Tank Man'
27 July 2024
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?
Around The Horn
27 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Mariel Tyler, post processing portraits, the Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo, the He3 Anti-Theft Grip and two failures.
Friday Slide Show: The Crystal Paperweight
26 July 2024
We are, by nature, not a fan of paperweights. Paper doesn't sit around here very long. It's slit, folded, torn, tossed, filed or crumpled but it doesn't sit. So what use could we possibly have for paperweights?
Around The Horn
26 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, the 1924 Paris Olympics, Magali Duzant, portrait photography, solar power, camera bags and backup drive size.
Around The Horn
25 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Paris Olympics, Kicken Berlin, The Chelsea, NASA's new camera and simple advice.
Finalists Announced for the 39th AOP Awards
24 July 2024
The Association of Photographers has announced the finalists for the 39th AOP Awards celebrating excellence in the creative photography and image-making industry.
Around The Horn
24 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at another Voigtlander, a mysterious camera, motivation, The Star Named EOS and generative AI in documentaries.
Cyme Releases Peakto 2.0
23 July 2024
Cyme has announced the launch of Peakto 2.0, featuring a streamlined user interface, batch catalog addition, advanced filtering and a background menu bar.
Around The Horn
23 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Paris, giraffe relocations, the wreck of the Point Reyes, Snap Pro and eyeball reflections.
A Gnarly Shot
22 July 2024
We included this image in our Flaming Flora slide show because the high contrast made it seem the color image was in flames.
Around The Horn
22 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Biden, Seasides, Till Brönner, Nature's Clock, Elias Artista's Cicero and magic.
Matinee: 'Drew Gurian -- A Photographer’s Journey'
20 July 2024
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?
Around The Horn
20 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Pictures, Cyprus, Ukrainian Scouting in N.Y., Black Bear selfies warning, Canon layoffs, summer reading and printers.
Friday Slide Show: Vacation
19 July 2024
When we were kids, we actually "went on vacation" for two weeks every August. Dad would pile us into the car with Mom in the front and we'd suffer through the three-hour drive through the baked Great Central Valley into the foothills of the Sierras and up to 6,000 feet where Lake Tahoe beckoned brightly in the thin air.
Around The Horn
19 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Republican National Convention, the week in wildlife, Insects and Arthropods, a small kit, a free film simulation script and Howard Bond.
Phase One Introduces the iXH 100-MP Camera System
18 July 2024
Phase One has announced the launch of the Phase One iXH 100-MP camera system. The new addition, alongside the iXH 150-MP and MSI systems, enhances the digitization of cultural heritage collections.
France's Arts24 to Celebrate Arts, Sports
18 July 2024
As Paris prepares to welcome visitors from around the world to the Olympic Games, France 24 will present a series of cultural programs celebrating the links between arts and sports. France 24's cultural shows, Arts24 with Eve Jackson in English and À l'Affiche! with Louise Dupont in French, will meet artists taking part in this historic moment, including photographers Matthieu Forget and Raymond Depardon.
Around The Horn
18 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Heather Perry, Skate Week San Francisco, the Hasselblad XCD 135mm f2.8, pros on the Trump shooting photos and Davis's flowers stamps.
Remembering Kathy Willens
17 July 2024
Kathy Willens, a pathbreaking photojournalist for the Associated Press at a time when women were not seen behind the camera, died Tuesday from ovarian cancer, diagnosed shortly after her 2021 retirement. She was 74.
Finalists Announced for AOP Emerging Talent Awards
17 July 2024
The Association of Photographers has announced the finalists for its Emerging Talent Awards, all of whom have been practicing the craft for less than three years.
Canon Announces R1, R5 Mark II Mirrorless Cameras
17 July 2024
Canon has announced two new professional full-frame mirrorless cameras: the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II. The R1 is designed for both professional still photographers and video creators while the EOS R5 Mark II features improved video-focused featuresand real-time multi-recognition tracking system for those who focus on still photography.
Around The Horn
17 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 James Webb Space Telescope, Skander Khif, The Camera Never Lies, using Face Detection to keyword and the Orton effect.
Around The Horn
16 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Evan Vucci, Jamie Hawkesworth, sports week, the Sigma fp and black-and-white photographers.
That Iris Again
15 July 2024
We thought we'd try a little experiment and as fodder we grabbed that image of an iris we were working on recently.
Around The Horn
15 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Euro 2024, lighting, street photos, the Nikon 58mm f0.95 Noct, Bristol Photo Festival and t-shirts.
Around The Horn: The Trump Shooting
14 July 2024
This special edition of Around The Horn focuses on photo coverage of yesterday's shooting in Butler, Pa., in which one person was killed and two seriously injured in an attempt to kill Donald Trump, who had just stepped to the podium at the rally when he was winged by a bullet himself. Live TV coverage yesterday was additionally informed by these digital still images that were instantly available. We highlight here the coverage by the news services, Jabin Botsford and Doug Mills with David Hume Kennerly's reflections on past Republican conventions.
Matinee: 'Hanging the California Train Stations Exhibit'
13 July 2024
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?
Around The Horn
13 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, the Oskar Barnack Award shortlist, styles/gear changes and Annie Leibovitz's Hideaway.
Friday Slide Show: Childhood
12 July 2024
In the flurry to empty the family home, we packed six big cardboard boxes of photo albums to save from salvage. No, wait, seven. The seventh was a smaller box of what was tucked away from our last surviving grandparent's home.
Remembering Thomas Hoepker
12 July 2024
German photographer Thomas Hoepker has died in Santiago de Chile at the age of 88.
Around The Horn
12 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, empty bedrooms, Brook DiDonato, Noah Berger in Oroville, $50 lighting gear and new film cameras.
Around The Horn
11 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Alisa Martynova, Louis Stettner, Book of Monsters, personalizes office spaces, Iceland's waterways, a Weston Master V and astrophotography file naming.
Sony Announces ZV-E10 II With E PZ 16-50mm Lens
10 July 2024
Sony has announced the ZV-E10 II, its second iteration of the mirrorless ZV-E10 line designed to provide an easy, compact and versatile tool for content creators of any level. The ZV-E10 II inherits Creative Looks, Product Showcase Setting, Background Defocus function and the vari-angle flip screen while increasing sophistication and ease of use, the company said.
Around The Horn
10 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Latin American Foto Festival, Cortona On The Move, World Architecture Festival, Harold Davis, a contract, Alan Ross, Cory Richards and authenticity.
Around The Horn
9 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Beryl, The Bikeriders, scanning 1,000 slides, the Pixii Max, Instant Ink and an Affinity sale.
Around The Horn
8 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Wimbledon, 1950s commuters, Tokyo's oldest train line, water tanks, automation, the Bluetti AC70 power station and a mystery photo.
Matinee: 'Jeremy Koreski on Nimmo Bay'
6 July 2024
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?
Around The Horn
6 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 20 photos, Austin in the heat, the Hasselblad XCD 135/2.8, dust spot headaches and your phone's photo library.
Friday Slide Show: The Model 100
5 July 2024
The last thing we salvaged from the family home, it turns out, is Dad's Model 100. He bought it in 1983 after seeing it at the West Coast Computer Faire at Moscone Center.
Around The Horn
5 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 pictures, Rencontres D'Arles, C J Foeckler, fast lenses, delivering images to smartphone customers and 20 camera straps.
The Fourth Divided by Nine
4 July 2024
Oh, not another spiel about the Supreme Court, you say. But let us say one thing that has not been said. Those six jerks sure know how to ruin a party.
The Crop
3 July 2024
2 July 2024
Not long after we launched Photo Corners, we decided to highlight Feature stories with a thumbnail we could use in a carousel at the top of the home page. That thumbnail was so much smaller than the fuller images that we decided to always make it a crop.
Around The Horn
3 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Thompson Fire, sports, Logan White, Summit Magazine, photography apps and microfade testing.
Smith Fund Announces Call for Entries
2 July 2024
The W. Eugene Smith Fund is now accepting applications for its 45th annual Grant in Humanistic Photography with a top prize of $30,000. An additional $10,000 grant will be awarded as a Fellowship and one Finalist will be honored with special recognition and a $7,500 grant.
Panasonic Announces Lumix FZ80D Superzoom
2 July 2024
Panasonic has announced the Lumix FZ80D superzoom compact digicam featuring a 60x zoom with the equivalent focal length range of 20-1200mm. The new digicam also captures 4K Full HD video from which it can extract photos equivalent ot 8-Mp stills.
Around The Horn
2 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Arles Festival, the Glastonbury Festival, the Canon G620 printer, the Leica D-Lux 8 and photo booths.
Loving the World
1 July 2024
We took a little break this morning, stepping out on the patio with a thin little paperback to enjoy a few minutes in the sun on what is forecast to be three days of warm weather in the city.
