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Matinee: Cristobol Vision

22 September 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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Remembering Henry Wessel Jr.

22 September 2018

Photography is easy, Henry Wessel used to say. "You have two decisions to make: Where to stand, and when to press the shutter. Pressing the shutter is saying yes to the world."

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Around The Horn

22 September 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 wet markets, Algerian festivals, a worst-case adapter test and Peter Turnley.

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Friday Slide Show: No. 1A Autographic Kodak Jr.

21 September 2018

With Photokina 2018 coming up next week, we thought we'd have a little fun with the oldest camera in the bunker, a 1920s No. 1A Autographic Kodak Jr. After all, once upon a time, it was state of the art, too.

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Around The Horn

21 September 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 Gaza, the LACP Exposure portfolio review, the V&A's new Photo Centre, the Wired25 portraits and a new laptop.

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Leica Releases Sofort Instant Camera in Matte Black

21 September 2018

Leica has announced its Sofortz Instax instant camera is now available in black. The Leica Sofort black makes instant color or black-and-white prints from Fujifilm 10 and 20 exposure film packs.

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Epson Launches Print Academy YouTube Channel

20 September 2018

Epson has announced the launch of the Epson Print Academy YouTube channel. The dedicated channel will feature educational content designed for customers using Epson Professional Imaging products.

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Canon Introduces PowerShot SX70 HS

20 September 2018

Canon has introduced its PowerShot SX70 HS with 65x optical zoom with a 35mm equivalent range of 21mm to 1,365mm, a 20.3-megapixel CMOS sensor, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth plus 4K video in a compact form factor.

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Sony Adds 24mm f1.4-G Master To Full Frame Lineup

20 September 2018

Sony has introduced a 24mm f1.4 prime lens to its G Master series of full-frame E-mount lenses. The new FE 24mm f1.4 GM is the most compact and lightweight in its class, weighing only 15.7 ounces with a filter diameter of 67mm. It offers exceptionally high resolution and beautiful bokeh, the company added.

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Around The Horn

20 September 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 female MPs, Greenland, the Polaroid film factory, card errors, SD Express vs. CFexpress and every single available film stock.

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Peak Design Protoypes Two Travel Duffel Bags

19 September 2018

Peak Design has added two prototype duffle bags to its current Travel Line Kickstarter project, which ends tomorrow.

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Adobe 'One Tool' Series Continues With Effects Panel

19 September 2018

Adobe concludes its One Tool, Three Ways campaign today with the Effects Panel 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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World Press Photo Announces 25th Joop Swart Masterclass

19 September 2018

World Press Photo has announced the masters of the 25th edition of the Joop Swart Masterclass. Since its creation in 1994, the Masterclass has brought together young, promising photographers with the most experienced individuals in visual journalism to share and pass on knowledge and experience.

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Around The Horn

19 September 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 Jose Alvarado Jr., portraits of booksellers, construction sites, iOS 12 Photo searches, Karen Hutton and Joey Lawrence.

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Shoes On The Sill: Granulation

18 September 2018

We sat down to lunch at El Toreador the other day and were immediately distracted from the menu by a pair of tiny shoes perched on the window sill.

The only camera we had with us was our iPhone 6 Plus with its wide angle lens. That wide angle perspective, we knew, would minimize the importance of those shoes, which were the very thing that attracted us to the shot.

But you do what you have to do.

We hoped we'd be able to crop the image to emphasize the shoes. And we hoped we'd have enough image quality left so you didn't have to be told what you were looking at.

And we just might have. Barely.

But as Cinderella might have confirmed, the shoe doesn't fit everybody. And these shoes were a bit tiny for the image quality feet we had.

Not to despair, though.

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Think Tank Photo Announces Two Rain Covers

18 September 2018

Think Tank Photo has just released two covers to protect your gear from inclement weather: Hydrophobia v3.0 rain covers for camera/lens combinations in the field and a new Emergency Rain Cover.

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Miops Introduces Splash Water Drop Kit

18 September 2018

Miops has introduced its Splash Water Drop Kit, smartphone controllable and stand-alone water drop kit designed to deliver the perfect water drop photography experience.

