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Et Tu?
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Landscaping
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A Visit to the Optometrist
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Spring Hath Sprung
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Signs of Spring
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Happy St. Patrick's Day
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Nomatic's McKinnon Sling 8L
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Free Cone Day
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An Exercise in Composition
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Two Quick Fixes
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A Tearjerker
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Victory Trail
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Ciao
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Restoring Tool Behavior
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A Sunset After All
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Scaffolding
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All Flowers Fade
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Presidents' Day
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The Hands
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Julian Wasser
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A Valentine
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Fog
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The ER at Snow Moon
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Lightning Strikes Twice
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East of Twin Peaks
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Joyce Dopkeen
Around The Horn
27 March 2023
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 Ukrainian ballerina, Jennie Ross Cobb, Ava Pellor, the thing about portraits, Select Subject enhanced and salvaging an iCloud disaster.
Et Tu?
26 March 2023
The closure of DPReview by its parent company, the apparently beleaguered Amazon, has sounded alarms in the digital photography community. Who's next if the Big Guy has fallen?
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Matinee: Julia Fullerton-Batten
25 March 2023
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?
Around The Horn
25 March 2023
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 week in photos, looking up, TOP's income, commercial photographers' incomes and Gordon Moore.
Friday Slide Show: Landscaping
24 March 2023
We're tempted to concoct some distinction between gardening and landscaping. But it would be an artificial one. Gardening is an ongoing activity akin to maintenance while landscaping is the execution of a design.
Around The Horn
24 March 2023
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 Picturing High Streets, Black farmers, Tourist Central, clouds long exposures and Greta Rico.
A Visit to the Optometrist
23 March 2023
We managed to escape our post briefly yesterday for a visit with our optometrist, who we haven't seen during the pandemic. He's one of those people you try to think up questions to ask because the answers are so illuminating.
Around The Horn
23 March 2023
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 Mary F Calvert, Judy Doherty, Andrea DiCenzo, Jane Housham, couple poses and Thom Hogan.
Around The Horn
22 March 2023
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 Florida seniors, Carnaval de la Plaine, Earth and DPReview.
Spring Hath Sprung
21 March 2023
Almost without our noticing it, spring arrived yesterday. And in a gracious gesture by the universe, it was a rare sunny day as the 12th atmospheric river of the season bore down on us. Today is another deluge.
DPReview to Close
21 March 2023
In an announcement on its site, Scott Everett announced DPReview will close "in the near future."
Around The Horn
21 March 2023
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 International Color Day, Geoff MacCormack, editing found images, post processing, Lightroom Mobile, Adobe Firefly and generative AI content.
Around The Horn
20 March 2023
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 Frédéric Stucin, Ousman Diallo, an SXSW sideshow, glass bottles, printing, making the Z move, knowing your camera, an outlet adapter and the largest photo.
Matinee: 'Massimo Piersanti'
18 March 2023
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?
Around The Horn
18 March 2023
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 week in pictures, Sylvia Rafael, France, observation and lens equivalents.
Friday Slide Show: Signs of Spring
17 March 2023
The greening of the world isn't just a St. Patrick's Day event. It's the annual rite of spring. And after 11 atmospheric rivers this winter, we expected to see some signs of it.
Around The Horn
17 March 2023
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 Barbara T. Smith, online portfolios, more incomes and Midjourney v5.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
17 March 2023
It's a great convenience when St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday. The festivities may start no earlier but they may continue unimpeded by any other obligation that the observance of a weekend.
Nomatic's McKinnon Sling 8L Swings
16 March 2023
There's nothing quite like an atmospheric river for testing a waterproof camera bag. As it happened, Nomatic sent us its $159.99 McKinnon Sling 8L just in time.
Around The Horn
16 March 2023
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 Moises Saman, the Mobile Photography Awards, FORMAT, Andrei Duman, Harold Davis, Goldilocks, Kase Wolverine filters and Rocky Nook camera guides.
Free Cone Day
15 March 2023
Walking by this gathering of traffic cones, we couldn't suppress a smile. They looked like a public utility crew in search of a 311 call. Or a meeting of executives with no agenda.
DxO Releases PureRaw 3
15 March 2023
DxO has released DxO PureRaw 3, its revolutionary Raw enhancement software. PureRaw 3 with greater control through DeepPRIME XD while upgrading the user interface. PureRaw 3 preprocesses Raw data, optimizing the quality of any image by eliminating noise, improving color, enhancing detail and correcting lens flaws.
