Photo Corners 2023 headlines archive bests books calendar

Enhancing the enjoyment of taking pictures with news that matters, features that entertain and images that delight. Published frequently.

C O N T A C T • S P O N S O R S H I P • S U B S C R I B E • F O L L O W • A B O U T

December

Happy New Year!

31 December 2023

There is always something a little sad about a happy new year. Much as we look forward to what the future may bring, we can't help but regret we have to leave the past behind.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Journey as a Photographer'

30 December 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 December 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 Getty's best, Time's best, the AP in Latin America, Francesca Jones and a guy with a hobby.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: New Muni Metro Stations

29 December 2023

This month we took two trips downtown for the first time in years. On our latest excursion we used the new branch of Muni Metro running from Union Square to Chinatown. We took the trip with our Olympus E-PL1 with 14-42mm II R kit lens.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 December 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 Spain's Royal Tapestry Factory, Lahaina, water damaged prints Terry White's favorite gadgets and upgrading from Mohave to Apple Silicon.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 December 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 learning from film cameras, Wild Lives, fill flash, lens quality and Public Domain Day.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 December 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 Tristram Kenton, climate change, 10 years of Harold Davis, Robin Wong and 21 famous photographers.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 December 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 Sports Photos of the Year, the Year in Arts, Harold Davis, Nathan Khalsa, Thom Hogan, success, LensCulture's best and a KEH discount.

Keep Reading »

Merry Christmas

25 December 2023

Parents have it rough Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The work starts late and spans two days. Sometimes you wonder if all those batteries they bought were really just to keep them going.

Keep Reading »

Tracking Santa in 2023

24 December 2023

Oh, we didn't forget about tracking Santa this year. We just went out to dinner for Christmas Eve. After all, around here, Santa doesn't swing by until we're in bed.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'The Christmas Song'

23 December 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 December 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 remembering those we lost, photos of the week, winter and kit lenses.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Ornaments

22 December 2023

New tree, same ornaments. But a different camera. We were interested to see how the iPhone 15 Pro Max would do on what has always been a tough assignment.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 December 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 America, the week in pictures, Masters Underwater Imaging Competition winners, Johnson Publishing photos, Pentax's film project, scanning with a camera and the best new products.

Keep Reading »

December Sunset

21 December 2023

We have been enjoying some spectacular sunsets this fall. The sun, which usually sets to the right of our picture window, now takes center stage.

Keep Reading »

Cyme's FindMySnap Released for macOS

21 December 2023

Cyme has released its FindMySnap application for macOS, joining the version already available for iOS. This application can locate any image based on text descriptions, using Cyme's image recognition technology.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 December 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 Siân Davey, Alex Vasyliev, Harold Davis and John Grande.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 December 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 last week in pictures, Nordic winter, the Eggnog Project, International Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards winners, the Mac Mini M2 Pro and the impact of AI.

Keep Reading »

Cyme Releases Peakto 1.10

20 December 2023

Cyme has released Peakto 1.10. its Mac photo cataloger, with a revamped photo ingestion experience to connect to photos twice as quickly and perform batch operations for immediately, eliminating the need to wait for full ingestion.

Keep Reading »

Christmas Tree Shadow

19 December 2023

It was a little after three in the morning. Since our graduate schools days when we worked as a campus security guard from midnight to 6 a.m., we're in the habit of walking the beat at least once in the middle of the night. And so we did.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 December 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 Reykjanes Peninsula volcano, the year in pictures, macro photography, intentional motion blur, five things and the Pentax Film Project.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 December 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 RSPCA Young Photographer Awards, Georgia, configuring the Nikon Zf, the Pentax Film Project camera, World War I images and memories.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Collection in Focus: Peter Hujar'

16 December 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 December 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 Frida Kahlo, Lisa Carney, NONS Instax Back, saving old photos and LuLa's new editor.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Folds of Comfort

15 December 2023

We found ourselves at a bedside waiting for an oxygen supply situation to be resolved. The order was for 15 liters a minute but the two oxygen machines that had been delivered were both only 5 liter machines, delivering a total of just 10.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 December 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 woven portraits, favorite photobooks, old family photos, Lightrooom Develop module tips, educating clients and Joe Cornish.

Keep Reading »

A Belated Beaujolais Nouveau

14 December 2023

One of the small pleasures we enjoy each year is the release of Beaujolais Nouveau in November. It's the first wine made from this year's French harvest.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 December 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 winter, animal street photography, Red Bull Illume winners, Margaret Lampert, software, Manual mode, top rented products, the Pocket Tripod and Hasselblad Masters.

Keep Reading »

Let It Snow

13 December 2023

Without snow there would be no snowmen. So, we say, let it snow. Let it snow, let it snow.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 December 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 show birds, the Nikon Zf, Foveon Merrill color accuracy, the Godox Lux Senior Retro flash, adaptive photography equipment, trust, finding big birds and Datacolor.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 December 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 Alabama, the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, Summit Journal, a subversive metaphoto, Capture One Express, the gift of a camera and Luminous Landscape.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 December 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's week, Andriana Nativio, Lydia Ho, Roy DeCarava, A Cambridge Diary, a 50-year-old Nikkormat's secrets, a Voigtlander 75mm lens, digital vs. film, USB charging and next year.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: The Eyes Photography Contest

9 December 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 December 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 Philip Am Guay, bounce flash, stuff breaking, entropy and photography mitts.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Reading Table

8 December 2023

The angle of the sunlight is lower here this time of year, allowing it to sneak through the blinds and light up the bunker in charming ways. Taking a break the other day, we just had to stop and take a few snapshots of the little reading table next to our reading chair.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 December 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 Pompeii, Northern Lights, Iris van Kerpen, David Williams, LaserSoft deals and KEH discounts.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 December 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 Royal Society Publishing photography competition, LensCulture's B&W awards, a U2 spy plane photo shoot, documenting SpaceX's Starship launch, portrait advice, the TTArtisan 90mm f1.25 and Joe McNally.

