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Matinee: Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown

17 November 2018

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

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Around The Horn

17 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Shahidul Alam, David Hobby, Lightroom iOS and a Photo Mechanic discount.

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Friday Slide Show: Dodgem Bumper Car

16 November 2018

Playland at the Beach was our local amusement park when we were a kid. Birthday parties, slow Saturdays, special events often included a trip to Playland. And a trip to Playland, after reaching a certain age, meant you could drive a bumper car.

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Adobe, Sony Sponsor Spider-Man Photo Contest

16 November 2018

Ahead of the Dec. 14 release of the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Adobe has invited photographers to tap into their "Spidey senses" to transform a photo of their city into the Spider-Verse using Lightroom CC and other tools.

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EyeEm, Skylum Offer Photography Scholarship

16 November 2018

EyeEm and Skylum Software have announced a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to 10 photographers "to support their work and create their own preset to be sold on Luminar." And that includes a share of the revenue from the preset sales.

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'Unhealthy Air' Today

16 November 2018

There's only 4,744 feet between that church tower and the broadcast tower beyond it. In between is smoke from the wildfires in Northern California that have plagued the Bay area since Friday. Today, we're told, will be worse than it has been.

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Schadeberg Honored With 2018 Leica Hall of Fame Award

16 November 2018

Leica has announced that it has awarded the 2018 Leica Hall of Fame Award to photojournalist Jürgen Schadeberg.

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Around The Horn

16 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at looking down from the heights, Xavi Bou, the 2018 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards winners, Raw file optical distortion correction, an accordion player, Story's gift guide and Kelby's gift guide.

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The Big Lunch

15 November 2018

In the Bay area this week, fans of Cal and Stanford football are gathering at lunch to egg each other on. It's been a while since this Cal grad participated but we've come to appreciate being sidelined as Stanford racked up win after win. The loser had to buy lunch for the previous year's winner.

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Kwilt Introduces Second-Generation Personal Cloud Smart Hubs

15 November 2018

Kwilt has announced the launch of Kwilt2 and Kwilt3, two platform-agnostic devices that turn any USB memory key or external drive into a private cloud at home where consumers can offload photos and videos from their smartphones, cameras and other devices and access their content anytime, anywhere.

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Around The Horn

15 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at smartphones captured, Sony Alpha Female, Muhammad Ali, PHMuseum's Women Photographer Grant, Chicago, bad product photo service, Sigma Sale and Hank Wessel memorial update.

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DxO Updates Nik Collection

14 November 2018

DxO has announced the immediate release of Nik Collection by DxO 2018 v1.1, the company's second update to the creative plug-in suite designed for photographers and graphic artists.

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Around The Horn

14 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Geographic Photo Contest entries, smoke-filled Chico, Drew Gurian's portraits, Google Photos and Hitler's Young Jewish Friend.

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Gregory Halpern Named Immersion Laureate

13 November 2018

Immersion, the Hermés Foundation French-American photography commission, has awarded its fourth laureate to Buffalo photographer Gregory Halpern.

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ON1 Photo Raw 2019 Ships

13 November 2018

ON1 has announced it is shipping Photo RAW 2019 with "significant updates to both performance and image quality, significant new features like non-destructive layers integration, new layered file features including auto-alignment and focus stacking, a new portrait tab, a new text tool, new digital asset management updates, and new supported cameras and lenses."

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Leica Introduces V-Lux Explorer Kit

13 November 2018

Leica Camera has announced the V-Lux Explorer Kit featuring a Bowery for Leica (canvas, field tan) bag from the ONA for Leica bag collection and a red Leica rope strap designed by COOPH. The Bowery for Leica system bag is distinguished by its style and functionality while the elegant strap features elements in Italian leather, the company noted.

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Around The Horn

13 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at David Webrouck, Matthew Pothier, Jeremy Lock, Harold Davis, designing a portfolio and a Phase One event.

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Smoke And The Moon

12 November 2018

Around eight o'clock last night we peeked out the picture window. The smoke from the Northern California fires has invaded the Bay area since Friday, making it difficult to breath.

