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Friday Slide Show: Mission Bay

23 August 2019

The first time we presented Mission Bay, we focused on the University of California at San Francisco's new campus. A year later, we showed you the Chase Center under construction there. Today we're taking a broader look at the area from UCSF to the about-to-open Chase Center to the Bay Trail to the ballpark and along the Embarcadero.

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Sara De Antonio Wins Nikon Grand Prize

23 August 2019

On the 50th anniversary of the Nikon Photo Conest, Sara De Antonio has won the Grand Prize for her image of Ayimpoka, an albino girl who lives in a small town of Ghana.

Despite years of discrimination and persecution of albino children, Ayimpoka is loved and protected at home where she receives weekly care from a local NGO. De Antonio's photo was taken the day she was recovering from malaria only to suffer sunburns from exposure.

"For me, this picture captures a human story so successfully and succinctly that we can all interpret and sense it directly," lead judge Neville Brody commented. "The context is clearly one of suffering, yet the subject is tinged with hope and humanity. The positivity and strength of the child showing support is palpable, we want to reach out ourselves and lend our own."

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Around The Horn

23 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Brooke Shaden, Beth Mitchell, Ben Chrisman and an ON1 Photo Raw discount.

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The Luminous Endowment Becomes Reichmann Project Grant

22 August 2019

The Luminous Landscape's Josh Reichmann has announced his father's Luminous Endowment has "closed its operations completely" and "passed the baton into the prestigious, progressive and outstanding hands of Photolucida."

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On the Road

22 August 2019

We've taken this shot a number of times over the years. It's the roadway on the west side of Twin Peaks, now two-way with the eastern circuit closed to vehicle traffic.

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Around The Horn

22 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Transylvania, a projector len, FogCam, mirrorless manual focusing, packing for small planes and Google search tips.

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Around The Horn

21 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at National Parks, Alice Guy-Blache, Bluetooth, Facebook and Flat Earthers and Canon G5X II in Lightroom.

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ON1: Photo Raw 2020 Coming With Mobile Apps, Sync

21 August 2019

In a blog post today, Patrick Smith announced a slate of ON1 product updates and introductions planned over "the coming months," incluing Photo Raw 2020, a Photo Mobile app, a Video app and ON1 Sync Service.

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6x6 Global Talents Announced From South America

21 August 2019

The World Press Photo Foundation has launched the second cycle of its 6x6 Global Talent Program in South America. Six winners were selected from among over 100 nominations.

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Around The Horn

21 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 photo quiz, Edingburgh, the Nikon Noct 58mm f1.2, safari tips, dancing girls, a free webinar and SnapBridge 2.6.

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Book Bag: Recent Releases

20 August 2019

Our full book reviews gathered under this column's tag are reserved for titles we found particularly inspiring. But there are a number of releases that we read for review that are worthy of recognition if not a full review. Our short reviews of recent releases attempts to retrieve them from oblivion. Because, you know, we think you might enjoy them.

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Now Showing

20 August 2019

We had to chuckle as we passed this little street scene. The abandoned TV was not yet ready to leave the stage. The parking sign leaned in out of curiosity. The manhole cover rolled over to see what the fuss was about.

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DNP Bring Metallic Media to DS40 Printer

20 August 2019

DNP has announced its Metallic media from its Luxury media line is now available for the DS40 dye-sublimation printer. First announced in December 2018 for the DS620A and DS820A dye-sub printers, the new media brings enhanced contrast and saturation to its original dye-sub printer.

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Around The Horn

20 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Max Siedentopf, Tom and Marj Green, the Newport Folk Festival, Jane Kim, printing in Lightroom and stopping copyright infringement.

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Deals: Photoshop Elements for $60

19 August 2019

Adobe is selling the macOS or Windows version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2019 for $59.99 to U.S. customers today only. That represents a $40 savings over the regular price.

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Ramos, Osborne Create $1M Print to Benefit Afghanistan War Victims

19 August 2019

Tomas Ramos and Ken Osborne went to Afghanistan to document in one shot the impact of war on children, families and the small towns and villages caught in the middle of conflict. They'll sell that print for $1 million dollars on Aug. 28, with proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior project, Save the Children in the U.S. and families affected by war in Afghanistan.