Keep Reading »

Book Bag: No Ordinary Assignment

6 December 2023

Jan Ferguson has distinguished herself as a war correspondent for her bravery as well as her empathy. You may recognize her as the Irish blonde on the PBS NewsHour who talks Arabic to the people of Afghanistan and the Middle East. But she has also worked for Al Jezeera and CNN.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 December 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 Europe in 2023, Time's top photos, outfitting a darkroom, starting a club, digital photo frames, the Lancaster Watch Camera and Printique.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 December 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 Asia, medical challenges, Z System compatibility, reluctant portraits and Salvador Daí's studio.

Keep Reading »

Quick Fix: EVF

4 December 2023

Imagine our surprise the other day when we bounded down to the bunker like a happy dog only to find our Lowepro Trekker had fallen from its little table to the hardwood floor. If not surprise, horror.

Keep Reading »

BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition Opens

4 December 2023

The California Academy of Sciences is now accepting submissions for the 2024 BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition. In its 11th year, the competition focuses on the wonders of the natural world and the importance of striving for a healthier planet.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 December 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's Week in Pictures, India, Lisa Murray, the TArtisan 90mm f1.25, a mystery portrait, ecosystems, a chemical photography reference collection and business relationships.

Keep Reading »

Photo Mechanic Delays Switch to Subscriptions

2 December 2023

In a blog post yesterday, Camera Bits' founder Dennis Walker announced the company's decision "to delay the launch of the subscription program while we make some updates" based on recent feedback.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: International Color Awards

2 December 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 December 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 Sandra Day O'Connor, AP's Year in Photos, macro converters, Harman Phoenix film and "authentic".

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Still Life

1 December 2023

Make photographs. That advice isn't on any of the caretaker sites we've visited as we try to find better ways to take care of Mom. But it's what we learned visiting Gina Martin's site The Bob and Diane Fund, named for her parents.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Elliott Erwitt

1 December 2023

Elliott Erwitt, whose freelance photography captured American political history, starlets in the spotlight, whimsy and humor, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 95.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Larry Fink

1 December 2023

Larry Fink, who photographed American royality and rural life alike, died on Saturday at his home in Martins Creek, Pa., of complications from kidney disease and Alzheimer's. He was 82.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 December 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 Arthur Tress, Yuni Yoshida, movies about Tish Murtha and Lee Miller, a photography road trip, December opportunities and the World Press Photo Contest.

Keep Reading »

November Archived

1 December 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 11 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 11 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 157 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 56 stories.

Keep Reading »

November

Play Ball

30 November 2023

See, this is what happens. You're driving to an isolated mailbox where you know you can pull over to the curb. You toss the bills you've just paid into the box and look up. And there's a picture.

Keep Reading »

Epson Announces SureLab Pro Minilab Printer

30 November 2023

Epson has announced its SureLab D1070DE Minilab Photo Printer with automated double-sided printing engineered for on-site printing at fulfillment labs, photo studios, retail operations and entertainment venues.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 November 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 Nutcracker, People's Park, Andy Anderson, the Artralab 14mm f2.8, a Lightroom workflow, Harvey Stearn and the Fujifilm GFX 100 II.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 November 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 Rosalynn Carter, Worldwide Photo Walk winners, Sandy Skoglund, the Mint Instantflex TL70 Plus, a case study, Foveon image processing and marketing methods.

Keep Reading »

An iPhone Sunset

29 November 2023

When we spy a sunset out the window that sets off our photography alarm, we dash down to the bunker to grab a Nikon or Olympus camera, which have long zooms, and rush back up to line up the shot.

Keep Reading »

Sony to Offer Custom Gridline Option For Alpha Bodies

28 November 2023

Sony has announced it will offer a new custom gridline license for the Alpha 7 IV and other Alpha camera bodies. The new license, which will cover up to four customized original gridlines, will be available in March 2024.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 November 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 North Korea, the Jollylook Eye, Retrobatch, a gift idea, sample variation revisited and The Online Photographer.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 November 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 Environmental Photographer of the Year, Abelardo Morell, Harold Davis, Lys Arango, Foveon crunchiness and white borders.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn: Cyber Monday

27 November 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. Our traditional Cyber Monday Horn looks at a few unusual shopping resources with links to their deals. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: Watson's Kyrgyzstan

25 November 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 November 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's Week in Pictures, Ocean Photographer of the Year, cowboy boots, the Faroe Islands, Akbar Mehrinezhad, Black Friday shoppers and the Fujifilm GF 100-200mm.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Gratitude

24 November 2023

We're sitting on the couch after making our heat-and-serve turkey dinner (which turned out pretty well). Watching the Seattle Seahawks succumb. Planning to whip some heavy cream and slice that pumpkin pie after the game.

Keep Reading »

Harvey Posts ExifTool 12.70 Production Release

24 November 2023

Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v12.70, the first production release since v12.60 on April 5. This release, which marks the 20th anniversary of the intitial ExifTool release, is available three formats, including a Windows executable and Macintosh OS X package.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 November 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 Emily Garthwaite, a 35mm f2.0 Biogon lens, Harold Davis, artists, traveling with camera gear and WPO prohibits generative AI.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn: Black Friday

24 November 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. Our traditional Black Friday Horn looks at a few unusual shopping resources with links to their deals. As always, shopping with our affiliates helps support this site.

Keep Reading »

Happy Thanksgiving

23 November 2023

And just like that -- in a flash -- it's over and you are alone on Thanksgiving. That's what we were thinking yesterday as we dashed around running the usual Wednesday errands before we rolled up our sleeves and tried to put something together for Thanksgiving.

Keep Reading »

Sony, AP Test In-Camera Authenticity Tech

22 November 2023

Sony has completed a second round of testing for its in-camera authenticity technology with Associated Press. The technology provides a machine-based digital signature made inside the camera at the moment of capture in the hardware chipset.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 November 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 autumn, Sugimoto and Daido Moriyama retrospectives, an emotional support camera, the Fujifilm GF 100-200mm zoom and Gigli's Girls in the Windows.