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Remembering Gerald Bloncourt

12 November 2018

The Haitian photographer Gérald Bloncourt, whose work as an exile in Paris told the story of immigrants and factory workers, died late last month at the age of 91, a victim of melanoma.

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Applications Open For 2019 New York Portfolio Review

12 November 2018

The New York Times has announced it is accepting applications for the seventh annual New York Portfolio Review, sponsored by the New York Times column, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and United Photo Industries.

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Around The Horn

12 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Remembrance Day, the Woolsey Fire, the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards, an ultra-wide lens, the Aura photo frame and Chambers' gear sale.

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Veterans Day +

11 November 2018

This is a special Veterans Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, the war to end all wars, which turned out to be only the first World War.

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Matinee: 'Phones Are Good'

10 November 2018

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 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Vivian Maier in color, John Trifonopoulos, digitizing the New York Times photo morgue, moving off Flickr and GIMP 2.10.8.

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Remembering Bob Stinnett

9 November 2018

Oakland Tribune photographer Robert Stinnett started working for the publication, took a brief vacation to serve in the military after high school and returned to his post at the newspaper in 1948 where he continued to serve until his retirement in 1986.

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Friday Slide Show: The Big Book Sale

9 November 2018

For 54 years the San Francisco Public Library has held an enormous book sale of donated books and media. In recent years, the event has been sponsored by the Friends of the SFPL in one of the pavilions at Fort Mason. And we try to get there every year.

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Remembering Jean Mohr

9 November 2018

It seems as if photographers, if they are not cut down at an early age, live a long time. The Swiss photographer Jean Mohr, who died last Saturday at the age of 93 after tramping across battlefield after battlefield, is a good example.

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Around The Horn

9 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 blue wave as Paradise burns, Singapore over time, 'The Wall' documentary, the Nikon 180-400mm f4E FL VR lens, Lightroom Profiles, six questions to ask at photo exhibits and some best practices to avoid lawsuits.

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Itzastand Is A Removable, Reusable Photo Stand

8 November 2018

Itzastand is an ingenious solution to a problem everyone who loves photos suffers in silence. How to prop them up so you can look at them. Around here a few are framed, more are on little plastic easels but most are just leaning on something (until someone walks by and they fly to the floor).

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Flickr Refines New Policies

8 November 2018

In a blog post titled The Commons: The Past Is 100% Part of Our Future, SmugMug co-founder and CEO Don MacAskill expanded on Flickr's new Pro accounts and changing Free accounts, particularly in regard to photos shared with Creative Commons licensing.

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Around The Horn

8 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Charles Traub, WWI centenary, Istanbul, Photopea, a Matrix Cam, the iPad Pro for photographers and a poll about infringement.

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November Sunset

7 November 2018

Sunsets over the Pacific Ocean become dramatic in November. El Niño or, in alternate years, La Niña do their part raising or cooling the ocean temperature while the clouds form over otherwise clear skies as the fog of summer mostly disappears.

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Around The Horn

7 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jean-Pierre Laffont, Anastasia Samoylova, lens testing, travel advice, Edward Burtynsky and KGB spy cameras.

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Leica Introduces Full-Frame, Compact Leica Q-P

6 November 2018

Leica has announced the Leica Q-P, another iteration of its Leica Q, this time with a matte black body that omits the company's signature red dot. The traditional Leica script remains on the top plate.

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The Midterm Election

6 November 2018

Later today we'll find out if it was merely a coincidence we rolled back the clock two days before going to the polls. Or if that's the way the wind is blowing now.

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Around The Horn

6 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at La Machine in Toulouse, buildings, the election, photographing theater, saving and exporting in Photoshop, Nikon macro working distances and thoughts on the importance of photographs.

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Around The Horn

5 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kane Hulse, women priests, Harold Davis, autofocus accuracy, phone battery health, Bieke Depoorter and a Rocky Nook deal.

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Remembering Milton Gendel

3 November 2018

Milton Gendel, who passed away at the age of 99 in Rome last month, was known for the company he kept. That included the British royal family and a selection of tycoons that included the Agnelli, Getty and Onassis clans. Fortunately for us, though, it also included his camera.