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Kevin Raber Launches PhotoPXL

19 August 2019

Kevin Raber, late of Luminous Landscape, has launched PhotoPXL, a new site dedicated to the subject of photography. The site debuted earlier this summer

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Around The Horn

19 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Tom Wood, Alvin Baltrop, Juan Jose Egusquiza, Ming Thein, illustration and photography, Mexican sodas, Joe McNally and metering modes explained.

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Matinee: 'How to Propose to a Wedding Photographer'

17 August 2019

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

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Site Tweak: Interactive Editing Details

17 August 2019

We hadn't planned on publishing Interactive Editing until today but it snuck in the back door yesterday when the automated upload for the slide show also updated our feeds. We hadn't used the special code word in our file name to prevent adding it to the feeds. Oops.

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Around The Horn

17 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Mission Carmel, the moon handheld at 600mm, international plug adapters, old photos, GFX 100 eye tests and superheroes.

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Interactive Editing +

16 August 2019

Some time ago we were thinking about what an online image editing tool would look like. We thought it might be instructive to use one here so you could play around with our edits for yourself.

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Friday Slide Show: Summer on the Peaks

16 August 2019

Whenever we worry we're foisting images of Twin Peaks on you, we remember how Ansel Adams foisted images of Yosemite on people. We do realize even if we never tire of taking a camera up the hill, you may be weary of watching us.

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Around The Horn

16 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Mother of Exiles, eye autofocus, black-and-white smartphone apps, Kelby's 12th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, focus in macro photography and Hitcase iPhone lenses.

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Are You Paying Attention?

15 August 2019

We were admittedly a little distracted as we walked through the UCSF campus yesterday after our annual physical. We'd checked out fine in person with every expectation that our blood tests would confirm we'd found the fountain of youth. And we were happily reliving the details of the experience in our mind.

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Remembering Barbara Crane

15 August 2019

Barbara Crane, the pioneering fine art photographer and influential educator who explored the medium as a vehicle for self expression for over 60 years, died at the age of 91 on Aug. 7.

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Leica Announces Summicron-SL 50mm f2 ASPH.

15 August 2019

Leica has announced its APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f2 ASPH. The new L-mount prime lens features 12 elements including three aspherical in 10 groups, apochromatic corrections for accurate color rendering and a weather-sealed mechanical design.

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AKVIS Releases Refocus 8.5

15 August 2019

AKVIS has released AKVIS Refocus 8.5, updating its focus adjustment software with a new History Brush tool, new Notification Panel, support for more Raw files, other improvements and bug fixes.

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Around The Horn

15 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Levan Kiknavelidze, fill flash, side-mount failures, scouting, rules of vision, Spectacles 3, Lightroom tips and a Molitor critique.

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Nikon Remembers Its Coolpix W150 +

14 August 2019

In April Nikon announced its ruggedized Coolpix W150, designed to be kid-proof on vacation with "flower" and "resort" body option. But the company didn't mention either price or availability for the 13.2-megapixel digicam.

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The Hollowed Out Log

14 August 2019

It's been unseasonably warm this week. For a summer in San Francisco, anyway. So we took a hike on Monday to get as far away from a frozen daiquiri as we could.

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Around The Horn

14 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at group photography, perspective, banding in the GFX 100, fighting ransomware and Keyboard Maestro 9.

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Think Tank Photo Launches Urban Access Backpack

13 August 2019

Think Tank Photo has announced its Urban Access Backpack featuring a "stylish, modern design" appropriate to today's urban environment married to a well thought-out design that keeps your gear both protected and accessible.

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Adobe Updates Lightroom Ecosystem, Camera Raw

13 August 2019

Adobe has announced updates to the Lightroom ecosystem featuring GPU-accelerated editing in Lightroom Classic and Camera Raw to provide "a smoother and more responsive experience" as well as a number of other improvements.

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Around The Horn

13 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Golfo Paradiso, the Berlin Wall, learning, shooting wildlife and camera lifespans.

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Around The Horn

12 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Caleb Stein, Kathy Ryan, Paddy Summerfield, the Fujifim 100-400mm, environmental framing, the attic, the Voigtlander 75mm, camera ransomeware and the Sony RX0 Mark II.

