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13 August 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 solar eclipse, Ocean Photographer of the Year, the State Library of Victoria, Suzanne Jongmans and SSD trimming.

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12 August 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 Manila, Mount Isa Rodeo, Perseid Meteor Shower, paper prints and new Google Pixel Phones.

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11 August 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 Italian winemakers, Ceuta residents, the 167th RPS show, Lightroom, balancing multiple exposures, a $50k handshake and the Three Song Rule.

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10 August 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 Colombia quake, ndigenous American photographers, daguerrotypes of Black Americans, Hogan's top question and street photography books.

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Matinee: 'Burtynsky at Telus Harbor'

8 August 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

8 August 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, Cortona on the Move, Outside Lands, one woman and another Kasson keyboard.

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Friday Slide Show: The Ferrari 296 GTB

7 August 2026

In our Indigo Playground: Critique & Fix, published earlier this week, we told the story of running across this new Ferrari parked on the street.

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Indigo Playground: Distractor Removal

7 August 2026

At 5 p.m. each day, we stop what we're doing in the studio and climb the stairs to the inhabitable part of the house for happy hour. Which we like to spend wearing our eye patch over our distance eye so our close-up eye can more easily read the long novel we amuse ourselves with for that time.

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Around The Horn

7 August 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 AAP's week, Reuters' week, Europe's drought, Pure Street Photography Awards, LensCulture Street Photography Awards, Harold Davis, Maven magnifying filters and truth.

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Around The Horn

6 August 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 sun's close-up, the Notting Hill Carnival, Camera Raw, cats, keyboard mania and a copyright question.

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Site Update: Sonic Retires Web Hosting

5 August 2026

An email from Sonic, our Internet Service Provider, delivered the bad news yesterday under the topic "Web Hosting Service Retirement." The company will shut down its Web hosting service on Jan. 15, 2027.

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Around The Horn

5 August 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 Spokane, Paolo Roversi, Malibu, an iris, the key new camera feature and backups.

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Indigo Playground: Just for Fun

4 August 2026

A friend texted us yesterday to ask what we did Saturday, so we replied with that photo of the Ferrari 296 GTB, although we had only walked by the thing.

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Sony Announces FE 100-400mm Super-Telephoto Zoom

4 August 2026

Sony has announed its FE 100-400mm F5.6-8 OSS, a new compact and lightweight super-telephoto zoom lens for its E-mount cameras.

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Around The Horn

4 August 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 heat and drought, Europe's wildfires, Susan kae Grant, Kawada Kikuji and laziness.

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Indigo Playground: Critique & Fix

3 August 2026

We happened across a new Ferrari 296 GTB parked on the street this weekend on our way to buy some butterflake rolls for Sunday brunch. This is how worlds collide, we thought with some amusment. While we were carrying a credit card to the market, someone in the neighborhood parked half a million dollars at the curb.

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Around The Horn

3 August 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 daily life, Ceuta, Gered Mankowitz, strange news, the Panasonic L10 and photography podcasts.

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Matinee: 'Photography Tricks'

1 August 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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July Archived

1 August 2026

We've just archived Volume 15, Number 7 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 12 Features, 8 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 129 items of interest), 3 reviews and 1 site note for a total of 51 stories.

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July

Friday Slide Show: Marching Bands

31 July 2026

As college football season approaches, our minds drift to thoughts of marching bands. As an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley, we've always appreciated the Stanford band especially, but every year at Memorial Stadium the University hosts marching bands from high schools across California.

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Indigo Playground: Watercolor

31 July 2026

Among the styles Indigo's AI Playground offers is Watercolor. As long-time admirers of Harold Davis's iPhone watercolor renderings, we've wanted to find a phone-based way to render images as if they were painted that way.

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Around The Horn

31 July 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' week, AP's week, the Commonwealth Games, a shot of the Tour De France, Devil's Tower and Jan Novak.

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Around The Horn

30 July 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 Europe's wildfires, Heipi Super Clamp, AI watermark removal tools and the Wellcome Photography Prize.

