| MSNBC highlights the critters |
| MSNBC features a gallery of images from the animal world called Animal Tracks. |
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| Old American Graffiti images uncovered |
| Wired Magazine features Hidden Treasure: Lost Photos from the Set of American Graffiti, a collection of black-and-white images of Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, George Lucas and others. |
| June 30, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Olympus announces three PEN Micro Four Thirds cameras, two new lenses |
| Olympus has announced three new 12.19 million image pixel cameras in the company's PEN lineup of Micro Four Thirds system cameras, as well as two new prime lenses. The PEN E-P3 seems sure to replace the E-P2 as the upper-level enthusiast PEN camera; the PEN E-PL3 (PEN Lite) is about 25% smaller than the model it likely replaces (the E-PL2); and the PEN E-PM1, dubbed the PEN Mini, slots into the lineup as a new, simplified entry-level model. The new lenses are a 12mm f2.0 (24mm equivalent) with "snapshot" manual focus and a 45mm f1.8 (90mm equivalent). The E-P3 features faster autofocus and overall performance improvements, a built-in flash, and a 3-inch OLED screen, among many other changes. |
| June 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Capture Pilot 1.2 for iOS devices adds remote camera control |
| Capture Pilot 1.2, an app for the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch that links wirelessly to Capture One running on a Mac or Windows computer, adds the ability to remotely control a long list of Canon, Nikon, Phase One, Leaf and Mamiya cameras. The exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture, exposure compensation and ISO can be adjusted with compatible models. They can be fired remotely as well. |
| June 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features Yellowstone gallery |
| Reuters features photographer Jim Urquhart's work on Summer in Yellowstone. |
| June 29, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| ShutterSnitch v2.1.4 adds background receiving, conditional Actions |
| ShutterSnitch 2.1.4 for the Apple iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, a great app for receiving pictures from a wireless camera, adds one of our most long-desired capabilities: receiving photos in the background. It also gains the ability for an Action to be applied only when a certain condition - such as camera model - is met, improves IPTC metadata support and displays photos on an external monitor at a resolution that matches the monitor (up to the resolution limit supported by the iOS device). |
| June 28, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic features Glastonbury festival |
| The Atlantic features Glastonbury 2011, images that are reminiscent of the Woodstock more than 40 years ago. Also worth a look on the same site is a black-and-white image gallery on the invasion of Poland. |
| June 28, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| X-Rite releases i1Profiler 1.1.1 |
| X-Rite has released i1Profiler 1.1.1, an update of the company's calibration and profiling software. New features, relative to v1.0, include compensation for screen glare and ambient light conditions, a display uniformity checker and the option to profile a monitor with more colour patches than before. V1.1.1 includes fixes for the new i1Display Pro colorimeter as well. |
| June 28, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| 10 rules of U.S. copyright infringement |
| Several months ago, photographer Jeremy Nicholl wrote an informative blog post about his experience collecting a substantial settlement for unauthorized use of one of his images. He weaves the story into a 10-point discussion of U.S. copyright law. |
| June 27, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features the best of May |
| Reuters features a large gallery of images with Pictures of the Month: May. |
| June 27, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Flooding hits hard in North Dakota |
| The Frame from The Sacramento Bee features flooding images from Minot, North Dakota where the Souris River has risen nearly two meters above the major flood stage. |
| June 27, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Times offers a week in images |
| The Los Angeles Times features a nice gallery in The Week in Pictures: June 20-26, 2011. |
| June 27, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features latest weekly gallery |
| MSNBC features another fine collection of images in The Week in Pictures. |
| June 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Father's voice heard through Kodachrome |
| Todd Heisler of The New York Times writes A Father's Voice, Through Kodachrome, an interesting story about the value of family photographs and the richness of Kodachrome. |
| June 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Times daily gallery leads with strong image |
| The Los Angeles Times leads off its Pictures in the News: June 23, 2011 gallery with a very strong image. |
| June 24, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Guardian: The shot that nearly killed me |
| The Guardian has published an article comprising a collection of stories and accompanying images from war photographers recounting instances where getting the shot in question almost cost them their lives. |
| June 23, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic checks out riot aftermath |
| The Atlantic features Vancouver: After the Riot, a gallery showing rioting images, the cleanup and the apology. |
| June 22, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| G-Connect combines hard drive and wireless router in one |
| Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has unveiled the G-Connect, a device that combines a portable USB 2.0 hard drive, 802.11b/g/n wireless video streaming and storage for iOS devices plus basic Wi-Fi routing all in one. Drive capacity is 500GB, while wireless routing options include connecting the device to an Ethernet port and sharing that wired connection out to multiple wireless users. In development is an app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that will enable direct access to files on the G-Connect. |
