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Friday Slide Show: Majolica Fish Vase

6 February 2026

This amusing creation sits on our bathroom vanity holding a few old fashioned toothbrushes (the manually operated kind). We have no idea where it originated.

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Around The Horn

6 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's week, Portland protests, Close-Up Photographer of the Year, early digital and a contract negotiation.

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Canon Announces RF7-14mm Fisheye, RF14mm f1.4 Prime

5 February 2026

Canon has announced its RF7-14mm f2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM zoom lens and its RF14mm f1.4 L VCM prime lens. The RF7-14mm f2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM zoom lens introduces the world's widest angle zoom lens with a 190° field of view while the RF14mm f1.4 L VCM prime lens delivers Canon's brightest ultra-wide angle interchangeable lens.

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Canon Announces PowerShot G7 X Mark III

5 February 2026

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the PowerShot line, Canon has announced a limited edition PowerShot G7 X Mark III camera with a limited color body design and 30 year anniversary logo.

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Around The Horn

5 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Cubans, Wendy Ewald, Wildlife POTY People's Choice Award, a haircut and black-and-white landscapes.

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Around The Horn

4 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Torrance York, the Westminster Dog Show, landscape photography tutotials, Rijksmuseum's Fake! and John Biever.

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The Door

3 February 2026

This is the famous door in the basement of City Lights bookstore in North Beach. The basement was apparently once a meeting place for Christians who painted inspiring messages on the walls. But when it came to The Door, it seems, they resorted to the uninspiring facts.

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Around The Horn

3 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Hazel Gaskin, Trevor Traynor, a preferred lens, five iPad photo apps and deploying Visual AI.

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Around The Horn

2 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Grammys, Manu Fernandez, frozen Niagara Falls, digitizing film, the Fujifilm XF200mm f2, Leica's Noctilux and Thom's update.

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January Archived

2 February 2026

We've just archived Volume [x], Number [x] of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 4 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 135 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 47 stories.

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January

Matinee: 'Photography by Carolyn Habelt'

31 January 2026

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

31 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at nationwide protests, Melania guests, Spain train crash and Catherine O'Hara.

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Friday Slide Show: Bacchus

30 January 2026

Bacchus is a close friend of our Kitchen Witch, who we recently took some portraits of. She insisted Bacchus sit for us. And since he's always sitting, it wasn't a big ask.

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Around The Horn

30 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Madison Swartin Minneapolis, Photo Brussels and Regina Silveira.

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Around The Horn

29 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Texas Detention Center protests, Sibylle Fendt, synchronous fireflies and frost.

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Around The Horn

28 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Haute Couture Week, Apple Creator Studio and creative photography ideas.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

27 January 2026

Today marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the German concentration camp in Poland where 1.1 million people were exterminated during World War II. The day of liberation by Soviet troops has been commemorated since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Adobe Updates Photoshop With 'More Control, Realism, Precision'

27 January 2026

In a blog post today, Pam Clark announced an update to Photoshop designed to "reduce tedious tasks, elevate creatives work and give more precision and control, to iterate, maintain momentum and spend more time bringing creative visions to life."

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Around The Horn

27 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Australian Open, Photoshop's new adjustment layers, step rings, phones as defensive arms, when to mention edits and a Nikon ZR firmware update.

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Around The Horn

26 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 severe winter storm, Minneapolis, Scott and Grace Offen, Erik Hoffner and digitizing film.

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Matinee: 'Reich's Ticket to a Different World'

24 January 2026

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

24 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at unusual pictures, invisible infrared surveillance technology, cartoonists and diverse marine life.

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Friday Slide Show: The Orchid

23 January 2026

When some friends visited Joyce after her surgery earlier this month, they brought her an orchid (or two) in bloom. We put it on the only shelf in the room, right next to the TV. Hospital rooms are not designed to be hospitable.

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Around The Horn

23 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, River Claure, a concrete pad timelapse and Printique.

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Around The Horn

22 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Pennsylvania, color street photography, a Canon 50mm TV f0.95 and Cloudflare.

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Old Friends

21 January 2026

On our quick excursion into the garden yesterday morning, we walked by some old wooden chair parts leaning against the fence. Why had we kept them? We must have once been sitting on them in the yard on some occasion with some friends. But we couldn't remember.

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Around The Horn

21 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at potholder photos, Minneapolis, Davos and stigmatization.

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Signs of Life

20 January 2026

We braved the frigid morning air to climb over the gopher mounds and creep under the privet bushes to shoot this array of funghi growing on those decades-old bushes pretending to be trees.

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Around The Horn

20 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at children's photobooks, learning to see, Olympus TG-7 features and Valentino.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

19 January 2026

In an interview with the Associated Press the other day, Rev. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "With everything going on, the one thing that I think Dr. King reminds people of is hope and the ability to challenge injustice and inhumanity."