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Around The Horn

18 September 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 new iPhone camera reviews, Super Typhoon Mangkhut, fine art photo books, Photoshop's artistic filters, tilted lens adapters, backup practices and net neutrality.

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Remembering Ruby Washington

17 September 2018

Ruby Washington, 66, passed away earlier this week from breast cancer. She was the first African-American woman to become a staff photographer at The New York Times.

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Around The Horn

17 September 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 Hurricane Florence, Adam Marelli, Garry Winogrand, Lee Johnson, Sony vs. Panasonic one-inchers and lens adapters.

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Matinee: 'Hiroshi Sugimoto: Between Sea and Sky'

15 September 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

15 September 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 12 emerging photographers, the mirrorless segment, a cheap light modifier, Sony E vs. Nikon F mounts, shooting wide open and the Tokina 16-28mm f2.8 lens.

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Friday Slide Show: Of Arias And Dahlias

14 September 2018

We had saved the date. We do every year. The date of Opera in the Park, that is. It's always held on the Sunday of the opening weekend of the opera season here. The company's star singers and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra perform for the public at no charge. Can't beat that deal.

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Around The Horn

14 September 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 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards finalists, Ezra Stoller, the story of a face, LensWork's anniversary issue, Graeme Williams vs. artist Hank Willis Thomas and MIT's Eric Mongeon.

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Affinity Photo For iPad 1.6.9 Released, Discounted

14 September 2018

Affinity has updated Affinity Photo for iPad v1.6.9, which this week reached a quarter million uses worldwide, the company noted.

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Around The Horn

13 September 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 Hurricane Florence, a golden box, the white South, monochrome squares, new iPhone photography tech, editing apps, Julian David Stone and more on expert witnesses.

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Site Tweak: Gear Specs

13 September 2018

We were walking down to the village yesterday to pay some bills when all of a sudden we were struck by the obvious. We've been slaving over specifications charts for every new product introduction for years now but they fade away with yesterday's news. Why don't we index them?

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Woozy Wednesday +

12 September 2018

The middle of the work week might seem to be some kind of fulcrum, equally balancing out the start of the week with the end of it. But in this economy of errors where nothing ever gets done right the first time, it's more the eye of the storm.

We like to think of it as Woozy Wednesday when the buildings downtown sway without the aid of an earthquake and everybody gets dizzy just walking around even before lunch.

The City is actually a 2009 bronze by Alexander MacLeitch now installed on Front St.

We happened by it recently and took a very quick shot. We believe the proper photographic genre is known as Snap Shot as opposed to the more formal Street Photography. We like to think we are good at Snap Shots, if not much to brag about when it comes to humility.

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Skylum's Aurora 2019 Brings AI To HDR

12 September 2018

The fourth version of Skylum Software's Aurora HDR features the new Quantum HDR engine with AI-powered tone mapping technology that's been in development for three years.

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Around The Horn

12 September 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 One World Trade Center, trees in time, full-frame mirrorless tech, the Fujifilm XF10 teleconverter, sharing, the Profoto B10 AirTTL, new Adobe video and audio tools, Shahidul Alam, public domain defined and the European copyright law vote.

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The Petrified Forest of Software Development

11 September 2018

If you want to become a continual source of amusement to yourself, we suggest you roll up your sleeves and start developing your own software. Not only will you roll on the floor laughing at yesterday's 'ingenious' algorithm but you'll look forward to tomorrow's 'revelation' with barely containable anticipation.

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Around The Horn

11 September 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 Phil Penman, North Korea, Sebastian Villegas, the proliferation of lens mounts, Joe Pugliese, Belotti restaurant and Ladyboot Arch at night.

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Think Tank Photo Introduces Lens Case Duo

10 September 2018

Think Tank Photo has announced its Lens Case Duo series of six quick-access, dual-opening padded lens cases. The zippered lid and side opening is a unique feature compared to other lens cases, the company said.

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Photoshop Sneak Peek: New Content-Aware Fill Workspace

10 September 2018

Adobe has released a sneak peek at an upcoming improvement to the Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop. Photoshop Product Manager Meredith Payne Stotzner walks through a new workspace that gives you more control over your images by letting you identify the source areas of the image to copy as well as determine how they are copied.