Keep Reading »

Rip Van Winkle Buys an iPhone 15

21 November 2023

We've never been shy about identifying our iPhone shots as iPhone 6 Plus images. It was the first iPhone to offer image stabilization and with some judicious editing in Camera Raw, we always liked what we saw at these sizes.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 November 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 Rosalynn Carter, Florence Iff, Vital Impacts, FujiXweekly, Aperture libraries, Trails Magazine and bad clients.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 November 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 +Mongolia's herders, Roger Deakins, Elena Helfrecht, Thom Hogan, a Fujifilm fix, disposable cameras and affiliate cash.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'The Sierra Gold'

18 November 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 November 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's Week in Pictures, the Natural Landscape Photography Awards, 40 famous fashion photos, an Osaka traffic jam and Chinese lenses.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Argus C3

17 November 2023

We learned how to develop film as a lithographer, only getting into continuous tone photography long after we had mastered halftones. It seemed inevitable.

Keep Reading »

Love the Photos of Your Kids But

17 November 2023

We have been looking at photos of kids since, well, we were a kid. Which amounts to a lifetime by now.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 November 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 Danny Lyon, Søren Solkær, Yael Martinez, Grace Weston, PhotoDater AI and your kit.

Keep Reading »

Cyme Announces FindMySnap for iOS

16 November 2023

Cyme has announced FindMySnap a new photo app for the iPhone that features an image search engine which excels in image recognition. Seamlessly integrated with the iPhone's photo library, FindMySnap can find images based on a simple description or theme.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 November 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 images of war, guilty pleasures, Paul Nicklen, DALL-E 3 and ACDSee Photo Studio.

Keep Reading »

The Burghers of Calais

15 November 2023

We have long wandered among the larger-than-life statues of The Burghers of Calais by August Rodin, often with a camera. Long before we knew their story, we admired his rendering of their torment. Who were these people in chains? What fate befell them?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 November 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 Suitcase Joe, remote portraits, being there, a $68K contract and Sonoma backup errors.

Keep Reading »

WPO Honors Salgado With Outstanding Contribution Award

14 November 2023

The World Photography Organization has announced Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado as the Outstanding Contribution to Photography recipient of the Sony World Photography Awards 2024.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 November 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 Minidoka, Del Cielo, Michella Bredahl, Brian Kelly, four new Lightroom videos, a 100-400mm lens and Vision Pro.

Keep Reading »

Update: Manfrotto CFexpress Card Reader

13 November 2023

We reviewed the Manfrotto CFexpress Card Reader a year ago and since that time have been using it with a CFexpress card as a portable external drive.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 November 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 Japanese vases, Sony features, a photographer's man cave, the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera, storing prints and Getty's Unshuttered contest.

Keep Reading »

Veterans Day

11 November 2023

Our era has brought combat home. From the Vietnam War on our black-and-white television sets to the Israel-Hamas conflict on our phones, we can see combat from guerrilla warfare to aerial bombardment to targeted missile attacks.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: Stacy Pearsall's Veterans Portrait Project

11 November 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 November 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, AP's Week in Pictures, the best camera and Google Photos.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: All Souls

10 November 2023

The news has been unrelentingly dismal for weeks now. Just when we thought nothing could surpass the brutality of the Russian bombardment of Ukraine, the Middle East erupts in barbarity and the inevitable response to it.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 November 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 Comedy Wildlife Photography Contest, Peter Dazeley, Chang W. Lee, criss-cross stairs, Andrew Moore, Mixbook, a food stylist and photographing fish in tanks.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 November 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 U.K. Landscape Photographer of the Year, Rob Gregory, Harold Davis, Lightroom, painting a studio, digitizing film, Andrew Molitor and a new magazine.

Keep Reading »

Scale

8 November 2023

Walking down the hill one morning last month, we stopped to snap this image. St. Cecilia's church stands in the foreground, its church tower breaking the line of the horizon, while a cargo ship waits to enter the bay through the Golden Gate and, on this clear morning, the Farallon Islands some 34 miles away are clearly visible.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 November 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 Nature Conservancy Photo Contest, Paris Photo, Corinne Dufka, Euclid Telescope images, working with catalogs, reaction to Sony's A9 III, cable management, incomes and the LensCulture Art Photography contest.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 November 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 Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize, a Tuck slide show, sports photographers, Annie Leibovitz for IKEA and Hogan on Sony.

Keep Reading »

Sony Announces A9 III, 300mm f2.8 G Master Lens +

7 November 2023

Sony has announced this spring will bring the Alpha 9 Mark III, a full-frame mirrorless camera with a global shutter, a 300mm f2.8 G Master lens and firmware updates during an early morning presentation today.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Helen Marcus

6 November 2023

Helen Marcus, whose portraits of the famous made them immortal, died Oct. 1 at her home in Manhattan, the city of her birth. She was 97.

Keep Reading »

Phase One, Quantum, Trimble Combine for Aerial Surveying Solution

6 November 2023

Phase One, in collaboration with Quantum Systems and Trimble, has announced a next-generation drone surveying product for the modern surveyor. The Phase One P5 128-megapixel camera, designed for survey grade applications, has been integrated into the Quantum Systems Trinity Pro mapping drone and the Trimble Business Center surveying workflow.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 November 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 Carolyn Drake, Zoe Norfolk, Justin Bastien, keeping gear safe, Ken Narula, Thom Hogan, the M3 iMac, Ric Ford and the World Press Photo Contest.

Keep Reading »

Fall Back

4 November 2023

You might want to stay up with your favorite stimulant before you turn in 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.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Bea Nettles'

4 November 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 November 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 Israel-Gaza conflict, Samar Abu Elouf, Anthony Edralin and Chris Gunn.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: True Hue

3 November 2023

Carlo Collodi's 1881 serial Le Avventure di Pinocchio introduced the world to a wooden puppet whose nose grew when he lied, carved by a lonely woodworker named Geppetto. The puppet eventually became a real boy, but it wasn't easy. Lies are so convenient. Until they aren't.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 November 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 Hall of Fame Awards, Print of the Week, the Leica M6, RAW+JPEG and incomes.

