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Around The Horn

18 December 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 Christmas around the world, 'Shooting War', Stephen DiRado, Lightroom's default settings, the Half Rule, a 'Guide to Photo Contests', removing backgrounds and drone insurance.

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Six New 6x6 Global Talent Program Winners Announced

17 December 2018

The World Press Photo Foundation has recognized six photographers from North and Central America in the fifth edition of the 6x6 Global Talent Program.

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Around The Horn

17 December 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 Hannah Starkey, Santiago Albert, South Africa, RawTherapee 5.5, Free Transform in Photoshop, holiday travel tips and monitor settings.

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Matinee: 'Snowflake Authority Ken Libbrecht'

15 December 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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Excire Search Update Released

15 December 2018

Excire has announced a free update to Excire Search and Excire Search Pro Version 1.3.4, which assists local Lightroom image searches with artificial intelligence. The revision includes minor bug fixes plus new features to optmize the Excire Search workflow in Lightroom.

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Around The Horn

15 December 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 South Africa, Jean-Vincent Simonet, toy photography, the Nikon Z 7 and Costco.

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Friday Slide Show: A Nativity Scene

14 December 2018

Having published an image of a menorah this week, we thought we'd give the other tribe a turn. We had to dig deep into the archives to find this set of images but we learned something.

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Book Bag: Two Histories Of Photography

14 December 2018

While the history of photography can still be covered in a single volume, we thought we'd take a look at two contenders for your book shelf. They would be Paul Matte's Open Aperture and A Chronology of Photography edited by Paul Lowe.

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Around The Horn

14 December 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 people kissing, volcanoes, Ottoman-era photographs, a 300mm Nikkor, a 30mm lens and the Sacramento Delta.

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Remembering Michael Paul Smith

14 December 2018

Like most of us in the era of digital photography, Michael Paul Smith had no idea what he was doing at first. But unlike most of us, his photography took him to another place where he could eventually spend eternity.

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Amtrak Launches Holiday Photo Contest

13 December 2018

Amtrak has launched a holiday photo contest to evoke "the family festive, nostalgic and celebratory holiday feelings that comes from holiday season train travel."

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Around The Horn

13 December 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 Dax Ward, the Canon RF 50mm f1.2L, Meyer Optik Gorlitz, Apple vs. Nvidia, a Sigma deal, a DxO sale and visual searches.

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Bird Bath Through The Fence

12 December 2018

One thing leads to another. The other day as a storm was coming in from the Pacific, we thought we'd beat the rain by walking briskly over to the Post Office to pay a bill.

But once we'd dropped the envelope in the slot we thought better of rushing back to the bunker. We had escaped, after all. Surely there was some adventure awaiting us.

We had a little Micro Four Thirds camera with us. And it had that Twist 60 lens whose color we like so much, thanks to an adapter that mated the Nikon F mount to the Micro Four Thirds body.

Why not wander around a bit?

Well, the in-coming storm, for one thing. But we had two defenses. A water-repellent hooded jacket and a transit card. We might get sprinkled but not doused.

So we walked down to Noe Valley to see what was new on the theory it might be a stop on the Christmas shopping tour. Not so much, we discovered, with the more interesting shops like toy stores, bike shops, the stained glass gallery and a few other being replaced by offices and boutiques. Ugh.

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Anup Shah Named Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year

12 December 2018

The Angama Foundation has named Anup Shah the winner of The Greatest Maasai Mara Photographer of the Year for his image Escort, depicting a baby elephant boldly walking between cautious adults. The competition, which ran from January through October, received close to 1,000 entries.

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Around The Horn

12 December 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 Bellingshausen Sea, National Geographic Nature contest winners, Juan Manuel Castro Prieto, the Nikon Z 6, balancing color temperatures, the best gear, 3D parts printing, Pier 24 publications and a great deal on Keyboard Maestro.

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Adobe Updates Lightroom Ecosystem

11 December 2018

In a blog post by Josh Haftel, Adobe announced updates to its Lightroom CC ecosystem, Lightroom Classic CC and Adobe Camera Raw centered around performance and workflow improvements and support for new cameras and lenses.