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Matinee: Gianfranco Bernardo Photographs Love

10 August 2019

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

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Around The Horn

10 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at three year olds, Annie Leibovitz, Zakynthos, sensors outresolving lenses, Monsanto and a pink Olympus XA2.

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Friday Slide Show: Miraloma

9 August 2019

We were in something of a quandary. What to have for dinner. We'd already been slaving over the hot stove all week and the ballgame was the YouTube MLB Game of the Week in half an hour so we decided to punt. Pick up burgers in Miraloma a quarter mile away. Unphotogenic (but useful) Miraloma.

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Around The Horn

9 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Thomas Lohr, therapy dogs, the Cumberland Plateau, Martin Parr, rules of vision, reporting focal lengths, ChromaLuxe textured photo panels and the Perseid meteor shower.

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Capture One Offers Student Discount

8 August 2019

Capture One has launched a new student initiative to provide students with the imaging editing software for as little as $7 a month. The initiative is part of Capture One's See Beyond. Trust your vision. Trust your tools. campaign, which also spotlights professional photographers using the software to inspire the students.

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Adobe Offers Stock Contributor Bonus

8 August 2019

Adobe has emailed an Adobe Stock contributor bonus offer to Creative Cloud subscribers for a free one-year subscription to either the Creative Cloud Photography plan or the All Apps plan for contributions to its stock images platform this year. To qualify you must have submitted at least 300 assets this year, but you have all year to do it.

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Around The Horn

8 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 2019 Pan American Games, chasing storms, Mark Mawston, the iPhone XR, Hogan's Fujifilm roundup and Elon Musk.

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Topaz Labs Announces Studio Photo Contest Winners

7 August 2019

Topaz Labs has announced the winners of its Topaz Studio 2 Photo Contest. The prizes included a free license to Topaz Studio or a Topaz credit worth $99.99.

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Adobe Capture Adds Gradient Feature, Behance Integration, More

7 August 2019

Adobe has just released updates to its Capture app on iOS and Android that feature the ability to pull color gradients from images captured on your smartphone camera to use in artwork and designs.

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Around The Horn

7 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Greenland, Profoto, Lightroom sharpening and transparent backgrounds.

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Zoning With Zonin

6 August 2019

It's become a Sunday tradition. Lox and a bagel, the lox perhaps scrambled with some eggs and green onions, perhaps floating on a sea of cream cheese. And the prosecco.

We stare out the window looking for a certain tall old gent who strides up the hill about 10:20 every Sunday wearing his workout clothes, reliable as the quartz movement in a clock.

And while we are waiting, we amuse ourselves watching the churchgoers come and go, families in tow, the children who had run down the sidewalk head of their parents leaning over the curb at the corner until given permission to proceed.

You can see lifetimes in that small Sunday drama.

So we set about to pay tribute to it in a single shot. We picked up the Olympus E-PL1 and the 12-100mm Pro zoom we are testing, dressed in our Sunday-best circular polarizer, and fired away.

That was two Sundays ago. We tried it again last Sunday, too.

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Around The Horn

6 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Tadas Kazakevicius, Terry O'Neill, tropical skies, Zadar, Santorini, an animated GIF, Backblaze hard drive stats, LG DVD writer, copyright infringement request and Kara Swisher.

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Deals: HP Envy 5055 For $50

5 August 2019

When we reviewed Three Entry-Level All-in-One Devices last May, we reported on our real-world shopping experience at a big box store. Mom needed a new printer and we were the Calvary.

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Around The Horn

5 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Anargyros Dropala, travel photography backup, Fujifilm XF cameras, two old 50mm Pentax lenses, group interaction, Rocky Nook deals and a BorrowLenses discount.

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Matinee: 'Seaside: Photographed'

3 August 2019

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

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Around The Horn

3 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Tami Bahat, Alessio Mamo, couples poses, cameras for hiking, cold brew and fitness.

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Friday Slide Show: 1966 Chrysler New Yorker

2 August 2019

If you ever thought these Friday Slide Shows were an exercise in our vanity, today's presentation should correct that impression. It features what we can only call a disappointment. But if we learn from our failures, we can take encouragement from our disappointments.

