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Matinee: 'At Home'

26 May 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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Winners Announced In Remembering Great Apes Photo Competition

26 May 2018

Wildlife Photographers United and Born Free have announce the 10 images of gorillas orangutans, chimpanzees and bonobos selected as winners of the Remembering Great Apes photographic competition. Over 1,000 entries were submitted.

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Around The Horn

26 May 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 shoot in Mexico, a page from the Strobist Lighting Cookbook, more about Obscura 2 and the LaCie DJI Copilot.

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FBI: Reboot Your Router

26 May 2018

The FBI, Justice Department and U.S. Department of Homeland Security have all issued advisories to reboot your router "as soon as possible" to counter Russian-engineered VPNFilter malware that has infected hundreds of thousands of the devices.

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Friday Slide Show: Stow Lake

25 May 2018

We found ourselves at Stow Lake twice this week with different cameras. And looking over the site, we notice we've never done a slide show of the scenic spot, although we have featured it a number of times.

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Three Entry-Level All-In-One Devices

25 May 2018

The landscape has changed for all-in-one devices since we were reviewing them six years ago. Entry level models have more features than ever at prices lower than a set of inks.

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Around The Horn

25 May 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Phil Penman, Joana Toro, a free Photoshop Action set, a copyright registration fee increase proposal and LaserSoft's weekend sale.

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Sigma Announces 105mm f1.4 Art Lens Price

25 May 2018

Sigma has announced its 105mm f1.4 DG HSM Art lens will be available in Canon, Nikon and Sigma camera mounts in late June for $1,599. The Sony E-mount availability will be announced later, the company added.

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Fujifilm Announces Mirrorless X-T100

24 May 2018

Fujifilm has announced its Fujifilm X-T100 compact interchangeable lens camera featuring a high magnification electronic viewfinder, horizontal tilting rear LCD screen, built-in Bluetooth technology and an extended battery life allowing up to 430 frames per charge. The 15.68 oz. X-T100 sports an anodized coating on aluminum top cover for both a retro and luxury look.

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Around The Horn

24 May 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 lava, smog, Obscura 2 and adapter flange distance errors.

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An Edgy Image

23 May 2018

We were standing on the concete edge, restrained from the bay below us only by a rotting wooden railing. A curiously rusted bolt poked out as us like a finger warning us to move back.

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Around The Horn

23 May 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 Sally Mann, paper, Alexi Lubomirski, Brad Elterman, Gemini Photos and photo book production.

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Shutterbug Ends Print Publication After 45 Years

22 May 2018

Editor-in-Chief Dan Havlik has announced Shutterbug will cease publishing a print edition after 45 years, focusing solely on its Web publication.

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Rocky Nook To Host Free Webinar With Glenn Randall

22 May 2018

Rocky Nook has announced a free webinar with Glenn Randall, author of the just-released Dusk to Dawn guide to landscape photography at night.

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Around The Horn

22 May 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 Southeast Alaska, rural Russia, photos that must be in color, compromise, the island of New York, the W. Eugene Smith Grant and the FCC.

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Deals: Apple 27-Inch iMacs Discounted At Adorama

21 May 2018

Adorama is offering an instant rebate on Apple 27-inch iMacs with free shipping and no sales tax.

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Around The Horn

21 May 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 Daniel Zvereff, the best Nikkors, Photoshop bokeh and a Rocky Nook discount.

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Matinee: The Class of 2018

19 May 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

19 May 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 hidden Armenians, Kuching, NASA's wind tunnels and focal lengths.

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Remembering Sam Nzima

18 May 2018

He was the son of a laborer for a white farmer in South Africa who caught the photography bug when a teacher showed him how his camera worked. A few years later Sam Nzima would become famous for a photograph of children carrying one of their dead at a Soweto uprising, which ironically ended his career in photojournalism.

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Friday Slide Show: Bucks Lake

18 May 2018

Almost nine years ago, we got up in Quincy, Calif., one morning at an ungodly hour, made espresso for Joyce and our friends and stumbled into the kitchen of the B&B where we were all staying for a hearty 7 a.m. breakfast.