Around The Horn
1 July 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Pride, Erik Vroons, Henrike Stahl, an alternative process printer, commercial clients and Breathing Color's Vibrance Baryta.
June Archived
1 July 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 6 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 12 Features, 16 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 153 items of interest), no reviews and two site notes for a total of 55 stories.
Matinee: 'Paris, the Capital of Sports'
29 June 2024
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?
Around The Horn
29 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, Denise Marcotte, Smart Collections, the Atacama Desert, word of mouth, direct feedback and a long exposure.
Friday Slide Show: The Speedliner
28 June 2024
It was destined for disposal. You haven't been able to buy film for it since 1992 and that's probably a blessing because the instant film you once could buy was no prize. But at the last minute, we took it home.
Camera Bits Announces Apple Silicon Photo Mechanic Beta
28 June 2024
In a blog entry, Camera Bits has announced the release of a limited public beta version of Photo Mechanic that runs natively on Apple silicon. The beta is a universal binary build of Photo Mechanic and Photo Mechanic for Ventura and later macOS versions.
Around The Horn
28 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Audubon Photo Awards, Drone Photo Awards, Kinky Friedman, Jason Row, the Hasselblad XCD 55V and a career.
2024 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Winners Announced
27 June 2024
The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation has announced the two winners of its annual book awards, one for still photography and the other for moving images.
Around The Horn
27 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Woodstock, freerunning, AOP student awards and Wild Eye Magazine.
Hasselblad Masters 2023 Winners Announced
26 June 2024
Hasselblad has announced the category winners in its Masters 2023 competition, which include the categories of Landscape, Architecture, Portrait, Art, Street and Project//21.
Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 35mm f1.4 +
26 June 2024
Nikon has announced its Nikkor Z 35mm f1.4, a wide-angle prime lens for Z mount full-frame mirrorless cameras. Featuring a fast f1.4 maximum aperture and close focusing to 10.6 inches, the new prime weighs 14.6 oz. and measures 3.4 inches long.
Around The Horn
26 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, pickleball, portraits, portrait lenses, Nikon's lens map and paintings.
Around The Horn
25 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Hannah Yoon, Hollywood's golden years, Pablo Larraín, shooting infrared, travel tripods and Yosemite conditions.
Around The Horn
24 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Grant Simon Rogers, the Vogue World Fashion Show, Lindsay Wasson, the Palouse, coins, the Z lineup, unusual focal range lenses, Kirk Tuck and Linda Tirado.
Matinee: 'The Mural on the Wall'
22 June 2024
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?
Around The Horn
22 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, Mohammad Nazari, Jamie Beck camera straps, Leica Lux Pro and handholding a camera.
Friday Slide Show: From a Wedding
21 June 2024
Imagine our surprise when we discovered a small cardboard box full of gift cards from a wedding 98 years ago. We felt a little like an archeologist who, digging down, discovers the shards of not one civilization but, digging a little deeper, two.
Around The Horn
21 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, kiosks, poppies, hard cases and ways to say no.
Around The Horn
20 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, aerial glacier photographs, Josh Scott, photography magazines, Nikon rumors and leaks, half frame cameras and Canon's mid-range zooms.
Happy Juneteenth
19 June 2024
While it's only the fourth year that Juneteenth has been celebrated as a national holiday, the people of Galveston, Tex., where it all began, have always celebrated the day 250,000 people learned they were no longer slaves.
BigPicture Award Winners Announced
18 June 2024
The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco has announced the winners of the 11th annual BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition. Photographers representing nearly 70 countries submitted 7,393 images to this year's competition.
DxO Labs Celebrates 20th Anniversary
18 June 2024
DxO Labs is celebrating its founding 20 years ago with a 20 percent discount on all of its products for the next 20 days. The company also announced a new motto -- "For the passionate photographer" -- that will shape its future roadmap.
Around The Horn
18 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Bryan Adams, Joel Meyerowtiz, Light Stalking's May contest winners, the Nikon Z 6 III and the Pentax 17.
DOJ Sues Adobe, Two Executives After FTC Complaint
18 June 2024
The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against software maker Adobe and two of its executives, Maninder Sawhney and David Wadhwani, for "deceiving consumers by hiding the early termination fee for its most popular subscription plan and making it difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions."
Ricoh Announces the Pentax 17
17 June 2024
Ricoh has announced the Pentax 17 compact half-frame film camera. The Pentax 17 captures two 17x24mm images within a single 35mm film frame producing vertical pictures (note the viewfinder orientation) with a similar ratio to a smartphone.
Nikon Announces the Z 6 III
17 June 2024
Nikon has announced the Z 6 III, a 24.5-megapixel full-frame mirrorless camera which is, the company said, "the world's first camera with a partially-stacked CMOS sensor, delivering ultra-fast readout that unlocks blistering speeds and high frame rates in both photo and video modes." Other features include "the brightest EVF of any mirrorless camera" and a wide range of pro-level features inherited from Nikon's acclaimed Z8 and Z9 flagship cameras.
Around The Horn
17 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Tony Awards, Lubow on Vivian Maier, Critics' Choice Award winners, Tourmaline, structured composition, Alessio Bolzoni, cropping, Hugh Brownstone, the Hasselblad XCD 55V and screen-free cameras.
Matinee: 'Father's Day'
15 June 2024
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?
Around The Horn
15 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's Week in Pictures, James Casebere, an iPhone 12 image, theater shots and corporate communications.
Friday Slide Show: The Old Movie Camera
14 June 2024
When we say "old" we mean 1940s. And by the initial glued to the leather case, we understand it was our grandfather's movie camera. That's over 80 years old. In other words, old.
Around The Horn
14 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 1974, Guyana, Bernhard Lang, 19th century photography and Moab Slickrock Pearl.
Site Tweak: AI Bots Blocked
13 June 2024
This afternoon we read Dan Moren's Excluding Your Web Site From Apple's AI Crawler and thought we'd jump on that bandwagon. We never liked the idea of someone parroting our advice at a party as if it were their own.
Around The Horn
13 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Portrait of Humanity winners, the Gila Wilderness, Fathers & Sons, film scanning, lens filters, Truth in Photography and a flamingo.
Adobe Clarifies Revisions to Terms of Use
12 June 2024
In a blog entry posted by Scott Belsky and Dana Rao, Adobe clarified changes it intends to make to its Terms of Use after recent "concerns about what these terms are and what they mean to our customers."
Propagating a Rose
12 June 2024
When we published our slide show of A JFK Rose in January, we mentioned we would have to leave this beautiful rose bush behind when the house was sold. James Kelly asked if there wasn't some way to transplant it to our own garden.
Around The Horn
12 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at West Bank midwives, Drone Photo Awards, Joanne Coates, Dolley Madison, the hidden laws of probable outcome, focus curvature and The Traveling Photographer’s Manifesto.
Around The Horn
11 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Adam Rouhana, software spring cleaning, selling gear, directing models and Apple WWDC 2024.
Canon Announces Dual Fisheye Lens +
10 June 2024
Canon has announced the RF-S3.9mm f3.5 STM Dual Fisheye lens compatible with the EOS R7 camera and designed especially for VR content creation.
A Portable Negative Viewer +
10 June 2024
Rummaging through drawers and boxes and closets (oh my) as we empty the ancestral home, we freeze when we come across a number 10 envelope with a few strips of color negatives enclosed. What could this be?
Around The Horn
10 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Boris Savelev, Natalia Neuhaus, Death Valley, Ernst Coppejans, a Raw converter roundup, Affinity discounts and Miss AI.
Matinee: 'Axelsson Photographs Thorarensen'
8 June 2024
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?
Around The Horn
8 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Swifties, a red hat, Downtown First Thursdays, those 25 photos again, LensRentals, Rad Drew and Bill Anders.
Friday Slide Show: The Mysteries of Jerusalem
7 June 2024
Loathe as we are to throw out photographs, we are even more wary of tossing negatives. They are, after all, the original. And unlike prints, they have no duplicates.
Around The Horn
7 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Charlie Phillips, the Hasselblad CFV 100C, the Hasselblad XCD 55/2.5, backup destinations, deepfakes, Shutterstock and Adobe.
Shortlist for 2024 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Announced
6 June 2024
From the hundreds of titles submitted this year, six shortlisted publications, three in the Photography category and three in the Moving Image category, have been announced for the 39th edition of the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards, the U.K.'s leading annual prize celebrating excellence in photography and moving image publishing.
Tamron Announces 50-300mm f4.5-6.3 Superzoom
6 June 2024
Tamron has announced its 50-300mm f4.5-6.3 Di III VC VXD 6x telephoto zoom lens for the Sony E mount.
Around The Horn
6 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at D-Day, the negative, Vivian Maier, Muay Thai kickboxers, Leica Lux, storage options, Walmart and a free street photography guide.
