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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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George Kalinsky
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The Rumbalino
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Welcome, Newbie!
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Oliviero Toscani
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Two Redcoats at Fort Point
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The Trouble With Sunsets
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Constantine Manos
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A Coalport Top Hat
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Charging the Battery
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Happy New Year!
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A Holiday Dinner
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Merry Christmas
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Peter Pan Pen
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Gian Paolo Barbieri
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Christmas Cactus
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Winter Whimsy
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A Manger Scene
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The Bookcase
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A Macro to Install ExifTool
Around The Horn
21 January 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 Inauguration Day, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, Los Angeles, MPIX, Rocky Nook, still life photography, Ashok Sinha, darkroom printing and abandoned file systems.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
20 January 2025
Well, it's ironic, to say the least. This year Martin Luther King, Jr. Day happens also to be Inauguration Day. You'd be hard pressed to find two more different people than MLK and the new president. "More different" puts it rather mildly. There couldn't be a greater contrast.
Remembering George Kalinsky
20 January 2025
George Kalinksy, for many years the official photographer of Madison Square Garden, died last week at a senior living facility in Manhattan from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 88.
Matinee: 'The Silent Agreements'
18 January 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 January 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 in pictures, Reuters' week, Susan Berger, Keerthana Kunnath, Jan Schölzel, live co-editing and the EU's Article 17.
Friday Slide Show: The Rumbalino
17 January 2025
If you were reading us in the early days of our digital photography career, you might recall a piece or two mentioning the Rumbalino and may even recall a few digicam sample shots of it. We often tested macro mode on the interior and challenged sensors to capture its red paint.
Around The Horn
17 January 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 odd photos, Assad's prisons, Loli Kantor, Mike Johnston, calendars and adventure tips.
Leica Announces SL3-S Hybrid Camera
16 January 2025
The Leica SL3-S integrates state-of-the-art technology to provide speed, flexibility and versatility, the company said. The SL3-S is also the first camera in the SL system to be equipped with content credentials technology in accordance with the Content Authenticity Initiative for photos.
Around The Horn
16 January 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 cease fire, the Infrared Photography Contest, Zoë Law and Camera Control.
Around The Horn
15 January 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 Southern California pets, amateur astronomers, Reflection Removal, Jay L. Clendenin and r/PhotoshopRequest.
Welcome to Digital Photography, Newbie!
14 January 2025
The first tool you need to make a photograph is, of course, a camera with some sort of lens on it. But for many newbies, that's where the investigation stops. They've been misinformed by their experience taking pictures with phones.
Around The Horn
14 January 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 devastation, Trumpland, the "What", a Z9 generation table and a cat photo controversy.
Remembering Oliviero Toscani
13 January 2025
Italian photographer and art director Oliviero Toscani has died after a two-year battle with amyloidosis. He was 82.
Around The Horn
13 January 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 people reading, a ski jumper, tulips, APS-C, Goldilocks, Advice for Young Artists, Teju Cole and Moneta Sleet, Jr.
Matinee: 'Sarah Arnett's Creative World'
11 January 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 January 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 enhanced northern lights captures, wildfire victims, the Dakar Rally, Ömer F Kuranli, ideaphoria, Picture Controls and a People's Choice award.
Friday Slide Show: Two Redcoats at Fort Point
10 January 2025
We confess we've begun the new year housebound with a head cold that has persisted more than a few days. We're getting better with the help of a midday break that involves lying down on the bed. And now that we're feeling better, we sometimes indulge in a midday movie.
Around The Horn
10 January 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 Jimmy Carter's funeral, a yellow cardinal, a Ring camera watches the fire, LA fires and SanDisk SD card corruption.
Around The Horn
9 January 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 World Sports Photography Awards, Letizia Battaglia, Harbin Ice and Snow World, Greenland, 35mm film scanner and the LA fires.
Around The Horn
8 January 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 th Palisades Fire, the Shutterstock-Getty Images merger, the Pebble Flow, Joe McNally and Meta.
Getty Images, Shutterstock to Merge
7 January 2025
In an email to its customers today, Getty Images CEO Craig Peters announced plans to merge with Shutterstock under the name Getty Images Holdings, Inc.
Around The Horn
7 January 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, Richard Sharum, migrating birds, hallucinating Web sites, social media for photographers and Gen Z's Christmas haul.
The Trouble With Sunsets +
6 January 2025
We were lying on the couch Saturday evening pondering the possibilities for dinner when we saw the sun reveal itself as it was setting on the horizon. It had been overcast but there was just enough cloud cover to make the sunset interesting.
Around The Horn
6 January 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 in photos, the Golden Globes Red Carpet, Marilyn Monroe, Irene Poon, camera wars, more interesting things, an M4 MacBook Pro vs. a Dell Tower, Alan Adler, state net neutrality laws and January 6.
Matinee: 'Ice Memories'
4 January 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?
Remembering Constantine Manos
4 January 2025
Greek-American photographer Constantine Manos has died at the age of 90.