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Around The Horn

11 December 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 portraits of Leonard Bernstein, Jason Peterson, Lu Guang, the Fuji X-H1, Erin Patrice O'Brien, Harold Davis reveal and Evelyn Berezin.

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Night And Day

10 December 2018

As the list of links on the left side of this column hints, December 10 is a special day around here. We do celebrate special days. And, for that matter, nights.

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Sigma Ships Global Vision 70-200mm f2.8 Zoom

10 December 2018

Sigma Corp. of America has announced pricing and availability for the Sigma 70-200mm f2.8 DG OS HSM Sports, its new flagship large-aperture telephoto zoom. The advanced optical formula delivers Sigma Art image quality inside the rugged, weatherproof build of a Sports lens.

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Around The Horn

10 December 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 Lu Guang, Ming Thein, Icelandic glaciers, a mystery, Nikon Z 6/7 gotchas and fixes, stuck lens adapters, Andrea Bruce, a photo assistant and a dictation solution.

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Matinee: Bruce Gilden 'Untitled'

8 December 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

8 December 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 hopeful images from 2018, vintage N.Y. photos, the Fuji X-H1, the Fuji X-T3, the Z 6 silent shutter, the new Kodak Visitor Center and Sony image corruption.

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Friday Slide Show: Twin Peaks Monochromes

7 December 2018

When we took these shots in October we strongly advised ourselves to remember them. We were on Twin Peaks to shoot the Blue Angels and we were worried we'd forget about this set and just what we wanted to do with them.

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Leica CL Street Kit Unveiled

7 December 2018

Leica has announced its Leica CL Street Kit featuring the compact Leica CL camera and a Leica Summicron-TL 23 mm f2 ASPH. lens.

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Around The Horn

7 December 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 Rome, more 2018 photos, Micaiah Carter, 1980s limo shots, a little light shaper, using Pantone's Color of the Year and a couple of job opportunities.

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Remembering Sy Kattelson

6 December 2018

Sy Kattelson, whose subject for 50 years was New York City street life, passed away late last month at the age of 95.

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Hasselblad Releases Phocus 3.4

6 December 2018

Tethered shooting, more image adjustment options and correction profiles for new XCD lenses are featured in Phocus 3.4, Hasselblad's medium format image editing software, the company said.

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Around The Horn

6 December 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 more 2018 photos, John Houck, Addis Foto Fest, Pulau Lang Tengah, video driver requirements for Adobe apps, landscape edits and the Film Camera Shop.

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DxO Releases PhotoLab 2.1, Extends Discount

5 December 2018

DxO has updated PhotoLab to version 2.1 and extended the introductory sale price through Dec. 25. Improved performance and additional camera support lead the list of enhancements in the new version.

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Around The Horn

5 December 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 migrant caravan, 2018 in photos, Project Antarctica, Ramtin Kazemi, easy product shots, Dunja Djudjic vs. Samsung, offline infringement, a Nikonians deal and ArtCollectionio.

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DNP Announces Two New Dye-Sub Media

4 December 2018

DNP has announced two new media options for its DS620A and DS820A dye-sublimation printers. A Silver Pearl and a Metallic paper are the first of the company's Luxury media options "designed to meet the growing, diverse demands for commercial and personal prints and enables photographers to expand their customer print options."

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Around The Horn

4 December 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 George H.W. Bush, top news photos, 'The Way Home', Roger Melis, popular 2018 rentals, Hogan's Nikon Z 7 review, B&H deals under $50, a Rocky Nook discount and two Borrowlenses discounts.

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Adobe Stock Forecasts 2019 Visual Trends

3 December 2018

Adobe released its Visual Trend Forecast today. The company predicted, "We'll be surrounded by images that capture passionate, beautiful, contentious, messy cultural conversations about values, how we express our individuality and experiences and how we find refuge in tumultuous times."

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Photokina 2019 Canceled, Next In May 2020

3 December 2018

The German Photo Industry Association and Photokina organizer Koelnmesse have agreed not to hold the next trade fair in May 2019, as initially planned, but from May 27 to 30 in 2020.

