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Beaujolais Nouveau
7 December 2021
At the end of November we keep one eye out for the release of Beaujolais Nouveau, the first wine of the French harvest of that year. We aren't so smitten we wait for the first overnight shipment to arrive but as soon as it hits the shelves, it somehow tumbles (gently) into our shopping cart.
Around The Horn
7 December 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Andrew McCarthy, Northern Lights, Ash Adams, Iceland, greeting cards, clone/healing brush tips, menu systems, M1 chips, MacBook Pro SD reader and Andrew Molitor.
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Around The Horn
6 December 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Joe 'Monochrome' McNally, Harvey Stearn, Dirk Braun, long exposures, product shot backgrounds and BorrowLenses.
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Matinee: 'A Passion for the Wild'
4 December 2021
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 December 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Cherry Kearton, Eric Bouvet, film, QT Luong, Enhance Details, OWC Atlas S Pro SDXC cards and a print sale.
Friday Slide Show: The Paper Forest
3 December 2021
As a Christmas card in 2019, Homen Iggesund mailed a 3D paper cutout to customers of its paperboard packaging products. Joyce's company at the time was among them, so she brought the little scene home where it has been on display ever since.
Around The Horn
3 December 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Todd Clare, Anna Neubauer, Architectural Photography Awards, Kelby's holiday gear guide, Chambers's picks, scanning with a Z 7, math and the Innovate Grant.
Flowering Despite the Cold
2 December 2021
We were nearly at the end of our walk, our camera still holstered without a shot having been fired, when we took a shortcut through the playground built above the Metro station and saw this eruption of vitality.
It's nearly winter and here are these flowers sprouting vigorously toward the sun. In bright yellow and yellow green popping up the stalk like fireworks in broad daylight.
We stopped for a moment to admire them. There was just something undeniably heartening about the scene presenting itself within arm's reach.
It would never make the local newscast, of course. And there isn't much of a headline to make a hashtag out of it. There's nothing particularly viral about plant life to begin with.
But we found it noteworthy.
Around The Horn
2 December 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Hubble Advent Calendar, books, Helin Bereket, Capture One 22, printing scans, 2022 BigPicture, West Side Story postcards, Pat Naylor and encouraging words.
Around The Horn
1 December 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Levene, Sophie Calle, Erinn Springer, Russ Lewis, Mike McCartney, 33 photobooks, Pier 24 sale and the 2022 World Press Photo Contest.
November Archived
1 December 2021
We've just archived Volume [x], Number [x] of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 13 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 170 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 59 stories.
Hasselblad Announces 2021 Masters Competition Winners
30 November 2021
Hasselblad has announced the 12 winners of its Masters 2021 competition. Over 63,000 images were submitted, double the amount compared to 2018.
Around The Horn
30 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Guilmoth, Hashim Badani, photo trades, reordering photos in Lighroom, stitching photos with PTGui and the White House at Christmas.
Around The Horn
29 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Greenpeace, London, France, birds, coffee, Negative Lab Pro, panoramas, scanning, discontinued gear, folios, Elements crashing and comments.
Around The Horn: Cyber Monday
29 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. Our traditional Cyber Monday Horn looks at a few unusual shopping resources with links to their deals. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.
Matinee: 'Krass Clement: Like a Play by Beckett'
27 November 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
27 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at monochrome boots, Curry's Afghan girl, flower power, a 1957 black Leica, iPhone long exposures and fixing an iPhone yourself.
Friday Slide Show: An Old Thanksgiving
26 November 2021
Any Thanksgiving before the pandemic would qualify as an old one, we think. Everything was different then. You could gather. You could hug and kiss your loved ones. You could pass a plate or fill a glass with impunity.
Around The Horn
26 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Colors, wildlife, Ria Mort, gear, lenses, color editing, formats, Lensbaby and the Stahl House.
Around The Horn: Black Friday
26 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. Our traditional Black Friday Horn looks at a few unusual shopping resources with links to their deals. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.
Happy Thanksgiving
25 November 2021
Once upon a time in America, families and friends would gather on the fourth Thursday in November to share a large meal over which they would give thanks for their blessings, not the least of which was living in America. They called it Thanksgiving and made it into a national holiday.
Burtynsky Honored for Outstanding Contribution to Photography
24 November 2021
The World Photography Organization has honored Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky as the Outstanding Contribution to Photography recipient of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Burtynsky is known for his sweeping images of industrial landscapes and the wider environmental crisis.
Around The Horn
24 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán, Fabrice Monteiro, D. Randall Blythe, Ola Cholewa, NDAs and high-end configurations.