Around The Horn
15 March 2023
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 Sony World Photography Awards, nursing homes, Diane Arbus, repairing things, a camera simulator and Samsung on its Scene Optimizer.
Around The Horn
14 March 2023
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 Ernest Cole, Ray Collins, Israeli protests, Kevin Krautgartner, the future and a retro weekend.
Cyme Adds Cross-App Annotations to Peakto
14 March 2023
Cyme has released Peakto 1.5 with borderless annotation, which can apply various attributes to images regardless of which photo catalog they are in. Supported annotation types include flags, favorites, colors, ratings, title and some other basic text fields.
Around The Horn
13 March 2023
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 Week in Pictures, Alberto Venzago, Harold Davis, SXSW, a legally blind photographer, a safari rig and Samsung's Space Zoom mode.
Matinee: 'The Paddy Irishman Project'
11 March 2023
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?
Spring Forward
11 March 2023
Public service is in our blood. Twice a year, anyway, when we feel the urge to remind you that Daylight Saving Time (for those of us who observe it) takes effect at 2 a.m. tomorrow. Which instantly becomes 3 a.m.
Around The Horn
11 March 2023
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 50 famous sports photos, simplicity, filters, more incomes, cafe display, Luminar Neo, SSD reliability stats and cURL.
Friday Slide Show: An Exercise in Composition
10 March 2023
There isn't always a Tomorrow, Scarlet, and Never Again comes before we're ready for it, so we walked the camera one morning well before our usual hour, marveling at familiar sights in a new light.
Two Quick Fixes
10 March 2023
Sometimes you go in for an oil change only to be told it's been 10 years since your last tune-up and all your fluids look like they came straight from the La Brea Tar Pits. "And one more thing, sir," our service tech timidly informed us. "Your tires are bald."
Around The Horn
10 March 2023
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 Wendy Stone, Kellie Swanson, HP 's dynamic security and remembering Loyle.
Around The Horn
9 March 2023
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 Egypt, the Benro Theta, point-and-shoot cameras, some stats and repairs.
Leia Unveils Compact SL 100-400mm, 1.4x Extender
9 March 2023
Leica has announced its Vario-Elmar-SL 100-400 f5-6.3 telephoto zoom lens and the new Leica Extender L 1.4x for the SL system.
Around The Horn
8 March 2023
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 Leica Women Foto Project, What We See, Wesaam Al-Badry, The New Big 5, LensCulture and a Miops deal.
Carrie Mae Weems Awarded 2023 Hasselblad Award
8 March 2023
The Hasselblad Foundation award committee has named Carrie Mae Weems the 2023 Hasselblad Award laureate for her decades of work capturing the struggle for equality and painful history that African Americans have experienced, all under the undeniably captivating power of her photography.
Around The Horn
7 March 2023
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 landscape projections, the Portrait of Humanity shortlist, a lightweight kit, creating presets, self portraits, an interesting workflow and more strange things said.
Hasselblad Heroines Invites Public Nominations
7 March 2023
Hasselblad has announced its Heroines program will returs for its fifth year with a nomination process open to the public.
DNP Betas Party Print Web Service
6 March 2023
DNP has launched the beta of a new Web service dubbed Party Print that adds on-location prints to participant photos.
A Tearjerker
6 March 2023
You have a few options when you find something on the street. You can invoke the finders-keepers rule and keep it. You can pocket it and put a lost-and-found notice on craigslist. You can leave it where you found it. Among others.
Around The Horn
6 March 2023
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 week in photos, Miguel Gutiérrez, Best of Photojournalism 2022, Harold Davis, JPEG settings, charting Nikkors and Yevgenia Belorusets.
Matinee: 'Stand Together'
4 March 2023
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?
Around The Horn
4 March 2023
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 polar bear, Magdalena Szurek, camera scanning, Tre Cime National Park, more incomes and long exposure photography.
Friday Slide Show: Victory Trail
3 March 2023
There is a lot of nature tucked into a city like San Francisco if you know where to look. Sometimes, you just have to take a couple of steps off the sidewalk to find it. And a couple of steps off four-lane Laguna Honda Blvd. you'll find the dirt paths that make up Victory Trail.
Around The Horn
3 March 2023
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 Werner Bischof, the World Nature Photography Awards, Zuzana Pustaiová, East Palestine, spring and the Sigma 90mm.