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Stephen DiRado Awarded 2018 Bob & Diane Fund Grant

3 December 2018

The Bob & Diane Fund has announced Stephen DiRado has been awarded its $5,000 grant for 2018 for his decades long work With Dad. With 58 submissions from 18 countries the contest was judged by a jury of photojournalism professionals, all of who expressed unanimous high praise for the awardee's work

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Amtrak Launches Social Media Residency Contest

3 December 2018

Amtrak has launched an open casting call to find train riders to share their stories in #AmtrakTakeMeThere, its new social media residency contest.

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Around The Horn

3 December 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 Zanele Muholi, the Hubble Advent Calendar, Ansel Adams in Los Angeles, Autumn in Japan, a Wigglegram, journaling, Donald Blake and a call for entries.

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Matinee: '2018 Fiat Campaign'

1 December 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 December 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 AIDS photographers looking back, Nikon Z 7 autofocus, the Fujifilm 18-55mm kit lens, Erik Johansson, Chambers in the cold, Harold Davis monochromes, the most popular colors for 2019 and total starlight.

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November Archived

1 December 2018

We're delighted to have archived Volume 7 Number 11 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 23 Features, 17 commented News stories, 30 Editor's Notes (which included 160 items of interest), 2 reviews and 1 site note for a total of 73 stories.

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November

Friday Slide Show: Car Parts

30 November 2018

Somehow street photographers never get around to shooting cars. Cars, after all, are always sitting right on the street, ready for their close-up. And yet street photographers ignore them in their hunt for the peculiar, which tends to involve human beings.

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The Paparazzo Story

30 November 2018

We were minding our own business the other day, leafing through the memoirs of an Italian scriptwriter from the 1950s whose work we very much admire, when we came upon his telling of how the paparazzo got his name.

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Around The Horn

30 November 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 Alan Burles, urban exploration, free holiday greetings templates, Don McCullin, dodging and burning, the Panasonic G9 vs. the Fujifilm X-T3 and Amtrak's new social resident program.

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Project Sandy: Updating A Hard Drive +

29 November 2018

Many years ago we wrote a story for another publication about these new devices called solid state drives. We interviewed an engineer who was also a vice president at one of the leading drive manufacturers to get the story. He explained both the pluses and minuses of the new technology.

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Phase One Releases Capture One 12

29 November 2018

Even after just a few minutes with the Capture One 12 beta, the effect of the extensive redesign brought a smile to our face. The admittedly powerful image editing software has long suffered from an intimidating interface.

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Around The Horn

29 November 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 big pontoon bridges, Robin Friend, a Rust Belt police shooting, the current camera market, estimating post-production expenses, a Photoshop design challenge, a quick-release lighting setup and straightening horizons.

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Remembering Jacqueline Hassink

28 November 2018

The Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink, who was based in New York, died from cancer on Nov. 22. During her career, she trained her lens on a series of projects on significant themes that ranged from boardrooms to women decorating car fairs to technology's siren call. She was 52.

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Around The Horn

28 November 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 National Geographic's best photos of the year, the Pentax K-1 Mark II, Sarah Meister's new book, books and calendars in Photos, food photography editing tips, a bid for a hotel chain and VARA.

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Scenic Spot

27 November 2018

There is a little balcony on Mount Davidson just a stumble below the summit that affords a view of the city's eastern flank from downtown south.

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Around The Horn

27 November 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 Stephen Vanasco, Understanding Exposure, Live Photo conversion, saving and closing image files, autofocus sensors, Understanding Color, the 2019 Zeiss Photography Award and Thanksgiving 2018. And a note.

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Around The Horn

26 November 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 Arnold Newman, Roberto Badin, photo editors, the Canon R camera, McNally on the prairie, an aspect ratio tool and Timothy White.

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Around The Horn: Cyber Monday

26 November 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. We're updating our continuing Black 'Friday' deals with new Cyber Monday deals (many of which persist through the week) from a few unusual shopping resources. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.

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Matinee: Viviane Sassen

24 November 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

24 November 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 photo ping-pong, DeCarava and Hughes, Girls in the Windows, Understanding Color, Seeing Through Photographs, Kasson's gratitude and a Nikkor production milestone.

