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The Hospital Room
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Sara Terry
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The Glove Situation
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Ghosts & Bats
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They're Coming After Us
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A Surprising Tap
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Bronzed Shoes
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October Storm
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Whales
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The 'Temporary' Mural
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Lost in Berkeley
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An Indigo Sunset
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DxO FilmPack 8
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Touching Earth
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Indigo's Night Mode
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Homage to Basil
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You Know the Drill
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Pizza Night
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Sugarloaf
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DxO's AI Masking
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Labor Day
Matinee: 'A Harvest of Memories'
8 November 2025
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
8 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the week, the Parthenon, Stranger Things, popular camera systems, the Camp Snap CS-8 and Gampat's eye surgery.
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Friday Slide Show: The Hospital Room
7 November 2025
You are rolled out of the ICU on a gurney, down hallways, around corners, avoiding collisions, to another room, the size of a closet, where the nurses hook you back up to the monitors and fuss over you a bit.
Around The Horn
7 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kent State, airports, unusual pictures, costumes, portraits, Nagasaki, Maddie McGarvey, Buzkashi, the Godox iT30 Pro, Excire Foto and the Twirly Shirley.
Remembering Sara Terry
6 November 2025
Sara Terry, who documented the effects of war in places like Bosnia and Sierra Leone, died at her home in Los Angeles on Oct. 13 at the age of 70.
Canon Announces R6 Mark III, RF45mm f1.2 STM Lens
6 November 2025
Canon U.S.A., Inc. has announced its R6 Mark III full-frame mirrorless camera and the RF45mm f1.2 STM lens.
Datacolor Expands SpyderPro Software With Update
6 November 2025
Datacolor has released an update to its SpyderPro calibration software with new workflow tools that include image processing and exporting as well as content credentials embedding.
Around The Horn
6 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the Border Wall, Typhoon Kalmaegi, the Vaillancourt Fountain and Nancy Pelosi.
The Glove Situation
5 November 2025
We've been spending a lot of time visiting the ICU at a nearby hospital. Much of it quietly waiting for something good to happen. So our eyes wander until they fall on something that gives our mind something to chew on.
Around The Horn
5 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the election, George Orwell's Jura, Theyyam, Josh Aronson, the Pentax HD 16-50mm and still life photography.
DxO Updates PhotoLab, PureRaw, Nik Collection +
4 November 2025
DxO has released updates to PhotoLab, PureRaw and Nik Collection. Details follow.
Around The Horn
4 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, Pushkar Camel Festival, Dick Cheney, the Red Spider Nebula, Vjaybombs, Lightroom 9, the Sony a7Rv, Visual 1st, the Godox V480 N and Shoot Extraordinary.
Around The Horn
3 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the World Series, Dia De Los Muertos, the East Wing demolition and dSLR vs. mirrorless.
Fall Back
1 November 2025
After Game 7 of this particularly entertaining World Series ends tonight, don't go to bed. You have an important chore to do. Daylight Saving Time (for those of us under its thumb) ends at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Which instantly becomes 1 a.m. again.
Around The Horn
1 November 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Halloween, Melissa Ann Pinney, cheap film cameras and Kōyasan.
Matinee: 'Rosslyn Chapel'
1 November 2025
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?
October Archived
1 November 2025
We've just archived Volume 14, Number 10 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 13 Features, 12 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 152 items of interest) and 1 site note for a total of 53 stories.
Friday Slide Show: Ghosts & Bats
31 October 2025
We had dashed into Trader Joe's last weekend to pick up some juice boxes for the kids who were about to visit when we saw these irresistible Ghosts and Bats Potato Chips. So we didn't resist.
Around The Horn
31 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at AP's week, Reuters week, Close-Up Photographer of the Year, photo postcards and smoke (or fog).
Affinity Launches Free New Combo App +
30 October 2025
Affinity has launched the all-new Affinity application that includes image editing, vector graphics and page layout functions in one product using a single file format. And that product is free, Affinity CEO Ash Hewson points out.
Around The Horn
30 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Chinese surveillance, Hurricane Melissa, Lorenzo Tugnoli, Ian Spanier and autumn photos.
Around The Horn
29 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at David Masoko, Don McCullin, AI art and nature photography tutorials.
Around The Horn
28 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Halloween in Kyiv, ICE in Chicago, Assisted Culling, transport, common mistakes and Prunella Scales.
Adobe Announces AI Innovations at Adobe MAX
28 October 2025
Today at Adobe MAX 2025, Adobe unveiled major AI innovations for creatives, "helping to redefine the entire creative process, from concept to content," the company said.