Around The Horn
4 January 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 winners, extras, 13 film images and net neutrality.
Friday Slide Show: A Coalport Top Hat
3 January 2025
One used to dress to the nines for New Year's Eve. Top hat and tails. Furs and high heels. What else would you wear to clink glasses of champagne held by their thin stems and kiss the New Year hello?
Around The Horn
3 January 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 2025 celebrations, Bourbon Street, a moment of joy, photographing cancer and printing.
Charging the Battery
2 January 2025
So, as it turned out, we didn't drive our 2001 Honda Civic HX after Aug. 12 last year. We did put a charge on the battery a couple of times but that was the extent of our automotive ambitions.
Around The Horn
2 January 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, Naples, Public Domain Day, Apple Photos privacy, NPR photographers, your goldmine, 2025 by month, new lens sets, Creative January and macOS trends.
December Archived
1 January 2025
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 12 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 8 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 146 items of interest), no reviews and two site notes for a total of 51 stories.
It's 2025!
1 January 2025
Once 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.
Happy New Year!
31 December 2024
Our New Year's Eve tradition is to present an old recording of Auld Lang Syne along with a few photos of Judy's band, a collection of three translucent toy bears playing musical instruments.
Around The Horn
31 December 2024
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 auroras, Times Square ball drop, wildlife and eight still great cameras.
Around The Horn
30 December 2024
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 one photo a country, NPR's 2024, Colleen Kenyon and Jimmy Carter.
Matinee: 'Heirlooms'
28 December 2024
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
28 December 2024
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 in pictures, Reuters, photojournalists reflect on the year, John Barclay and hot shoe accessories.
Friday Slide Show: A Holiday Dinner
27 December 2024
It's not all doom and gloom around here. The other night two friends escorted us from the nursing home to have dinner at an old favorite now known as Original Joe's Westlake.
Around The Horn
27 December 2024
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 aerial photos, Mous Lamrabat, Jerome Delay, an AI test and paper passports.
Around The Horn
26 December 2024
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 Astronomy Picture of the Day, sea nomads, LensRentals' best new products, an Anamorphic DeSqueeze Tool, Irish Coffee and Mac batteries.
Merry Christmas
25 December 2024
We heard on the radio this morning that Manger Square in Bethlehem was vacant again this year, the festivities suppressed by the ongoing war. Tourism there is also down with access to midnight mass and the site of manger itself easily accessed without the usual crowds.
Tracking Santa in 2024
24 December 2024
The North American Aerospace Defense Command, which has been tracking Santa since 1955, is at it again this year (drones over New Jersey notwithstanding).
Around The Horn
24 December 2024
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 in pictures, LensCulture's Emerging Talent Awards, Rome's oldest churches and Clancy's.
Around The Horn
23 December 2024
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 Santa heads, Larry Schorr, Harold Davis, a good nightcap, the Louis Mendes Test, a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye and the Z system's holes.
Matinee: 'Christmas Tree'
21 December 2024
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
21 December 2024
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 NPR's picks, Bad Santas, film simulations, photobooks and video generation tools.
Friday Slide Show: Peter Pan Pen
20 December 2024
We've been taking notes for more decades than we care to tell. And we've taken them in more kinds of notebooks than we can remember with more pen types than we have time to list.
Remembering Gian Paolo Barbieri
20 December 2024
After a long illness, the Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri has died at the age of 89.
Harvey Posts ExifTool 13.10 Production Release
20 December 2024
Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v13.10, an update to the recent v12.76 and the first production release since v12.76 on Oct. 19. The release is available in three formats, including a Windows executable and macOS package.
Around The Horn
20 December 2024
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 notable deaths, Radio City Rockettes, homelessness, Robert Frank, LensRentals' top sales and tips for smartphone photography.
Cyme Releases Peakto 2.2
19 December 2024
Cyme has released Peakto 2.2, turning its photo and video management software into a media asset management tool, offering an intuitive, centralized way to organize all your photos and videos effortlessly.
Around The Horn
19 December 2024
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 climate change, where food comes from, Macau, Kelly Burgess, squirrels, printing holiday cards and the photo-blogosphere.
S.F. City Hall Exhibition Addresses Recent Cultural Issues
19 December 2024
The San Francisco Arts Commission Art in City Hall program, in partnership with PhotoAlliance, resent Metaphors of Recent Times: A Dialogue of the Personal, the Political and the Cultural, an exhibition that features artwork from PhotoAlliance's INSIGHT/INCITE 20/20 portfolio, alongside works by 24 artists who have created work in response to the portfolio.
Smith Fund Announces Grant Recipients
19 December 2024
he W. Eugene Smith Fund has announced the recipients of its 2024 grants, which received more than 725 entries from more than 85 countries, the most entries in any year since its inception in 1979. The Smith Fund will issue $72,500 in grants this year, the most in any grant cycle in 45 years.
Around The Horn
18 December 2024
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 2024, AP's sports week, Tony Dočekal and bread with Lens Blur.
Bandwidth Exceeded +
18 December 2024
An unusual combination of issues has resulted in Photo Corners exceeding its bandwidth as of Dec. 17 this month. That means you likely won't be able to see this status report until next year.