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Nakamori Appointed Tate Modern Photography Curator

10 September 2018

Tate Modern has announced the appointment of Yasufumi Nakamori as its new Senior Curator, International Art (Photography). Nakamori, who will join the Tate in October, will direct the museum's acquisitions program as well a photography exhibitions and display.

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Around The Horn

10 September 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 Gordon Parks, Cuba, Leonard Bernstein, Canon's R System, Helen Bartlett, Z mount telephotos, the Canon 70-200mm f2.8L IS III, geotagged photo mapping and a guide to choosing a camera.

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DxO Has Successfully Exited Conservatorship

10 September 2018

According to a post today on Macintouch, DxO has successfully exited conservatorship.

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Matinee: Kenneth Josephson

8 September 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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Remembering Erich Lessing

8 September 2018

His father, a dentist, died of cancer when he was 10. When he was 16, he left his mother, a concert pianist (who remained behind with her own mother), for Haifa in Palestine to escape the Nazi annexation of Austria. Both his mother and grandmother perished in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz.

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Around The Horn

8 September 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 Steven Rubin, Jaguar's electric E-Type, Harold Davis, an Internet service upgrade and Mixology for Capture One.

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Friday Slide Show: Transit Center Park

7 September 2018

We used to marvel at the continual cycle of construction as we wandered through the streets of the city. Would it ever stop? Would the city ever finish being built? But after studying the subject for decades, we've come to the conclusion that a city is something that is never finished. And the new Transit Center with its rooftop park is a case in point.

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Pixelmator Pro 1.1.4 Released

7 September 2018

Featuring a new Light Leak effect and "all kinds of other new features and improvements," Pixelmater Pro 1.1.4 is now available on the Mac App Store. The Light Leak effect provides "a sunny, old-school feel" to any image, the company explained in its blog announcement of the update.

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Around The Horn

7 September 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 Croatia, 1970s soul and funk musicians, mental health, the Aston Martin, Z 7 NEFs, the best comment ever and the Harris Shutter Effect.

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1854 Media, Magnum Open 'Portrait Of Humanity' Contest

6 September 2018

The publisher of the British Journal of Photography, 1854 Media, and Magnum Photos are accepting submissions for their 'Portrait Of Humanity' photo contest, "a new initiative, aiming to create one of the most far-reaching collaborative photography exhibitions in history."

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Leica Announces Oskar Barnack Award Winners

6 September 2018

Leica has announced the winners of its 2018 Oskar Barnack Awards, which counted 2,500 entries from 110 countries. Belgian photographer Max Pinckers was honored in the main category for his series Red Ink. Russian Mary Gelman won the Newcomer category with her series titled Svetlana.

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DNP's McNinch Is Dead At 54

6 September 2018

DNP notes the sudden passing of popular sales and marketing executive Rich McNinch at the age of 54.

Before joining DNP, McNinch worked at Kodak Professional and then at Sony, where he won the Samurai Award for sales and marketing professionalism and achievement.

The company has released a brief statement which said, in part, "He was trustworthy, reliable, loyal. He was optimistic, funny, happy and caring. He loved his family and friends. He gave when he did not have a lot and helped when he did not have to do so."

A memorial service will be held Saturday in Kingston, Mich.

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Around The Horn

6 September 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 Northern Ireland, Teacher Takeover, cropped crowds, wildfires at night, thoughts on moving to mirrorless and Terrell Lloyd.

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Fujifilm Announces X-T3 Fourth Generation X Mirrorless

6 September 2018

Fujifilm has unveiled its new Fujifilm X-T3, the fourth generation of its X Series mirrorless digital cameras, with an all-new back-illuminated 26.1-Mp X-Trans CMOS 4 sensor and X-Processor 4 processor.

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Canon Debuts Full-Frame Mirrorless R System

5 September 2018

Canon has introduced its R System, a new full-frame mirrorless platform featuring a newly-designed RF mount. The roll-out included a new 30.3 megapixel camera, four FR lenses, three adapters and a new speedlite. This story covers the new R camera while the lenses, adapters and speedlite are covered separately.

