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Friday Slide Show: BMW i8

17 August 2018

It's hard to explain but for the second time we found ourselves face-to-face with a sleek sportscar posed for its close-up at the mall. This time it was a BMW i8 Spyder designed by Benoit Jacob.

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The iMac At 20

17 August 2018

On Wednesday the iMac celebrated its 20th birthday. We thought we might have a photo of the original in one of its several fruit colors. We recall a blueberry model helping a nephew get through school.

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Around The Horn

17 August 2018

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 Aretha, Shahidul Alam, rush hour, Moonlight, Michael Sewell, syncing time in Photos, Siri photo searching, Storyglory's ScanMyPhotos deal and Elon Musk.

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Google Launches New Cloud Storage Tiers

16 August 2018

Google has launched a comprehensive new set of cloud storage tiers under the brand Google One. The new storage schemes encompass Photos, Docs and Gmail plus files stored in Drive much as Apple's iCloud encompasses Photos, Mail and other files like Contacts, Calendars, Keychain and more.

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Hasselblad Announces XV Lens Adapater

16 August 2018

Hasselblad has announced its $249 XV lens adapter to mount V System lenses on the X1D-50c mirrorless medium format camera.

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Around The Horn

16 August 2018

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 auctioneers, Tuvalu, Enchance (the game), photo print labs, Wellcome contest and DxO discounts. Plus a tribute to today's Free Press movement.

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'Light and Love'

15 August 2018

Recently, we briefly cited the Legion of Honor's exhibit Truth and Beauty: The Pre-Raphaelites and the Old Masters for the half dozen rare images by Julia Margaret Cameron on display. But we thought we'd take a closer look at one of them, Light and Love from 1865.

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Adobe 'One Tool' Series Continues With Selective Edits

15 August 2018

Adobe continues its One Tool, Three Ways campaign today with Selective Edits in Lightroom Classic CC. The series follows photographers Maddie McGarvey, Kevin Wong and Jonpaul Douglass discussing their use of Adobe tools to create their work.

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Around The Horn

15 August 2018

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 bullfighting, the DX format in the mirrorless age, a contract negotiation, the new MacBook Pro, a copyright question, a residency program and book discount.

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Three Legged Thing Announces Patti (Smith) Tripod

14 August 2018

Three Legged Thing has announced its $119.99 Patti, a new addition to its Punks range of tripods named after Punk legend Patti Smith.

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Around The Horn

14 August 2018

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 2003 Blackout, Donna Gottschalk, more Blend mode tips, new gear, the Nixplay Iris, color mapping, Frank Ockenfels and Albert Watson.

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Working Late

13 August 2018

It was just one of those things. Once we took the covers off, the fun began. We were, with the help of a pro bono electrician we know, just trying to add an electrical outlet in Mom's garage for a smart irrigation controller.

But the existing box with a light switch in it didn't have a hot wire. So we had to hunt around until we found one up in the corner. Then the fun began, adding three wires from there to the light switch box with the new outlet.

When you're doing work pro bono there's never enough sunlight. And when you're an electrician, you have to cut the power off to work on the wiring. So you don't have either natural or artificial light to illuminate the situation.

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Around The Horn

13 August 2018

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 Ekaterina Sevrouk, Ming Thein, vintage mobile homes, a Miops photo gallery, Border Grill, the Panasonic TS7 vs. the Olympus TG-5 and storing your old photos.

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Matinee: Trevor Paglen

11 August 2018

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 August 2018

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 shooting golf mirrorlessly, bracketing, Jacques Lowe, winners of the Underwater Photo Contest 2018 and Bradford on Avons.

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Friday Slide Show: A Suit Of Armor

10 August 2018

Visiting the current Truth & Beauty exhibit at the Legion of Honor, we were surprised to see two suits of armor standing in the corner of the last room where the security guards usually post themselves.

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Magix Doubles Effects In New Photostory Deluxe

10 August 2018

Magix has released Photostory Deluxe 2019, its slide show software, with a 16-track program engine from Video Pro X and simplified the application of effects. The new release includes 24 pre-designed photolooks for one-click color enhancement or advanced image editing to enhance every photo in your show.