Fujifilm Announces Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera
2 March 2023
Fujifilm has announced its Instax Mini 12 instant camera with a new look and enhanced features that include parallax correction capabilities, automatic flash control and a convenient multi-function twist lens.
Ciao
2 March 2023
When you don't know whether you're coming or going, it's nice to have a dual purpose word to hurl into the void. "Ciao" works well for that, both coming and going.
Lemke Software Releases GraphicConverter 12
2 March 2023
Late last month, Lemkesoft released GraphicConverter 11.6.1, the Swiss Army knife image editing utility, with new and updated features plus a few bug fixes.
Jerry Ghionis to Offer Nikon Mentors Course on Wedding Photography
2 March 2023
Nikon has announced a new Mentors Course that teaches the fundamentals of wedding photography with Nikon Ambassador Jerry Ghionis. The online course is created for intermediate and emerging wedding photographers to provide the techniques needed to advance in this highly competitive field.
Around The Horn
2 March 2023
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 Traveller winners, Deutsche Börse shortlist, Tyre Nichols, Ludovic Balay, Matt Odom and the Z-Mount.
Around The Horn
1 March 2023
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 Jan Erik Waider, the Instant Box Camera, three commercial photographers, Capture One Pro, Kobe Bryant settlement and Patti Smith.
February Archived
1 March 2023
We've just archived Volume 12, Number 2 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 14 commented News stories, 24 Editor's Notes (which included 145 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 55 stories.
Around The Horn
28 February 2023
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 Milan Fashion Week, Vic Bakin, Paul Kuroda, Sho Shibata, the Sony World Photography Awards, the Living Archive Series, celestial events, Kim Steele, more strange things, hard cases and Thunderbolt.
Quick Tip: Restoring Tool Behavior
27 February 2023
One of the benefits of Adobe's move to a subscription service is the company's freedom to update the product at will. That means we get not only new features but bug fixes as soon as possible.
A Sunset After All
27 February 2023
The rain was pouring down as we drove home from the skilled nursing facility where we have been visiting our mother. When we pulled into the driveway, we ironically hosed the car down. It had been plastered with pine needles from the tree we had parked under.
Around The Horn
27 February 2023
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 AP photos ofo the week, Richard Sandler, Narelle Autio, the crazy uncle hobbyist effect, skin retouching, CFexpress Type B card sustained write speed and the Sony Star Sphere Satellite.
Matinee: 'The Feelings of Injustice'
25 February 2023
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?
Around The Horn
25 February 2023
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 Tina Barney, the Voigtlander Nokton 58mm, AI-generated art and a winter freeze.
Friday Slide Show: Scaffolding
24 February 2023
We human beings build towers we never ascend. They stand there like monuments whose meaning is left to interpretation. And usually reduces to just one word. Vanity.
Around The Horn
24 February 2023
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 NYT photographers on Ukraine, Sigma's Z primes, Canon's R50, income, product photography, a Shutterfly migration guide and an AI primer.
Lensbaby Debuts Double Glass II Optic Swap Module
23 February 2023
Lensbaby has announced the Double Glass II optic, a new-and-improved version of one of the earliest in Lensbaby's Optic Swap System. The new module is compatible with all current and legacy Optic Swap lens bodies.
100ASA Promises to Plant a Tree for Each New Member
23 February 2023
The online photography platform 100ASA has announced a new paid membership drive in which the first reward is combatting climate change. For each new paid member, the organization will plant a tree "appropriate for local ecosystems."
Around The Horn
23 February 2023
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 blackwater dive, NASA's Webb, Antarctic expeditions, ordinary women, Bavarian Forest National Park, Christian Tisdale, software, free Lightroom presets and a U.S. Copyright Office ruling.
All Flowers Fade
22 February 2023
Three a.m. unable to sleep. So we go down to the bunker and look over our February photos.
Around The Horn
22 February 2023
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 concrete, pets, paddling, the Golden Hour, income and Benj Edwards.
Hasselblad Announces X2D 100C Field Kit
22 February 2023
Hasselblad has announced its X2D 100C Lightweight Field Kit consisting of the X2D 100C camera with the XCD 4/21 and XCD 4/45P lenses. It describes the four-pound kit as "a complete set of professional tools for shooting and reporting in the field".