Panasonic Announces Lumix GH7 Micro Four-Thirds Mirrorless
5 June 2024
Panasonic has introduced the Lumix GH7, the latest flagship model of the Micro Four Thirds mirrorless Lumix G Series.
Canon Announces R35mm f1.4L, Speedlite EL-10
5 June 2024
Canon has announced the RF35mm f1.4 L VCM lens and Speedlite EL-10 flash. The new RF35mm lens is the first in a series of fixed focal length RF lenses with hybrid video and still design while the Speedlite EL-10 uses Canon's new multi-function shoe design on recent Canon EOS cameras.
Remembering Ron Edmonds
5 June 2024
Ron Edmonds, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan and photographed every United States President from Richard Nixon through President Barack Obama, died last week in Falls Church, Va., due to pneumonia from a bacterial infection. He was 77.
Around The Horn
5 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Andrea Mantovani, Photo Basel, decay and resilience, importing photos and 25 defining photos.
Around The Horn
4 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Dering, the Lightroom Classic interface, three lenses, becoming a medical photographer and Ansel Adams fakes.
Sigma Announces 28-45mm f1.8 DG DN Art Lens
3 June 2024
Sigma has announced its 28-45mm f1.8 DG DN Art lens as the world's first zoom lens with a constant f1.8 aperture for full-frame mirrorless camera systems. the new wide-to-standard zoom will be available in Sony E and Leica L mounts.
Around The Horn
3 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Nazis' Atlantic wall, Camargue, Berlin in 2013, artists' lofts, the Godox Lux Senior, marketing photos, the Nikon 28-400mm f4-8 VR lens and Vivian Maiers.
Matinee: Joost Vandebrug's Pillow Book
1 June 2024
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?
Around The Horn
1 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, Lucia Buricelli, cartes de visite, irises, a Mirrorless/iPhone workflow, Ripley and the Fujifilm GFX 50S II.
May Archived
1 June 2024
We've just archived Volume 12, Number 5 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 13 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 192 items of interest), one review and two site notes for a total of 57 stories.
Camera Bits Introduces C2PA Workflow Improvements
31 May 2024
Camera Bits is testing an enhancement to the company's Photo Mechanic software that implements the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity standard for authenticating digital images.
Friday Slide Show: A Purple Cow
31 May 2024
How we came to possess a purple cow is something we prefer not to divulge. It really wasn't our idea. Really. We're pretty sure, anyway. But who knows?
Around The Horn
31 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 conviction in New York, Tehachapi, Joao Lutz, Night Fever, repair or replace and Kodak digicams.
Around The Horn
30 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 spelling bee, Pantelleria, Dana Damewood, Bali, Elton John's collection, decluttering Lightroom and camera companies.
Toyo Tires Auto Photo Contest Opens
29 May 2024
Toyo Tires is accepting submissiont to its eighth annual Toyo Tires Shutter Space Automotive Photo Contest. The theme this year is "I ❤️ the '90s," in homage to iconic 1990s era vehicles.
Around The Horn
29 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at India's heat wave, California's Sequoias, a new camera accessory business, camera design and the Lumix S9 campaign.
A Grateful City
28 May 2024
In our 2022 slide show of the Jones Street Tank, we told an old story.
Around The Horn
28 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, the ocean, roots, Old Year's Night, garden portraits, the chinamperos, dolphe Braun's collection, David Douglas Duncan, Panasonic, adapting lenses, the Epson P5370 and Nikon self service.
Memorial Day
27 May 2024
The fallen we remember today most likely may happen to be the people we remembered last year or a few years ago or, maybe, even 80 years ago if we're that old. It's one case in which repetition is not redundant.
Matinee: 'London Architecture'
25 May 2024
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?
Around The Horn
25 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, cicadas, dogs, grief, a chef on the beach, boots and the Leica D-Lux 8.
Friday Slide Show: Along Dolores Street
24 May 2024
Dolores Street is the wide boulevard of four lanes with a generous median strip populated with palm trees that runs through the Mission to Market Street. We walked north along the west sidewalk one sunny afternoon. But it seems like it's always sunny on Dolores.
Around The Horn
24 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Pope, N.Y. islands, five new stamps, gas stations, two cameras, color theory, Shutter Cub and iOS 17.5.
The Curse of Double Prints
23 May 2024
In the era of the One Hour Photo, double prints were a standard offer. Jumbo double prints, in fact. Two sets of 4x6 prints of every negative on your roll of film.
Leica Announces the D-Lux 8
23 May 2024
Leica has announced its D-Lux 8, the latest iteration of its compact digicam. "Eight generations and numerous special editions later, the D-Lux has solidified its position in the top-quality segment of Leica's digital compact cameras," the company said.
Around The Horn
23 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dafydd Jones, Jesse Lenz, the Panasonic S9, Muses of Avatar and growing a YouTube channel.
Panasonic Announces Lumix S9, 26mm Pancake Lens
22 May 2024
Panasonic has announced the Lumix S9, the smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera in the Lumix S Series and the Lumix S 26mm f8, a lightweight pancaked lens to go with it.
Around The Horn
22 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, motel signs, soccer, smartphone limits, Generative Fill tips, a letter to Adobe and photographic transforamtions.
Site Tweak: Finding Stuff
21 May 2024
We've just tweaked our Find command that searches Photo Corners for you. We made two little improvements, in fact.
Lightroom's Transformative Update
21 May 2024
Today's release of Lightroom 13.3 boasts some enticing features like Generative Remove, Lens Blur and additional tether support. But behind the feature set is an evolution in the code that is simply revolutionary.
Around The Horn
21 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Milky Way Photographer of the Year, Lisa McCord, Ben Ditto, John Custodio, Lightroom Classic v13.3, Zerene Stacker, historical prints and iOS 17.5.
Around The Horn
20 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Jasberg, Bay to Breakers, Margaret Renkl, blooms at home, debugging Internet wisdom, Groundzeroart, Holger Mischke's chat, posting photos of kids, a free safari webinar and airline damage.
Matinee: Black & White Spider Awards 2024
18 May 2024
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?
Around The Horn
18 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 way we see women, AP's week in pictures, Derreen Garden, Carla Vermeend, Photoshop beta's Generate Image, campus protests and Datacolor's Spyder Print.
Friday Slide Show: 1964 N.Y. World's Fair
17 May 2024
Yesterday was something of a banner day. We manaqed to box up over a century of photo albums and prints at Mom's house, representing the collections of our great grandparents, grandparents and parents. Six packing boxes worth. Fortunately we have some space to store this priceless print archive.
Around The Horn
17 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Photographer of the Year, the Northern Lights, female photographers at Photo London, street photography, Ask Photos, iOS restoring deleted photos and McNally remembering his mother.
Fujifilm Announces GFX100S II Mirrorless Camera
16 May 2024
Fujifilm has announced its GFX100S II featuring the image quality and functionality of the larger GFX100 II in a smaller, lighter and less expensive GFX system body.
Sigma Announces 24-70mm f2.8 Art Lens for Sony, L-Mount
16 May 2024
Sigma has announced its 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN II Art lens for the Sony E and Leica L mounts featuring improved rendering performance in a shorter and lighter body. Advanced optical design provides better sharpness, resolution and portability," the company said.
Around The Horn
16 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Giant Dipper, Geert Detaeye, shooting monochrome, backlighting and a street photography contest.
NCOA Announces Photo Contest Winners
15 May 2024
The National Council on Aging has selected the winners of its fifth annual photo contest, which this year focused on diversity.
Canon Developing First R Flagship Camera
15 May 2024
Canon has revealed it is developing the R1, the first flagship camera for its full-frame mirrorless R system. The company said it expects to ship the R1 this year.
Around The Horn
15 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Victor Diop, photo print services, the Hobolite Iris LED, exporting albums and a copyright ruling.
Around The Horn
14 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Photo London, Yan Sun, County Kerry, diffraction, third party lenses, photobooks and Retrospective camera bag discounts.
White and Red
13 May 2024
Yesterday was a somber Mother's Day for us, the first in our long, long life without our mother. We remembered years ago attending mass on Mother's Day with our father. At the church, the men were given carnations, a red one if their mother were alive and a white one if she wasn't.
Around The Horn
13 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Turnley, Valérie Belin, Olivia Broome, Harold Davis, Ming Smith, Max Penson, an APS-C plan, a Voigtlander 40mm f2.0 Ultron, Salvaged Circuitry, own work, choosing and photo puzzles.
Matinee: 'Antarctica Photography Tips'
11 May 2024
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?
Around The Horn
11 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Northern Lights, shooting the aurora borealis, Ap's week in pictures, Rio, 1979 and photographers who use old gear.
Friday Slide Show: Noe Valley
10 May 2024
To escape the cold wind, we hiked over the hill to Noe Valley one afternoon this week. It had been a while since we walked down 24th Street and the changes were alarming.