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Around The Horn

18 May 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 Jonathan Higbee, travel photography, atmospheric thermal turbulence, a SmugMug/Flickr AMA and remembering Michael Reichmann.

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Fujifilm Withdraws X-T2 Firmware Update

18 May 2018

Fujifilm has withdrawn its recently released X-T2 v4 firmware update after reports of "a few issues." The company has provided rollback v4.01 firmware for X-T2 owners who have already updated to v4.

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Leica To Honor Bruce Davidson With Hall of Fame Award

17 May 2018

Leica announced it will honor photographer Bruce Davidson for his photographic work with the Leica Hall of Fame Award on June 15. A selection of images will also be exhibited from June 15 to Sept. 9 at the Leica Gallery in Wetlzar, Germany.

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Around The Horn

17 May 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 Antonis Theodoridis, Sony a7III PDAF striping, glass LCD protectors, AI in Spark and cultural heritage.

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Ricoh Releases Four SDKs For Pentax Cameras

17 May 2018

Ricoh has released four software development kits for Pentax dSLRs to enable third-party applications to remotely control the cameras using smartphones or computers.

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Senate Votes 52-47 To Restore Net Neutrality Rules

16 May 2018

The U.S. Senate today voted to repeal the Federal Communication Commission's Restoring Internet Freedom order enacted last December. The 52-47 vote included all 47 Democratic Senators, two independents, and three Republicans. Republicans Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska) and John Kennedy of Louisiana voted for repeal. John McCain of Arizona was absent.

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Around The Horn

16 May 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 Mississippi's Freedom Riders, the Kilauea volcano, Mount St. Helens, the Sigma 16mm f1.4 and Sony.

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In Progress: The Way Up

15 May 2018

The weather was dreadful. A gray sky. Overcast. Everything flat. But the scene was prehistoric. A hillside on an untouched ravine along the Seventh Ave. reservoir. Thousands stream by it everyday on the S-curve roadway that runs along the western edge.

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Around The Horn

15 May 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Gaza, Daniel Jackson, color, a lighthouse, Google Photos vs. Apple Photos and Nature Photography Day.

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National Library of Scotland Acquires Historic Photo Collection

14 May 2018

The National Library of Scotland has announced the acquisition of a private photography collection of over 14,000 images dating from the 1840s depicting "family portraits, working life, street scenes, sporting pursuits, shops, trams, tenements, mountains and monuments."

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Around The Horn

14 May 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 Paul Garcia, Gordan Parks' Ella Watson, Sony Kando, concert photography, a cross-polarization demo, a portfolio project, a Nikon D800 fix and defending your copyright.

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Matinee: 'Love Mom'

12 May 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

12 May 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 Depression-era billboards, Ohio Avenue Elementary School, Fukushima samurai, priorities and Adobe MAX 2018.

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Friday Slide Show: The Unrushed Hour

11 May 2018

We happened to be downtown around rush hour yesterday and thought it might make a challenging assignment for our Friday slide show. We spent about 30 years coping with rush hour but it was back in the days when knights wore armor.

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Remembering Art Shay

11 May 2018

Art Shay had done everything in life. Late last month he managed to add one last thing to his list. At the age of 96, he passed away at his home in Deerfield, Ill.

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Panasonic Unveils Lumix TS7 Waterproof Digicam

11 May 2018

Panasonic has upgraded its flagship waterproof digicam with the Lumix TS7 which features a 20.4-megapixel sensor, higher resolution LCD, new EVF, 4K video and waterproofing now to 102 ft., all significant enhancements from the previous model.

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Sigma Announces 70mm f2.8 Art Lens Price

11 May 2018

Sigma has announced its 70mm f2.8 DG Macro Art, its first prime macro lens in the Art series, will be available in Canon mount in the end of May for $569. The company said it expects the Sigma mount model to ship in June while the Sony E-Mount version will be released later.