RMetS Launches 2023 Weather Photographer Contest
22 February 2023
The Royal Meteorological Society announced it will host a free live Zoom session chaired by Liz Bentley, RMetS chief executive and judge of the competition, featuring "hints, tips and anecdotes to help you plan your weather photography, take your photo and get it noticed."
Sony Announces FE 50mm f1.4 GM Lens
21 February 2023
Sony has announced the FE 50mm f1.4 GM lens as a lighter, more compact replacement for its Planar T* FE 50mm f1.4 ZA and FE 50mm f1.2 GM.
Around The Horn
21 February 2023
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 Greenland, Kin Coedel, frilly godesses, Walter Smith, wildlife, editing letter forms, tabletop photography, photography sins, third-party Z lenses and Thunderbolt 4 hubs.
Tamron Announced Development of 11-20mm Zoom
21 February 2023
Tamron has announced the development of its 11-20mm f2.8 Di III-A for Fujifilm X-mount APS-C mirrorless cameras. The compact, lightweight zoom features a 35mm equivalent range of 16.5mm to 30mm.
Presidents' Day
20 February 2023
This weekend the Carter Center announced Jimmy Carter, who served as the 39th president of the United States, has "decided to spend his remaining time at home with his family and receive hospice care instead of additional medical intervention." Carter, who is 98, has recently been hospitalized several times.
Matinee: 'In Search of Giants'
18 February 2023
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?
Around The Horn
18 February 2023
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 Lynsey Addario, sheep, three camera myths and resizing for the Web.
Friday Slide Show: The Hands
17 February 2023
What do the hands show? That's what we were wondering as we swiped through some images of Mom during her recent hospitalization.
Around The Horn
17 February 2023
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 Virgin of Guadalupe, Amsterdam, cocktail photos, fashion income and generative AI.
Around The Horn
16 February 2023
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 Raquel Welch, Damien Carter, six albumen prints, cherry blossoms and built-in focus bracketing.
Peakto Now Catalogs Instagram Accounts
16 February 2023
Cyme has released Peakto 1.4.0 adding support for Instagram accounts while improving performance and reliability, plus fixing a few bugs.
Remembering Julian Wasser
15 February 2023
Julian Wasser, who blanketed Los Angeles for Time magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, covering both news events and celebrities while posing some indelible images on the side, died last week in Los Angeles. He was 89.
DxO Releases 492 New Optics Modules
15 February 2023
DxO has announced the release of 492 new Optics modules that include support for many new cameras and lenses from Sigma, Leica and Pentax. The list includes Sigma's f1.4 wide-angle primes and several of Leica's Summicron lenses.
ON1 Releases Photo Raw 2023.1
15 February 2023
ON1 has released Photo Raw version 2023.1 with "newly enhanced features and tools along with big performance gains for a fast and smooth editing experience."
Around The Horn
15 February 2023
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 Ukraine after a year of war, street photography tips, pricing an ad campaign, Euphoric 100 film and Larry Haynes.
A Valentine
14 February 2023
Sometimes, to steal a couple of words from the pages of the tattered songbook left open on a dusty piano, love hurts.
Around The Horn
14 February 2023
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 Museum of Lost Memories, a Norwegian fisherman, Company 605, selecting colors, attachments, hidden features, fish and artificial intelligence.
Fog
13 February 2023
Leaving the hospital yesterday we stopped to admire the fog bank creeping over the hills from the ocean. It had been a sunny if not warm winter day. Now the familiar fog was rolling in.
Around The Horn
13 February 2023
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 photos of the week, Art Photography Awards, Travel Photographer of the Year, Venice, Harold Davis, cropping, autofocus, Vermeer and Superb Owl Sunday VII.
Matinee: 'The Hidden Paradise'
11 February 2023
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?
Around The Horn
11 February 2023
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 Migwa Nthiga, Jon Tonks, something to look at, a massive rainbow, five photogenic places and getting an agent.
Friday Slide Show: The ER at Snow Moon
10 February 2023
Luck. Don't mention the word to us. We had to make a 911 call Monday afternoon for an ambulance, casually mentioning our patient was not likely to cooperate. So 911 sent the police. And the Fire Dept. And an ambulance. As the full moon rose in the February sky. The snow moon.
Around The Horn
10 February 2023
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 Bernheim Forest, Austin, Instagram trends and product boxes.
Around The Horn
9 February 2023
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 beards, creator cameras, an old problem, Netflix-approved cameras, project ideas, a modified Nikon F2 and darktable.