Nikon Z f Firmware Update Adds Film Grain Feature, More
28 October 2025
Nikon has released firmware version 3.00 for its Z f camera with a new in-camera Film Grain feature that adds a natural-looking grain effect to photos and videos with image processing in the camera. The new firmware includes many more upgrades and enhancements to the camera as well.
Around The Horn
27 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Clay Feet, the Photomonth Festival, lunar photography, urban geometry and that DX 35mm Nikkor.
Matinee: 'Californians Powering America'
25 October 2025
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
25 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Reuters' 40-year celebration, The Gold Mirror, New Delhi Restaurant, extreme macro shots and lost wedding photos.
Friday Slide Show: They're Coming After Us
24 October 2025
It figures, doesn't it? End of October, so the ghouls, goblins and (this year at least) the "federal agents"* are invading our peaceful neighborhoods to terrorize the law abiding begging for a little candy (and healthcare).
Around The Horn
24 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at AP's week, the White House East Wing, Julia Watson and a Peakto beta for Premiere.
Leica Announces M EV1
23 October 2025
With the announcement of its M EV1, Leica introduces its first M with an integrated electronic viewfinder, joining the digital and analog M cameras. The Leica M EV1 combines the benefits of an EVF with the traditional values of the M system, the company said, ensuring "reliable, comfortable focusing -- especially with fast Summilux and Noctilux lenses at shallow depths of field, as well as with ultra wide-angle, telephoto and macro lenses."
Fujifilm Announces X-T30 III
23 October 2025
Fujifilm has announced the Fujifilm X-T30 III mirrorless digital camera featuring film-inspired looks, a growing lineup of interchangeable lenses, reliable autofocus and long battery life, the company pointed out.
Fujifilm Introduces 13-33mm f3.5-6.3 Compact Zoom
23 October 2025
Fujifilm has announced the release of its Fujinon XC13-33mmF3.5-6.3 OIS lens with a 20-50mm 35mm equivalent focal range.
Around The Horn
23 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Guatánamo Bay prisoners, Comedy Wildlife, Wildlife POY, David Banks, Carlos Folgoso Sueiro and GOATs.
Around The Horn
22 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at New York protests, a vintage car graveyard, Deutsche Börse Prize, Aviary, Soren Goldsmith, macro photography, Flashback ONE35 V2 and Ricoh GR Monochrome.
Tamron Announces 25-200mm f2.8-5.6 G2
21 October 2025
Tamron has announced the launch of the 25-200mm f2.8-5.6 Di III VXD G2 (Model A075), an all-in-one zoom lens for Sony E-mount full-frame mirrorless cameras.
Around The Horn
21 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at blackouts, dog Halloween, Sculpture by the Sea, the Fujifilm X-E5, Calla Fleischer, dull light, authenticity and funeral photography.
A Surprising Tap
20 October 2025
We love this shot, the finger poised, the light of the screen illuminating it. Joyce was going through something on her phone at the end of a long day in which she had a routine debridement of her leg wound, which involved a lot of walking, a trip in the car, navigating the medical building (and two elevators) with a lot of thank-you's to helpful and considerate people we had never met before.
Around The Horn
20 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at No Kings, AP and Reuters coverage of No Kings, Magnum Square Print Sale and Diane Keaton.
Matinee: 'A History of Photography'
18 October 2025
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
18 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 40 Years of Reuters (Part Two), Czech fisherman, Treasure Island, Paris Gore and APS-C depth of field.
Friday Slide Show: Bronzed Shoes
17 October 2025
It's been obvious to us for a long time now that the closest we'll ever get to being memorialized in bronze is our first pair of baby shoes, which our parents bronzed.
Around The Horn
17 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at AP's week, Reuter's week, Claudia Rosel, New York's immigration courts, everyday life, subject detection, a free border tool and real photos that look fake.
Nikon Announces Fast DX Zoom, DX Macro Prime
16 October 2025
Nikon has announced two new DX-format Nikkor Z lenses: the Nikkor Z DX 16-50mm f2.8 VR standard zoom and the Nikkor Z DX MC 35mm f1.7 standard micro.
Around The Horn
16 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Humans of New York, Stan Squirewell, The Pheasant Shoot, AI Lab, Roy Kahmann and religious architectural photos.
October Storm
15 October 2025
We adjust for the unreliable weather forecasts by looking at the National Weather Service for our radar and by looking out the window. We can see the Pacific Ocean out to the horizon, which gives us a clearer picture of what's coming in than the forecasts.
Around The Horn
15 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Nikon Small World, polar bears, Cuba's retro rides, making do, architectural photos and a Godox V860 III problem.