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Around The Horn

11 May 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 loneliness, color images, sky shots and Malaysia.

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Around The Horn

10 May 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 Helen Gee, the Sigma 16mm f1.4, lighting a morgue, dealing with a CEO who thinks he's an art director, Percy Loomis Sperr, free Mother's Day templates, PhotoLab discount and a net neutrality update.

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Modern Composition

9 May 2018

When we took this shot, we just wanted to grab that face on the poster flying high above the downtown traffic. But when we looked at it later, we saw all sorts of different things trying to get into the picture.

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Around The Horn

9 May 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 Sammons on Route 66, Chester Maharaj, the PolarPro Katana and vintage photos of cats.

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Color Pop In Photoshop

8 May 2018

Starting today," Google's John Nack writes in a blog entry he just now published, "you may see a new photo creation that plays with pops of color. In these creations, we use AI to detect the subject of your photo and leave them in color -- including their clothing and whatever they're holding -- while the background is set to black and white. You'll see these AI-powered creations in the Assistant tab of Google Photos."

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Adobe Announces Seven New Creative Residents

8 May 2018

Adobe has announced seven new Creative Residents who have pledged to use their talents to make a positive impact in both the creative community and around the world. In return the company will provide access to its creative tools and resources plus the opportunity to share what they learn and their creative insights across a larger creative community.

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Hasselblad Releases Firmware Update For X1D, H6D

8 May 2018

Hasselblad has released updates for both the X1D and H6D with a new White Balance Tool.

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Around The Horn

8 May 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 Zhangjiajie, Mojgan Ghanbari, Adrian Wojtas and the America Photography Open.

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Love

7 May 2018

We wandered across this scene last week and, as we tend to do when we're just starting out on a long hike, walked right by it. It was still there when we came back an hour and half later, so we took the hint and grabbed the shot.

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Hasselblad To Ship Its Widest Lens For X1D

7 May 2018

Hasselblad announced its XCD 21mm f4 lens will ship mid-month and is now available for pre-order. As Hasselblad's widest lens for the X1D, it has an extremely short focal length providing a 17mm full frame equivalency.

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Around The Horn

7 May 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 Heisler's Puerto Rico, Atget's Paris, Kilauea, Thomas Mangelsen, TapHanger, Ninalee Allen Craig and a Rocky Nook discount.

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Matinee: Camino de Santiago

5 May 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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Friday Slide Show: Ten Thousand Steps

4 May 2018

Blame Harold Davis. He's off on this pilgrimage, hiking through the Portuguese countryside as spring brings everything to life, having a ball. And we're stuck here watching the fog roll in like it's summer.

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Around The Horn

4 May 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 Gilles Caron, Tatsuya Tanaka, Stefano Galli, modern stereoscopic images, a Strobist lesson, hard drive stats and some Nikon deals at Adorama.

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Meyer-Optik Goerlitz Opens Pre-Sale For Nocturnus 0.95/75mm

3 May 2018

Meyer Optik is now accepting pre-orders for its Nocturnus 75mm f0.95, launched as part of its Master of Light series. The lens will be available in Leica M/TL, Sony and Fuji X mounts.

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Adobe Makes Creative Cloud Rain For K-12 Schools

3 May 2018

As teachers in several states strike to fight for an investment in an educational system devastated by tax cuts, Adobe has announced an annual $4.99 license for K-12 schools that opens the entire Creative Cloud suite to a new generation.

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Around The Horn

3 May 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 Lewis Hine, Sara Terry, Aundre Larrow shoots Warrior fans, being alone with Harold Davis, a Sigma discount and a sports photography panel.

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The Last Laugh

2 May 2018

We admit it. We walked right by this scene the other day. No noticed but we walked right by.

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Leica Announces Destination Travel Series Itinerary

2 May 2018

Leica has announced the locations for its 2018-2019 Destination travel photography workshops will be India, Colombia, Hawaii and Romania. The series, which launched last year, "allow photographers a balance of independent exploration combined with guided photographic instruction from world-class instructors, while traveling at a leisurely pace," the company said.