Keep Reading »

Canon Introduces Three RF Zooms

2 November 2023

Canon has announced three RF zoom lenses, including the RF-S10-18mm f4.5-6.3 IS STM, the RF24-105mm f2.8 L IS USM Z and the RF200-800mm f6.3-9 IS USM. Details follow.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 November 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 Rick Wenner, leading flagship cameras compared, imitation, dialing in a camera, Leica M film cameras and women in street photography.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 November 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 BirdLife Australia, Nadine Ijewere, Yubin, the Israeli hostage poster, 4,000 glass plates, setting up an Epson P900 and an autistic photographer.

Keep Reading »

October Archived

1 November 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 10 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 15 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 169 items of interest), 1 review and 1 site note for a total of 57 stories.

Keep Reading »

October

Happy Halloween

31 October 2023

We spied these three pumpkins from across the street. We had the equivalent of a 300mm lens in our hands so we zoomed in and took the shot. We knew we'd have enough pixels for a 500-pixel image here.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

31 October 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 Philip Perdue, African womanhood, the M3 era, camera-to-smartphone apps, Internet speed, prom tips, incomes, Metamer 1.3 and an AI Copyright judgment.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 October 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's Week in Pictures, Bali, the stateless, Dougie Wallace, Mario Heller, Day of the Dead, Chiabella James and Bryan Troll.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'My Beloved Greece'

28 October 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 October 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, older women, Stéphane Arnaud, Kirk Tuck and incomes.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Halloween

27 October 2023

We miss our daily walks around the neighborhood with a camera hanging from our wrist just in case we see something we want to see again and again. So we made a point of taking a couple of walks yesterday to see the Halloween decorations on both sides of Portola.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Now Integrates FotoMagico

27 October 2023

Cyme and Boinx have announced the integration of Peakto with Fotomagico, adding the cataloging software's organizational power to the slide show software's storytelling ability.

Keep Reading »

Camera Bits to Host Free Webinar With Jeff Vogan

27 October 2023

Camera Bits has announced its free webinar Advanced Workflow with Jeff Vogan featuring Photo Mechanic for Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. PST.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 October 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 mushrooms, Anne Eder, postage stamps, black-and-white conversions and incomes.

Keep Reading »

Leica Announces the M11-P with CAI Technology

26 October 2023

Leica has announced the M11-P featuring technology from the Content Authenticity Initiative to sign images with CAI information as part of the metadata. "This is the world's first camera with this technology integrated into it," the company said.

Keep Reading »

Leica Introduces Summicron-M 28 f2 ASPH. Prime Lens

26 October 2023

Leica has announced an update to its Summicron-M 28 f2 ASPH. featuring a new body design and a built-in lens hood that extends or retracts with a twist.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 October 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 ecology, Atacama, organogenesis, ProjectSeeThrough, headshots, Nikkors, value, Sonoma 14.1, a legacy and culture.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 October 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 Mangrove Photography Awards, Royal Photographic Society Awards, Australian aerials, street photography, buying used, black point subtraction and a big contract.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 October 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 Ian Parry Photojournalism Grants, Hiroshi Sugimoto, byThom Botswana workshop blog, the Nikon Z f, good read noise and GenAI's effect on photography.

Keep Reading »

Ingestor Adds Image Capture +

23 October 2023

Software, we have pointed out, evolves. Inevitably. It's a product of intelligence and intelligence is not static. So as we use something we've written, we see ways to make it even better.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 October 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 Thein Zaw, Jaroslav Kučera, church Bingo, momtographers, a picture a day, new Lightroom presets, a Twist 60 sale, a $40 USB-C hub, a Capture One webinar and Ric Ford.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Feeding Time'

21 October 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 October 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, Pomfret, Leibovitz at work, a digital tech's income and taking stock.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Garden

20 October 2023

Vast as the Pacific Ocean is, comforting as its unchanging presence may be, there is nothing quite like unlocking your back door and stepping out into the wild world of one's own garden.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 October 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 Sculpture by the Sea, beef, upscaling, incomes and sadness.

Keep Reading »

Leica Adds 14-24mm and 21mm SL System Lenses

19 October 2023

Leica has announced two ultra-wide-angle SL-System lenses: the Super-Vario-Elmarit-SL 14–24mm f2.8 ASPH. and Super-APO-Summicron-SL 21mm f2 ASPH. As L-mount lenses, they are compatible with Leica SL cameras and L-mount mirrorless cameras from Sigma, Panasonic and others in the L-Mount Alliance.

Keep Reading »

Adobe Releases Elements 2024

19 October 2023

We have always thought of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements as one product, which we call Elements. Your phone is adept at both and so is Elements. And for the $50 addition to get the bundle, it's always been our recommendation.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 October 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 Brazilian rainforest, Geoff Cardin, Ash Adams, Havana's once stately homes, Rahi Rezvani, sharper images, the Nikon Z f and cabbage.

Keep Reading »

Ingestor Goes Autopilot

18 October 2023

The last time we discussed Ingestor, our Keyboard Maestro mini app to ingest, convert, tag, organize and archive our image files, we suggested one future enhancement we might implement.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 October 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 wooden chairs, Annie Leibovitz, good enough, Jason Snell's Photos book and smiles.

Keep Reading »

Archiving a Year to DVDs

17 October 2023

Our backup routine is robust. Nightly Time Machine backups from all three laptops to a network drive plus FreeFileSync mirroring our main machine to our main backup machine plus our Mirror Mirror utility to copy to local external drives of important data.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 October 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 Nikon Small World contest, Magnum Square Print Sale, Emocean, Save for Web, Kodak Slide N Scan Scanner, the Nikon Z f, the Mammoth Camera, nerves and NFTs.