Around The Horn
14 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at George Bradford Brainerd, Chicago, Evan Vucci, brown bears, astrotourism, bending reality, the Z9 generation, using just one lens and software quality.
Happy Indigenous Columbus Good Samaritan Day
13 October 2025
When we wake up too early to get out of bed, we hit a button on our Sony clock radio some bank gave us 40 years ago that plays NPR for an hour. It usually sends us right back to sleep but not before we hear some interesting tidbit. Like today when we learned it isn't just Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day, it's also Good Samaritan Day.
Matinee: 'Turnley's Paris Je t'aime'
11 October 2025
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
11 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Gaza, Sudan, Pure awards, LensCulture awards, long lenses and Content ARC.
Friday Slide Show: Whales
10 October 2025
When we used to visit Steinhart Aquarium in Golden Gate Park, we would marvel at the two black orcas arcing over each other. It was actually a 16-ton sculpture made of cast stone and granite aggregate by Robert B. Howard.
Around The Horn
10 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at María Corina Machado, AP's week, Reuter's top photos, Charity Rachelle, Andrew Chapman, Jamel Shabazz and what happens.
Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winners Announced
9 October 2025
Alejandro Cegarra and Serghei Duve were named the winners of this year's Leica Oskar Barnack Award at Leica headquarters. The LOBA award presentation represents another highlight in Leica's centennial celebration during which the company's history has been celebrated under the motto "100 Years of Leica: Witness to a Century."
Around The Horn
9 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Middle East celebrations, Don McCullin at 90, Stefan Falke, Hamburger Eyes and soulful portraits.
Peakto 2.5 Eliminates Cloud Dependency on Media Sharing
8 October 2025
Cyme has released Peakto 2.5, its AI-powered media manager for macOS, with new server and Web features that enable teams to collaborate, search with local AI and share media libraries without sending files to the cloud.
Around The Horn
8 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at a Nobel winner wakes up to the news, The Family of Migrants, an appetite, Moren reviews the iPhone 17 Pro, Roxana Savin and capturing authentic portraits.
DxO Launches Premium Support Service
7 October 2025
DxO has launched DxO Premium Support, a new service offering around the clock (and around the calendar) "priority access to DxO experts, accelerated response times and personalized guidance on installation, configuration and advanced workflows," the company said.
Tahoe Electron Detector Checks Your Apps
7 October 2025
Thanks to a post by Peter Lewis, the man behind Keyboard Maestro, on that forum, we heard about Tahoe Electron Detector, a utility that checks all of your installed software applications for an Electron bug that calls a private and undocumented API "that's causing system-wide slowdowns in macOS Tahoe."
Around The Horn
7 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at remembering Oct. 7, 2023, the Harvest Moon, headshot tips, layers, the battle for reality and Caira.
The 'Temporary' Mural
6 October 2025
Two years ago, a mural-making workshop organized by the City College art department professors and funded by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art produced a four-paneled grayscale piece depicting Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo and mural installation workers.
Around The Horn
6 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at war Between Israel and Hamas, Portland ICE headquarters, Shane Lowry celebrating, pixels, the AI question and taking photos.
Matinee: 'Grazie Mille'
4 October 2025
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
4 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Paris Fashion Week, Lee Miller, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass and the David Malin Astrophotography Awards.
Friday Slide Show: Lost in Berkeley
3 October 2025
Our argument with the weather turned in our favor late yesterday morning after we published our Indigo sunset story. The forecast was finally for no precipitation. So we drove our old Alfa down O'Shaughenessy and onto 280, merged into 101, made it onto the Bay Bridge and over to 80 and exited at University Ave. to drive over to Channing where our mechanic was waiting to make a few improvements on our old car.
Around The Horn
3 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at AP's top photos this week, Reuters' photos of the week, Faces in the Crowd, Roam Fest, backing up iPhone photos and Patricia Routledge.
An Indigo Sunset
2 October 2025
As we write this it's dark on Wednesday evening. Our sunset shot earlier today is nearly monochrome, but that's what attracted us to it. Still, we're peeved. Mightily peeved.
Around The Horn
2 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jane Goodall, a Manchester synagogue, humpback whales, Aiko Wakao Austin, the golden hour, GoPro and shipping for sale.
Around The Horn
1 October 2025
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at the government shutdown, Bird Photographer of the Year, raindrops, the new Sony macro and sunlight.
September Archived
1 October 2025
We've just archived Volume 14, Number 9 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 10 Features, 11 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 138 items of interest), 2 reviews and 1 site note for a total of 50 stories.
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