Around The Horn
10 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Comedy Pet Photo Awards finalists, Hip-Hop jewelry, Max Miechowski, Jacques Henri Lartigue and Apple Silicon.
Trash Can
9 May 2024
When we take a walk with a camera, we often walk a long way before we take our first shot. And sometimes we just never do turn the camera on. We never know whether we'll come back with 40 images or none.\\
Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Longlist Announced
9 May 2024
The longlist for the 39th edition of the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards, the U.K.'s leading prize celebrating excellence in photography and moving image publishing, has been announced by the organization. "A focus on the personal and the political with themes including the Holocaust and contemporary space exploration; parental radical politics; the history of Black life and culture; African fashion; and the women of a remote Afro-Mexican village, make up the 20 longlisted titles," it noted.
Around The Horn
9 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Alec Gill, the Cinco de Mayo Bike Rideout, Whispers, The Ameriguns, backup strategies, tripod heads, SD cards again and the freelancer pay gap.
Around The Horn
8 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Dalziel, the Broccoli Tree, Jon Nicholson, the Transamerica Pyramid, David Kogan, the 105/2.8 Nikkor S, SD card prices, long exposures and Met Gala AI photos.
Hasselblad Introduces Fast, Wide Angle Lens
7 May 2024
Hasselblad has announced its XCD 2,5/25V, the widest-angle lens in the XCD Versatile series with a 20mm full-frame equivalent focal length and a maximum aperture of f2,5.
Around The Horn
7 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Met Gala, Phil Chang, Sausalito's houseboats, photojournalist workflow and the new iPad Pros.
Pulitzer Winners in Photography Announced
6 May 2024
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.
The Unscanner
6 May 2024
Emptying a house is an overwhelming task. We've put in well over 500 hours at Mom's house after her death trying to distribute the contents. Every time we open a closet door or a desk drawer or a box in storage, we find some new treasure.
Around The Horn
6 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kent State, the Met Gala, Palestine, Letizia Le Fur, Corita Kent, Austin hats, Derby hats, World Astronaut Day, SD cards and a composite.
Matinee: 'Scott Portelli'
4 May 2024
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?
Around The Horn
4 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in photos, 20 photos of the week, campus protests, rain in France, the Baltimore bridge collapse, Pier 24, the Haas-Lilienthal House and a simpler camera.
Friday Slide Show: Pacifica Gardens +
3 May 2024
It always seems to be sunny when we go to Pacifica just south of San Francisco. So when we drove down there this week to have lunch with Ann Mason, we weren't surprised by the glorious weather.
Around The Horn
3 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Spain's Las Mayas, a colorful field, the Lee Miller trailer, a 28mm lens, packing for a trip and online access after death.
Nikon Launches Nikon Creators Official Partners Program
2 May 2024
Nikon has launched its Creators Official Partners program to recognize ‘the driven, innovative and inspiring content creators that are steering the future of the creative space," the company said.
Cyme Announces for Capture One Pro
2 May 2024
Cyme has announced Peakto Search for Capture One Pro on macOS, a plug-in to find any photos or videos "even without annotations and even if they are located in multiple Capture One Pro Catalogs or Sessions," the company said. It uses AI to retrieve video passages or photos based on a simple description or image and is always available from the menu bar.
Around The Horn
2 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at campus protests, workers, Amy Selwyn, Calabria, a sea lion party, SD cards, Lens Blur, Chromakeying and Epson's Pano awards.
Around The Horn
1 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 rare blue rock-thrush, David Hurn, bubblegum, Dano Steinhardt, a car kettle and books of collections.
April Archived
1 May 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 4 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, seven commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 166 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 50 stories.
Around The Horn
30 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Andrés Mario de Varona, Jami McGrego Smith, a fisheye cathedral ceiling, the shooting experience and a sales comeback.
Solving Photoshop's Folder Follies
29 April 2024
It drives us nuts to open an image in one folder or directory in Photoshop and save it in another when we're doing this repeatedly for a series of images. Photoshop doesn't seem to be able to keep the source and destination locations separate.
Around The Horn
29 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Dudi Ben Simon, Ciro Battiloro, Lydia Goldblatt, Arrayah Loynd, San Francisco Bar Pilots, historical Cairo, press checks, Magnum's Square Print Sale, the Joan Wakelin Bursary Prize and film storage.
Matinee: 'Leah Bokenkamp Beach Art'
27 April 2024
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?
Around The Horn
27 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Midwest tornadoes, Jelly Febrian, Harold Davis, the Content Authenticity Initiative and USB file transfers.
Friday Slide Show: Apple Blossoms
26 April 2024
Without our noticing it, the old apple tree has blossomed. We hadn't noticed because after last year, we'd given it up for dead. There just wasn't much life in the old wood.
Around The Horn
26 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Carnation Revolution+, LensCulture New York, AP's week in pictures, Beatlemania, the Poetry Camera and travel photography.
Stepping Out
25 April 2024
You ever wonder what some people are thinking? We were crossing the street under our own power when we noticed some fellow sticking his foot out from a cable car as if he was braking it.
Around The Horn
25 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Magdalena Wosinska, Billy Childress, Lance Yamamoto, a People Distractions tool and Ivan McClellan.
Bush Street
24 April 2024
We've always been fond of this block of Bush Street between Grant and Kearney in San Francisco's downtown. No particular reason. It just resonates with us.
Around The Horn
24 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Photography Show, Arles Coliseum Steps, Firefly Image 3 Model and subtractive lighting.
Calculating an Aspect Ratio +
23 April 2024
We should have known better, really. But it seemed like such a simple request. A poster on the Keyboard Maestro forum asked, "Does anyone have ideas for a macro that would show you the dimensions of a selected image file in Finder?"
Around The Horn
23 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, the Venice Biennale, Tim Hetherington, Sofia Aldinio, the Nikon 28-400mm zoom, shooting wide open and Saturday in San Francisco.
Cropping a Neighborhood
22 April 2024
Looking down at the city from Twin Peaks, we were charmed by these houses lined up below us. They seemed like the perfect little neighborhood.
Around The Horn
22 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Beijing, Kyotographie 2024, intimacy, Tony Van Le, Tokyo, French Wisteria, Philip Wiper, the Leica Q2 and old gear.
Matinee: 'Michael Foster, Photographer'
20 April 2024
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?
Around The Horn
20 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 pictures, the Burj Khalifa, Kamzy Nuel, Ansel stamps replicas and search text in photos.
Friday Slide Show: Twin Peaks Scope
19 April 2024
On our recent trek up Twin Peaks, we snapped a vertical shot of one of the telescopes installed in the viewing area. And, for some reason known only to fortune tellers, we really liked it.
Around The Horn
19 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at World Press Photo Contest winners, Matt Slocum, a banking convention, stolen images and a scratch in the sensor box.
Hasselblad Masters 2023 Finalists Selected
19 April 2024
Hasselblad has selected the finalists for its Masters competition, opening the vote to the public as well as the grand jury.
Cyme Ships Peakto Search for Lightroom
18 April 2024
Cyme has begun shipping Peakto Search for Lightroom, which retrieves photos or videos in multiple catalogs even without annotations. The AI-powered plug-in is driven by either a simple text description or an image.
Around The Horn
18 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Corky Lee, the Rathkopfs, Francine LeClercq, the Fujifilm X-T5 and an office move.
Around The Horn
17 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Ukrainian trench, master craftsmen's tools, sunshine at midnight, volcanic smoke rings, Hippolyte Bayard, urban wildlife and a Fracture deal.
Sony Announced Compact Wide-Angle FE 16-25mm f2.8 G Zoom
16 April 2024
Sony has announced its FE 16-25mm f2.8 G zoom lens, a large-aperture wide-angle zoom for Sony's Alpha E-mount cameras. The lens maintains a maximum aperture of f2.8 over the entire wide-angle zoom range in the smallest and lightest constant f2.8 zoom packasge Sony has produced to date.
Around The Horn
16 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Coachella, Justine Kurland, Karabo Mooki and a damaged SD card.
A Smile From the Past +
15 April 2024
In an old Kodak box labeled Lantern Slide Cover Glass we found a single glass positive. It was intended to be viewed by a Magic Lantern, predecessor of the slide projector. But you can just hold the 4.0 x 3.24 inch slides up to the light.
Around The Horn
15 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at animals, Ed Ruscha, natural resilience, driving and Todd Hido.
Matinee: 'Pablo Herrera'
13 April 2024
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?
Around The Horn
13 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, new marine species, David Johnson, Josef Koudelka, colorizing and two Epson excerpts.
Friday Slide Show: City Safari
12 April 2024
Photographers have always been susceptible to the attraction of a safari.