The Old Bolt
23 November 2021
A few weeks ago a storm took out the fence along the side of our, uh, estate. We took the old fence apart board by board to clear the area and cleaned up the retaining wall on which it stood. A few rusted old bolts were all that were left of it.
Pixelmator Pro Adds Intelligent Background Removal
23 November 2021
In a blog post today, the Pixelmator team announced the release of Pixelmator Pro 2.3 with a new automatic background removal feature, automatic subject selection and a new Select and Mask tool, among other enhancements.
Around The Horn
23 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at turkeys, Sam Ferris, Harvey Stearn, Dave Williams, Steve McCurry, the OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini and Andrew Molitor.
Around The Horn
22 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Afghan girls, Brooke Holm, Erika Astrid, Joe McNally, Portrait Impression Balance, the Swebo tripod head, more camera questions and WD's My Cloud OS plans.
Matinee: 'Shots In The Dark'
20 November 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
20 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at an ICP exhibition, an SFMOMA exhibition, a USF exhibition, Circus Vision, buying a camera and stock photography.
Friday Slide Show: An Old Shoe
19 November 2021
Shortly after we purchased these remarkable shoes, falling head over heels for them, the company (naturally) went out of business. They weigh no more than a sheet of paper and have a non-slip sole with an invisible spring in it.
Remembering Mick Rock
19 November 2021
British rock music photographer Mick Rock has died at the age of 72.
PhotoShelter Webinar: Vision Slightly Blurred
19 November 2021
PhotoShelter will host a free webinar on Dec. 3 at noon ET titled Vision Slightly Blurred with National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson.
Around The Horn
19 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jennifer Esseiva, Roy Barbee, budget macro lenses, Onyi Moss, Kirk Tuck and amp glow.
Remembering Tom Stoddart
18 November 2021
British photojournalist Tom Stoddart has died after "a brave fight against cancer," according to a post on his Twitter account. He was 68.
Around The Horn
18 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Matt Black, Inzajeano Latif, Justin Bettma, Bertien van Manen, the Instax Mini Evo and APFS backups.
Nikon Announces Non-SE Nikkor Z 28mm f2.8 Prime
18 November 2021
Nikon has announced the non-SE version of its drip-resistant Nikkor Z 28mm f2.8 lens. Changes from the SE version announced in June are limited to minor weight and size differences from the modern black finish.
Against the Dark
17 November 2021
We were focused on the scowling sky over the Pacific Ocean when we noticed this house on the hill, its incandescent room light on against the darkness. We zoomed in for as tight a crop as we could get from a mile away.
Around The Horn
17 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Mennonites, photo tins, portrait ideas, Rubin's Vase, an estimate, saliva and Apple's self service repair program.
Around The Horn
16 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Ian Parry Scholarship, Dan Carter, the Natural Landscape Photography awards, Gordon Parks, Mother Nature, still lifes, Lightroom, the Lucid Air and objectivity.
ICP Establishes Schwartz Special Collections Room
15 November 2021
With a gift from The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation, the International Center of Photography will establish The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Special Collections Room adjacent to ICP's William Randolph Hearst Library at 79 Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
LensRentals Announces Keeper, Test Drive Options
15 November 2021
LensRentals has announced Keeper and Test Drive, two new options to acquire its used gear.
Around The Horn
15 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 last sievewright, data, event photography, in-person workshops, scan crops, postmortem photography and AIPP closing.
Matinee: 'The Open Windows'
13 November 2021
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
13 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at 20 photos, TTArtisan lenses, the moon and some steampunk scans.
Friday Slide Show: Blending In
12 November 2021
We just discovered the overpass on Portola is named the Kensington Bridge. Rather glamorous for a concrete overpass, we think. Like London Bridge. Or the Bay Bridge. You expect to pay a hefty toll to cross something with a name like that.
ACDSee Releases Photo Studio for Mac 8
12 November 2021
ACDSee has released Photo Studio for Mac 8 featuring faster performance, user-friendly GUI improvements and a customizable Indexer that organizes assets while the computer is idle.
Around The Horn
12 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Cop26, Landsat 9, conservation photography, David Black, Mike Quyen, scanning film, Paul Melcher, Ask LensRentals and a native NVMe HDD.
Veterans Day
11 November 2021
We inadvertently caught ourselves working at 3:30 this morning, a national holiday, and horrified, scurried back to bed in an effort to restart the day.
Briscoe Center Acquires Christopher Little Archive
11 November 2021
The Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin has announced the acquisition of the Christopher Little photographic archive. The archive contains contains the photojournalist's work from the late 1960s to the 2000s and includes more than 71,000 slides, 21,500 negatives, 5,000 prints and almost 10,000 contact sheets.