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Matinee: Jungblut's Pino Lella +

3 November 2018

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

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Fall Back

3 November 2018

Only a public service announcement (of the most significant kind) would oblige us to interrupt the weekend. But you might want to resist the urge to hit the sack early tonight. The occasion? The end of Daylight Saving Time (for those of us under its thumb) at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Which instantly becomes 1 a.m. again.

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Around The Horn

3 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Capture One Fujifilm Raw processing, another ON1 recipe, Hip-Hop, Flickr and Black Friday.

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Friday Slide Show: A Long-Ago Halloween

2 November 2018

When someone asks us what we do, we tell them we write about photography. Most photographers are too busy to hone their writing skills into well-polished tools. And likewise most writers are up too late to spend any time learning much about photography. So we fill the need.

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Sigma To Ship Three New Global Vision Lenses

2 November 2018

Sigma has announced the price and availability of two new Global Vision lenses announced at Photokina. They include...

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Around The Horn

2 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Halloween, Amal Hussain, Warhol, Kottle in Berlin, Iceland tourism fever, ethical photography and Scribble Artist (last time, promise).

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Around The Horn

1 November 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Rachel Woolf, tall statues, Ara Guler, fast lenses, This Land and Scribble Artist, Take Two.

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Sigma Ships 60-600mm 'Safari & Sidelines' Zoom

1 November 2018

Sigma has begun shipping its Sigma 60-600mm f4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports, the world's first 10x optical zoom with a telephoto reach of 600mm introduced at Photokina, the company announced.

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Flickr Ends Yahoo Requirement, Adds Unlimited Pro Storage

1 November 2018

Flickr has announced updates to both its Free and Pro account offerings following SmugMug's acquisition of the service in April and a months-long effort to incorporate feedback from its members.

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October Archived

1 November 2018

We've just archived Volume 7 Number 10 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 14 Features, 19 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 190 items of interest), one review and three site notes for a total of 64 stories.

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October

Adobe Introduces Thorne The Troll

31 October 2018

To celebrate Halloween, the teams from Adobe Illustrator and Character Animator bring you Thorne the Troll, a multilayered Illustrator file rigged and ready for animating.

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Around The Horn

31 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Venice flooded, Paris Photo, older lenses, sky swapping, a SanDisk external SSD, Scribble Artist, a copyright troll and Phase One certified professional training.

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Around The Horn

30 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Halloween, Rhynna Santos, victims of school shootings, Victor Prado, Nikon Z 7 teardown and Reykjavik.

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Epson Sponsors Nature's Best Photography Awards

29 October 2018

Epson announced it is continuing its global sponsorship of the Nature's Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards Exhibition. As the exclusive printer and paper sponsor for the 7th year, Epson's professional printing technology allows visitors to enjoy the "very best" in outdoor photography, celebrating the rich beauty and diversity of nature.

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Around The Horn

29 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Lucie Awards, Pittsburgh's Tree of Life Synagogue, Sacre Coeur, sunsets, Nikon Z 7 shutter shock, InsideBruegel.net, a trick for Halloween and a BorrowLenses discount.

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Matinee: 'People & Memories'

27 October 2018

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 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Laura Zalenga, Nikon Z 7 Focus Shift Shooting, the Fuji X-H1 and Lightroom's Map View.

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Friday Slide Show: The 2018 Smith Fund Recipients

26 October 2018

On October 17 the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced the recipients of its 2018 grants. The work of all of the recipients is so impressive we didn't think a mere news story would do them justice. So we're dedicating our weekly slide show to three of the recipients.

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Lucie Technical Awards Announced

26 October 2018

The fourth annual Lucie Technical Awards, honoring "the large and small companies, as well as the individuals who have advanced the photographic industry in a given year," have been announced by the Lucie Foundation.

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Around The Horn

26 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at EyeEm photography awards, a lens made of ice, Google's Night Sight, Image Capture in Mojave, Skylum Software and how to be happy.