Around The Horn
12 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 world, LensCulture Portrait Awards, two eclipse shots, two Ranunculus blooms, shooting old negatives and blurred edges.
Sony Updates Its Camera Remote SDK
12 April 2024
Sony has released a Camera Remote SDK v1.12 with more features and WiFi connection among other improvements. The new Camera Remote Command capabilities also enables remote control of 29 digital cameras. And the new specification document removes restrictions on third-party software development, supporting the creation of software that remotely controls Sony's digital cameras, including shooting, monitoring and file transfer.
Around The Horn
11 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Eid Al-Fitr, sports, Dekotora, a Man Ray auction and Sears Portrait Studio codes.
Epson Introduces Auto Chart Reader
10 April 2024
Epson has announced its Auto Chart Reader with Epson Edge Color Lite software to extend color management capabilities for the Epson SD-10 Spectrophotometer and Epson Edge Print customers. The new color management workflow creates color profiles and quickly verifies and calibrates color.
Epson Announces 64-Inch SureColor P20570
10 April 2024
Epswon has introduced its SureColor P20570 featuring an improved printer design supporting a 12-channel printhead and Epson UltraChrome PRO12 ink delivering the widest color gamut in its class with incredible black density.
Around The Horn
10 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Nick Bradt, Salvatore Ferragamo, Richard Avedon, eclipse aftermath and Rosie Marie Cromwell.
Around The Horn
9 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 eclipse, The Photography Show, Kimberley Flower Shoot, six image-sharing sites, the Epson SC-P5370 printer, external drives and anamorphic lenses.
Dancing Cactus
8 April 2024
Only a few minutes (very few) before we encountered this dancing cactus, we had been walking down the street in a hail storm. Fortunately we had been prepared for rain and slipped our hood on. But we were not prepared for a dancing cactus.
Around The Horn
8 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at seven Afghan families, Gaza, Akihiko Okamura, Jiatong Lu, Ian Berry, Treasure Island, umbrellas and the eclipse.
Matinee: 'Joan Myers -- Fire & Ice'
6 April 2024
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?
Around The Horn
6 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, Atle R_nningen, the arms industry, Malcolm Daniel, a portable fridge and a Rocky Nook sale.
Friday Slide Show: The Shakespeare Garden
5 April 2024
After entering Golden Gate Park from the Ninth Ave. entrance (which is getting a monumental facelift with some enormous boulders), you see the botanical garden on the left and the ball fields on the right before you come to the music concourse where the de Young and Academy of Sciences buildings are.
ICP, Leica Announce Leica Scholarship
5 April 2024
The International Center of Photography and Leica Camera have established the Leica Scholarship at ICP to provide tuition support to a deserving student applying for a One-Year Certificate Program at ICP.
Around The Horn
5 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at cherry blossoms, more cherry blossoms, Vision & Justice, shooting wide open, an hour with Steve Gosling, a boudoir shoots question and QuickLook.
Around The Horn
4 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Anja Niedringhaus, farm animal photos, show dogs, Rahim Fortune, Jan Erik Waider, the Leica M240, a cellphone eclipse, an on-set grip kit and the biggest digital camera.
Baby Shoes
3 April 2024
Among our archeological finds (and we seem to make a few more every time we open a closet door or a dresser drawer) at Mom's house were these baby shoes. They aren't ours, we know, because ours weren't high tops.
Around The Horn
3 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Taiwan, World Press Photo winners, Asom Khan, Layer bounds previews, equivalent aperture, fast apertures and Mosaic.
Around The Horn
2 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Alastair Philip Wiper, Anupam Nath, Patty Carroll, Jim Westphalen, SD card transfers, Leica-capable flashes, a Think Tank Photo deal and Daido Moriyama.
Around The Horn
1 April 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Easter Parade, Easter Sunday, domestic workers, Peru, artistic swimmers, love, flowers and a few jokes.
March Archived
1 April 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 3 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 24 Features, 16 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 163 items of interest) and two site notes for a total of 68 stories.
Happy Easter!
31 March 2024
This image of four little girls at an outdoor table with Easter eggs and chicks is one half of a stereograph from about 1897.
It's World Backup Day Too
31 March 2024
We have to interrupt the Easter Parade to point out that today also happens to be World Backup Day. It's always the last day of March.
Matinee: 'Vittoria Gerardi's Latenza'
30 March 2024
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?
Around The Horn
30 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, a Gaza airdrop, the Anthropocene Project, Svetlin Yosifov and Ctein.
Friday Slide Show: Elegant Antiskate Devices
29 March 2024
Boardslide, noseslide, tailslide, lipslide, bluntslide ... whoa! Crooked grind, nosegrind, Smith grind, feeble grind ... wha-ho! Grinds and slides? Yo. Like "when you jump the skateboard onto an obstacle and slide along it. It is super fun and often makes a great sounds," our skater authority advises us.
Around The Horn
29 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at concrete, DesignEdit, an Apple Shortcut and People magazine.
Free Art
28 March 2024
Walked right by it. Circled back. Chuckled. Took the camera out and lined up the shot. Walked on, head shaking.
Sony Firmware Updates Include Camera Authenticity Solution
28 March 2024
Sony Electronics has delivered firmware updates for its Alpha 1 (Ver. 2), Alpha 7S III (Ver. 3), Alpha 7 IV (Ver. 3) and, after April, the Alpha 9 III (Ver.2) cameras. The updates include Camera Authenticity Solution, the proprietary in-camera digital signature and Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity or C2PA format support. Together, these tools will make it possible for news agencies to ensure the authenticity of images, contributing to industry efforts to protect creators and society from fake imagery, the company said.
Tamron Announces 28-75mm f2.8 Zoom for Nikon Z
28 March 2024
Tamron has announced its 28-75mm f2.8 Di III VXD G2 for the Nikon Z system. The new zoom features an update optical system in a compact body with a linear motor focus mechanism that is fast, highly accurate and quiet, the company said.
Around The Horn
28 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Thibaut Derien, Brian Aris, Scott Elmquist, Richard Serra, Mike Johnston, camera shutters, a new laptop, 25 teen photographers and four successful AI platforms.
Quick Tip: Expanding Our Filter by Rating Macro
27 March 2024
It never ceases to amaze us how, after we've used some software we've written for a little while, a number of enhancements occur to us.
Around The Horn
27 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Nature Photograph Awards, George Hoyningen-Huene, Drew Gardner, K.B. Dixon on Barthes, Claus Bach and a free copyright Q&A.
Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR Super Zoom
27 March 2024
Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 28-400mm f4-8 VR, a super-zoom lens for Nikon Z series full-frame/FX-format mirrorless cameras. This latest addition to the expanding line of Nikkor Z lenses offers the highest zoom ratio in its class, the company said.
Cyme Announces Peakto Search for Lightroom
26 March 2024
Cyme has announced Peakto Search, a plug-in for Lightroom, that can search "the entirety of Lightroom's content, whether housed within open or disconnected catalogs," the company said.
Sigma Announces 50mm F1.2 DG DN Art Lens
26 March 2024
Sigma has announced the new Sigma 50mm f1.2 DG DN Art lens, a compact, ultra-fast standard prime lens for full-frame mirrorless camera systems. The new Sigma 50mm f1.2 DG DN | Art is the brightest in the Sigma 50mm prime lens lineup, delivering high optical performance from its widest aperture, the company said.
Affinity Acquired by Canva
26 March 2024
In an email to the Affinity community today, CEO Ash Hewson announced the company has been acquired by Canva.
Around The Horn
26 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kamala Harris, pregnant photographers, five women photographers, WPPI, iPhone tips and yesterday's macOS 14.4.1 update.
Addio, Pollini
25 March 2024
This weekend Maurizio Pollini, the Italian classical pianist, left us at the age of 82. We have been admirers of his recordings of Chopin, Mozart and Shumann, among others, since our youth.
Around The Horn
25 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at cherry blossoms, Antarctica's glaciers, Holi, Murray Ballard, Shaw and Finnegan, Kirk Tuck getting powdered and Werner Bischof.
Matinee: 'Saving Our Springs'
23 March 2024
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?
Around The Horn
23 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 pictures, Roman Fox, the Jackery Explorer 300 Plus, an M3 MacBook Pro, golden hour photography and 21 famous photographers.
Friday Slide Show: Spring on Twin Peaks
22 March 2024
When we call Twin Peaks to mind, we imagine a bare, rocky golden hill with 360-degree views. But that's only half the story.
Quick Tip: Automating Lightroom Rating Displays
22 March 2024
A fellow sufferer on the Keyboard Maestro forum asked how to trigger a Lightroom menu item that displays stars rather than words. He had hoped to be able to write a macro to display the images with three stars.
Around The Horn
22 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at spring, Andrew Medichini, a Tiffen iPhone adapter and sunset photography.