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Around The Horn

10 August 2018

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 Viviane Dalles, the Ford Mustang, the Lombok Island earthquake, data vulnerabilities, the 11th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk, the Perseids meteor shower, Apple MacBook Pro configurations, an AI-Based image search comparison and a Slik tripod deal.

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Leica Announces Elpro 52 Close-Up Lens

9 August 2018

Leica Camera has announced the Elpro 52, a new close-up converter lens for M and TL lenses in the Leica Camera accessories portfolio.

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Save It!

9 August 2018

One of the financial institutions we frequent was recently acquired by a larger concern, prompting the inconvenience of converting old accounts to new ones, which in turn occasioned the gifting of this piggy bank to those afflicted.

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Around The Horn

9 August 2018

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 Rich-Joseph Facun, Hudson River Valley estates, Omar Z Robles, Larry Fink, cats and the American Photography Open 2018.

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LG Introduces Photo Snap Camera-Printer

8 August 2018

LG Electronics USA has introduced its LG Pocket Photo Snap, a new hybrid instant camera and portable printer featuring a larger print size than other hybrid camera-printers and the ability to print from your smartphone via Bluetooth as well.

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Epson Introduces FastFoto FF-680W

8 August 2018

Epson has introduced its FastFoto FF-680W, the second printer in its FastFoto lineup after the FF-640 (which we have reviewed, featuring scans as fast as a photo per second in batches of 36 and the ability to handle a variety of media, including Polaroids (which the FF-640 could not handle). The new model also includes the second generation of the FastFoto software.

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Around The Horn

8 August 2018

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 Mohamed Mahdy, abandoned sites in Russia, Photoshop blend modes, that blood moon, the Canon Pro-100 and Mary Caroline Russell.

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BJP Opens OpenWalls Arles 2019 Contest

7 August 2018

The British Journal of Photography is searching for up to 50 photographers to exhibit as part of a month-long group show in Arles, during Les Rencontres d'Arles 2019.

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Lensbaby Introduces Sol 45, Sol 22 +

7 August 2018

Lensbaby has announced the Sol 45 for dSLRs and the Sol 22, which offers a similar focal length for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The new all-metal bodied selective focus lenses tilt to isolate your subject at a wide open fixed aperture of f3.5, which narrows the depth of field.

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Around The Horn

7 August 2018

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 keeping cool, black fathers, landscape photography gear, Motif, the Getty Research Portal and a copyright case.

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Tamron Announces Compact 17-35mm Zoom +

6 August 2018

Tamron has announced the 17-35mm f2.8-4 Di OSD (Model A037), a new ultra-wide-angle zoom featuring a compact and lightweight design with quiet focusing and a flourine lens coating. At 3.5 inches long and weighing 16.2 oz., Tamron said it is the smallest and lightest in its class.

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Around The Horn

6 August 2018

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 few rising stars, Nikon E lens on a PEN-F, tearing down a Canon 70-200mm f4L IS II, the importance of lighting, Images of Research contest, a Lightroom HDR trick and Ira Block's baseball book.

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Matinee: Isabel Munoz

4 August 2018

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 August 2018

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 angry children at Trump rallies, photographing wildfires, exposure management, food truck lighting, AI in the newsroom, selfies with Dick Cavett and the problem with programming.

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Friday Slide Show: Ghirardelli Square

3 August 2018

Funny thing about being a native San Franciscan. You enjoy the tourist attractions as much as any tourist. More, perhaps, because you get to visit them continually over your career as host to visiting friends and relatives.

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Around The Horn

3 August 2018

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 Dan and Sandra Weiner, Stephanie Keith, smartphone travel photography tips and some financial advice.

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The Ravishes Of Time

2 August 2018

We pass by this iron railing regularly but the other day we stooped to take a photo of it. We've been mesmerized by the effect the salt air has had on the iron over the years.

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Around The Horn

2 August 2018

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 China's bike problem revisited, satellite views of the California wildfires, a mother duck with 76 ducklings, the Canon 70-200mm f4 IS II lens and Spect.