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Around The Horn

2 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at old snapshots, Jason Wright, whales, Lizzy Gadd, a Pentax K1, perspective, writing a press release and a Leica Q2 firmware update.

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Meyer Optic Gorlitz Releases Progress Report

1 August 2019

In a press release, Meyer Optic Gorlitz said it was on schedule to release the first Meyer Optik lens developed and produced by OPC Optics later this summer. The company also laid out a roadmap for several other lens introductions, including its Primagon brand.

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Around The Horn

1 August 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Thomas, Chinguetti, the Warroad Pioneer, colorizing Hubble photos, Philip Pocock, Dana Pacifico, five lenses, Sony Pro Imaging Support and copyright trolls.

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July Archived

1 August 2019

We've just archived the 80 stories we published in Volume 8 Number 7 of Photo Corners on the Archive page. In July, we produced 17 Features, 34 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 200 items of interest), one review and one site note.

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July

Moment Launches 'There There' Photo Contest

31 July 2019

Moment, the smartphone lens converter company, has announced There There, a photo contest that kicks off a two-month travel photo festival.

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AKVIS Sketch XXI Taps Into New 'Artistic Algorithm'

31 July 2019

AKVIS has released AKVIS Sketch XXI, its photo to drawing software with a "modernized Artistic Mode," improved blur effects, support for more Raw files, improved stability and some bug fixes.

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ONA Launches New Classics Bag Collection

31 July 2019

ONA has just launched its New Classics collection of high-end camera bags, its first new styles in over a year.

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Sigma Announces August Lens Workshops

31 July 2019

Sigma has announced its August lineup of Lens Workshops that cover a variety of subjects. Workshops include...

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Around The Horn

31 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 2019 Pan American Games, drive-in theaters, Soo Burnell, Ming Thein, Bryan O'Neil Hughes, Motion Blur, shutter sounds, a $19,750 contract and theater photography.

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Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 85mm f1.8 S +

30 July 2019

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 85mm f1.8 S for its full-frame mirrorless Z System. The fast prime features a classic portrait focal length for the brighter, faster Z mount.

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Topaz Launches Topaz Studio 2 Art Contest

30 July 2019

Topaz Labs has launched its Topaz Studio 2 Art Contest with a chance to win a free license to Topaz Studio or a Topaz credit worth $99.99.

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Around The Horn

30 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at ballooning, Bagan, the Ebony photo archives, Harold Davis, compositing images, a Sunrise Challenge, the Fujifilm GFX100 service advisory and David Skernick.

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Summer Rose

29 July 2019

On Sunday we continued making our acquaintance with the M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-100mm f4.0 IS Pro. Which means we didn't wander too far from a comfortable chair. It was our day off, after all.

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Nikon Photo Contest Winners Announced

29 July 2019

Nikon has announced the winners of its 2018-2019 Nikon Photo Contest. Started in 1969, the Nikon Photo Contest celebrated its 50th anniversary with a record 97,369 submissions by 33,000 photographers from 170 countries.

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Around The Horn

29 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Grayson Morrow, Barry Lewis, E-M1 Mark II's autofocus, mirrorless notes, Photoshop in 2000, focus bracketing and smartphone product photos.

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Matinee: 'Man With a Camera: Mute Evidence'

27 July 2019

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

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Around The Horn

27 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at shooting a solar eclipse, Andy Summers, GFX 100 dynamic range, dynamic range, the Kodak Smile digicam and a free Topaz Studio webinar.

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Friday Slide Show: Crystal Springs Trail

26 July 2019

Ten years ago we were reviewing the Canon PowerShot SX1 IS, a 10-megapixel superzoom digicam that looked like a little dSLR. Behind its 20x zoom, it had one of the first Canon CMOS sensors not in the company's EOS cameras. So we took it on a little hike along Crystal Springs Reservoir.

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Optical Plan C Kicks In

26 July 2019

After grinding out our review of Topaz Studio yesterday, we launched ourselves out of the old swivel chair to take a walk around Edgehill Mountain. We call that a break.

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Around The Horn

26 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 2019 iPhone Photography Awards, Tour De France fans, Harold Davis, "that", adapter mount format filters, Pixelmator Pro 1.4 extension, long exposures and Google's Gallery Go.