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DNP Announces Perforated Media

25 October 2018

DNP has announced new perforated media for its DS620A, DS-RX1HS and DS40 dye-sublimation printers featuring laser-snap perforations.

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Epson Launches New Legacy Textured Paper

25 October 2018

Epson has introduced Legacy Textured, a mould-made paper base that lays cotton fibers down randomly to virtually eliminate curl and a heavily textured surface to simulate handcrafted watercolor papers. In addition, the company also announced its popular Metallic Photo Paper in Luster and Glossy are now Signature Worthy papers, moving into Epson's lineup designed for photography, art illustration and fine art prints.

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Around The Horn

25 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Tamara Merino, libraries, guns in America, Kyle Meyer, 10 photographer dilemmas, Adobe Portfolio's new features, Jim Kasson, Mike Johnston and networked-attached storage.

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DxO Launches PhotoLab 2 +

24 October 2018

DxO has continued development of PhotoLab, its unique image editing software calibrated to your camera and lenses, with the release of PhotoLab 2 today. The new version advances the platform with a new Photo Library feature for searching images, ClearView Plus for improved dehazing and support for DCP color profiles.

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Leica Anounces M10-D

24 October 2018

Inspired by the Leica M10-P, Leica has introduced the M10-D, omitting the touchscreen monitor in favor of mechanical controls and an app to view images on your smartphone.

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Around The Horn

24 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at newborn stars, Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners, Chiara Zonca, mirrorless systems and B&H PhotoPlus deals.

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Around The Horn

23 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 caravan, Lynsey Addario, Cape Perpetua, Rick McGinnis, the Canon 100mm f2.8L IS, Syria's ancient sites, ON1 Photo RAW 2019 recipes, computational photography, the Photo Police and BackLight backpacks.

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Sensor Cleaning

22 October 2018

We feel obliged to confess that last week we spent a few minutes cleaning the sensors of two of our most used cameras. It's a confession not because we've sinned but because we don't want to hide anything.

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Around The Horn

22 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Liberian Civil War, Romain Thiery, Thelma Pepper, Woodstock 1969, Jim Kasson, Ellis Island, the 2.5 lens concept, Paul Mpagi Sepuya and a Rocky Nook discount.

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Matinee: 'The Moment'

20 October 2018

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 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Naohiro Maeda, elderly women in a Siberian village, Raw Therapee's Z 7 banding fix and disappearing Google Pixel photos.

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Friday Slide Show: Impossible Macros

19 October 2018

Everything breaks. It's one of the fundamental laws of nature, acknowledged by scientists and crackpots alike. An unbreakable law at that.

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Around The Horn

19 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at autumn colors, Debmalya Roy Choudhuri, night shooting with a Panasonic LZ8, Canon R teardown, Nikon Z infrared (and teardown), some small Photoshop fixes and UT photography books.

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Remembering Ara Güler

18 October 2018

The Eye of Istanbul, alas, has been closed for all eternity. Ara Güler has passed away at the age of 90. Güler, who had been suffering from kidney failure, was felled by a heart attack.

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Pixelmator Pro 1.2 Released

18 October 2018

Pixelmator Pro 1.2 was released earlier today, according to a company blog post. The update adds macOS Mojave support, a new "light appearance" to work with Mojave's light and dark modes, ML Enhance and batch processing using five actions.

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Blazing Editions, ChromaLuxe Name 2018 Masters on Metal

18 October 2018

ChromaLuxe and Blazing Editions have announced that environmental fine art photographer John Paul Caponigro and photography duo Ken Broward and Deborah Ory of NYC Dance Project have been named the featured photographers in the Blazing Editions/ChromaLuxe Collaboration Series: Masters on Metal.

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Around The Horn

18 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at robots, old favorites, Los Angeles at night, Old Israel, MAX Sneak Peeks, macOS printing changes, a ticket book, BestPhotos and a copyright office request.

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Nikon Opens 2019 Photo Contest

18 October 2018

Nikon has announced it is now accepting entries for its 2019 Photo Contest. Over 410,000 photographers have submitted over 1,620,000 imaging works to the international event, now in its 37th year.