The Culture of Undo
21 March 2024
We are among the legions who rely on the miraculous powers of ⌃Z to undo what silly thing we have just done and return us to a prior, more stable state.
Peakto 1.12 Improves Keywording
21 March 2024
Cyme has released Peakto 1.12 with AI-boosted and cross-catalog photo keywording. Peakto 1.12 automates mass keyword assignment to scattered photos, centralizing keywords in its photo library.
Around The Horn
21 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 student photographers, Billy Childress, a Voigtlander 75mm lens, light painting, the solar eclipse and camera advice.
Around The Horn
20 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at gig workers, Irina Werning, Las Fallas, the Bronx, Nikon's technical guides, Roland Barthes, accessories, a $103K contract and Kevin Kelly's advice.
The First Day of Spring
19 March 2024
A little birdie told us today is the first day of spring. So we charged the battery, put a card in the camera and holstered our Nikon D300 and 18-200mm Nikkor for a trek up Twin Peaks.
Following Directions
19 March 2024
We bent down to inspect the bright pink paper flapping in the afternoon wind with a mysterious message. What could it be?
Around The Horn
19 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Ludovica De Santis, failure, Leica's weak spot, a Nikon miss, new Hahnemuehle papers and composition.
A Keypad for Photoshop
18 March 2024
We've been using Photoshop for well over 30 years now and in that time we must have moused over to the menu bar or panels enough times to have circled the globe, gone to the moon and set off for Mars.
Around The Horn
18 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Houston's Fotofest, Igor Malijevský, Albrecht Voss, Greg Mo, stuff said and shooting in the raint.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
17 March 2024
We have struggled to find an appropriate way to celebrate Il Giorno di San Pasquale. And we realize that as the years pass we have fewer chances left to get it right.
Matinee: 'Ready for the April 8 Total Solar Eclipse?'
16 March 2024
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?
Around The Horn
16 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at director Peter Chelsom's stills, Mexican fireworks, Mount Tamalpais State Park, photographic calculators and a Sonoma 14.4 USB fix.
Friday Slide Show: Spring Training
15 March 2024
We had some errands to run in the village so we hiked down Portola one sunny afternoon. On the way, we noticed something in the weeds along the sidewalk. We took a closer look and discovered it was a baseball card.
Smith Fund to Hold Free Virtual Awards Ceremony
15 March 2024
The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has announced a virtual awards ceremony to honor recipients of the 2023 Eugene Smith Fund grant, fellowship and finalist Award on Tuesday, March 26, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
Around The Horn
15 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, British Wildlife Photography Award, The Black Chord, film simulations, Nikon firmware, the Zhiyun Molus X60 CoB, Critics' Choice Awards and macOS Sonoma 14.4 issues.
Ice Plant
14 March 2024
As a kid, ice plant was no friend. There's a steep embankment behind the housing development we lived in that was, in those days, covered in the stuff. It's a low maintenance, drought-resistant ground cover.
Around The Horn
14 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Elliott Erwitt, ászló Kupi, Ellen Jantzen, one strobe, the Leica X, using gels, color management, questions answered, circles of confusion and a lens sale.
Around The Horn
13 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Ramadan, monochrome, fruit merchants, Scheherazade Tillet, Lamington National Park Rainforest, street portraits, a solar eclipse, a comet and a BorrowLenses used gear sale.
Red Hot Poker
12 March 2024
It's been raining at night this week. Very convenient. We can walk down to the village to run our errands without getting wet. And even take a little stroll on the way back.
Around The Horn
12 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Sony World Photography Awards Open Competition winners, medium format, climate resilience, a second lens and battery management.
Around The Horn
11 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Oscars, camera makers, nuts and bolts, photo festivals and fairs plus a princess edits her family photo.
Spring Forward
9 March 2024
Spring doesn't officially spring upon us until March 19 but it will be one hour closer tomorrow when Daylight Saving Time (for those of us who observe it) takes effect at 2 a.m. Which instantly becomes 3 a.m.
Matinee: 'Photographer Pam Ponce'
9 March 2024
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?
Around The Horn
9 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, Melbourne, LightStalking contest winners, Cityscapes V, Honesty and Jeremy Gray.
Site Tweak: A QR Code
8 March 2024
As a card carrying member of the Anti Text Completion and Smartphone Keyboard Society, we have come to appreciate the simplicity of a simple QR code to get where we are going.
Friday Slide Show: A Little Painting
8 March 2024
We don't spend a lot of time in Joyce's office but we lost our inside phone circuit when the exterior painters removed the ancient, calcified cabling from the stucco.
Ingrid Pollard Named 44th Hasselblad Award Recipient
8 March 2024
The Hasselblad Foundation has named British photographer Ingrid Pollard as the 44th recipient of the Hasselblad Award, which honors individuals whose work significantly impacts the field and pushes artistic boundaries. Past winners have included Ansel Adams (1981), Cindy Sherman (1994), Hiroshi Sugimoto (2001), Dayanita Singh (2022) and 2023 laureate Carrie Mae Weems.
Around The Horn
8 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at International Women's Day, Leica Women Foto Project, Alpha Female Award Winner and Shortlist, bad jobs, an Istanbul commuter ferry, the Leica SL3, BorrowLenses and selling your gear.
LensRentals Acquires BorrowLenses +
7 March 2024
In an email today, BorrowLenses announced LensRentals has acquired the BorrowLenses brand. The transition takes effect for current rentals on March 10.
Leica Announces SL3
7 March 2024
Leica has announced the Leica SL3 "combining state-of-the-art technology, extraordinary design and masterful manufacturing," the company said, while making it "more compact, lighter and even more user-friendly than its preceding model."
Around The Horn
7 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Paris Fashion Week, Haiti, Blood Generation, The Kimberley, the Leica SL3 and an Affinity sale.
Nikon to Acquire RED
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Nikon has announced its agreement "to acquire 100 percent of the outstanding membership interests of RED.com, LLC whereby RED will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nikon."
6 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 1924, the Middle East, the English steam engine scene and Apple silicon memory/storage scheme.
Sometimes Your Heart Breaks
5 March 2024
Sundays, while everyone else is resting, we drive over to the old house and go through a few more drawers. That's something we would never have done when Mom was alive. But it's our job now.
Around The Horn
5 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Today/Tomorrow, My Sweet Elora, Lovers in a Paris Bar, Daniel Beltra, film simulations and diminishing returns.
Nikon Launches '8 Days with Z 8' Challenge for Content Creators
4 March 2024
Nikon has launched 8 Days with Z 8, a campaign spotlighting diverse visual storytellers who had adopted the Nikon Z 8.
Quick Fix: Photoshop's GPU Complaint
4 March 2024
Recent releases of Photoshop have upped the ante on supported hardware so if you're running on older hardware and updating regularly via Creative Cloud, you may be (as we were) stunned to launch the Camera Raw filter only to find it won't come up because your GPU is no longer supported.
Around The Horn
4 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Pictures of the Week, Sierra blizzard, Kurdish women, Black rodeo culture, Russell Brown, video, full-frame 25mm lenses and the M3 MacBook Airs.
Matinee: 'Natalie Keyssar, Documentary Photographer'
2 March 2024
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?
Around The Horn
2 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 intriguing image, Corsica and Sardinia, testing a lens and resizing an image.
Friday Slide Show: The Wooden Barrel
1 March 2024
The only games we are fond of all have officials you can curse. So this Japanese wooden barrel puzzle has sat in an open frame attached to the end of a bookcase in the studio for decades without being disturbed.
Hasselblad Celebrates Its Heroines
1 March 2024
Hasselblad has announced a six-month social media campaign to celebrate the Hasselblad Heroines honored over the past four years.
Around The Horn
1 March 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at wildflowers, stories, wacky inventions, small sensor cameras and instant cameras.
February Archived
1 March 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 2 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 10 commented News stories, 24 Editor's Notes (which included 160 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 53 stories.
Early Magnolia
29 February 2024
The magnolia trees are starting to bud and blossom already. We attribute it the early phenomenon to leap year. Or all that rain. Still, it was a surprise.
USPS to Release Ansel Adams Stamps
29 February 2024
The United States Postal Service will release a set of 16 First Class Forever stamps featuring the photography of Ansel Adams on May 15. The set was designed by art director Derry Noyes using existing photographs.
Cyme Updates Peakto With Centralized Deletion
29 February 2024
Cyme has released Peakto 1.11 with a new Trash function providing "centralized deletion" from the underlying catalog. The new version includes some important bug fixes as well.
Around The Horn
29 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 redheads, flowers, perspective and AI-generated headshots.
Around The Horn
28 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at mushroom clouds, Justin Mott, charging a battery, shutter latency, a lens game, old pictures and old prints.
A Backdoor Restoration
27 February 2024
Restoring old photos has always been challenging. But who isn't up for a challenge? And these days, armed with even more powerful retouching tools, the odds are shifting in our favor.