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Canon Introduces Four FR Lenses, Three Adapters, Speedlite

5 September 2018

Canon has introduced new RF lenses and accessories to accompany its new EOS R full-frame mirrorless camera system. The four new RF lenses are built around Canon's new RF mount, which features a large 54mm diameter and shorter back focus distance than current EOS dSLR cameras.

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Phase One Discontinues Media Pro +

5 September 2018

In what appears to be an email notification to current users, Phase One announced it has discontinued development of Media Pro Second Edition effective Aug. 30. Media Pro, originally known as iView Media Pro before being purchased by Microsoft and renamed Expression Media and subsequently sold to Phase One, is data asset management software.

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Canon Introduces Fastest EF-M Lens

5 September 2018

Canon has introduced the EF-M 32mm f1.4 STM, a new EF-M wide-angle prime lens that is both compact and lightweight and features a fast f1.4 maximum aperture. KästerThe APS-C format lens is the 35mm equivalent of a 51.2mm lens.

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Canon Redesigns 400mm, 600mm L-Series Telephoto Lenses

5 September 2018

Canon has introduced the EF 400mm f2.8L IS III USM and EF 600mm f4L IS III USM with a dramatic weight reduction and high-image quality. The 400mm's weight has been reduced by 2.2 lbs. (over 25 percent) and the 600mm's weight by 1.9 lbs. (over 20 percent).

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Around The Horn

5 September 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 Girma Berta's shadows, the Lit List, Adriana Napolitano, three large photo printers and a new book of photos of musicians.

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Chains

4 September 2018

Something about this photo has attracted us since we took it in 2012. We like looking at it so much that we haven't given much thought to just what it is about it that attracts us.

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Around The Horn

4 September 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 collection photos of the National Museum of Brazil, the fire at the museum, John Moore's immigration photos, McNally shooting aliens, Story at Yankee stadium, canvas size tricks, 10 principles and Zach Gross.

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Labor Day

3 September 2018

We honored the Labor Day holiday by sleeping in today. That was a more onerous observation than it might sound because our dreams are often exhausting adventures.

In fact, we only emerge from our night's rest after kicking around wildly in the bed sheets, throwing a few left jabs and the occasional right hook, while screaming war chants and last words at our unseen adversaries.

By the time we're on our feet, we're as sore as if we'd done seven hours of manual labor with hand tools. And thirsty for a tall cold one only to find it's not five o'clock anywhere in the world then.

So here's to Labor! Long may you rest.

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Matinee: Matt Smith

1 September 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

1 September 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 spotted apples, laborers, street photography advice and blocking a photojournalist.

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August Archived

1 September 2018

We've just updated Volume 6, Number 8 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 31 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 172 items of interest), two reviews and one site note for a total of 76 stories.

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August

Friday Slide Show: Summer Garden

31 August 2018

It wasn't just one thing. That one thing would have been the fog, which settles in to protect us from the scorching heat radiating seaward from the valley every summer. And makes our garden in summer so short of spectacular that we've never featured it in slide show before.

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Around The Horn

31 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 Safi Alia Shabaik, the Namibian Coast, Rwanda, Sergey Prokundin-Grosky and the allure of the Nikon D3500.

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Tamron Unveils Second Generation, Fast 15-30mm Zoom

31 August 2018

Tamron has announced the full-frame SP 15-30mm f2.8 Di VC USD G2 (Model A041) featuring an eXpanded Glass Molded Aspherical lens element, as well as multiple Low Dispersion lens elements to minimize the distortion and lateral chromatic aberrations so common in wideangle shooting.

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BJP Reveals 'Portrait Of Britain' Winners

30 August 2018

The British Journal of Photography has announced the 100 winners of its "Portait of Britain" photo contest. Now in its third year, British Journal of Photography will publicize the nationwide exhibition on Sept. 1 across JCDecaux's national channel of digital screens where the public will encounter the winning photographs in rail stations, shopping malls, high streets and at Heathrow airport.