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Angama Mara Opens Wildlife Photo Studio

17 October 2018

Angama Mara, the safari lodge overlooking Kenya's Maasai Mara, has opened a new on-site photographic studio for guests of its two tented campsites.

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Around The Horn

17 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 miles up, Alnis Stakle, Kate Gazaway, monochrome smart photography, going commercial, Topaz, Lightroom preset changes, property releases, Capture One Style Packs and the Affinity Workbook.

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Turning Around Once In A While

16 October 2018

The general prohibition against turning around does not apply to photographers. Its biblical roots warn the penalty is to be instantly turned into a pillar of salt. And even now there is still some uneasiness of older churchgoers about facing away from the altar. But none of those situations are accompanied by a camera.

On a good long hike, though, a camera is often as essential to well-being as a bottle of water. Even more so. It always provides an excuse to stop.

And not merely to rest but to engage in some higher, even preposterous, intellectual activity like snapping a photo.

So we have always recommended bringing a camera along on a hike. But we've often neglected to recommend turning around when you do.

Seeing where you came from can be rewarding. And, if you're going up in the world, it can be a heady experience as well.

Take this shot, for example.

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Around The Horn

16 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Niagara Falls, night shots, Christopher Anderson, butterfly wings, Adobe MAX, a Z 7 copy project, Google, getting from Lightroom to Instagram and a model release.

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Sony Introduces HX99 Travel Digicam

15 October 2018

Sony has announced the Cyber-shot HX99 digicam featuring a 35mm equivalent zoom range of 24-720mm in the world's smallest camera body of its kind. The HX99 also provides 4K movie shooting, a BIONZ X image processing engine with a front-end LSI, extremely fast autofocus, Eye autofocus and up to 10 fps shooting

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Around The Horn

15 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Sheila Pree Bright, Jonathan Hodder, Pawel Jaszcuzuk, the Tokina Opera vs. Pentax D-FA, Joe McNally and Emily Keegan.

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Adobe Unveils Updates to Creative Cloud at MAX 2018

15 October 2018

Adobe announced updates to its Creative Cloud applications at MAX 2018 today. Some of them are available now while others are planned for a 2019 release. Photographers will find the updates to Photoshop and Lightroom particularly compelling, including fulls versions of Photoshop designed to run on tablets.

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Thanks to Sponsor Photzy

13 October 2018

Our thanks again to Photzy for having sponsored this week's Photo Corners feeds.

Like Photo Corners, the company focuses on enhancing your understanding of photography, improving your skill set along the way. There are over 100 free PDF and video tutorials to get you started, as well as premium offerings to get to the next level.

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Matinee: Attard And The Maltese Notarial Archives

13 October 2018

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 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at London Kodachromes, Lloyd Chambers, investing, syncing iPhoto libraries, switching to the Panasonic G9, TourBox, Z 7 banding again and Mike Johnston.

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Friday Slide Show: Watching The Angels

12 October 2018

There are angels and then there are angles. The Blue Angels are those Ferraris of the sky that roar around without requiring roads to rip up. The other angels are the ones we climbed Twin Peaks to watch last Sunday during the air show.

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Around The Horn

12 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Michael, Tuscany, the Dead Sea, Warhol photography archives, Sky Enhancer, a Nikon Z 7 banding test and a wedding shoot without the groom.

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Nikon Announces Winners Of Small World Competitions

11 October 2018

Nikon has announced the winners of its Photomicrography Competition. Awards are given in separate still and video competitions.

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Around The Horn

11 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at girls turning 18, giant puppets, Central Park statues, a Kwilt update and Luna Display.

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Leica Announces Leica Q Khaki

10 October 2018

Leica has announced its Leica Q Khaki, its latest limited-edition Leica. The Leica Q Khaki features khaki green leather trim, including its shoulder strap.

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Around The Horn

10 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 season in photos, Belfast, small-scale farms, the Sundial app, Andrew Darlow and some free presets.

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Hex Introduces 2018 Camera Bag Collection

10 October 2018

Hex has launched its 2018 camera bag collection on its Web site today. The new Ranger Collection consists of the Clamshell and Sling bag lineup developed with testing and input from several top photographers, the company said.