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Art Cantina Connects Teachers, Students At New Site

1 May 2018

Art Cantina has launched a free online directory for the visual arts. Disciplines include photography, painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, collage and mosaics, ceramics and pottery, fiber arts and textiles, glass arts, jewelry and metalsmithing and paper arts.

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Around The Horn

1 May 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 disappearing jobs, Native American photographers, future camera tech, histograms, the Olympus fisheye lens, The DAM Book 3.0, a Wolf sanctuary, the Woofie and the Linksys Velop.

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April Archived

1 May 2018

We pleased to announce we've archived Volume 7 Number 4 of Photo Corners with 15 Features, 25 commented news items, 26 Editor's Notes (including over 150 items of interest, one review and four Site Notes. That's a total of 71 stories.

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April

Halide 1.8 Released

30 April 2018

Halide 1.8, an iOS camera app, has been released featuring an Apple Watch companion app, a new Self-Timer feature, a completely redesigned photo reviewer, design tweaks and two new areas of focus: Accessibility and Privacy.

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Remembering Shah Marai

30 April 2018

Shah Marai, the chief photographer for Agence France-Presse in Kabul, was among the victims of twin suicide bombings in the capitol of his homeland today.

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PhotoALBM Launches Photo Sharing Site +

30 April 2018

PhotoALBM has launched a "YouTube for photographers" Web site built on "the principles of human-centered design" to make it well organized and easy to use. Driven by artificial intelligence, PhotoALBM makes "the tedious process of portfolio/album creation a surprisingly pleasant and fun experience that takes only a few minutes," the company said.

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Around The Horn

30 April 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 Chanho Park, Alexvi Li, Steve Simon, Harold Davis and creating public albums in Apple Photos.

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DxO Confirms Chapter 11 Restructuring

30 April 2018

In a blog post DxO confirmed it has filed for "Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection and is now in the process of restructuring the business." The company said it expects the restructuring to take no more than "a few more weeks" and "will not affect our customers in any way."

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Matinee: 'My Favorite Picture'

28 April 2018

Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?

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Remembering Polixeni Papapetrou

28 April 2018

The Australian photographer Polixeni Papapetrou, famed for her photos of children dressed up on elaborate sets that echoed art history and other themes, died earlier this month after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 57.

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Around The Horn

28 April 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 Summer of '78, the Ramones, Vladimir, Harold Davis on the road without his suitcase, difficult subjects and the Open Internet Pledge.

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Friday Slide Show: Working Bikes

27 April 2018

We'd just borrowed a couple of books from the Mechanics' Institute and, on our way out, stopped in the lobby. We could either pack the books or our camera in our camera bag. Something would have to be hand carried.

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Around The Horn

27 April 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 Chernobyl, Pietro Baroni, a new Lightroom CC Coffee Break series, Stalin's photo editing, GIMP 2.10.0 and the Rolleiflex Instant Kamera.

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Tamron Announces 28-75mm f2.8 Zoom For Sony

27 April 2018

Tamron has announced its 28-75mm f2.8 Di III RXD (Model A036) for Sony E-mount featuring "outstanding image quality and beautiful background blur effects" and a new optical system designed specifically for mirrorless cameras.

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Making Photo Wallplates

26 April 2018

Don't look now but you're surrounded. By wallplates. They're on your electrical outlets. They're on your light switches. They're everywhere.

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Remembering Abbas

26 April 2018

Iranian photographer Abbas died in Paris yesterday after covering wars and revolutions in Biafra, Bangladesh, Northern Ireland, Vietnam, the Middle East, Chile, Cuba, and South Africa during apartheid. He was 74.

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Around The Horn

26 April 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 Malick Sidibe, Seattle, working as a pro, Affinity Spotlight and a photography book sale.

