| Snapseed Mobile iOS app free until Thurs, 6/7 |
| Nik Software's Snapseed Mobile photo editing app for the iOS is currently Apple's Free App of the Week. The app, normally $4.99, is available free from the iTunes App Store until Thursday, June 7th. |
June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Canon USA announces Photo Paper Pro Luster |
| Canon has announced the addition of Photo Paper Pro Luster to the range of papers available for its PRO-1, Pro9500 Mark II and Pro9000 Mark II desktop photo printers. It's to come in two sizes, 8.5 x 11 inches and 13 x 19 inches, and will ship in the U.S. late this month. |
June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Pedal power alive and well |
| The Big Picture from The Boston Globe features an interesting gallery on Pedal power. |
June 5, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Trouble installing D4 firmware? Turn off networking, says Nikon |
| Nikon has amended the installation instructions for the D4 firmware update posted earlier this week. Now, those instructions include a workaround for D4 owners having difficulties getting the update to load: turn off the camera's networking feature before starting the update process. |
June 2, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Best of Photojournalism 2012 awards announced |
| The National Press Photographers Association's The Best of Photojournalism 2012 have been announced in the various categories. |
June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Getty Images offers free photo book for iPad recapping 2011 |
| Getty Images has published a free iPad book called "Year in Focus 2011". The book is primarily a showcase of Getty photojournalism from last year but includes short accompanying text stories and some video clips. |
June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| MSNBC posts another good one |
| MSNBC features another fine gallery of images in the Week in Pictures. |
June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| These pictures are unreal |
| The Atlantic features an interesting gallery on The Unreal World. |
June 1, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Nikon D4, D800/D800E support added to DSLR Camera Remote apps |
| onOne Software has added support for the Nikon D4, D800 and D800E to its trio of DSLR Camera Remote apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, as well as the companion DSLR Camera Remote Server software for Mac and Windows. Fixed in the v1.4.3 releases are an incorrect image rotation problem affecting Nikon cameras as well as connection errors in the Windows server that tripped up newer Canon models. |
May 31, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| NPPA Best of Photojournalism winners announced |
| Ross Taylor of the Virginian-Pilot newspaper has been named Large-market Photojournalist of the Year, and Dave Weatherwax of the Dubois County (IN) Herald has won Small-market Photojournalist of the Year in the U.S. National Press Photographers Association Best of Photojournalism 2012 competition. |
May 31, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| PDN: photo buyers list favorite places to look for new photographers |
| PDNOnline has published a two-part article surveying a range of photography buyers from media outlets, ad agencies, and galleries on the question of where they look to find new work and new photographers. |
May 31, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| WSJ features fine daily gallery |
| Photo Journal from The Wall Street Journal features an interesting gallery of Photos of the Day: May 30. |
May 31, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| LPA Design publishes tips for PocketWizard MultiMAX event use |
| LPA Design has updated its support database with tips on the use of the PocketWizard MultiMAX at events in which many other PocketWizards are in use, such as the London 2012 Olympics kicking off in July. How to engage Long Range mode, adjust contact times and move Custom IDs to different frequencies are among the topics covered, as well as switching on an as-yet-unreleased MultiMAX feature, called Patterns, which is to come in a firmware update some time in the weeks ahead. |
May 30, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Nikon D700 updated in CF/SD/XQD Performance Database |
| Freshly updated in this site's repository of camera memory card test data, now called the CF/SD/XQD Performance Database, is the Nikon D700. We put over 100 CompactFlash through Nikon's midrange digital SLR, to give you an idea of which ones can write this camera's JPEG and NEF files quickly enough to suit your needs. |
May 30, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Reuters features Cowboy life |
| Reuters features the work of photographer Andy Clark in a gallery on Cowboy life. |
May 30, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Memorial Day 2012 in The Frame |
| The Frame from The Sacramento Bee features a gallery of poignant images in Memorial Day 2012. |
May 30, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Adobe releases final versions of Lightroom 4.1 and Camera Raw 7.1 |
| Adobe has released finalized versions of Lightroom 4.1 and Adobe Camera Raw 7.1, both of which had been available previously as release candidates, or near-final betas. The company has also released DNG Converter 7.1. |
May 30, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Need a laugh? Check out "2012 World Photo Games" video |
| The Camera Store, a pro photo dealer here in our hometown of Calgary and the producers of the 2011 spoof video Battle at F-Stop Ridge that has garnered over 2.3 million views, has just posted their latest humorous effort. Called The 2012 World Photo Games, the short video features store personnel engaged in various Olympics-inspired athletic events, with camera gear replacing batons and shot puts and film developer being substituted for Gatorade. It's quite funny, and almost certainly destined to go viral as well. |
May 29, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Nine pros talk about the present and future economics of a photography career |
| The Dutch photography web site PhotoQ has posted short video interviews in English with nine professional photographers who discuss the uncertain current and future economic prospects of a career in photography. The photographers include photojournalists such as Ed Kashi of the VII Agency and Peter Van Agtmael of Magnum, fashion photographer Peter Stigter, and others. |
May 29, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Camera Boy, photojournalist's memoir on Wall Street Journal bestseller list |
| A memoir by former U.S. army photojournalist Fred Minnick, called Camera Boy, recently appeared on the Wall Street Journal's e-book bestseller list. Minnick's memoir covers his one-year tour of duty in Iraq in 2004, which he spent "with a Nikon in one hand and an M-16 in the other", he says. |
May 29, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Firmware updates address lockup problem in Nikon D4, D800 and D800E |
| Nikon has released firmware updates for the D4, D800 and D800E that correct an instance of these cameras locking up while in playback mode, as well as a network/wireless-related bug. The update for the D4 also fixes an error related to playback zoom, while the updates for the D800 and D800E eliminate the appearance of a dark shadow that could appear at the bottom of frames when these models were set to the 5:4 image area. |
May 29, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Gallery features famous bridge |
| MSNBC features an interesting image gallery on The Golden Gate Bridge which is turning 75 soon. |
May 29, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Canon EOS 5D Mark II, EOS-1D Mark IV updated in CF/SD/XQD Performance Database |
| The latest updates to this site's database of camera memory card test data, now called the CF/SD/XQD Performance Database, are the Canon EOS 5D Mark II and EOS-1D Mark IV. |
May 28, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Three war photographers featured in clip |
| TIME LightBox features a video clip called Three War Photographers: Feel Fear, Keep Going, interviews about them and images of their prize-winning work. |
May 28, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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| Captured features Photographer Collection |
| While we have already mentioned the recent passing of AP photographer Horst Faas, Captured, The Denver Post photo blog features an extensive gallery of the combat photographer's work in its Photographer Collection: Horst Faas in Vietnam. |
May 27, 2012 | FULL STORY  |
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