DxO Releases PhotoLab 6.3
8 February 2023
DxO Labs has released DxO PhotoLab 6.3, adding the ability to simulate papers and inks when soft proofing, expanded the use of DxO Wide Gamut and adding both JPEG and TIFF editing in its new color space. The new release also provides a smoother Optics modules installation process.
Around The Horn
8 February 2023
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 Sony World Photography Awards, product introductions, annual income and scanning your photos.
Canon Announces R50, R8, Two RF Lenses
8 February 2023
Canon has announced the entry-level R50 mirrorless camera, the compact hybrid R8 and two new RF lenses, including the RF-S55-210mm f5-7.1 IS STMM and the Canon RF24-50mm f4.5-6.3 IS STM. All of these products are expected to be available in this spring.
OM System Announces 90mm f4.5 Macro
8 February 2023
OM Digital Solutions Corp. has announced the M. Zuiko Digital ED 90mm f3.5 Macro IS Pro featuring 2x magnification, seven stops of shutter speed compensation with in-lens image stabilization and high speed autofocus.
Around The Horn
7 February 2023
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 Turkey and Syria earthquake, Kari Medig, the fast slow shutter shot, camera selection and the Fujifilm X-H2.
Sigma Introduces 50mm f1.4 DG DN Art Lens
7 February 2023
Sigma has announced its 50mm f1.4 DG DN Art lens featuring "the ideal balance of the size, weight and autofocus performance," the company said. The new optic will be available in Leica L and Sony E mounts.
Nikon Announces 85mm, 26mm Nikkor Z Primes
7 February 2023
Nikon has announced two new Nikkor Z primes: the 85mm f1.2 S portrait lens and the 26mm f2.8 pancake lens. The company also announced a new black version of its Z fc mirrorless camera based on the FM2.
Lightning Strikes Twice
6 February 2023
Friday is a busy day around here. We had worked into the night Thursday to get our slide show in shape but it was so late we hadn't done even a simple backup before closing up shop. We were tempting the Fates.
Around The Horn
6 February 2023
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 Grammy Awards, Bruce Heinemann, Mount Athos, Ioanna Sakellaraki, the new standard mainstream camera, announcement week and Instant Ink foibles.
Matinee: Zuma Pictures of the Month
4 February 2023
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?
Around The Horn
4 February 2023
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 week in photos, Fons Iannelli, a bear, the Leica 35-70mm f4.0 and 7 Mile House.
Friday Slide Show: East of Twin Peaks
3 February 2023
We were able to saunter over to the other side of Twin Peaks last week late in the afternoon. The light had changed as the shadows lengthened, making the familiar exotic to us.
Remembering Joyce Dopkeen
3 February 2023
Joyce Dopkeen, the first woman to be hired by The New York Times as a full-time staff photographer, died from heart failure earlier this week in Rockville, Md. She was 80.
Around The Horn
3 February 2023
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 Orvieto in the fog, Photoshop portrait magic, that ice storm, black-and-white photographers and portable SSDs.
Around The Horn
2 February 2023
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 fungi blooms, orcas, Hugh Kretschmer, feathering and zooming, Lumina and February opportunities.
Around The Horn
1 February 2023
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 shepherding, Texas ice storm, Proteus X-ray, pyschedelic cloaking, updating a site and network backups.
January Archived
1 February 2023
We've just archived Volume 12, Number 1 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 21 Features, 10 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 178 items of interest), no reviews and one site note for a total of 59 stories.
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10 December 2012
It would almost always catch us by surprise. We'd advance the film on our Nikon FM2 only to find out we'd already taken the last shot.
Sometimes that happens in life, too.
After 13 years as the editor of the Imaging Resource Newsletter, we have parted ways. It's going one way, we're going another.
We wish the company well and remain grateful for the opportunity to discuss our passion for getting the picture with each reader who welcomed such a long email every two weeks in their inbox.
But as we used to tell our (usually) patient subject when we realized we had to put a new roll of film in the camera, "Wait a minute!"
Because we aren't done yet.
And this publication is our way of continuing to discuss our passion for getting the picture. We have several reviews in progress, covering tablet software, new image editing software for the desktop, LED lighting and more.
And this is where you'll be able to read about it.
So we hope you'll join us as we publish here at Photo Corners. If you like the idea, support us with a sponsorship or a subscription. Both come with some benefits right away and more to follow.
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