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Around The Horn

29 July 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 Tibet, seaweed, Portrait of a City, a Hoya K2 yellow filter, an old lens and Hogan's news.

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Around The Horn

28 July 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 Lanegg monastery, photos of the day, the right camera and wedding etiquette.

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Indigo Playground: Pen and Wash

27 July 2026

Our second stab at Project Indigo's AI Playground also scratched an old itch. And that itch was photographing our orchid where we keep it. That's in the front window.

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Around The Horn

27 July 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 Tour de France, the Oregon Coast, Point Reyes, tonality and camera clubs.

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Matinee: 'Historical Ischiopagus Twins Operation'

25 July 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

25 July 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 fallen, a Venezuelan mother, Pyramiden, cable wakeboarding and Flickr.

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Friday Slide Show: The Old Ballgame

24 July 2026

The thought has occurred to us that the much-traveled team (Philadelphia and Kansas City can explain) once known as the Oakland A's and now playing in Sacramento as the Athletics while awaiting a tomb in Las Vegas, really fit the city they are now playing in.

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A First Test of Indigo's AI Playground

24 July 2026

Just after we mentioned the Project Indigo update hadn't provided us access to AI Playground, which it is randomly allowing, Adobe's press relations team offered us access.

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Around The Horn

24 July 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, wildlife's week and the Mangrove Photography Awards.

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Around The Horn

23 July 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 solemn scenes, Frank Hurley's Endurance photographs, airborne Killer whales and evaluating photographic evidence.

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Around The Horn

22 July 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 Madrid, astrophotography awards, Mother Jones and photobook fairs.

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Another Argument With AI

21 July 2026

For a while now, we have been asking ourselves (and not rhetorically), "How ya doing?" Just every now and then, as a break after one thing just before beginning another.

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Around The Horn

21 July 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 daily life, BMX Racing World Championships, editing ethics, World Cup camera innovations and posing models.

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Adobe Indigo Adds AI Playground

20 July 2026

With the release of Adobe Project Indigo version 1.1, the company is introducing an experimental feature called AI Playground, which will only be available to a few, randomly-selected users on release.

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Around The Horn

20 July 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 World Cup winner, Pamplona's Bull Run, tariffs and AI menu images.

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Matinee: 'The Messi-Yamal Photo'

18 July 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

18 July 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 World Cup favorite photos, equipment trouble, the Roxie's Isabel Fondevila and the best compliment.

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Friday Slide Show: New Growth

17 July 2026

When we revealed A Little Secret a few days ago, we thought we were done with the subject. After all, once you've revealed a secret, there isn't much more to say.

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Around The Horn

17 July 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, wildlife's week, Gordon Parks, an AI photoshoot and believing your own eyes.

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Hasselblad Brings Phocus Mobile to Android

16 July 2026

Hasselblad has announced the release of Phocus Mobile for Android with Hasselblad Natural Color Solution, Hasselblad Natural Noise Reduction, a comprehensive editing toolkit and streamlined photo management.

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Around The Horn

16 July 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 wildfire smoke, capturing smoky skies, Peter Marlow, color inkjet printing and old-school digicams.

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Viltrox Announces 26mm f2.8 Pancake Lens

15 July 2026

Viltrox has announced the AF 26mm f2.8 EVO, a new pancake lens in the EVO series. Available for both Sony E and Nikon Z full-frame mirrorless cameras, it features metal construction, water and dust-resistant coatings, a USB-C port for firmware updates and separate aperture and focus rings.

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Tamron Announces 12-20mm f2.8 Ultra Wide-Angle Zoom

15 July 2026

Tamron has announced its 12-20mm f2.8 fast-aperture ultra wide-angle zoom lens for Sony E-mount and Nikon Z mount full-frame mirrorless cameras.

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Around The Horn

15 July 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 an Alcatraz rescue, Ana Mendieta, Geoffrey Lowe and fresh paint.

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SFMOMA Adds Substanially to Photography Collection

14 July 2026

SFMOMA ha acquired over 90 works of modern and contemporary art, substantively adding to its extensive photography holdings with works by Alejandro Cartagena, Rahim Fortune, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Tania Franco Klein, Justine Kurland, Danny Lyon, Hiroshi Nomura, Joseph Rodriguez, Malick Sidibé and Toshiya Watanabe.