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Angels At The Gate +

9 October 2018

We know better than to watch the Blue Angels perform over San Francisco Bay from Twin Peaks. The little planes are just too far away to see with the naked eye.

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Around The Horn

9 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Gianluca De Bartolo, Polaroids of women, Photoshop exports, Z 7 green shadows, DPPExpress on iOS, Halide, Google's new Pixels, the Allclip, Sony's Alpha Female program and Google+.

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The Divisive Holiday Of A Divided Nation

8 October 2018

Columbus Day is still an official federal holiday (we just looked it up). Most government offices are closed, although not in Columbus, Ohio. And, more telling, all the banks and post offices. And yet, the indigenous among us find this somewhat inappropriate.

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Around The Horn

8 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Damon Winter, Pothi boxes, Quick Action shortcuts, Kasson's Z 7 landscape tests, David Hobby and Fujifilm discounts.

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Sponsor: Photzy

8 October 2018

Our thanks to Photzy for sponsoring this week's three Photo Corners feeds.

Over 110,000 photographers have used Photzy to improve their photography. After registering on the site, you'll be able to download over 100 free PDF and video tutorials with some juicy meat on their bones.

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Matinee: 'Funny Face Series'

6 October 2018

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 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at hot air balloons, hip-hop photos, Mary Beard, the Nikon Z 7 and a Banksy prank.

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NatureScapes 'Clouds' Winners Announced

5 October 2018

The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science has announced the winners of its 2018 NatureScapes 'Clouds' photo competition. The annual photo competition celebrates nature through the art of photography, to inspire a greater appreciation and understanding of the natural world.

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Friday Slide Show: A Few Fountains

5 October 2018

We've almost always approached our Friday Slide Show feature in the same way. We hunt through our collection of shoots for either an old one we like or a recent one. Old or new but always by shoot.

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Around The Horn

5 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Cindy Sherman's self-portraits, Aleksey Kondratyev's ice fishers, Abelardo Morell's flowers, Jim Shaugnessy's railroad, the Olympus 12-100mm Pro lens, the BJP International Photography Award 2019, an Apple Photos shortcut and a Pete Souza photo tour.

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Skylum Releases Aurora HDR 2019

4 October 2018

Skylum Software has released Aurora HDR 2019, its fourth generation, high dynamic range editor. Skylum's AI Lab analyzed thousands of images from professional photographers to create a custom algorithm that would deliver optimal results automatically for this release.

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Test Drive: Adobe Elements 2019

4 October 2018

Autumn is when the leaves turn color, the air chills and Adobe releases an update to Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements. The latest version (v17.0) has just been released after it was announced on Adobe's blog. We've already spent a few days trying out its new features.

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Around The Horn

4 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Harmon, Chiara Zonca, the Apple iPhone XS Max and Grace Chon.

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Around The Horn

3 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jack Delano, Mario Carnicelli, Patrick Di Fruscia, Adrian Samson, the Panasonic G9 and Ming Thein.

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Lensbaby, Lume Cube, Mountainsmith Launch Project Disrupt

2 October 2018

Lensbaby, Lume Cube and Mountainsmith have launched Project Disrupt, a contest to give 10 lucky winners enough gear "to fuel their next passion project."

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Around The Horn

2 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Yucatan, Gordon Parks, Sebastiaan de With, #ShotoniPhone, Thibault Delhom and vintage gear.

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Our Daily Bread

1 October 2018

We'd walked from downtown to North Beach, which is uphill all the way. So when we finally sat down, we were going to eat. We just had to find a welcoming restaurant.

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Around The Horn

1 October 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Indonesia disaster, Juan Pablo Ramirez, the 35mm format, Catalina Martin-Chico, Alec Byrne, 10 UK immigrants, GPU issues with Adobe software, three free apps and California's net neutrality law.

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September Archived

1 October 2018

We've just archived Volume 7 Number 9 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 37 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 159 items of interest), one review and two site notes for a total of 81 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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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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