Around The Horn
27 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Bedouins, a splash, abstract nature photography, photography blogs, Nikon Z9/Z8 Guide and Susan Meiselas.
The Photo Sleuth
26 February 2024
There are moments of desperation going through someone else's treasures. "What could this possibly be?" you wonder, a bit embarrassed that something saved for so long by someone you knew so well could be a mystery.
Around The Horn
26 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, vintage hot rods, Insieme, mushrooms, another eye, a Lightroom Classic guide, pixels, a portfolio box, iPhone Macro Control, camera shutters and bokeh.
Matinee: 'On Becoming a Photographer'
24 February 2024
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?
Around The Horn
24 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Ukraine, Ernest Cole, Kyaw Zay Yar Lin, Focus on Photography and Erwitt's studio.
Friday Slide Show: An Old Passport
23 February 2024
Yesterday the mail brought a surprise from the dear departed past (as Dave Frishberg used to call it). Among a few other things in a padded orange envelope, an uncle had sent us our great great grandmother's passport.
Around The Horn
23 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 New Year's project, Jack Lathan, throwing photo shade, the X100VI's price and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Panasonic Unveils Lumix S 28-200mm Macro
22 February 2024
Panasonic has introduced its Lumix S 28-200mm f4-7.1 Macro O.I.S. zoom lens for the L-Mount system. The new Lumix zoom is "the world's smallest and lightest long zoom lens," the company said, measuring 3.67 inches long and weighing 14.57 oz.
Lensbaby Announces New Sweet 22
22 February 2024
Lensbaby has announced a new version of its Sweet 22 pancake lens featuring "the smallest sweet spot with the most blur outside the sweet spot of any Lensbaby lens." The mirrorless-only compact lens also features a metal body and can focus five inches from the front element.
Around The Horn
22 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at being homeless, Palestine, the Deutsche Börse Prize, Cossacks, a Lightroom update, building a studio, mount licensing, iCloud throttling and bad advice.
Sony Introduces Compact FE 24-50mm f2.8 Zoom
21 February 2024
Sony has introduced its FE 24-50mm f2.8 Zoom with a constant f2.8 maximum aperture and a versatile 24mm to 50mm focal range housed in a compact form.
Sigma Announces 500mm, 15mm Primes
21 February 2024
Sigma has announced two new primes, a 500mm telephoto and as 15mm fish-eye, for Leica L and Sony E mounts. Details follow.
Around The Horn
21 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Photographer of the Year, U.K. power stations, Sidney B. Felsen, Osborne Macharia, Kenny Hurtado, the Fujifilm X100VI, Profoto softboxes and looking at art.
Fujifilm Announces X100VI
20 February 2024
Fujifilm has announced its X100VI digital camera featuring a compact, lightweight body with Fujifilm's Film Simulation modes, along with in-body image stabilization and enhanced video capabilities.
Venus Optics Announces Laowa 10mm Prime With Autofocus
20 February 2024
Venus Optics has announced the Laowa 10mm f2.8 Zero-D F prime lens, the first autofocus lens in its Laowa lineup. The wide perspective of the lens mates with a bright aperture, making it especially usseful for capturing landscapes, architecture, and nature.
Around The Horn
20 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in photos, Zebus, aquatics, black female photographers, GOATs, your best shot, external SSDs, Elliott Erwitt's house, boredom and a Sling sale.
Presidents' Day
19 February 2024
The third Official Results of the 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey are now in. And what better day to review them than Presidents' Day?
Matinee: 'Phil Sharp -- Unified Theory'
17 February 2024
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?
Around The Horn
17 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Navalny, Tina Signesdottir, older gear and RawTherapee.
Friday Slide Show: Flaming Flora
16 February 2024
One of the hazards of publishing daily is that a certain time of day is precluded from anything else. So while we curate an Around The Horn for you six mornings a week, the sun rises in the sky to light scenes we never see.
Around The Horn
16 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Alexei Navalny, Francisco Gomez de Villaboa, an urgent border scene, Harold Davi, Chronolog, the Leica M240 M-E, the Intrepid enlarger, photo card services, 700 rubber ducks and a Rocky Nook discount.
Review: Joby Beamo Studio Creative Kit
15 February 2024
When Joby announced its Beamo Studio Creative Kit late last year, we confess we were confused. The only way to clarify things, we thought, was to get our hands on one. So we did.
Around The Horn
15 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Valentine's Day, hummus, Glen McClure, the Nikon Zf and a new photography standard.
A Valentine
14 February 2024
Tucked in the corners of drawers, saved beyond the occasion, reminders of what matters, the old Valentines from Dad to Mom and Mom to Dad now come to light again as we clean out the house.
Around The Horn
14 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Tine Poppe, Mother Nature, Black photographers, limited palettes, comments combined, NX MobileAir, authenticity, Double Click and Backblaze drive stats.
Absolute Power
13 February 2024
During our recent deluge, we had a couple of multi-hour power failures that reaffirmed the utility of some older technology like gas stoves and oil lamps.
Around The Horn
13 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Sue Ogrocki, Bert Hardy, Chad Unger, a new Adjustment Brush tool, rangefinderS, third party lenses, winners and Snap Pro Camera.
Around The Horn
12 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Sunday, Sacha Goldberger, sstriking Chinese seamen, a family portrait, the Voigtlander 90mm lens and four-shot pixel shift.
Matinee: Kganye's 'The Sea is History'
10 February 2024
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?
Around The Horn
10 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's Week in Pictures, NFL camera tech, interesting photography, a darkroom plan, Dusk to Dawn and Nikon Live videos.
Friday Slide Show: House Surgery
9 February 2024
After the atmospheric river passed through this week (during which we lost power for two hours while cooking brunch and seven hours while cooking dinner on our fortunately gas stove with oil lamps), the painters called to say they would come by to pressure wash the house.
Around The Horn
9 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 McCartney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Art Photography Awards, Cityscapes and more on the Z8 C2.00 firmware updat.
Around The Horn
8 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 British Press Photographers' Association winners, the Rathkopfs, Sebastião Salgado at 80, MLLM-guided image editing and an Adorama discount.
Harvey Posts ExifTool 12.76 Production Release
7 February 2024
Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v12.76, an update to the recent v12.75 and the first production release since v12.70 on Nov. 24, 2023. The release is available in three formats, including a Windows executable and macOS package.
Around The Horn
7 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at astrophotoraphy, Sony short listers, the kiss, Year of the Dragon, Generative Fill, Nikon Z8 firmware 2.0, Light Stalking's new contests and memory quality.
Ingester Gets Some AI Help
6 February 2024
Since we last looked at Ingester, our Keyboard Maestro macro to import images from a variety of sources to our archive, we've been enjoying the streamlined efficiency of the latest version. Actual, pure, unfiltered enjoyment, yes.
Around The Horn
6 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at that atmospheric river, Alexey Kondakov, Valentin Goppel, the best enlarger, limoncello and eight estimates.
Executor With a Camera
5 February 2024
Mom had dnamed us as the executor of her will. That means we're charged with dealing with a lifetime of things that remain in the house. More than once, as we go from room to room, we've thought of Emily Dickinson's The Bustle in a House.
Around The Horn
5 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Edward Burtynsky, Michael Robinson Chávez, Jaisingh Nageswaran, year end statistics, wide angle monochromes, a Vision Pro FAQ, digitizing slides and Samsung's notion of reality.
Cyme: FindMySnap Runs on Apple Vision Pro
5 February 2024
Cyme has announced the expansion of FindMySnap, its photo exploration app for iOS and macOS, to visionOS, the new Apple Vision Pro platform. The app on visionOS reinvents how users interact with their photo collections, the company said, providing an immersive and enjoyable experience.
Matinee: 'Eric Draper, Former Chief White House Photographer'
3 February 2024
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?
Around The Horn
3 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, a Steve Boyle composite, Azim Khan Ronnie, collective nouns for photographers and Willie Mays Day.
Friday Slide Show: Hiking Twin Peaks
2 February 2024
Last weekend as the weather warmed into the 60s, we jumped into our hiking boots, grabbed the Nikon D300 with the 18-200mm lens (which gives us a 300mm equivalent reach) and set off for Twin Peaks.
Remembering Brian Griffin
2 February 2024
British photographer Brian Griffin, acclaimed for his album covers for Depeche Mode, Iggy Pop and Elvis Costello, has died at the age of 75.
Around The Horn
2 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Joel Meyerowitz, Marco Polo, Anne Lass, the Leitz Focomat IIc, Brookes Jensen and Jason Row.
Around The Horn
1 February 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Ecuador, a kayak, file sizes and selling stock images.
January Archived
1 February 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 1 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 7 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 167 items of interest), no reviews and one site note for a total of 50 stories.