| June 22, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Detailed Final Cut Pro X overview worth a read |
| Longtime Final Cut Pro trainer Steve Martin has written a detailed overview of Final Cut Pro X, Apple's new-from-the-ground-up pro video editor for Mac. It's well worth a read for those who are trying to understand the program's new interface and terminology. |
| June 22, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Light field, focus-after-capture camera may be nearing store shelves |
| Lytro is a California start-up that plans to build and sell light field cameras, which take pictures that can be focused almost anywhere in the image after capture and which can also make 3D images without dual lenses, among other new capabilities. The company says it will be making and selling a consumer priced point-and-shoot by the end of this year. |
| June 22, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photosmith for iPad updated to v1.05 |
| Photosmith v1.05, an update of the app for Apple's iPad that allows sorting, rating, captioning and keywording of pictures on the go, and then later syncing those pictures and metadata to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, is now available. The new version addresses bugs introduced in v1.04, fixes a memory leak and improves the handling of Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II and Canon EOS 60D files. |
| June 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Open source project seeks to create next-gen photographic lighting |
| An open source project coordinated by an organization called Rift Labs is working to develop next generation lights for video and photography. The project is open to contributions of ideas and expertise from anyone; its first product under development is an LED constant light panel code-named "Floyd", which is slated to have infinitely adjustable color temperature and electronic filtering, among other unusual features. |
| June 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple releases Final Cut Pro X, Motion 5, Compressor 4 |
| Apple has released Final Cut Pro X, the latest version of its pro video editing software for Mac as well as new versions of two companion applications, Motion 5 and Compressor 4, also for Mac. All three are available now from the online Mac App Store for immediately download. Final Cut Pro X is US$299.99, while Motion 5 and Compressor 4 are US$49.99 each. |
| June 21, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC sports gallery a winner |
| MSNBC has made some fine image selections for the latest edition of the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| June 20, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon Europe announces end of D3 buffer upgrade program (updated) |
| Nikon Europe has announced that the D3 Buffer Memory Expansion service will no longer be available in Europe after July 20, 2011. |
| June 20, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| X-Rite unveils i1Display Pro, ColorMunki Display (updated) |
| X-Rite has unveiled the i1Display Pro and ColorMunki Display, a pair of new, almost identical-looking colorimeters designed to calibrate and/or profile monitors and projectors. |
| June 20, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Popular Photography: the story behind the Vancouver riot kiss photo (updated) |
| Popular Photography has published an interesting interview with Richard Lam, the photographer who captured the now widely-circulated photo of a young couple kissing amidst the mayhem that followed the Vancouver Canucks' loss to the Boston Bruins in the deciding game of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals in Vancouver Wednesday night. |
| June 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Zacuto posts part 1 of detailed video cam, DSLR video shootout |
| Zacuto has posted the 31-minute first episode of "The Great Camera Shootout 2011". The shootout compares the performance of 11 different filmmaking cameras/media. These include Kodak 35mm motion picture film; "indie" video cameras such as the Arri Alexa, RED ONE Mysterium-X, Sony PMW-F3, and Panasonic AG-AF100; and DSLR cameras such as the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and the Nikon D7000. |
| June 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Images show progress after devastation |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features an interesting gallery on Japan: three months after the quake. |
| June 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Golf photography: not as easy as it looks |
| The Los Angeles Times features Robert Lachman who talks about golf photography for the Times in Quiet, please: Photographing golf. |
| June 17, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographers on their favorite reportage photographers |
| The Guardian has published an article comprising short interviews with noted photographers talking about colleagues, specifically their favorite living reportage photographers. |
| June 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| National Geographic galleries worth a look |
| National Geographic highlights a trio of galleries well worth seeing: a polar bear gallery called On Thin Ice; images from a national park in Portugal; and an interesting gallery on today's Baghdad. |
| June 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Atlantic features a world below |
| The Atlantic features Scenes From Underground, an interesting gallery of images from below the earth's surface. |
| June 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features pair of Cup-related galleries |
| Reuters features Stanley Cup images from Boston's Game 7 win over the Vancouver Canucks and a gallery of aftermath images of rioting in the streets. |
| June 16, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features the critters |
| MSNBC features Animal Tracks, a gallery of images on wild and no-so-wild world of animals. |
| June 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Journal posts interesting gallery |
| The Photo Journal, The Wall Street Journal photo blog, features Photos of the Day: June 14. |