Keep Reading »

Quick Fix: The Morning Fog

16 October 2023

This morning we made a cappuccino to start the day, as we do every weekday, and looked out the window only to see the ocean had disappeared. The fog was lying low on the surface of the water.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 October 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 Israel-Hamas War, Helsinki Photo Festival, dancing, DxOMark's iPhone 15 Pro/Max tests and 100 years of Italian heritage.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: A Writing & Photography Workshop +

14 October 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 October 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 Epson International Pano Awards, a Sumo tournament, Adobe's Brooke Hopper on AI, the Leica CL and another income.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Thornton in the Sun

13 October 2023

The plan was to return to Thornton Beach to photograph the hang gliders and paragliders. But when we got there, nobody was riding the updrafts. Not a soul. Just one hawk being pestered by some ravens.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 October 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 Associated Press photos of the week, Ismail Ferdous, Wildlife Photography of the Year winners, the OM System Tough TG-7, IBIS on the Fujifilm GFX100 II, the art of conservation and limiting AI rights.

Keep Reading »

Epson Introduces SureColor P5370 17-Inch Printer +

12 October 2023

Epson has introduced its 17-inch SureColor P5370 professional printer featuring an improved printhead, a new ink set with an extended color gamut in dark blue hues, plus an advanced print engine for productivity, including sheet and roll capability. The new model replaces the SureColor P5000, the company said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 October 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 ethical photography, emerging talent, custom hats, edible plant seeds, newsstands, a new symbol for AI work, modeling agencies, Ctein and Spotcord.

Keep Reading »

Five Photographers Featured in Treasure Island Campaign

11 October 2023

The San Francisco Arts Commission and the Treasure Island Development Authority are presenting a special outdoor exhibition of 40 unique poster prints of images of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island captured by five Bay Area-based photographers: Cody Andresen, David Alan Boyd, John Chiara, Janet Delaney and Mido Lee.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Unveils 600mm Nikkor Z

11 October 2023

Nikon has announced the lightweight Nikkor Z 600mm f6.3 VR S. This latest S-Line prime lens, an S-Line super-telephoto prime lens that is made to be easily handheld.

Keep Reading »

Canon Announces RF10-20mm f4 L IS STM Zoom

11 October 2023

Canon has announced its lightweight RF10-20mm f4 L IS STM lens, a full-frame ultra wide-angle lens with new image stabilization technology, compact size and quiet STM focus drive motor.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 October 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 Santiago Borja, Lightroom updates, Lens Blur, Nikon Z telephoto options, camera frame cropping and incomes.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 October 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 Israel-Hamas War, Eugène Atget, Montreal in monochrome, a five-story pagoda, old portraits, types of portrait photography, incomes, losing interest, a mouse pad and the Pixel 8.

Keep Reading »

A Holiday For Everyone

9 October 2023

Whether you celebrate today as Columbus Day (the federal holiday) or Indigenous Peoples' Day (the grass roots alternative), you have to admit a sizable number of people are celebrating it differently from you.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Nan Goldin: Advice to the Young'

7 October 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 October 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, Reuben Wu, Kirk Tuck, sushi, Adobe MAX and ISOlessness.

Keep Reading »

Adobe MAX 2023 Announces Photography Sessions

7 October 2023

Adobe MAX, the creativity conference hosted by Adobe, will open next week with the preconference on Oct. 8 and 9 and the conference itself running from Tuesday, Oct. 10, to Thursday, Oct. 12.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Ronson Whirlwind

6 October 2023

We must have had these two Ronson Whirlwind lighters for 50 years. The leather covered one belonged to our cigar-smoking grandfather. He gave us the other one as a gift.

Keep Reading »

Bob & Diane Fund Hosts First Print Sale

6 October 2023

The Bob & Diane Fund is hosting its first Print Sale through Oct. 14 to continue its mission of bringing visual awareness to Alzheimer's and dementia.

Keep Reading »

KEH, Filmstock to Host Atlanta Analog Meetup

6 October 2023

KEH and The Darkroom Lab have announced Filmstock: The Analog Photography Meetup, a two-day free event for film photographers and analog photography enthusiasts on Oct. 6 and 7 at various locations in Atlanta.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 October 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 World Gymnastics Championships, the Marché Jean-Talon market, Kenrokuen Garden, action cameras, Frame.io, autumn and an iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max review.

Keep Reading »

Expertise

5 October 2023

After discovering some dry rot in the palace's trim, we dug it out, patched it and painted it yesterday. Then we confronted the impossible. How to reclose the paint can?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 October 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 kissas, Eric Kogan, canines, camera straps, hobbies, an embarrassing moment and photography-on-the.net.

Keep Reading »

Sigma Announces Compact APS-C 10-18mm, Full-Frame 70-200mm

5 October 2023

Sigma has announced its 10-18mm f2.8 DC DN Contemporary lens for the L-Mount, Sony E-mount and Fujifilm X Mount, which the company claims is "the world's smallest and lightest f2.8 zoom lens designed for APS-C format mirrorless systems." At the same time Sigma announced development of a 70-200mm f2.8 DG DN OS Sports zoom for full-frame cameras. Details follow.

Keep Reading »

Kraszna-Krausz Hosts Events for Book Awards Winners

5 October 2023

The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation has announced a screen talk with Moving Image Book winner Isaac Julien and a symposium with Photography Book winner Andi Galdi Vinko.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Adds Seamless Integration With ON1 Photo Raw

5 October 2023

Cyme has announced Peakto, its image cataloging application for macOS, now integrates seamlessly with ON1 Photo Raw. Peakto now integrates with ON1 Photo Raw, Lightroom Classic and Lightroom Cloud, Apple Photos, Luminar Neo, Capture One, Pixelmator Pro, DXO PhotoLab, DXO PureRaw, Aperture, iView Media and Instagram.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 October 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 Stuart Humphryes, Crew Café, incomes and Long Exposure Noise Reduction.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 October 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 Fay Godwin, Tamaki Yoshida, Retro Sydney, trees, carry-on tips and a used camera.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 October 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, Francesco Pennacchio, Alisa Martynova, a portrait of madness and October 2023 opportunities.