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Think Tank Photo, MindShift Gear Announce Merger

1 August 2018

Think Tank Photo and MindShift Gear have announced the merger of the two companies, creating an integrated product suite for professional and advanced photographers. The merger is effective today and the companies have immediately combined their business operations.

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Around The Horn

1 August 2018

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 California wildfires, girlhood, George Steinmetz, Gerda Taro, Chris Hondros, Alan Winslow, Temi Coker, the Leica M and a contest for emerging photographers.

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July Archived

1 August 2018

We've just archived the 66 stories we published in Volume 7 Number 7 of Photo Corners. Just a few years ago we published 94 stories in July -- but that included 44 news items.

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July

Laffing Sal

31 July 2018

We made the acquaintance of Laffing Sal in our youth. It must have been a birthday party. The kids were transported to Playland at the Beach in a station wagon or two to spend a few hours in The Fun House.

Sal stood at the entrance to The Fun House behind some glass, high enough so we had to look up at her while we waited to get in. And she would rock back and forth, laughing interminably.

She resembled a clown without quite being one. You might have though she was a leprechaun if leprechauns were six feet tall and female. You could be forgiven if you thought she was drunk.

You could be frightened of her. Or you could join in and find it hard to stop laughing yourself.

There was no clue what she was laughing at. Everything was funny to Sal.

And yet, like Pagliacci, there was something tragic about her. You certainly didn't want her to jump in the station wagon for the trip home.

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Canon Announces PowerShot SX740 HS

31 July 2018

Canon has announced its PowerShot SX740 HS digicam featuring 40x optical zoom (equivalent to 24-960mm), a 20.3-megapixel CMOS imaging sensor and 4K video, a first in the PowerShot series. A popup flash and articulated LCD round out the package that includes WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity as well.

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Around The Horn

31 July 2018

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 family reunification, the Carr Fire, a darkroom sink, Joe McNally and Sigma lens workshops.

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The Politics In Photography +

30 July 2018

Over the weekend Kevin Raber published Changes on the Forum -- Coffee Corner. In that piece Jeremy Roussak, who moderated the political discussions in Luminous Landscape's forums, observed that "political discussions are tainting the Luminous Landscape 'community' (in quotes because it is a word I cordially dislike, but in this context I can think of none better) to the extent that they cannot be allowed to continue."

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Around The Horn

30 July 2018

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 Yan Morvan, backup solutions in the field, a sensor sensitivity comparison, using Content Aware Scale, Janet Michaud, a Capture One styles discount and BorrowLenses summer discounts.

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Matinee: 'Using Her Camera for Good: Annie Griffiths'

28 July 2018

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

28 July 2018

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 women photographing women, Julia Margaret Cameron, Matthew Shain, a Yosemite night shot, Cristina Mittermeier and parts shopping with your camera.

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Friday Slide Show: Sam's Grill

27 July 2018

We have been going to Sam's Grill for lunch since the 1960s. And by then Sam's had been around for over a hundred years.

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Around The Horn

27 July 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Chinese industry, shadows in monochrome, sunset strobing, Harold Davis and Canon rebates.

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Theater Arts

27 July 2018

Just before we came across that stunning flower on our walk at the Palace of Fine Arts, we captured this pair posing. It's a common juxtaposition on the grounds and we had been looking for just the right pose.

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Around The Horn

26 July 2018

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 1988, perfection, Paul Ernest, the Sigma 105mm f1.4 Art lens, converting Aperture libraries, temporary tattoos and selfie sticks.

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Nell Painter: A Hot Young Artist

25 July 2018

A couple of days ago the PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown interviewed Nell Irvin Painter who, late in life, escaped "the confines of historical research to embrace the freedoms of visual art." We can't get it out of our mind.

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Around The Horn

25 July 2018

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 Greek wildfires, the Bronx, #DiversifyTheLens, a modest reward, Photoshop clean-ups, a private moon and connectors for heavy gear.