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Nikon Introduces Lightweight, Friendly D3500

30 August 2018

Nikon has announced the Nikon D3500, its new compact, entry-level dSLR featuring a more comfortable, deeper grip like that of the Nikon D5600. The camera also includes a beginner-friendly control layout with larger buttons and frequently-used controls relocated for easy access.

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Polaroid Originals Introduces Smart OneStep+

30 August 2018

Polaroid Originals has introduced the OneStep+ based on the original Polaroid OneStep from 1977 but with Bluetooth for remote operation via an app with six different functions.

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Around The Horn

30 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 John McCain, Vietnam, armed teachers, a Garry Winogrand movie, the DX format, the Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS II/III, phodeos and PhotoRec.

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Apple Launches One-On-One Photos Training

29 August 2018

Apple has launched one-on-one Photos training sessions of "a 30-minute guided phone session with a Photos expert" to show you "how to make all your photos phenomenal with the app's powerful, intuitive editing tools." Apparently hiding the interface has its drawbacks.

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Adobe Updates System Requirements For Creative Cloud +

29 August 2018

In an Adobe blog post late last week, Eric Philpott shared some information on updated operating system requirements for the next major release of Creative Cloud.

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Around The Horn

29 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 sinkholes in the middle of the week, Kirk Marsh, acceptable video, Lightroom CC Mobile and Kasson on the Z System.

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Book Bag: Recent Releases

28 August 2018

Our full book reviews gathered under this column's tag are reserved for titles we found particularly inspiring. But there are a number of releases that we read for review that are worthy of recognition if not a full review. Our short reviews of recent releases attempts to retrieve them from oblivion. Because, you know, we think you might enjoy them.

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Sigma Announces September Lens Workshops

28 August 2018

Sigma Corp. of America has announced its Lens Workshops lineup for September. These educational and practical events hosted by Sigma dealers and lead by Sigma technical representatives will cover various photography genres and help attendees refine their skills with plenty of knowledge, hands-on practice at photo walks and shoots with the Sigma lens collection to try out.

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Around The Horn

28 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 March on Washington, Robert F. Bukaty, an endless summer, Fall Foliage map, image quality, Legacybox, Buzzfeed and expert witnesses.

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Think Tank Photo Announces Restrospect V2.0 Bags

28 August 2018

Think Tank Photo has announced the second version of its Retrospect camera bags, featuring a lighter-weight version of the soft, compact design. Other features of the new version include a zippered opening under the main flap that tucks away when not in use, a dedicated interior tablet or laptop pocket, luggage handle pass-through and a compressible water bottle pocket. The company also improved its Sound Silencer closure on the pinestone-color bags.

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Phase One Introduces Infinity Platform With 'Capture One Inside'

28 August 2018

Phase One has introduced a new and expandable Infinity Platform available on its three full-frame medium format XF IQ4 camera systems. The new platform moves" the core of Capture One's imaging processor into the IQ4 itself," the company said. In short, you can now edit Raw images in the camera itself.

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Phase One Launches Metric Camera, New Aerial Systems

28 August 2018

Phase One Industrial has launched its iXM-RS metric camera series and new Aerial Systems. The flagship iXM-RS150F camera is full frame, 150 megapixels and available in RGB and Achromatic models. Its ultra-high resolution backside illuminated CMOS sensor, fast capture speed and enhanced light sensitivity enable increased productivity in a wide range of aerial image acquisition projects, the company noted.

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Around The Horn

27 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 John Zimmerman's photos of Arthur Ask, South East Asia's wildlife tourism industry, Z System Q&A, silent shutters, X-ray photography, a 2018 MacBook review, an editing challenge and Francoise Gilot.

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Matinee: Richard Mosse

25 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

25 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 hiding photos on iOS, iToolBox for macOS, calculating your hourly rate and Steve Huff.

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Friday Slide Show: Wrapping It Up

24 August 2018

When we published Signs earlier in the summer, the Twin Peaks Tunnel Improvement project was just starting. We promised more photos of the construction site at the West Portal station and here they are.

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Road Test: Excire Search Pro

24 August 2018

Igor, get me a few photos of people wearing red ties!" you yell to your faithful if challenged lab assistant. He looks back at you in bewilderment, hoping you'll take the words right out of his mouth.