Flying Meat Releases Acorn 8
17 December 2024
Flying Meat has updated Acorn, Gus Mueller's image editing software for macOS to version 8. The new features include AI subject selection, a live text tool, data driven graphics, an on-canvas ruler, JPEG-XL support and and support for LUTs.
Nikon Announces Z 9 Firmware 5.10, Adobe Frame.io Support
17 December 2024
Nikon has announced the release of firmware version 5.10 for the Nikon Z 9 and the Nikon NX MobileAir app's support for Adobe's Frame.io, which will allow for improved filmmaking performance and video-sharing capabilities, the company said.
Around The Horn
17 December 2024
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 behind the scenes, Africa Foto Fair, Sofía Jaramillo, Carl Corey and the Z system sales.
Christmas Cactus
16 December 2024
In Smartphones v. Cameras 2024 Edition (which we linked to in today's Around the Horn, Hogan explains all the summersaults a smartphone goes through to create a JPEG.
Around The Horn
16 December 2024
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 Southern Sky Astrophotography Exhibition, Love Hotel, smartphones vs. cameras, the Nikon Z f, screw-drive rumors and New Visions Photography Awards.
Matinee: 'Vast Nature'
14 December 2024
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
14 December 2024
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 in pictures, the fall of Damascus, Rachel Handlin, Queenie Cheen and Wilhelm Brasse.
Friday Slide Show: Winter Whimsy
13 December 2024
We looked down the tracks and didn't see a streetcar coming. On the other hand, the third one was backed up going away from us. We took advantage of the delay to pop into the new;y-reopened (after a fire) Post Office to buy stamps so we could mail our Christmas cards.
Around The Horn
13 December 2024
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 landscapes, canyons, meteors, GPS receivers, network backups again and two production notes.
Around The Horn
12 December 2024
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 Nigeria's lithium mines, Iya Valley, symmetry and asymmetry, Anthony Friedkin, Portugal, LemsRentals's top rentals, Photobucket sued and a big internal SSD.
Around The Horn
11 December 2024
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 Reuben Wu, Lars Tunbjörk, Daniel Pullen, Gen Z's digicams, Visual Intelligence, Seeing Things again, buying a printer and "image fidelity".
Jason Crowley Awarded 2024 Bob & Diane Fund Grant
10 December 2024
The Bob & Diane Fund has announced photographer Jason Crowley as the 2024 grantee for his photography project A Tough Old Bird.
Around The Horn
10 December 2024
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 Merseyside, Washington, Calif., Black Friday, Canon's cropping guides and two anniversaries.
Around The Horn
9 December 2024
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 Nutcracker, ugly sweaters, Jeff Wall, Deanna Dikeman, Vasantha Yoganantha, Seeing Things, the EXPEED7 processor, Gampat on reviews and ruby slippers.
Matinee: 'Developing A Secret'
7 December 2024
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
7 December 2024
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 in pictures, the Arctic Ocean, a modern Guadalupe, Kate Winslet, prints on a wall and Ed French's murderers.
Friday Slide Show: A Manger Scene
6 December 2024
There was not going to be a Christmas tree this year for the first time in decades. Not only was Joyce in a nursing home but pur disability has not resolved itself enough to drive and wrestle with Noble Firs.
Around The Horn
6 December 2024
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 sporting moments, a cow grazing in a dumpsite, Google's Recap, Snapshot Spirit Live!, portrait poses, Drew Hendrix and adopting AI.
The Bookcase
5 December 2024
One runs out of room. There was no place to hang this Italian watercolor of the Duomo in Firenze. No place where we could see it and be reminded of the trip to Italy we sent our parents on for their 50th anniversary.
Around The Horn
5 December 2024
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' Instagram photos, the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder evidence, image quality differences in sensor size and the Adobe Lightroom Holiday Contest.
Around The Horn
4 December 2024
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 top sports photos, oddest photos of the year, a camera that sees behind things, Josué Rivas and Excire Foto 2025.
BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition Opens
3 December 2024
Submissions for the California Academy of Sciences' 2025 BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition will be accepted through March 1, 2025. In its 12th year, the competition focuses a visual lens on the extraordinary diversity of the natural world and aims to inspire action to protect and conserve it.
Around The Horn
3 December 2024
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 Northern Lights, London's Festive Lights, the Biden White House Christmas decorations, musical skiers, Workbooks, Fan Expo and hit rates.
A Macro to Install ExifTool +
2 December 2024
Once upon a time, email notificiations of new versions of ExifTool came with a link to the macOS disk image with an installer. Recent emails do not.
Around The Horn
2 December 2024
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 2024 in Review, a lava field, Jeff Keller, image handling Shortcuts, Turnley print sale, Nikon Heralbony Z fc, image sensor developments and Cyber Monday.
November Archived
2 December 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 11 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 5 commented News stories, 24 Editor's Notes (which included 136 items of interest), 2 reviews and 1 site note for a total of 49 stories.
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