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Nikon Details FX Mirrorless Development

25 July 2018

Nikon has announced the development of a next-generation full-frame mirrorless camera and Nikkor lenses featuring a new mount. An F-Mount adapter to mount existing F-Mount Nikkors is also being developed, the company added.

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Judge Affirms Stern Trust's Copyright Of Monroe Photos

24 July 2018

A federal district court judge in New York has ruled that the copyright to Bert Stern's Last Sitting photos of Marilyn Monroe belong to the Bert Stern 2010 Trust.

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BJP Announces Shortlist For 'Portrait of Britain'

24 July 2018

The British Journal of Photography has announced the 200 shortlisted images for the third annual Portrait of Britain exhibition. The winners will be announced at the end of August, just before exhibition opens on Sept. 1.

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Around The Horn

24 July 2018

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 Rescuers, the Toyohashi Gion festival, macrophotography, legal street photography, editing advice and smartphone editing apps.

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The Beauty Of Old Things

23 July 2018

When we got in the car, we were planning on driving to the de Young museum in Golden Gate Park but we found ourselves going, instead, to Fisherman's Wharf. And on the way, we surprised ourselves even more by stopping at the Palace of Fine Arts.

That's the sort of adventure you have when you have guests in town.

As we wandered around the Palace of Fine Arts on a gorgeous, clear, sunny day, we almost walked right by a flower spotlit by the sun in the shade of the palace's imposing columns. The contrast of the flower in sun amid the shade immediately appealed to us.

No, it did not look like this. It was just a bright flower with greenery all around it.

But you know how camera sensors are. They see what they want to see. And our Nikon D200 didn't see the greenery. Just the flower.

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Peak Design Introduces Travel Line With Backpack 45L

23 July 2018

Peak Design has introduced the carry-on Travel Backpack 45L, the first in its new Travel Line designed "to satisfy a simple design directive: no two trips are the same, so the best luggage should adapt to them all."

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Around The Horn

23 July 2018

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 garden macro photography, Jim Grove, John Margolies, white backdrops, a new smartphone sensor and Meaghan Looram.

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Matinee: 'Martha Rosler on Susan Meiselas'

21 July 2018

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

21 July 2018

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 Tranquility Base, coral reefs, Octavi Serra, Movie + Photo mode and a Tokina 16-28mm.

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Friday Slide Show: Flower Piano

20 July 2018

Once again we slipped through the fog and into the Botanical Garden to enjoy a little piano music al fresco. But this year was a little different.

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Rocky Nook To Host Free Webinar With Glyn Dewis

20 July 2018

Rocky Nook has announced a free webinar on Photoshop Fixes for Photographers with Glyn Dewis, author of Photograph Like a Thief and The Photoshop Toolbox.

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Around The Horn

20 July 2018

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 China's Qiandongnan prefecture, astronomy photography, flight attendants, Adobe Camera Raw videos, the 2018 iPhone Photography Awards and memory card routines.

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Fujifilm Announces Ultra Wide, Fast Tele And 1.4x Teleconverter

20 July 2018

Fujifilm has announced three new optics and updated its X Mount lens roadmap. Highlights of the announcement follow.

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Toyo Tires Announces 2018 Shutter Space Contest

19 July 2018

Toyo Tires has opened its 2018 Shutter Space Automotive Photo Gallery contest for submissions. Entires, due by Aug. 6, should show off "your best car or truck photo," the company said.

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Olympus Announces High-End Leather Accessory Line

19 July 2018

Olympus has announced a premium accessory collaboration with Barber Shop Bags to offer luxury, handcrafted accessories including leather camera bags and straps designed and handcrafted in Italy.

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Around The Horn

19 July 2018

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 Thomas Jordan, remastering old film, the Sigma 14-24mm f2.8 Art lens, Alec Baldwin interviews Pete Souza, two nifty fifties, the photo-taking-impairment effect and a free ebook.

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Fujifilm Introduces XF10 Travel APS-C Digicam +

19 July 2018

Fujifilm has introduced its XF10, a compact travel camera featuring a wide-angle Fujinon 18.5mm f2.8 lens (28mm equivalent) and weighing just 9.80 oz. with a touchscreen and APS-C sensor. The XF10 also shoot 4K video and sports Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity.