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Test Drive: Topaz Studio

25 July 2019

Topaz Labs has launched Topaz Studio, an image editor focused exclusively on creative post-processing. "It's designed specifically around the artisanal post-processing workflow of carefully crafting a single image to your vision," the company said.

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Sony Announces RX100 VII Digicam

25 July 2019

Sony has announced the RX100 VII featuring technology previously available only in its Alpha 9 full-frame mirrorless camera. The RX100 VII, with a 24-200mm zoom, sports a new 1.0-type stacked 20.1 MP Exmor RS CMOS image sensor and the latest generation BIONZ X image processor to deliver peak autofocus and speed performance that has never before been available in a compact camera, the company said.

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Around The Horn

25 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Disneyland, Chandler Bondurant, Joe McNally, Brian Matiash, Jolie Ruben and AI imaging news.

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The Mind Makes the Picture

24 July 2019

We don't like to repeat ourselves but looking at the illustration accompanying this piece, you might thing so. Another iris? Two of them? What giveth?

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Around The Horn

24 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Portugal, new UNESCO World Heritage sites, Terence Donovan, shooting outside your comfort zone, a robot photographer, finding focus and shoes.

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Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird Released

23 July 2019

The Pixelmater team has released Pixelmator Pro 1.4 Hummingbird with an Apple Photos Extension with all its tools, enhanced Zoom, an improved Crop tool, new templates, drag and drop layered file and a number of other improvements and fixes.

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Smith Fund Names Finalists

23 July 2019

The W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund has announced the list of finalists in the 40th annual W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography. Finalists have also been named in the Smith Fund's 2nd annual Student category and 23rd annual Howard Chapnick Grant, which is awarded to an individual for leadership in any field ancillary to photojournalism, such as picture editing, research, education and management.

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Frayed

23 July 2019

We had pulled the car out of the garage, clicked the remote and rolled backwards into the street when we noticed the garage door going back up. Unconvinced, we insisted with another click. It came down a foot and reversed again.

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Around The Horn

23 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Puerto Rico, Pete Bartlett, tough lighting assignment, retouching portraits, 70-200mm f4 zooms, Catalina, sky replacement, Harold Davis and photo pedagogy.

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Around The Horn

22 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Tokyo, Nathanael Fournier, the redwoods, the Viltrox 85mm f1.8, fake ISOs, resolution, modularity and Harold Davis.

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Leica Launches Women Foto Project

22 July 2019

Leica Camera USA has announced the Leica Women Foto Project designed to support diversity and inclusion in photography through ongoing programs, events and a new photography award that jointly serve to inspire narratives through a female perspective. By spotlighting those who are underrepresented in photography, Leica aims to help provide a more dynamic and diverse view of the world around us, the company said.

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Matinee: Robert Macpherson

20 July 2019

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

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Around The Horn

20 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 moon landing, a world captivated, Ida Wyman, a Color Picker tip, Kerstin Rodgers, photographing the moon and film years vs. digital years.

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Remembering Ida Wyman

20 July 2019

She was easy to miss. Born in Malden, Mass., to immigrants from Latvia, she moved before anyone noticed her to the Bronx when her parents opened a small grocery store.

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Friday Slide Show: The Pelican

19 July 2019

There is just something about the pelican that grabs us. We've long tracked them sailing above the bay or along the coast, hoping to get a photo that would do them justice. But it never happens. Never.

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Austin and Esther Mann to Lead Dunton River Camp iPhone Workshop

19 July 2019

Dunton River Camp resort in the Colorado Rockies will be the site of a three-day iPhone photography workshop hosted by Austin and Esther Mann from Sept. 27 to 30.

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Around The Horn

19 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Caroline Catlin, Apollo 11, hummingbird wings, Photolucida, Dylan LeBlanc, Luca Marianaccio, April Dawn Alison, ON1 Effects, Topaz Labs updates, five tripods and the Fujifilm GFX-100. But the first two items stand apart as a tribute to our species...

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Joop Swart Masterclass Masters Announced

19 July 2019

The World Press Photo Foundation has announced the masters selected for the 26th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass, taking place September 17 to 21. The five masters will lead the sessions on the conception, production and distribution of high-quality visual reports and stories in the contemporary economy of media and photography.