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Friday Slide Show: Leaves

23 November 2018

We've been spending a lot of time with leaves lately, mainly raking them from Mom's front yard. It got us to wondering what Excire Search Pro could tell us about our photos of leaves. Quite a bit it turns out.

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Around The Horn

23 November 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 funiculars, Nolan Ryan Trowe, secret wartime photos, Sierra Leone's Ebola epidemic, a 'Today at Apple' experience and the Lomography Sprocket Rocket.

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Happy Thanksgiving

22 November 2018

In the arts, perspective is a technique of rendering three-dimensional objects realistically on a two dimensional plane. More generally, it is just someone's point of view that can sometimes actually represent a profound understanding of a subject.

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Saved By The Rain

21 November 2018

As gentle rain started falling this morning as we plowed through the news to put our Around The Horn story together and update our Black 'Friday' Horn. And we sighed with relief.

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Around The Horn

21 November 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 modern South, global warming, Hong Kong, a mirrorless move, a photobook collection lost and Carl Caruso.

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Leica Introduces D-Lux 7 Compact

20 November 2018

Leica has unveiled its D-Lux 7, the "Swiss Army knife of Leica compact cameras," according to the company. A 24-75mm 35mm equivalent zoom lens and 17-megapixel Four Thirds image sensor complement a touchscreen display, Bluetooth connectivity, USB-C charging and Post-Focus software effects.

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Book Bag: 'Steve McCurry: A Life In Pictures'

20 November 2018

Forty years of photography, over 350 images, 100 previously unpublished, on everything by one of the biggest names in the game and yet we have to tell you this is not just a picture book.

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Around The Horn

20 November 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 Philipp Reinhard, Sally Mann, neglected female photographers, a layer mask modification and two free Python scripts.

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The Shadow Of A Succulent

19 November 2018

Despite the smoky air we have not given up our mid-morning break on the patio where we read a little bit before returning to the trenches. Today was no different.

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Around The Horn: Black 'Friday' +

19 November 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. With Black 'Friday' starting Monday this year and running through Cyber Monday, we look at a few unusual shopping resources with links to their deals. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.

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Around The Horn

19 November 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 Holocaust, lockdown drills, maternity photography, Muay Thai, the Kamlan 50mm f1.1 and social media.

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Matinee: Olympus Pro Photographer Showdown

17 November 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

17 November 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 Shahidul Alam, David Hobby, Lightroom iOS and a Photo Mechanic discount.

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Friday Slide Show: Dodgem Bumper Car

16 November 2018

Playland at the Beach was our local amusement park when we were a kid. Birthday parties, slow Saturdays, special events often included a trip to Playland. And a trip to Playland, after reaching a certain age, meant you could drive a bumper car.

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Adobe, Sony Sponsor Spider-Man Photo Contest

16 November 2018

Ahead of the Dec. 14 release of the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Adobe has invited photographers to tap into their "Spidey senses" to transform a photo of their city into the Spider-Verse using Lightroom CC and other tools.

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EyeEm, Skylum Offer Photography Scholarship

16 November 2018

EyeEm and Skylum Software have announced a $1,000 scholarship to be awarded to 10 photographers "to support their work and create their own preset to be sold on Luminar." And that includes a share of the revenue from the preset sales.

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'Unhealthy Air' Today

16 November 2018

There's only 4,744 feet between that church tower and the broadcast tower beyond it. In between is smoke from the wildfires in Northern California that have plagued the Bay area since Friday. Today, we're told, will be worse than it has been.

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Schadeberg Honored With 2018 Leica Hall of Fame Award

16 November 2018

Leica has announced that it has awarded the 2018 Leica Hall of Fame Award to photojournalist Jürgen Schadeberg.

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Around The Horn

16 November 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 looking down from the heights, Xavi Bou, the 2018 Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards winners, Raw file optical distortion correction, an accordion player, Story's gift guide and Kelby's gift guide.

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The Big Lunch

15 November 2018

In the Bay area this week, fans of Cal and Stanford football are gathering at lunch to egg each other on. It's been a while since this Cal grad participated but we've come to appreciate being sidelined as Stanford racked up win after win. The loser had to buy lunch for the previous year's winner.