Around The Horn
31 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at James Webb space telescope images, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Ernst Scheidegger, Generations of Resilience, the OM-1 Mark II, the Olympus XA design and Hal Buell.
OM System Announces OM-1 Mark II
30 January 2024
OM System has announced the OM-1 Mark II, its new flagship Micro Four Thirds camera, featuring the world's first Live Graduated ND photography function, according to the company.
OM System Introduces 9-18mm, 150-600mm Zooms
30 January 2024
OM System announced two new Micro Four Thirds zooms today, the M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f4.0-5.6 II and the M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-600 F5.0-6.3 IS. Details follow.
Around The Horn
30 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at ice huts, Raúl Cañibano, Kenneth P. Green Sr., flash gear, a flash ebook, Mirrorless Mover bags, a sports photography contest and an energized Johnston.
January Sunset
29 January 2024
We shot this last night at 5:34 just a few minutes before Fox Sports showed an earlier shot as if it were live. A few minutes later we tweeted our brothers that "hope springs infernal" as the Santa Clara 14ers, formerly known as the San Francisco 49ers, struggled against a well-prepared Detroit Lion team in the NFC Championship game.
Around The Horn
29 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Hadda, Gillian Laub, Evelyn Hofer, Yulia Skogoreva, Clara Vannucci, F-mount production, dials snf the Leica Q2.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
27 January 2024
Today marks the 78th 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.
Matinee: 'How My Stepfather Escaped the Nazis'
27 January 2024
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?
Around The Horn
27 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's Week in Pictures, original Observer photography, Arlene Gottfried's archive, Gerry McCulloch, energy and legislating watermarks on AI images.
Friday Slide Show: Redwood City
26 January 2024
We found ourselves in Redwood City this week to conduct some official business. Submit the paperwork, pay the fee, walk out unscathed.
Around The Horn
26 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at In Pieces, photographing the dead, art producers, handling a camera, a rocket launch, InDesign exhibition layout, Photoshop Insider and text in images.
Canon Announces Three imagePrograf Pro Printers
25 January 2024
Canon has introduced its imagePrograf 60-inch Pro-6600, 44-inch Pro-4600 and 24-inch Pro-2600 models designed for photography and fine art printing. The new inkjet printers feature a Lucia Pro II ink set designed to deliver an expanded dark area gamut, excellent light resistance and improved scratch resistance over previous models, the company said.
Around The Horn
25 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at AI copyright violations, climbing Cholitas, Snap Pro Camera, Sports Illustrated, local color, Mike Johnston and unintended macOS upgrades.
Hasselblad Announces 907X, CFV 100C
24 January 2024
Hasselblad has announced its 907x camera body and CFV 100C digital back, fusing modular design with advanced technologies to offer several different photographic abilities. The 907x and CFV 100C's new 100-Mp back-illuminated sensor doubles the resolution of its predecessor, the 907x and CFV II 50C.
Around The Horn
24 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Joseph, John Walmsley, drizzle, Outdoor Photographer's lawsuit, photography conferences and the Mac turns 40.
Down the Corridor
23 January 2024
We were walking out of the hospital a while ago when we looked down a corridor that did not lead to the exit and saw through a window San Francisco with the Golden Gate Bridge towers in the background.
Around The Horn
23 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at rodent photographers, Ocean Art winners, Brendon Burton, glass furniture, Larurent Laporte, panoramas, cuteness, the uncanny valley and HP ink cartridges.
Neural Edits of an Obituary Portrait
22 January 2024
Obituary portraits are unlike any other portrait. The sitter, for one thing, has long since left the studio. And often they never even sat for a portrait. You are left with a few albums of snapshots to pick just one representative image.
Around The Horn
22 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 pictures, the Nature Photography Contest, Marcio Pimenta, Ernest Scheidegger, Ernest Cole, Andalusia, Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, a color negative scan and Z-mount filter sizes.
Matinee: Jake Ricker
20 January 2024
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?
Around The Horn
20 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kezar, John Emslie, the Moon, a colorized portrait and a contest cancellation.
Friday Slide Show: A JFK Rose
19 January 2024
We were leaving Mom's house Wednesday after winding the clock and paying the bills when we noticed the first white rose of the year blooming in the front yard. We wouldn't be back for days, so we took out our pen knife and clipped it to take home.
Around The Horn
19 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Friday, winter, Harold Davis, working on projects and Photo Chats.
Putting Together a Photo Tribute
18 January 2024
We recently did a photo tribute that included a slide show and a video. This can be a time-consuming chore when you have very little time and no inclination to do repetitive tasks.
Around The Horn
18 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Stephen Lesli, Dave Jordano, Jan Erik Waider, Al H Thompson, creative effects, jackpot photography, light modifiers, Really Right Stuff's L bracket and a backdrop sale.
Around The Horn
17 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Surf Durrani, Jeroen Hofman, the Zeiss Milvus 50mm f1.4, warm lighting and the BackLight Sprint.
Flashpoint Introduces R2 Nano
16 January 2024
Flashpoint has introduced the R2 Nano flash trigger with support for TTL and multiflash mode, HSS, front curtain sync and rear curtain sync.
Around The Horn
16 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week in pictures, being 72, Jon Feinstein, Stuart Franklin, Kost's Australian aerials, Joe McNally and Derrick Story.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
15 January 2024
It is profoundly sad to pass this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the country America has become.
Matinee: Eye on the '60s
13 January 2024
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?
Around The Horn
13 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at discarded Christmas trees, avalanche conditions, color photography and the parts of a camera.
Friday Slide Show: Holiday Escapee
12 January 2024
It happens every year. We take down the holiday decorations, boxing them up carefully, and wrestle with the other storage under the stairs to put them away until next year. A day or two later, relaxing on the couch, we spy one that escaped the sweep.
Around The Horn
12 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Vintage America, a Voigtlander 75mm on medium format, camera sensor color accuracy, KEH/MPB vs. eBay and new visual tech sector technologies.
Around The Horn
11 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Close-Up Photographer of the Year winners, five who photographed Kate Moss, Doug Menuez, Lucien Migné, lens mount charts, continuous lights and a compact $149 light box.
Around The Horn
10 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Atlas Gallery, Iris suite, Tuck intervenes, the Mirrorless market, the Nikkor Z 26mm, a $68,750 contract, online counterfeiters, LensCulture portrait contest, Adobe AI job and HP sued.
Saints Peter & Paul
9 January 2024
Saints Peter & Paul, the largest church in North Beach, is celebrating its centennial this year. The current building, that is. So we thought we'd take a portrait.
Around The Horn
9 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Portrait of Britain winners, Mathieu Bitton, Hard Pack Magazine, Cityscapes continued, color film, dark EVFs and Francis Chung.
Panasonic Announces Lumix S 100mm f2.8 Macro Lens
8 January 2024
At CES today, Panasonic introduced its Compact and lightweight Lumix S 100mm f2.8 Macro lens for the L-Mount system.
Helen Rimell Awarded 2023 Bob & Diane Fund Grant
8 January 2024
The Bob & Diane Fund has announced photographer Helen Rimell as the 2023 grantee for her photography project No Longer Her(e).
Around The Horn
8 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kashmir, Yuanbo Chen, Sage Sohier, wide angle lenses, a box, HDR and cleaning battery corrosion.
Matinee: 'The Future of Art'
6 January 2024
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?
Around The Horn
6 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Polar people, Michelle Z Simmons, a DIY camera motion rig, pricing and disposable cameras.
Friday Slide Show: Garden Macros
5 January 2024
We're having lot of fun shooting macro on the iPhone 15 Pro Max. A few days ago we took it into the garden to look at all the old familiar things in a new light.
Around The Horn
5 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jupiter's Moon Io, Luca Locatellio, London pedicabs, Harold Davis, the Leica SL and $200.
Around The Horn
4 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Japan, Dia De Los Muertos, RaMell Ross, Z-mount Nikkors and a scanned film frame.
Around The Horn
3 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Garry Winogrand in color, Valerio Minato, Eleonora Prignano, the Hasselblad 180mm f4.0 and LensRentals.
Remembering Peter Magubane
2 January 2024
Peter Magubane, a Black South African photographer who documented life under apartheid despite repeated attempts to suppress his work, died on Monday after a battle with prostrate cancer. He was 91.
Around The Horn
2 January 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at New Year celebrations, the Dancing Bears Festival, Mehrdad Mirzaie, Lee Friedlander, the Voigtlander 75mm, Derrick Story, Hogan's predictions and family photography.
December Archived
1 January 2024
We've just archived Volume 12, Number 12 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 20 Features, four commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 155 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 51 stories.
It's 2024!
1 January 2024
Once again, the exclamation point in our headline expresses, not just optimism, but some genuine enthusiasm. Last year hasn't just ended but a new one has begun with the promise of 365 unlived days ahead.
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