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Hasselblad Launches 907x Special 'Moon' Edition

18 July 2019

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Hasselblad has announced the limited 907x Special Edition, which includes a 907x camera body and CFV II 50C digital back, both in matte black with commemorative "On the Moon Since 1969" anniversary text.

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Fujifilm Announces GF 50mm Prime Lens

18 July 2019

Fujifilm has announced the weather-sealed, pancake GF 50mm f3.5 R LM WR lens weighing 11.8 oz. and featuring a f3.5 aperture. The 50mm prime lens is the tenth GF lens in the lineup.

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Fujifilm Announces 16-80mm X Series Zoom

18 July 2019

Fujifilm has announced a small and lightweight, weather-sealed Fujinon XF 16-80mm f4 R OIS WR zoom lens for its X Series mirrorless digital cameras. The new zoom features a constant maximum aperture value of f4 and a 35mm equivalent focal length range of 24mm to 122mm.

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Olympus, CreativeLive To Present 'Step Outside'

18 July 2019

Olympus and CreativeLive will present Step Outside, free online photography classes that will stream live Aug. 14 to 16.

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Around The Horn

18 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Apple Store boardrooms, Jay Maisel, JP and Mike Andrews, Garuda Indonesia, a portfolio review, microphones, the Kodak Mobile Film Scanner, Web site mistakes and Florence Merriam Bailey.

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The Leaf

17 July 2019

Yesterday the sun came out inadvertently. So we grabbed the E-PL1 with the Lensbaby Composer Pro and the +4 macro converter to take a few more garden shots.

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Hex Launches Glacier Series Photo Bags

17 July 2019

Hex has introduced four camera bags designed for the urban environment. The four new bags include...

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Around The Horn

17 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at artistic-swimming, Cecilia Poupon, Walls of Power, climate scientists, Avani Rai and getting a Web site.

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Michael Nye Wins National Federation of the Blind Award

16 July 2019

The National Federation of the Blind has announced five winners of the 12th annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards. Among them is San Antonio photographer and author Michael Nye, recognized for his portraits of the blind and visually impaired.

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The Web

16 July 2019

This image was among the garden shots we took on our sunny day recently. The sun hit the spider's web like a spotlight and we were, like an insect, drawn to it.

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Sony Introduces A7R IV With 61-Mp Sensor

16 July 2019

Sony unveiled its A7R IV full-frame mirrorless camera, the company's highest resolution full-frame camera with a 61-megapixel sensor and 15-stop dynamic range coupled with impressive focusing performance and 10-fps continuous shooting wit full autofocus tracking as well as high-end video features and accessories. WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity is also built-in.

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Around The Horn

16 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Apollo 11, Ebony archive, the Argus A and FA, Robin Schwartz, crime scenes, formats, 70-200mm f2.8 zoom lens MTFs, virtual copies, LomoChrome Metropolis and a Copyright Office webinar.

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The Brick

15 July 2019

Coastal fog blankets our garden most of the summer but every now and then the sun keeps the marine layer at bay and we have a well-lit garden begging for photos.

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Nikon Announces Women Photograph Grant Winners

15 July 2019

Nikon has announced the winners of its 2019 Women Photograph + Nikon Grants, celebrating talent and diversity within the photojournalism community. For the second year in a row, Women Photograph and Nikon are awarding five women and non-binary photographers with $5,000 each to support their documentary projects.

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Flying Meat Releases Acorn 6.5

15 July 2019

Flying Meat has updated Acorn, Gus Mueller's image editing software for macOS X to version 6.5 The new version features nine new features, 13 changes and several bug fixes.

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Around The Horn

15 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Lucia Fainzilber, Morocco's Chefchaouen village, Helen Levitt, Gabrielle Voinot, historical Hasselblads, the Fujifilm X-Pro, photography competition tips and a Black and White cookie.

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Matinee: 'The Man Who Made 12,000 Polaroid SX-70 Portraits'

13 July 2019

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

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Around The Horn

13 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Gohar Dashti, the Louis Roederer Discovery Award winner, Pitlane and the U.S. women's soccer team.