| June 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| The Big Picture on Immigration |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features a gallery showing the breadth of the Immigration issue throughout the world. |
| June 15, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters features the work of Shaun Best |
| Reuters features the work of Shaun Best, a Montreal-based photographer who died this past weekend. |
| June 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Western Digital releases rugged WD Nomad hard drive case |
| Western Digital has released the WD Nomad, a case designed to protect its line of My Passport portable hard drives from drops, dust and moisture. The enclosure features a ruggedized polycarbonate exterior, cushioned interior, carabiner hook and USB cable pass-through that enables the drive to be used while in the WD Nomad. |
| June 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Adobe updates Nav, Eazel and Color Lava for iPad |
| Adobe has released updates to Nav, Eazel and Color Lava, its three apps for communicating with and controlling Photoshop CS5.1 (v12.0.4 or later) from an Apple iPad or iPad 2. |
| June 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Recent study examines what makes photos memorable |
| A recent study by neuroscientists at MIT indicates that people can remember pictures of other people better than any other type of photograph. Landscapes are the least memorable, according to the study. |
| June 14, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Canon announces EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II |
| Canon Europe has announced an updated (mark "II") version of the EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens. The new lens features exterior styling changes and, apparently, the addition of Canon's Super Spectra coating. |
| June 13, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| CPN explains the latest Canon EF lens technologies |
| The Canon Professional Network (CPN) has posted an article that explains technology improvements and advancements made to the Canon EF lens lineup in the recent past, including hybrid image stabilization, fluorine lens coatings, and the upcoming EF 8-15mm f/4L zoom fisheye, among others. |
| June 13, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Panasonic announces GF3, interchangeable-lens compact |
| Panasonic has announced the 12 million image pixel, Micro Four Thirds format Lumix DMC-GF3, the latest in the company's lineup of large-sensor, interchangeable-lens compact cameras. The GF3 is smaller and lighter than any previous Panasonic ILC and features a consumer-oriented design and control layout. |
| June 13, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| LENS features gallery from the north |
| LENS, The New York Times photo blog, features A Warm Feeling for the Arctic, the work of photographer Bill Hess. |
| June 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Parts of US deal with heat wave |
| The Frame from The Sacramento Bee shows how Americans react when the heat is turned up in this latest gallery. |
| June 10, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SoftColor releases Automata photo processing utility for Windows |
| Finnish developer SoftColor has released Automata 1.0, a photo processing utility for Windows that can perform a fairly extensive list of automated adjustments to photos. The program watches a folder or folders for incoming files, then applies a series of processing steps that can include resizing, cropping, rotating, straightening, sharpening, noise reduction, colour and tone corrections (both manually-specified and automatic based on the photo's content) and colour space conversions. |
| June 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nature's Best selects the best of 2010 |
| UK's the MailOnline features Nature's Best Photography Magazine's 2010 wildlife photography winners. |
| June 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| PDNOnline reviews photo business management software, Light Blue |
| PDNOnline has published a review of Light Blue 3, a business management application for photographers. Light Blue is a program "we not only like but could genuinely see integrating into our photography workflow," says the magazine. |
| June 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Times features small gallery of big pictures |
| The Los Angeles Times features a short-and-sweet a gallery of images in Pictures in the News: June 8, 2011. |
| June 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Cuban images accentuate rich colour |
| LENS, The New York Times blog, features Another Cuba, a Different Fidel, the photography of Ernesto Bazan. |
| June 9, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photosmith for iPad updated to v1.04 |
| Photosmith v1.04, an update of the app for Apple's iPad that allows sorting, rating, captioning and keywording of pictures on the go, and then later syncing those pictures and metadata to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, is now available from the iTunes App Store. The new version is comprised of mostly fixes for bugs, plus improved RAW+JPEG handling and support for the RAW files from more cameras. |
| June 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Wildfires in The Frame |
| The Frame from The Sacramento Bee features a gallery on Arizona's Wallow fire which is still burning out of control. |
| June 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Post features spectacular volcano images |
| The Denver Post's photo blog features Captured: Puyehue Volcano Erupts in Chile, a gallery of stunning images. |
| June 8, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nik announces photo editing app for iPad |
| Nik Software has announced Snapseed, a photo editing app for the Apple iPad. The app features Nik's U Point selective editing technology, a range of standard image adjustment controls, and a large selection of filters and effects. |
| June 7, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Apple unveils iOS 5 and iCloud, sets Mac OS X Lion ship date |