Keep Reading »

September Archived

1 October 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 9 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 15 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 158 items of interest), two reviews and two site notes for a total of 61 stories.

Keep Reading »

September

Site Tweak: Site Search

30 September 2023

We made a couple of tiny but necessary changes to the code that hands off the search criteria you enter from the Find option to the Bing/Brave/Duck Go Go/Google search engines.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Autumn'

30 September 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 September 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, the GFX 100 II's electronic shutter, Kevin Raber and Dianne Feinstein.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Menehune

29 September 2023

Earthquakes, fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes. What used to be a rare event has become common. We've noticed ourselves avoiding news of new disasters.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 September 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 images of Robin Hood's tree, a kamra-e-faoree, finding Sudek negatives, the Fujifilm GFX 100 II, Kurt Weston, 21 portraits, incomes and Apple's theft deterrence.

Keep Reading »

Gauri Gill Wins 10th Prix Pictet

28 September 2023

Indian photographer Gauri Gill has won the tenth cycle of the Prix Pictet, the global award for photography and sustainability, with an award of 100,000 Swiss Francs. Gill was selected from a shortlist of 12 photographers by an independent jury.

Keep Reading »

Excire Foto 2024 Released With AI Prompt Search

28 September 2023

Excire has released Excire Foto 2024, integrating its analytics module and improving its five artificial intelligence models to provide text searches, aesthetics rankings and more.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 September 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 Robin Hood's Tree, Kate Woodman, the point of sufficiency, green screens and Michael Gambon.

Keep Reading »

Test Drive: DxO PhotoLab 7

27 September 2023

DxO has released PhotoLab 7 with cinematic-style grading, local HSL edits, black-and-white workflow enhancements and revamped local adjustments.

Keep Reading »

Test Drive: DxO FilmPack 7

27 September 2023

DxO has released FilmPack 7, adding luminosity masking and five new modern analog film simulations along with 20 new digital effects, among other improvements. At the same time, the company announced it will give away 100 copies of Gary Zuercher's The Glow of Paris.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 September 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 Cewe photo contest winners, sensor sizes, a photography assistant and studio portrait tips.

Keep Reading »

DxO Releases 1,185 New Optics Modules

27 September 2023

DxO has released 1,185 new Optics modules with support for the Sony A6700 camera plus several super-telephoto prime lenses including Canon's RF 800mm and RF 1200mm lenses, Nikon's AF-S 800mm f5.6E and Sony's lightweight FE 70-200mm f4 Macro G OSS II. The release also includes Leica and Sigma lenses.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 135mm f1.8 S Plena

26 September 2023

Nikon has announced the rNikkor Z 135mm f1.8 S Plena derived from the Latin plenum, "which denotes the state of a space being completely full," the company said. The name reflects the lens' ability to "fulfill the user's creative vision with superior light gathering capability, beautiful, well-rounded bokeh and outstanding sharpness and clarity throughout the frame."

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 September 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 Austria's glaciers, the Balkans, Nolan Trowe, Joe McNally, the Getty's AI generator, Derrick Story, a call for mentors and Francis Hodgson on Erwin Olaf.

Keep Reading »

Through the Trunks

25 September 2023

Whatever "it" is that makes an image appealing is, well, elusive. "It" may not even be a singular attribute but different "its" for different people.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 September 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 Libya, Nikon Photo Contest winners, Liz Loh-Taylor, canoe championships, Giacomo d’Orlando, Carl Zeiss ZM lenses, ways to enjoy photography, iPhone 15 support notes and free Covid-19 tests.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Erwin Olaf

23 September 2023

Erwin Olaf Springvel, the Dutch photographer known simply as Erwin Olaf, died on Wednesday in Groningen, the Netherlands, from complications after a lung transplant to treat hereditary emphysema. He was 64.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Photography West'

23 September 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 September 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 Nature TTL contest winners, lost boys, Juan Carlos Castañda, an on-set photographer, happiness and an adventure.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Ancient Olives

22 September 2023

There is something contradictory about that headline. Olives as a food ought to be ripe but not ancient and yet olives as trees may certainly be ancient.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 September 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 Romanian fair, California's unsheltered community, the Nikon Z f, another income, portrait lenses and Michael Bierut on creativity.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 September 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 Ocean Photographer of the Year, Mayumi Suzuki, Matthew Brush, Kevin Rabor, macro photography, sunsets and retouching.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 September 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 Oktoberfest, New York street life, Harold Davis, layers tips and packing light.

Keep Reading »

BigPicture Publishes Book of Female Wildlife Photographer

20 September 2023

The California Academy of Sciences has published Seeing It All: Women Photographers Expose our Planet, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of its BigPicture photography exhibition, which opens Oct. 7.

Keep Reading »

Christie's Presents the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection

20 September 2023

NEW YORK -- Christie's has announced Photographs, an online auction featuring the Alan and Dorothy Press Collection that will be open for bids through Oct. 4.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Announces the Z f Full-Frame Mirrorless Retro +

19 September 2023

Nikon has announced its Z f, a full-frame mirrorless camera that mates its retro aesthetic with its next-generation technology from the Z 8 and flagship Z 9. Featuring an EXPEED 7 processing engine that enables an enhanced AF system, impressive speed and low-light capability, it also adds pixel-shift shooting, the most advanced in-body stabilization of any Z series camera, plus the addition of a dedicated monochrome mode.