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Mission Workshop Introduces Integer Backpack

24 August 2018

Mission Workshop has introduced the Integer Camera+Laptop Backpack to hold a variety of gear in a weatherproof and durable design with three access points: a large zippered front panel, a quick-access zippered side panel and an expandable roll-top.

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Around The Horn

24 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 Builder Levy, Aerosol Earth, an art consultant dishes, Paris liberated and Ivan Weiss.

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Around The Horn

23 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 Kerala floods, flat lay photographs, XQD cards, a softbox for Your speedlights and a history of Aperture.

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Nikon 'Reinvents Mirrorless' With Z-Mount System

23 August 2018

At Nikon's live event last night the company introduced the Z System, its newest camera system that, nevertheless, does not abandon the F mount on which its dSLR line is based.

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Nikon Unveils Z 6, Z 7 FX Mirrorless Cameras

23 August 2018

Nikon has taken the wraps off the first two full-frame mirrorless cameras in its new Z Mount System. Both feature a new backside illumination Nikon FX-format CMOS sensor with built-in focal-plane phase-detection AF pixels and the latest image-processing engine, EXPEED 6. They are also the first Nikon bodies to offer image stabilization.

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Nikon Announces Z System Optics, Road Map

23 August 2018

Nikon has announced a set of optics for its new Z System that includes three primes, a zoom and an F-mount adapter compatible with over 360 existing Nikkor lenses.

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Nikon Introduces Phase Fresnel 500mm f5.6 Nikkor

23 August 2018

Nikon has announced the its AF-S Nikkor 500mm f5.6E PF ED VR, a fixed focal length super-telephoto lens compatible with full-frame Nikon cameras. The use of a Phase Fresnel lens element significantly reduces the size and weight of the lens, the company said, comparing it to the AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8E FL ED VR in weight.

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Rocky Nook To Host Free Webinar With Derrick Story

22 August 2018

Rocky Nook will host a free Webinar featuring Derrick Story discussing "how to build a powerful digital darkroom in Apple Photos." Story is the author of The Apple Photos Book for Photographers, now in its second edition.

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Panasonic Introduces LX100 II Digicam

22 August 2018

Panasonic has announced the LX100 II digicam, an update to its venerable LX100, featuring a 17-megapixel, Four Thirds, high sensitivity MOS sensor, a 35mm equivalent 24-75mm fast zoom and 4K video capture. The LX100 II also includes an electronic viewfinder, 3.0-inch touchscreen and both WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.

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Adobe Updates Lightroom CC Ecosystem

22 August 2018

Adobe has announced updates to the Lightroom CC ecosystem, including new features for both Lightroom Classic and Lightroom CC for Mac and Windows.

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Around The Horn

22 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 Venezuela, autism, the Nikon ES-2 adapter, Meyer Optik Gorlitz, a $98 Olympus fisheye lens, 10 'secrets' to success and a Rocky Nook discount.

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Leica Announces M10-P With Touchscreen

21 August 2018

Leica has extended the M line with its M10-P, which brings a newly-designed, near silent shutter and a 3.0-inch touchscreen to the M10 model, which remains in production. In keeping with the new model's emphasis on discretion, the familiar Leica red dot logo is no where to be seen.

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Around The Horn

21 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 Prague 50 years ago, Josef Koudelka, Photoshop Guides, a free Photoshop action set, cats and ON1's summer bundle.

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The First Day Of School

20 August 2018

It seems a shame to interrupt summer (with its sunlight diffused by the fog every single day) to return to school, but the crops are in, kids, and we are as a nation in danger of falling behind the Nairobi Trio in music appreciation if not math.

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Around The Horn

20 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 Gianluca Federighi, a Burning Man plea, the Xpozer Mounting System, a Holga 60mm lens for our dSLR, revisiting the Canon 5D and a BorrowLenses discount.

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Matinee: Shahidul Alam

18 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

18 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 Evelyn Hofer's New York, Ryo Minemizu's plankton, Navina Khatib in Bolivia, the ad world and packing for a trip.

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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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Get Off To A Great Start With Beginner's Flash

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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.

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