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Site Tweak: Scrolling Headline Pages

26 April 2018

First, thanks for your feedback on the test version of our independently scrolling columns on the headline pages. The scrollers won in a landslide. So last night we refreshed all the headline pages (current and archival) with the new scrolling CSS.

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DNP DS-RXH1S Firmware Update Enables 6x6 Prints

25 April 2018

DNP has released firmware version 2.06 for its DS-RX1HS printer to produced 6x6-inch square prints on the high speed printer.

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DNP Updates Snap Lab Software

25 April 2018

DNP has released a major software update for the SL620A Snap Lab and DS-Tmini. Version 3.3 of the software features enhanced panoramic printing, 2x6-inch photo strip printing, order deletion and improved security.

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Instagram Updates Terms, Data Policy

25 April 2018

In an email to its users this morning, Instagram announced "some changes to our Terms and Data Policy." The update was prompted by the need to "reflect that Facebook Inc. is responsible for Instagram," the email said.

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Around The Horn

25 April 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 Sim Chi Yin, a loincloth, Roger Ballen, procrastination, an Ansel Adams mystery and transience.

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Deals: Photoshop Elements 40 Pct. Discount

24 April 2018

Both Amazon and B&H are offering either the Mac or Windows version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 for $59.99 today, a $40 discount on a new license.

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Around The Horn

24 April 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 Socotra, the Sony A7III, Darktable and Flickr/Smugmug.

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Ninth Circuit: Animals Cannot Sue Humans

24 April 2018

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today ruled that Naruto, the Crested Macaque monkey famous for taking a selfie, cannot sue David Slater for copyright infringement. The court found that, unlike corporations, animals are not humans.

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Adobe Releases Lightroom Classic 7.3.1

24 April 2018

Adobe has released Lightroom Classic CC v7.3.1 to address issues discovered in the last release. In addition, the company posted All About Profiles: How Profiles Work and Making Your Own.

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Book Bag: Eyes Of The Heart

23 April 2018

There's an old joke we never tire of hearing about asking the right question. "May I smoke in church?" asks the parishioner of the priest. "No, it's an insult to the Almighty," came the reply. "May I pray when I smoke?" asks a second parishioner. "Of course, my son!"

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Around The Horn

23 April 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 state dinners, light painting, a child's camera, learning to drone, Flickr, printing film images, Uebersicht, a Rocky Nook sale and DxO Labs.

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Matinee: '8328'

21 April 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

21 April 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 Ecuadorean Amazon, the pigeon camera, Mas De Garrigue and resizing images.

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SmugMug To Acquire Flickr

20 April 2018

SmugMug has announced it has agreed to purchase Flickr, the online photo management and sharing application. Following the close of the transaction, the brands will continue to operate as separate entities, providing photographers with both "a place to fit in and a place to stand out," the company said.

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Friday Slide Show: Viansa

20 April 2018

Once upon a time we kept the Rumbalino garaged in Sonoma and would visit it there on a weekend now and then. We never used the kitchen in the adjoining house because the house was vacant and there were no staples on the shelves. So we would stop along the way to buy lunch.

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Around The Horn

20 April 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 Great Wall, Killer whales, prison life, Photo Studio AR, the Gila National Forest and Nikon nostalgia.

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2018 Sony World Photography Awards Winners Announced

19 April 2018

The World Photography Organization has named the winners of the 2018 Sony World Photography Awards at a London ceremony. Photographer of the Year, professional category winners and the Open, Youth and Student winners were announced.

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Phase One Releases Capture One 11.1

19 April 2018

Phase One has released Capture One Pro 11.1 with a new support platform, improved styles and presets and a normalization tool. In addition, the new release supports new cameras from Fujifilm, Leica, Olympus, Panasonic and Sony as well as new lenses from Canon, Leica, Sony and Tamron. Tethered support for Sony cameras now permits camera control from an iOS device.

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Meyer-Optik-Gorlitz Kickstarts APO Plasmat 105 f2.7

19 April 2018

German lens manufacturer Meyer-Optik-Gorlitz has launched a Kickstarter campaign to revive and modernize the Plasmat 105mm lens.