Keep Reading »

Resolving a DNP Driver Problem

19 September 2023

When an update to macOS Ventura in July disabled our ability to print to the DNP DS-620A printer, we reported the issue to DNP and its PR agency. We also reported the issue here, with a little noting how long it was taking DNP to respond.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 September 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 lowriders, Jwst images, the Fujifilm GFX100 II, incomes, travel tripods and the square format.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 September 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 Baltimore, Alfredo Cunha, the Carl Zeiss 35mm f2.0 lens, the iPhone 15 Pro Max and the iPhone 15 Pro.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Hope in Black & White'

16 September 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 September 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 Tamás Andok, Paul Ratje, the Leica M240, free portraits and the photo grift.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Carved Bottle Stopper

15 September 2023

We inherited this fellow, whose job is to cork open bottles, from our grandfather. And we suspect it came from his father. And we guess it was brought to this country from Europe. Because things like this are just not what our contemporaries spend their time on.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Adds Luminar Neo Compatibility

15 September 2023

Cyme has announced compatibility of Peakto with Luminar Neo, making it a cataloging companion for Luminar Neo, as well as photo organization and viewing. "It takes things to the next level," the company said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 September 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 Astronomy Photographer of the Year, homeworkers of Tirupur, the Rugby World Cup, Texas beef, the Conservatory of Flowers, photo directors, Apple's iPhone, photo printers, the 15th Annual Worldwide Photo Walk and Julieanne Kost.

Keep Reading »

Shadow

14 September 2023

We were walking around the Lexus to retrieve the mail when we noticed the shadow the Japanese maple was throwing on the garage's diffused pane. That's lovely, we thought as we returned to the business at hand.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 September 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 cut food, Andreas Houmann, Jim Kasson, X-Pan and a contest.

Keep Reading »

OM System Announces Tough TG-7 Compact Digicam

13 September 2023

OM Systems has announced the Tough TG-7 digicam, featuring exceptional performance with 50-foot waterproof and 7-foot shockproof capabilities. Additional changes in the new model include the charging port, remote control capabilities, vertical video and interval shooting modes and a slightly lighter build.

Keep Reading »

Adobe Releases AI-powered Creative Cloud, Updates Price

13 September 2023

In a blog post today, Ashley Still announced the betas of Generative Fill and Generative Expand in Adobe Photoshop, Generative Recolor in Illustrator and Text to Image and Text Effects in Adobe Express are now out of beta and available in the full releases of those applications. Adobe Express Premium and Adobe Firefly have also been released as part of the Creative Cloud subscription.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 September 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 Libya, Mateusz Kowalik, Butterfly Ranunculus, Sara Hylton, Jay Maisel, Adobe AI, the Panasonic G9II and macOS Sonoma.

Keep Reading »

Fujifilm Introduces GFX100 II Medium Format Camera

12 September 2023

Fujifilm has announced its GFX100 II digital camera, the new GFX system flagship incorporating a 55mm large-format image sensor and Fujifilm's fifth generation X-Processor 5 image processing engine.

Keep Reading »

Fujifilm Announces New GFX Lenses, Roadmap

12 September 2023

Fujifilm has announced three new GFX medium-format lenses and updated it GFX roadmap. The new optics include two tilt/shift lenses and standard focal length lens (44mm equivalent).

Keep Reading »

Panasonic Announces the Lumix G9II

12 September 2023

Panasonic has announced the Lumix G9II digital mirrorless camera featuring a new sensor and Phase Detection Auto-Focus technology. It is also the first camera in the Micro Four Thirds Lumix G Series to feature PDAF technology, the company said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 September 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 Lee Miller, John Locher, that mug shot, a used Leica M240, the Mopria Alliance and managing AI.

Keep Reading »

Persnickety Box Archives Photos in Keepsake Boxes

11 September 2023

Persnickety Box has launched its online service to print 4x4-inch square photos from its iOS or Android app or your Google Photos account on silver halide paper with an expected life of 100 years. The Fujifilm prints are delivered in a handsome box.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 September 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 U.S. Open, 9/11, AP's week in pictures, Mongolian nomads, free portraiture, trick photography, camera market numbers and talking to new photographers.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Catherine Opie on Photographing Artists'

9 September 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 September 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, Trump's mug shot, Vello extension tubes, out-of-fashion photo trends and film photography.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Picture in Picture

8 September 2023

We took a few shots of the de Young Museum itself in 2012, which we converted to black-and-white and left percolating on our desktop for a few months hoping to find some companion images.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 September 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 Seeing Things, professional PR, a new portrait, Artisse and visual literacy.

Keep Reading »

Rocky Nook to Sponsor PhotoPills Online Event

7 September 2023

Rocky Nook has announced Take the Luck Out of Landscape Photography with PhotoPills, an online masterclass with Glenn Randall exploring the mobile-only photo-planning app.

Keep Reading »

Emergency Fix: The SD Card From Hell +

7 September 2023

Yesterday we popped the SD card we keep on our keychain into an iMac we were visiting and waited for it to appear on the Desktop. You know, as it has for years and years.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 September 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 Burning Man, Larry Fink, Chava Oropesa, photographing a music festival, film photography and learning to see.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 September 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 13 older photographers, Kim Praise, Marc Miller and Bettie Ringma, iphonography, camera straps and Bild Expo.

Keep Reading »

Sony Updates Camera Remote SDK

5 September 2023

Sony has announced updates to its Camera Remote software development kit to version 1.10 on Sept. 13 and version 1.11 in November. The updates includes features applicable to inspection/surveying, drone, e-commerce and video shooting applications, the company said. In addition the updates provide compatibility with the ILCE-7CR and ILCE-7CM2 in version 1.10 and ILX-LR1 in version 1.11.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 September 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 Bird Photographer of the Year, Andrew Kung, Striking Hollywood Workers, the Leica Oskar Barnack Award, shadows, museums and photography terms.