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Friday Slide Show: Skyscrapers

12 July 2019

Last week we searched our image collection for images of skyscrapers using Excire Search Pro only to be distracted by the Transamerica Pyramid photobombing its way into the mix. We yielded to temptation and featured the pointy-headed landmark.

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2019 Audubon Photography Awards Winners Announced

12 July 2019

The National Audubon Society has announced the winners of its 2019 photography awards, which this year included two new categories for birds in native plants and the Fisher Prize, which recognizes a creative approach to photographing birds that blends originality with technical expertise.

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Around The Horn

12 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Pamplona, Gordon Parks, Photolucida, Angel's Trumpets, intentional camera movement, wonderful small treasures and an adventure with copyright.

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Sigma Announces Sigma fp Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera

11 July 2019

Sigma has announced its development of the Sigma fp, a "pocketable" full-frame mirrorless camera designed "in a more flexible and true-to-life manner, without conforming to manufacturers' ideas of camera-centric categories and hierarchy," according to the company.

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Sigma Unveils Three High-Performance Lenses

11 July 2019

Sigma Corp. has announced three Global Vision lenses as the first in its lineup optimized for high-performance, full-frame mirrorless cameras. The new lenses include the Sigma 35mm f1.2 DG DN Art, Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 DG DN Art and Sigma 45mm f2.8 DG DN Contemporary.

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Around The Horn

11 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Latin American photography, the ticker-tape parade, Sinziana Velicescu, Susan Wright, underwater photography, a Nikon D700, color management and preserving laptop stickers.

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Nikon Announces Winners of Storytellers Scholarships

11 July 2019

Nikon has announced the 10 recipients of its 2019-2020 Nikon Storytellers Scholarship program. Now in its second year, the program awards each student a $10,000 academic scholarship to support their growth as creators and celebrate their commitment to visual storytelling. The winners each created a photo or video showcasing this year's theme of "Capture Tomorrow."

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CHF To Host Art-Business Conference

10 July 2019

The Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists has announced it will host an Art-Business Conference at the University of Mary Washington in Fredricksburg, Va., on Nov. 7-9.

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Leica Introduces V-Lux 5

10 July 2019

Leica has announced its V-Lux 5, the newest iteration of the compact V-Lux line, featuring a 25-400mm equivalent zoom lens and large 1" sensor along with high-speed autofocus and 12-fps burst shooting.

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Around The Horn

10 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Sydney surf, Robin Wong, Roberto Valenzuela, Photo Requests from Solitary, iPhone flower macro photography, Micro Four Thirds lens roundup and photo critiques.

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Sony Introduces Lightweight FE 35mm f1.8 Prime

9 July 2019

Sony has announced its full-frame FE 35mm f1.8 wide-angle prime lens optimized for both still and video shooting with corner-to-corner sharpeness and quick autofocus and close tracking.

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Around The Horn

9 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Hellen Van Meene, oe Pugliese, PhotoBooth 60 PBS, changing colors, sunrises, a lens aberration solution, Fracture's new image editor, Daido Moriyama and the Cameradactyl Homonculus 69.

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Canon Announces G7 X III, G5 X Mark II PowerShots

8 July 2019

Canon has announced its PowerShot G7 X III and PowerShot G5 X Mark II cameras, successors to the PowerShot G7 X II and PowerShot G5 X respectively. Among the new features are wireless live-streaming via YouTube, a pop-up electrical viewfinder and 4K video shooting.

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Canon Introduces RF 24-240 Zoom

8 July 2019

Canon has announced its RF 24-240mm f4-6.3 IS USM telephoto zoom lens, the sixth lens in the RF family. The first telephoto zoom designed for R System, the compact and lightweight 10x zoom also features a price under $900.

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Ricoh Announces Redesigned Pentax Fish-Eye Zoom

8 July 2019

Ricoh has announced its HD Pentax-DA Fish-Eye 10-17mm f3.5-4.5 ED zoom lens, featuring a compact and lightweight redesign that includes the latest HD coating.

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Around The Horn +

8 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 U.S. women, Edouard Sepulchre, tech hype and myths, a new working methodology, Joe McNally, an electronic contact sheet and torque tests.