| At the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference this morning, Apple revealed the details of iOS 5 for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, set a shipping timeframe for Mac OS X Lion and unveiled its new online server-based storage and syncing service, iCloud. |
| June 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Photographer captures fascinating photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour, ISS |
| Photographer Thierry Legault has posted several fascinating photos of Space Shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station (ISS), captured from locations in Europe with a Nikon D3X and powerful telescope during Endeavour's most recent (and last) mission into space. The photos show the orbiter and the ISS passing in front of the sun among other fascinating views, plus Legault has assembled a 360-degree rotation of the two docked together. |
| June 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Video walk-through of NYT staffer Tyler Hicks filing photos from Afghanistan |
| In an interesting video he shot in 2008 but only recently posted, videographer Bill Gentile shows New York Times staff photographer Tyler Hicks going through the process of downloading, selecting, and filing images from a day in Afghanistan's Helmand Valley where both men were embedded with a U.S. Marine combat unit. Hicks works without access to electricity in an environment permeated by dust where temperatures can reach 120°F/49°C. |
| June 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| NPPA features Cartier-Bresson clip |
| The National Press Photographers Association highlights The decisive moment - look, listen and learn, a video on Henri Cartier-Bresson, his images and his words on photography. |
| June 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Kingston announces Wi-Fi external drive for iOS |
| Kingston has announced the Wi-Drive, a pocket-sized external storage drive that connects via Wi-Fi to iOS devices. Using the companion app running on the iOS device, it can wirelessly distribute media such as photos, video, and music to up to three devices simultaneously. |
| June 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC features week in sports |
| MSNBC features a fine collection of images in the Week in Sports Pictures. |
| June 6, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| MSNBC selects best of week |
| MSNBC features Pictures of the Week which is always a gallery worth a look. |
| June 3, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Epson rolls out significant rebates on pro printers |
| For the month of June, Epson in both the U.S. and Canada is offering rebates of between $500 and $1250 on several models and configurations of its large-format photo printers. The Stylus Pro 4900 Standard Edition, for example, is eligible for a $500 mail-in rebate, while the Stylus Pro 9890 Standard Edition is being offered with a $1000 instant rebate. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Oloneo PhotoEngine v1.0 released |
| Oloneo PhotoEngine v1.0 for Windows, a RAW converter and image processing application with innovative tone, dynamic range and noise removal features, is now available in its final form after an extended beta period. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Perfect Layers 1.0 pre-sales start |
| OnOne Software has started discounted pre-sales of Perfect Layers 1.0, the company's new application, which can be used standalone or as a plugin for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Apple Aperture, that provides layer functionality similar to what's available in Photoshop. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Clip shows a Deadline Every Second |
| A Vimeo clip show a trailer on a Ken Kobre mutimedia production called a Deadline Every Second which focuses on Associated Press photographers trying to meet their deadlines in often very tense situations. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| SI highlights best images of week |
| Sports Illustrated features Leading Off: Pictures of the Week, a gallery of peak action images from the world of sports. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Reuters photographer visits arctic ice station |
| The Atlantic features A Visit to an Arctic Ice Station by Reuters photographer Lucas Jackson. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Freedom riders gallery captured from the past |
| The Denver Post's photo blog features some great black-and-white images in a look back at The 50th Anniversary of Freedom Riders. |
| June 2, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Times features the blues |
| The Los Angeles Times features a mutilmedia piece by Times photographer Mel Melcon called Plenty of reasons to sing the blues. |
| June 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Nikon commercial for D5100 shot with D5100 |
| Nikon USA turned to Matthew Libatique, the cinematographer behind Iron Man, Black Swan and other big-budget movie productions, to film a commercial touting the video strengths of the Nikon D5100. In a twist, the D5100 was also used to film the 30 second and one minute spots, which feature actor and perennial Nikon pitchman Ashton Kutcher. |
| June 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| Sigma announces U.S. availability of new 120-300mm f/2.8 zoom |
| Sigma has announced that the 120-300mm F2.8 EX DG OS APO HSM, a new, image-stabilized version of the unique zoom for Canon, Nikon and Sigma mounts, is now shipping in the U.S. The lens features 23 elements in 18 groups, an aperture range of f/2.8-22, Hyper-Sonic Motor for promised fast, quiet autofocus, a length of 11.4in/28.9cm and weight of 6.5lb/2.95kg. |
| June 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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| PDN Photo Annual 2011 professional photography showcase posted |
| The PDN Photo Annual 2011, the latest iteration of the well-known professional photography contest/showcase, has been published. PDN's online gallery of winning images features pictures from dozens of the world's top photographers in ten categories, including advertising, editorial, corporate, and photo books. |
| June 1, 2011 | FULL STORY |
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