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Kwilt Introduces Second-Generation Personal Cloud Smart Hubs

15 November 2018

Kwilt has announced the launch of Kwilt2 and Kwilt3, two platform-agnostic devices that turn any USB memory key or external drive into a private cloud at home where consumers can offload photos and videos from their smartphones, cameras and other devices and access their content anytime, anywhere.

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Around The Horn

15 November 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 smartphones captured, Sony Alpha Female, Muhammad Ali, PHMuseum's Women Photographer Grant, Chicago, bad product photo service, Sigma Sale and Hank Wessel memorial update.

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DxO Updates Nik Collection

14 November 2018

DxO has announced the immediate release of Nik Collection by DxO 2018 v1.1, the company's second update to the creative plug-in suite designed for photographers and graphic artists.

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Around The Horn

14 November 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 National Geographic Photo Contest entries, smoke-filled Chico, Drew Gurian's portraits, Google Photos and Hitler's Young Jewish Friend.

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Gregory Halpern Named Immersion Laureate

13 November 2018

Immersion, the Hermés Foundation French-American photography commission, has awarded its fourth laureate to Buffalo photographer Gregory Halpern.

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ON1 Photo Raw 2019 Ships

13 November 2018

ON1 has announced it is shipping Photo RAW 2019 with "significant updates to both performance and image quality, significant new features like non-destructive layers integration, new layered file features including auto-alignment and focus stacking, a new portrait tab, a new text tool, new digital asset management updates, and new supported cameras and lenses."

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Leica Introduces V-Lux Explorer Kit

13 November 2018

Leica Camera has announced the V-Lux Explorer Kit featuring a Bowery for Leica (canvas, field tan) bag from the ONA for Leica bag collection and a red Leica rope strap designed by COOPH. The Bowery for Leica system bag is distinguished by its style and functionality while the elegant strap features elements in Italian leather, the company noted.

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Around The Horn

13 November 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 David Webrouck, Matthew Pothier, Jeremy Lock, Harold Davis, designing a portfolio and a Phase One event.

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Smoke And The Moon

12 November 2018

Around eight o'clock last night we peeked out the picture window. The smoke from the Northern California fires has invaded the Bay area since Friday, making it difficult to breath.

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Remembering Gerald Bloncourt

12 November 2018

The Haitian photographer Gérald Bloncourt, whose work as an exile in Paris told the story of immigrants and factory workers, died late last month at the age of 91, a victim of melanoma.

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Applications Open For 2019 New York Portfolio Review

12 November 2018

The New York Times has announced it is accepting applications for the seventh annual New York Portfolio Review, sponsored by the New York Times column, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York and United Photo Industries.

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Around The Horn

12 November 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 Remembrance Day, the Woolsey Fire, the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards, an ultra-wide lens, the Aura photo frame and Chambers' gear sale.

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Veterans Day +

11 November 2018

This is a special Veterans Day, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War, the war to end all wars, which turned out to be only the first World War.

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Matinee: 'Phones Are Good'

10 November 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

10 November 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 Vivian Maier in color, John Trifonopoulos, digitizing the New York Times photo morgue, moving off Flickr and GIMP 2.10.8.

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Remembering Bob Stinnett

9 November 2018

Oakland Tribune photographer Robert Stinnett started working for the publication, took a brief vacation to serve in the military after high school and returned to his post at the newspaper in 1948 where he continued to serve until his retirement in 1986.

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Friday Slide Show: The Big Book Sale

9 November 2018

For 54 years the San Francisco Public Library has held an enormous book sale of donated books and media. In recent years, the event has been sponsored by the Friends of the SFPL in one of the pavilions at Fort Mason. And we try to get there every year.

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Remembering Jean Mohr

9 November 2018

It seems as if photographers, if they are not cut down at an early age, live a long time. The Swiss photographer Jean Mohr, who died last Saturday at the age of 93 after tramping across battlefield after battlefield, is a good example.

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Around The Horn

9 November 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 blue wave as Paradise burns, Singapore over time, 'The Wall' documentary, the Nikon 180-400mm f4E FL VR lens, Lightroom Profiles, six questions to ask at photo exhibits and some best practices to avoid lawsuits.