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Around The Horn

19 April 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 Michael McCoy, the Hubble at 28, a Carmelite ceiling and Iceland.

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Around The Horn

18 April 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 ship hulls, fish, blue bottles, Raw editing on phones and a focus stacking problem.

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Neighbors

17 April 2018

Once upon a time -- and it wasn't long ago -- we walked by the yellow house and saw an older fellow installing the white picket fence, board by board. It got a fresh coat of paint and made a happy little scene.

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Around The Horn

17 April 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 Kost in Berlin, Ethiopia's Danakil Depression, rare Dorothea Lange photos, the Fujifilm X-A5 and the Sony 12-24mm f4G lens.

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Pulitzer Winners In Photography Announced

16 April 2018

Among the Pulitzer Prizes announced today were two photography honors in the categories of Breaking News and Feature Photography, each of which carry awards of $10,000.

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Achenbach's Ganz Moves To The Getty

16 April 2018

The Getty Museum has announced the appointment of James A. Ganz to Senior Curator of Photographs. He will join the Getty in July after 10 years at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, where he served as Curator of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.

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Around The Horn

16 April 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 Speed Project, Nina Leen, memory card options, visual note taking, digitizing old film, strobing the sun and the Stamp Lady.

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Matinee: 'Sanderson to Brackettville'

14 April 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

14 April 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 Anne Wilkes Tucker, Anja Niemi, stylized wedding photoshoots, checking a camera bag and Lloyd Chambers.

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The Scrolling Home Page Experiment +

13 April 2018

After tinkering with it for a while, we just can't decide whether or not we prefer it. That would be the experimental Scrolling Home Page we recently mentioned we have been working on.

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Friday Slide Show: Two Rocks

13 April 2018

For a long time we've kept two rocks by our side. They have outlived our typewriters and computers and quite a few pens and pencils, too. One of them we acquired in 1973 and the other in 2003, in different centuries on different continents.

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MindShift Gear Announces BackLight 18L Daypack

13 April 2018

MindShift Gear has announced an 18-liter version of its BackLight series, the $199.99 BackLight 18L rear-panel backpack. This smaller, lightweight daypack enables you to access gear without taking off the backpack. Just rotate the bag to the front while the waist belt is still secured.

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Around The Horn

13 April 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 skateboarding, wrestling, two Art lenses, oxalis and Watson chargers.

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Ronaldo Schemidt Wins World Press Photo of the Year Award

12 April 2018

At its annual Awards Show in Amsterdam, the World Press Photo Foundation announced Ronaldo Schemidt has won its Photo of the Year Award.

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Around The Horn

12 April 2018

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at China, Scotland, Instagram, printing photos, a Luminar bundle and a Photo Mechanic deal.

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A Double Twist

11 April 2018

We not only edit Photo Corners, we read it. And when we read about Olympus' 2x digital zoom in a recent Around The Horn, we dug up the manual for our E-PL1 to see about it.

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Around The Horn

11 April 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 Brassai, the 1918 Flu Pandemic, Blockchain and exporting a still from video.

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MindShift Gear Announces Exposure Shoulder Bags

10 April 2018

MindShift Gear has announced its Exposure 15 and 13 shoulder bags designed with the outdoor photographer in mind. Holding less gear but offering quicker access than a backpack, they can quickly be swiveled to access other lenses and bodies.

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Around The Horn

10 April 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 Meteora, squatting, ring lights and the OVF vs. EVF battle.

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Leica Announces Super Vario Elmar SL 16-35/3.5-4.5

9 April 2018

Leica has announced its Super Vario Elmar SL 16-35/3.5-4.5 ASPH. zoom lens as well as an SL firmware update coming April 23. The new ultra wide-angle lens rounds out the current zoom lens portfolio for the SL family which now covers a range of focal lengths from 16 to 280mm.

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Around The Horn

9 April 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 luchadores, Ray Simone, a 2x digital zoom to love, Photo Camp and the lost Warhols.