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Catch Of The Day

18 July 2018

Sometimes we wonder whatever happened to all the seafood restaurants in this coastal city? And why is so much frozen seafood at the market upwards of $30 a pound? What soggy, salty cartel is behind this criminal activity?

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Adobe Launches 'One Tool, Three Ways' Series +

18 July 2018

Adobe has launched One Tool, Three Ways, a new campaign aimed at professional photographers featuring "practical takeaways and insights on what it takes to succeed."

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Around The Horn

18 July 2018

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 Nelson Mandela, Sarajevo's camera kids, Mark Richards, printing paralysis, the Dehaze tool, Ferrania, facial recognition, Nikon's sensor designers, the Google Photos Web UI and Excire.

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Kwilt Launches Shoebox Plus Personal Cloud Device

17 July 2018

Kwilt has launched the Shoebox Plus, its second hardware/software solution for phone photographers who want to move their photos from the confines of their phone to more permanent USB storage without resorting to someone else's cloud.

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Around The Horn

17 July 2018

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 Latif Al Ani, ice cream, a roadtrip across the western U.S., sexual harassment in photojournalism and ACR shortcuts.

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Deals: Amazon Prime Day For Photographers

17 July 2018

Not everything is a deal at Amazon on Prime Day, but we've managed to find a few noteworthy offers on sale at unusually low prices. If you're not a Prime member, today would be a good day to start a 30-day free trial membership. We'll update this page as we find more (look for the + sign in the headline).

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DNP Releases Mac Hot Folder Utility

16 July 2018

DNP has released its first Hot Folder Print utility for Mac OS Sierra and later. The application detects image files, queues the setup by print size, combines them with an enabled border and automatically sends the image to a DNP dye sublimation printer.

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Around The Horn

16 July 2018

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 Renneisen, focus stacking, service follies, lens filters and Photoshop filters.

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Matinee: Ralph Gibson

14 July 2018

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

14 July 2018

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 Emily Kinni, tragic snapshots, shooting many frames and home movies.

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Friday Slide Show: Signs

13 July 2018

This summer the Twin Peaks Tunnel is closed for renovation. Built in 1918, it has enjoyed a hundred years of continual maintenance but it's time for some heavy duty remodeling.

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Around The Horn

13 July 2018

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 Japan floods, McNally in the country, travel photography spots, a bag for lighting gear, Photoshop on the iPad, new MacBook Pro considerations, Apple's photo printing and 99U Conference videos.

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Shooting South Again

12 July 2018

In February we concluded our Shooting South piece with a promise. "We'll be back, informed by our experience editing this shot, for a better image. Just to prove we can."

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Around The Horn

12 July 2018

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 Castelluccio in bloom, Brazil's favelas, wider street portraits, visual apps, Pete Souza, Jerusalem, MacBook Pro updates and RSS feeds.

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Adobe Launches 'Photography for Good' With Ripple Effect Images

11 July 2018

Adobe and National Geographic photographer Annie Griffiths of Ripple Effect Images have announced Photography for Good, a new initiative "to promote a creative legacy of positive change, activating the greater photography community to create visual art for good from a local to a global scale."

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Around The Horn

11 July 2018

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 Kate Ryan, Gilmar Smith, pixl-latr, Alicia Rius, a bid for a real estate company, camera apps, RSS 'Shorty' tripod, Affinity Designer and net neutrality.

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Excire Searches Lightroom Catalog Locally

10 July 2018

Excire, the U.S. affiliate of the German Pattern Recognition Co. opening for business today, has released a set of Lightroom plug-ins to search a local catalog using artificial intelligence rather than keywords.

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Around The Horn

10 July 2018

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 Latin American Foto Festival, Couture Week, exposure strategies for the D850, 35mm vs. medium format, Moment's photo app and the Microsoft Surface Go.