Boinx Software Releases FotoMagico 6 for macOS, iPads
10 November 2021
Boinx Software has released Fotomagico 6, its slide show creation software, completely rewritten for both macOS and iOS on the iPad. Projects can be stored on your iCloud drive to access them on either your Mac or your iPad.
Around The Horn
10 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Mike Smith, Richard Allenby-Pratt, the Oregon coast, new macro lenses, old cameras, the derelict and a contest.
Panasonic Announces Compact Lumix S 35mm f1.8
9 November 2021
Panasonic has introduced the Lumix S 35mm f1.8, a fast prime lens joining the series of four f1.8 L-Mount optics. The four f1.8 prime lenses from the Lumix S series include the 85mm S-S85), 50mm (S-S50), 24mm( S-S24) and now the new 35mm (S-S35).
Around The Horn
9 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at winning portraits, Alex Farnum, the Nikon Z 9, Fujifilm X mount lenses, quitting, firing and M1 basic principles.
Dramatic Horizon
8 November 2021
Last Friday the horizon was the stage for a dramatic cloud show. You had to keep an eye out for the shifts in shape and color because the color was often blocked by the clouds bunching up.
Test Drive: EZQuest Card Reader
8 November 2021
Nothing takes the shine off a new computer than realizing its ports aren't compatible with your old peripherals. If you don't have peripherals with an oval USB-C plugs these days, you won't be able to do something as simple as mount an external drive or transfer photos from your memory cards.
Around The Horn
8 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Angelo Cirrincione, Hoda Afsha, veiling glare, a clever animation, Pinterest and avoiding robberies.
Matinee: 'Lake'
6 November 2021
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?
Fall Back
6 November 2021
It's something of a surprise that our consumer-driven economy hasn't made a holiday of Daylight Saving Time. They could have us all buying new clocks with the updated time if only they applied themselves a little.
Around The Horn
6 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Pompeii, removing a chain link fence, remembering batteries and a library.
Friday Slide Show: All Souls
5 November 2021
If Halloween is for kids, All Souls Day is for the older of us. The kids get to pretend they are whatever they want to be for a day. The older of us get to remember how once, long ago, we were just kids.
Around The Horn
5 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Fabien Dendiével, readers reading, the Lewes Bonfire Celebrations, eyewear reflections and future Silicon Macs.
Light & Motion Introduces Two Continuous Strobe Hybrids
4 November 2021
Light & Motion has introduce StellaPro Reflex and Reflex S, the first hybrid lights that offer powerful both continuous LED light and strobe behavior via Digital Burst. The company has christened its technology as a new category of lighting called Continuous Strobe Hybrid.
OM Digital Announces M.Zuiko 20mm f1.4 Pro Prime
4 November 2021
OM Digital has announced the OM System M.Zuiko 20mm f1.4 Pro prime lens featuring a 40mm equivalent focal length for Micro Four Thirds cameras in a dust and splash proof design with a fast f1.4 aperture.
An Eerie Sunset
4 November 2021
We were whipping up dinner last night, a master of the Frozen and the Canned, imitating the finest restaurant dishes within half an hour in the kitchen, when we stopped dead in our tracks at the sight out the window.
Around The Horn
4 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Emerging Photography Awards, the Seoul Metro, Rachel Wisniewski, Brad Wilson, lens adapters, the TTArtisan 35mm f1.4 and M1 core management.
Around The Horn
3 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at beach bums, Hannah Altman, Khara Plicanic, Pamela Paul, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, an M1 Pro and NFTs.
Working Around Photoshop's Guide on White Problem
2 November 2021
Sometime in the dear departed past, as Adobe was converting perfectly functional CPU instructions into GPU code, dragging a guide from the ruler onto an image lost the guide color specified in Preferences.
Around The Horn
2 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Abdulla Elmaz, Marilyn Stafford, Angelica Edwards, Russell Brown, Graeme Jennings, the mechanical camera, black women photographer grant, M1 Pro vs. M1 Max and Shortcuts (and Keyboard Maestro).
Around The Horn
1 November 2021
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Andrea Torrei, Alice Mann, the Canon Powershot PX, Harvey Stearn, Live Text, the TTartisans 35mm f1.4, macOS security and the Bidi algorithm problem.
October Archived
1 November 2021
We've just archived Volume 10, Number 10 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 21 commented News stories, 24 Editor's Notes (which included 156 items of interest), 3 reviews and 2 site notes for a total of 67 stories.
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