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Itzastand Is A Removable, Reusable Photo Stand

8 November 2018

Itzastand is an ingenious solution to a problem everyone who loves photos suffers in silence. How to prop them up so you can look at them. Around here a few are framed, more are on little plastic easels but most are just leaning on something (until someone walks by and they fly to the floor).

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Flickr Refines New Policies

8 November 2018

In a blog post titled The Commons: The Past Is 100% Part of Our Future, SmugMug co-founder and CEO Don MacAskill expanded on Flickr's new Pro accounts and changing Free accounts, particularly in regard to photos shared with Creative Commons licensing.

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Around The Horn

8 November 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 Charles Traub, WWI centenary, Istanbul, Photopea, a Matrix Cam, the iPad Pro for photographers and a poll about infringement.

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November Sunset

7 November 2018

Sunsets over the Pacific Ocean become dramatic in November. El Niño or, in alternate years, La Niña do their part raising or cooling the ocean temperature while the clouds form over otherwise clear skies as the fog of summer mostly disappears.

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Around The Horn

7 November 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 Jean-Pierre Laffont, Anastasia Samoylova, lens testing, travel advice, Edward Burtynsky and KGB spy cameras.

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Leica Introduces Full-Frame, Compact Leica Q-P

6 November 2018

Leica has announced the Leica Q-P, another iteration of its Leica Q, this time with a matte black body that omits the company's signature red dot. The traditional Leica script remains on the top plate.

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The Midterm Election

6 November 2018

Later today we'll find out if it was merely a coincidence we rolled back the clock two days before going to the polls. Or if that's the way the wind is blowing now.

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Around The Horn

6 November 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 La Machine in Toulouse, buildings, the election, photographing theater, saving and exporting in Photoshop, Nikon macro working distances and thoughts on the importance of photographs.

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Around The Horn

5 November 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 Kane Hulse, women priests, Harold Davis, autofocus accuracy, phone battery health, Bieke Depoorter and a Rocky Nook deal.

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Remembering Milton Gendel

3 November 2018

Milton Gendel, who passed away at the age of 99 in Rome last month, was known for the company he kept. That included the British royal family and a selection of tycoons that included the Agnelli, Getty and Onassis clans. Fortunately for us, though, it also included his camera.

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Matinee: Jungblut's Pino Lella +

3 November 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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Fall Back

3 November 2018

Only a public service announcement (of the most significant kind) would oblige us to interrupt the weekend. But you might want to resist the urge to hit the sack early tonight. The occasion? The end of Daylight Saving Time (for those of us under its thumb) at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Which instantly becomes 1 a.m. again.

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Around The Horn

3 November 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 Capture One Fujifilm Raw processing, another ON1 recipe, Hip-Hop, Flickr and Black Friday.

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Friday Slide Show: A Long-Ago Halloween

2 November 2018

When someone asks us what we do, we tell them we write about photography. Most photographers are too busy to hone their writing skills into well-polished tools. And likewise most writers are up too late to spend any time learning much about photography. So we fill the need.

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Sigma To Ship Three New Global Vision Lenses

2 November 2018

Sigma has announced the price and availability of two new Global Vision lenses announced at Photokina. They include...

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Around The Horn

2 November 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 Halloween, Amal Hussain, Warhol, Kottle in Berlin, Iceland tourism fever, ethical photography and Scribble Artist (last time, promise).

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Around The Horn

1 November 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 Rachel Woolf, tall statues, Ara Guler, fast lenses, This Land and Scribble Artist, Take Two.

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Sigma Ships 60-600mm 'Safari & Sidelines' Zoom

1 November 2018

Sigma has begun shipping its Sigma 60-600mm f4.5-6.3 DG OS HSM Sports, the world's first 10x optical zoom with a telephoto reach of 600mm introduced at Photokina, the company announced.

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Flickr Ends Yahoo Requirement, Adds Unlimited Pro Storage

1 November 2018

Flickr has announced updates to both its Free and Pro account offerings following SmugMug's acquisition of the service in April and a months-long effort to incorporate feedback from its members.

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October Archived

1 November 2018

We've just archived Volume 7 Number 10 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 14 Features, 19 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 190 items of interest), one review and three site notes for a total of 64 stories.

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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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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.

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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