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Nikon Announces Coolpix P1000 With 125x Zoom +

10 July 2018

Nikon has announced the its Coolpix P1000 featuring a 125X optical zoom (24-3000mm equivalent) matched to a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor and EXPEED image processor. The P1000 also features Dual Detect Optical VR technology for 5-stops of camera shake compensation, fast Autofocus system and 4K UHD video.

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Another Week of Shutter Actuations

9 July 2018

We looked over yesterdays shots from the top of Twin Peaks only to find this metaphor staring back at us. It's Monday and this shot reminded us another week has begun.

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Around The Horn

9 July 2018

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 Brammer v. Violent Hues, Kosuke Okahara, Omar Robles, strobe fire hazard, the SanDisk Extreme SSD and Adobe CC pricing.

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Matinee: Steve Nesius

7 July 2018

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

7 July 2018

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 2018 Underwater Photographer of the Year winners, skate culture, the Sigma 70mm f2.8 Art Series macro lens, Arthur Tress in West Portal and World Cup memories.

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Friday Slide Show: Oyster Cove

6 July 2018

Last weekend we returned to the Bay Trail, which we have previously praised for being flat and well maintained. This time we walked between the Brisbane Marina and the Oyster Point Marina at Oyster Cove.

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Around The Horn

6 July 2018

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 Manzanar, easy infrared, the Nikon D800e, visual consistency, Alex Strohl and Matt Rainey.

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Phase One Releases Latitude Style Pack Series

5 July 2018

Phase One has announced Latitude, the latest additions to its Capture One Style Packs. Inspired by some of the world's greatest destinations, the new series features two packages: Deep Forest and Sunbound. Each pack contains 24 styles.

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Post Office Releases 'O Beautiful' Forever Stamps

5 July 2018

The Post Office has released 20 new stamps in its O Beautiful Forever stamps series featuring American landscape photography. The new series was dedicated July 4.

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Around The Horn

5 July 2018

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 Thailand rescue, Dawoud Bey, Doug Ross, European copyright law update, Draw This and a DxO discount.

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The Fourth of July

4 July 2018

Never has the Fourth of July felt less like a joyous occasion than this one. We won't list the offenses to our sense of civilization. If you follow the news, you know them too well. We'll just observe that the odor wafting through the country precludes any picnic.

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ShootProof: July Promo For Nonprofit Remembrance Photography

3 July 2018

During the month of July, the Atlanta-based ShootProof, which provides professional sales tools and client galleries for photographers, will host a give-back prommotion for Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep, the company announced.

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Around The Horn

3 July 2018

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 Susan Meiselas, Felix Hernandez, High Speed Sync, NameThatLens, creating a neon effect and long exposure fireworks.

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A Thank You To Our Subscribers

2 July 2018

In what has become an annual tradition, we stop the presses to express our appreciation to our subscribers and other financial supporters. Not a day goes by that we don't silently acknowledge the support you provide. But once in a while we like to bang the drum.

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Audubon Society Unveils Contest Winners

2 July 2018

The National Audubon Society has announced the winners and honorable mentions for the ninth Audubon Photography Awards. The images were selected from more than 8,000 entries submitted by photographers from all 50 states, Washington, D.C. and 10 Canadian provinces.

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Sigma To Host July Lens Workshops

2 July 2018

Sigma has announced its lineup of July lens workshops in Texas, Washington and Oregon. The workshops will be led by Sigma's Brett Wells and Aaron Norberg and will cover astrophotography, how to shoot moving water, travel and macro photography, among other topics.

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Around The Horn

2 July 2018

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 family separation protests, plant personalities, macOS photo workflows, an inexpensive monolight, testing a lens, fireworks and shortcut keys.

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June Archived

2 July 2018

Of the 78 stories we've just archive in Photo Corners Volume 6 Number 7, 19 were Features, 31 were commented News items, 26 were Editor's Notes (including well over 130 items of interest), one was a Review and one was a Site Note.

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Get Off To A Great Start With Beginner's Flash

DESIGNED TO BE UNDERSTOOD without a background in photography, each of these 134 essays addresses some facet of photographic fun.

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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.

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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