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Matinee: Renato D'Agostin's '7439'

7 April 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

7 April 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 Geoff Dyer on Garry Winogrand, Pond5, photo detritus and baseball in Cuba.

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Friday Slide Show: Spring Poppies

6 April 2018

Piove. It's raining. The Italian (pee-OH-vay) for some reason always strikes us as more definitive. Perhaps because when it rained in Liguria it meant the oppressive humidity would drop. So we would look out the window and say, with some relief, "Piove."

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Around The Horn

6 April 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 Maxime Fossat in Madagascar, John Moore at the border, revisiting a scene, using Capture One Pro with Luminar and designing the 2019 Mac Pro.

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Olympus Brings PEN E-PL9 To North America

5 April 2018

Olympus announced it has brought its PEN E-PL9 mirrorless camera to North America. The E-PL9, announced in February, features 4K video with an option to extract stills, 121-point contrast detection autofocus, built-in WiFi and always-on Bluetooth LE and 16 art filters.

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Capture One Launches 'Dedication' Photo Competition

5 April 2018

Capture One has launched a photography competition on social media open to photographers around the world as part of its Dedication Campaign, aimed at showcasing the inspiration behind the images photographers create.

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Redondo, Hegen Win BJP Drone Award

5 April 2018

The British Journal of Photography has awarded its 2018 Drone Photography Award to Markel Redondo and Tom Hegen. Redondo's Sand Castles (Part II) explores the estimated 3.4 million deserted houses in Spain. Hegen's Salt Series documents salt production across Europe.

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Around The Horn

5 April 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 April blossoms, two 15mm lenses, Markus Brunetti, Elad Lassry and Peak Design's new store.

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The Stone Wall

4 April 2018

Little kids like to pile one thing on top of another. "What are you doing?" we ask. "Building," they reply seriously. The illusion persists until their pile collapses in a heap. They weren't really building anything after all. They were playing.

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Around The Horn

4 April 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 Martin Luther King Jr., Balkan land mines, Marilyn Monroe, street photography tips, the $11 Wein WP1000 Flashmeter and macOS 10.13.4 disabling external monitors.

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Site Tweak: Of Scrollbars And Buttons

3 April 2018

As we mentioned in our archive story, we've been experimenting with a new home page layout that allows the left and right content sections to scroll independently while keeping the masthead and footer visible.

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Adobe Updates Camera Raw, Lightroom, Photoshop

3 April 2018

At the heart of Adobe's updates to its Photography Plan heavyweights Lightroom and Photoshop is the inclusion of more powerful profiles for Raw files and a new suite of Creative profiles in Adobe Camera Raw. At the same time, the company tweaked the desktop and mobile applications in minor but important ways.

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Nick Hannes Wins 2018 Zeiss Photography Award

3 April 2018

Belgian photographer Nick Hannes has been award the 2018 Zeiss Photography Award for his series Garden of Delight exploring "globalization and capitalism and raising questions about authenticity and sustainability." The World Photo Organization also recognized the work of nine other photographers.

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Around The Horn

3 April 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 Holy Week, Sydney, Jorge Alva, night photograph, the Sigma 14mm f1.8 HSM Art lens, hosting sites and Gnarbox 2.0 SSD.

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Around The Horn

2 April 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 North Korean defectors, a rare shot of James Mattis, Edward Weston's kitchen, the iPhone as accessory, Icelandic mountains and having your photos printed.

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Happy Easter, Passover, April Fools' Day!

1 April 2018

So if we understand the ground rules, the best way to enjoy today's triple threat is to spend the morning celebrating Easter with an egg hunt or prosecco-sodden brunch, the afternoon still at the table celebrating Passover by telling a few stories and the evening doing something silly to amaze your foolish friends.

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March Archived

1 April 2018

We've just updated the Archive with the 74 stories we published during March in Volume 7 Number 3 of Photo Corners. We've must have saved entire forests by publishing exclusively online since 2012.

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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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