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Around The Horn

14 July 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 inflatable dinosaurs, Earth Photo awards, LUTs and inkjet printing.

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Around The Horn

13 July 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 Wimbledon, Vladyslav Krasnoshchok, some news, Bayer-CFA sensor aliasing, four old cameras and permission to shoot in public.

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Matinee: 'Fatherhood & Photography'

11 July 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

11 July 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 World Cup stars, lightning in New York City, Nitecore BB and a giant print.

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Friday Slide Show: Bouquets to Art 2011

10 July 2026

We took an Olympus XZ-1 digicam to the 2011 exhibit of Bouquets to Art. The exhibit is the creation of local florists, designers and garden clubs who assemble a bouquet to one or another of the de Young Museum's paintings and sculptures in the permanent collection.

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Around The Horn

10 July 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, the International Aerial Photographer of the Year Contest, the Latin American Foto Festival and Shutterfly.

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Sony Introduces RX10 V Super Zoom Camera

9 July 2026

Sony has announced its RX10 V, the fifth generation of its all-in-one super zoom camera series featuring a 24–600mm ZEISS® Vario-Sonnar T* F2.4–4.0 lens with AI-powered autofocus and high-speed performance.

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Around The Horn

9 July 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 NATO summit, Costa Rica, learning image processing, Graciela Iturbide and the LensCulture Photobook Prize.

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Around The Horn

8 July 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 Havana, Cheney Orr, Armet Francis' archive, FreeCCR and 23 boxes of family photos.

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A Little Secret

7 July 2026

Somehow we've found ourselves continually dealing with orchids. Apparently they are ideal hospital gifts. And we've tended a lot of hospitalized people lately so we end up bringing home a lot of orchids.

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Around The Horn

7 July 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 Kyiv, Venezuela, Astronomy Photographer of the Year, women with life sentences and new film cameras.

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Around The Horn

6 July 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 America at 250 years, fireworks in the fog, Wimbledon, Rafal Milach, Johnston's camera report and Lightroom Classic.

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The 250th Fourth

4 July 2026

On what should be a joyous occasion -- celebrating our Declaration of Independence -- we find our hearts empty as we watch this administration trash the ideals Americans cherish. We're still enthralled by that declaration in which braver men insisted all men are created equal. And we are still inspired by the sight of the flame on the torch of the Statue of Liberty.

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Matinee: 'David Hockney: Another View of the World'

4 July 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

4 July 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, in a special Fourth of July edition, we look at July 4th celebrations across the decades, Reuters' week, Ed van der Elsken and fisheye lenses.

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Friday Slide Show: Berkeley 25 Years Ago

3 July 2026

Twenty-five years ago we took BART to Berkeley with a Canon PowerShot A3330 IS in our camera bag. We had the 16-megapixel digicam with its 28–140mm equivalent optical zoom here for review.

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Around The Horn

3 July 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 enduring American symbols, wildlife's week, AP's week, ofrendas, a Lake Tahoe meadow and a cargo bike.

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Around The Horn

2 July 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 an overnight Russian attack, FotoReportage Award, Katherine Wolkoff, photography in 2046 and faces of elimination.

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Hasselblad, Capture One Partner for Native Raw Support

2 July 2026

Hasselblad and Capture One have announced a partnership that brings native support for Hasselblad medium format cameras to Capture One. Photographers can now import, organize and develop their Hasselblad .3FR Raw files directly in Capture One, with the full toolset of layers, masks, color editing and precision adjustments.

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Around The Horn

1 July 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' month, iPhone Photography Awards, Theo Bosboom and Les Rencontres d'Arles.

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June Archived

1 July 2026

We've just archived Volume 15, Number 5 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 13 Features, 7 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 129 items of interest) and 1 site note for a total of 46 stories.

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Wait a Minute ...

10 December 2012

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

Sometimes that happens in life, too.

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

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

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

Because we aren't done yet.

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

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

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

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