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Matinee: 'Large Format Fine Art Photography'

17 January 2026

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 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Spanish horses, Ukranian winter war, 2026 wish list and a refurb sale.

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Friday Slide Show: Recovery

16 January 2026

You go into surgery with the impression the surgeon will fix something, maybe swap out a part, and you'll be right back on the road. What they don't tell you is how long your recovery will take.

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Around The Horn

16 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, John Locher, Reuter'a week, Nan Goldin, cultural expressions, Thom Hogan's week, what you like, visual reasoning and the carbon footprint of exhibitions.

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Around The Horn

15 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Ukrainian winter, Minneapolis, New York City immigrants, Punta Arenas, gas stations, street photography, the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome and LensCulture's portrait awards.

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Around The Horn

14 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at winter, Washington Square Park, the Flashback 35 V2, attention and the Hotel Utah Saloon.

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Cyme Releases Peakto 2.6 With AI Culling, Deduplication

13 January 2026

Cyme has announced Peakto 2.6, the latest version of its macOS AI-powered media manager, introducing a comprehensive AI-driven culling and deduplication tool.

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DxO Adds 326 New Modules

13 January 2026

DxO Labs has announced support for 326 new DxO Camera and Lens Modules. The update adds support for Canon's 45mm f1.2 lens, Sony's 100mm f2.8 Macro GM, Fujifilm's biggest telephoto prime and a pair of versatile APS-C lenses from Nikon, among others. Also joining the list is Hasselblad's X2D II 100C, paired with the 35-100mm f2.8-4, as well as a curated selection of classic Leica lenses spanning multiple decades.

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Around The Horn

13 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at support for Iranian protestors, Afghan women in the UK, Ethan Pines, an 85mm lens, Creator Studio Pro and upcoming photo trade shows.

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Crab Season

12 January 2026

The way we tell crab season has opened is by looking out the window as the sun sets. If we see a few bright lights on the ocean sometime after November, we know the commercial crab season is open and we can get a fresh dungeness crab from our local fishmonger.

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Around The Horn

12 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Dakar Rally, the Golden Globes, Bob Weir (and George Kittle) and editing engagement photos for social media.

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Matinee: 'Lynn Stern's Echoes of Light'

10 January 2026

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 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Polk Street, Googled cameras, lens adapters and Hessy Levinsons Taft.

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Friday Slide Show: Our Kitchen Witch

9 January 2026

We're not superstitious. But we like to host mythical figures around the house. We've had the same kitchen witch for decades now, at first in the pantry of our Richmond district flat and for the last 23 years above the espresso machine in our kitchen.

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Around The Horn

9 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, ICE protests, Dennis Lehtonen and Hogan's weekly digest.

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Around The Horn

8 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Los Angeles Wildfires a year later, Minneapolis, icebergs and Naga.

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Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 24-105mm

7 January 2026

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 24-105mm f4-7.1, which it calls "a versatile and lightweight standard zoom lens featuring a broad wide-angle to medium-telephoto focal range." It's also affordable zoom without image stabilization at $550.

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Around The Horn

7 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, more Greenland, Tailyr Irving, iPhone vs. Fujifilm X100V, dynamic range and shutter count.

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Around The Horn

6 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Epiphany, whirling dervishes, Ed Kashi, Michael Bednar, great photographers, change, AI edits and Sony World Photography Awards.

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Around The Horn

5 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Wolf Supermoon, Harbin Ice Festival, NYT assesses a suspicious photo, Małgorzata Stankiewicz, lens hoods and lens serial numbers.

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Matinee: The Computer Chronicles on Digital Photography

3 January 2026

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 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 in Venezuela, Reuters in Venezuela, darkroom equipment and Hogan's recap of December.

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Friday Slide Show: A Review

2 January 2026

The unexamined life, you might have heard, is no party. Looking back at what you've done can, on the other hand, be illuminating. Especially if you take photographs.

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Around The Horn

2 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Gijs De Reijke, Rodrigo Koraicho, SZ filters, Nikon Z predictions and Stewart Cheifet.

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Around The Horn

1 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at New Year celebrations, changing the copyright year, one photo for every week of 2025, dinosaur footprints, LensRentals' sales and macOS Tahoe with Liquid Glass.

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December Archived

1 January 2026

We've just archived Volume 14, Number 12 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 7 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 137 items of interest) and 1 site note for a total of 50 stories.

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It's 2026!

1 January 2026

Yet again, we mark the obsolescence of last year's calendars despite their beautiful prints celebrating each month and herald the new year's promise of images yet unseen.

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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.

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