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Matinee: The Whites Explore 'Our Backyard'

6 July 2019

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

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Around The Horn

6 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Sea of Tranquility, photos of the week, the Black Pumas, Urszula Tarasiewicz and Andrew Molitor.

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Friday Slide Show: The Transamerica Pyramid

5 July 2019

We never really made a point of shooting the Transamerica Pyramid. But when we were testing cameras, we would be obliged to shoot dozens of test shots and inevitably the Pyramid would appear in them.

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Around The Horn

5 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Earth's glow, Edgar Berg, Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger, Edward Burtynsky, photo filters, two stock photographers and social media.

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The Fourth

4 July 2019

Well, folks, when you have a clown playing president (was he really elected?) you get a circus on the Fourth. Toy soldiers, tank models, fly-overs, the whole silly shebang. Two scoops of ice cream to boot. Oh boy.

Meanwhile, Rome burns. And our commander in chief can't even play a musical instrument.

But today is a day to celebrate freedom from tyrants, not subjection to them.

So imagine, if you will, a day (coming soon to a polling place near you) when all the wrongs are put right.

The census will be free from bias. The emoluments clause will be upheld. The children in cages at the border will be released into their parents' arms. Dictators will not be fawned over. Allies will once again be embraced. Climate change will be confronted. The wealthy will not inherit the earth.

That's the nation we celebrate today. Our nation. One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

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Old Hand

3 July 2019

We misread a quote by the American poet Robinson Jeffers (1887-1962) last night before dinner as we collapsed onto the couch. "The heads of strong old age are beautiful beyond all grace of youth," is what he actually wrote in the poem Promise of Peace.

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Around The Horn

3 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Irene Tondelli, David Bergman, Joe McNally, Abhishek Joshi, monopods, fireworks, Luminar 3.1.2 and a Frontier rental fee.

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Around The Horn

2 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Glastonbury, Zack Seckler, Peggy Moffitt, Jesse Rieser, Derek Holmer, tethering, Photos in iOS 13, the iPad Mini 5, lens adapters, the GFX 100 and California's Fair Pay to Play Act.

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Sony Announces RX100 III Video Creator Kit +

1 July 2019

Sony has announced its RX100 III Video Creator Kit, a new tool for vloggers and video creators based on its Cyber-shot RX100 III with a 180° tiltable LCD screen, 1" Exmor R sensor, BIONZ X processor and 24-70mm f1.8-2.8 Zeiss lens.

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Hasselblad Celebrates 50 Years on the Moon

1 July 2019

After the Lunar Module Eagle touched down at Tranquility Base fifty years ago, astronauts Aldrin and Armstrong aboard the Apollo 11 mission took a small step and giant leap with a Hasselblad along for the ride.

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Around The Horn

1 July 2019

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at street photography, San Francisco, using the X-Rite ColorChecker, a portrait session, the Fujifilm X-Pro2+, Thom Hogan and camera company support programs.

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June Archived

1 July 2019

We've just archived Volume 8 Number 6 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 39 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 179 items of interest), three reviews and one site note for a total of 86 stories.

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Get Off To A Great Start With Beginner's Flash

DESIGNED TO BE UNDERSTOOD without a background in photography, each of these 134 essays addresses some facet of photographic fun.

Some are tips, others tutorials, still others explanations of some of the more interesting aspects of the art. All of them are written in a uniquely engaging style.

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Wait a Minute ...

10 December 2012

It would almost always catch us by surprise. We'd advance the film on our Nikon FM2 only to find out we'd already taken the last shot.

Sometimes that happens in life, too.

After 13 years as the editor of the Imaging Resource Newsletter, we have parted ways. It's going one way, we're going another.

We wish the company well and remain grateful for the opportunity to discuss our passion for getting the picture with each reader who welcomed such a long email every two weeks in their inbox.

But as we used to tell our (usually) patient subject when we realized we had to put a new roll of film in the camera, "Wait a minute!"

Because we aren't done yet.

And this publication is our way of continuing to discuss our passion for getting the picture. We have several reviews in progress, covering tablet software, new image editing software for the desktop, LED lighting and more.

And this is where you'll be able to read about it.

So we hope you'll join us as we publish here at Photo Corners. If you like the idea, support us with a sponsorship or a subscription. Both come with some benefits right away and more to follow.

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