Keep Reading »

Labor Day

4 September 2023

Since it's a holiday and we don't work on holidays, we asked GPT-3.5 to tell us the importance of Labor Day in 2023.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Life Viewed From the Edge'

2 September 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 September 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 Preston Gannaway, Casey Sims, Pier Luigi Dodi, the good news and avoiding regrets.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Back to Schoul

1 September 2023

When school resumed the last week of August we were marching up and down the aisles at El Big Box store looking for nothing more exotic than shims. When you can escape a place like that with only $2 less in your pocket, you deserve a MacArthur Fellowship.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 September 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 photographic therapy, Obscura 4, Photoshop World, the Mitakon 135mm f2.5, CFexpress 4.0, testimony, digital photo frames, September opportunities and the U.S. Copyright Office.

Keep Reading »

August Archived

1 September 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 8 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 13 Features, eight commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 166 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 50 stories.

Keep Reading »

August

Around The Horn

31 August 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 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contenders, Photofairs NY, farm auctions, Nathan Wirth, the Nikon D6 and six lighting setups.

Keep Reading »

DxO Announces Nik 6 Collection Update

30 August 2023

If you've been waiting for DxO to complete its rewrite of the venerable Nik Collection it acquired from Google six years ago, you can stop waiting. The job has been done, standardizing the interface for the nine modules* and streamlining the user experience.

Keep Reading »

DxO Releases 1,574 new Optics Modules

30 August 2023

DxO has released 1,574 new Optics modules. The new modules include support for the new Canon R100 and the recently released Sony ZV-1 II. In addition, lens support now includes the Sony FE 50mm f1.4 GM, the Nikon Z 400mm f4.5 VR S and fast primes from Sigma for both Nikon Z DX and Sony FE cameras.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 August 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 fancy pigeons, Liverpool kids, Kirk Tuck, museum directors, Michael Leblanc and Tina Howe.

Keep Reading »

Adobe to Discontinue Syncing of Creative Cloud Files

29 August 2023

In an email today to Creative Cloud subscribers, Adobe announced it will discontinue syncing of local files in a Creative Cloud Files folder with Cloud storage at assets.adobe.com on Feb. 1, 2024.

Keep Reading »

Sony Announces Two New Alpha 7C Series Cameras +

29 August 2023

Sony has announced two new Alpha 7C series cameras: the Alpha 7C II and Alpha 7C R. Both models feature the same AI-processing unit and BIONZ XR processors found in Sony's latest interchangeable lens cameras.

Keep Reading »

Sony Introduces FE 16-36mm f2.8 GM II Zoom +

29 August 2023

Sony has announced its wide-angle G-Master FE 16-35mm f2.8 GM II zoom, a 35mm full-frame Alpha E-mount lens that covers focal lengths from 16mm to 35mm with a maximum aperture of f2.8 over the entire zoom range.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 August 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 doomed arctic explorers, Conveyor Studio, the state of photography, a lightweight Micro Four Thirds kit and landscape photography tips.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 August 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 space art, Bruce Davidson outtakes, the Oskar Barnack Award shortlist, Ben Geier, Tine Poppe, Raber on artificial intelligence, Thom Hogan, enjoyment and the ruined flower.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'A Depth into Printing'

26 August 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 August 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 documentary photography, slime molds and fungi, printing papers, lens flare and life advice.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Wine Corks

25 August 2023

Back in the days when our olfactory sense was sensitive to the pleasures of the world, we much enjoyed taking a sniff of the bottom of the cork from a freshly opened bottle of wine.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 August 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 de facto picture of the year", Bloop, PhotoPXL, the ugliest house ever, another job completed, advice for waiters and AI Chat.

Keep Reading »

Remember Magazines?

24 August 2023

We happened upon a rare sighting this week when we returned to our dentist's office. There on the wall was the old magazine rack, replenished with recent issues of Time, Golf Digest, Us, Parents, Eating Well and other titles lost to the mists of time.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 August 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 World Athletics Championships, Brooks Falls, drag queens, the Tamron 35-150mm, backup camera systems, a Z timeline, 120 photography articles and The Art and Craft of Photography conference.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Now Catalogs Lightroom Creative Cloud Images

24 August 2023

Cyme has announced the compatibility of Peakto 1.8.5 with Lightroom Creative Cloud, offering new features like AI-boosted search and photo centralization.

Keep Reading »

Hasselblad Announces XCD 4/28P Prime

23 August 2023

Hasselblad has announced the XCD 4/28P wide-angle lens with a 22mm equivalent focal length and f4.0 aperture optimized for street photography. Measuring 1.71 inches long and weighing 8.57 oz., it's the lightest and smallest lens of the Hasselblad X System.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 August 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 last week in pictures, Laurent Ballesta, Mari Katayama, unseen Kodachrome slides, Emmanuel Cole and color grading.

Keep Reading »

The Ladder

22 August 2023

In the hustle and bustle of repairing a 30-year-old garage door opener the other day, we paused to catch our breath and noticed the ladder framing the worn part resting on the garage floor. The light was just right.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 August 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 Kyiv, children, Grinnell, Smart Filters, the Nikon 50mm f1.2 S lens, the Promaster Chronicle tripod, Photomator and an AI copyright ruling.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 August 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 Marion Péhée, the Voigtlander 50mm f2.0 lens, the Nikon Z 5, autofocus, Reddit Photoclass 2024 and John Warnock.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Café Americano'

19 August 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 August 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 infrared, a ladder, the Falcam Maglink and Steve Huff's new camera.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Thornton Beach

18 August 2023

As kids playing ball all day without adult supervision at Westlake Park, we had zero interest in walking up the hill to the Thornton Beach overlook. That close to the Pacific and all we cared about was jump shots, touchdowns and home runs.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 August 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 LensCulture street photography awards, Africa, night sky photography gear, film supplies, JPEGmini Lightroom Plug-In and a Western Digital lawsuit.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Patrick Hamilton

17 August 2023

Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for the Associated Press and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 August 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 Stockton Sand Dunes, the Nikon 70-180mm f2.8, David Teran, Pier 24 Photography and open box deals.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 August 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 cycling, Barbie, Milky Way photos, dSLR upgrades, the Bagsmart camera bag, HP in court and buying a used Mac.

Keep Reading »

Looking North

15 August 2023

We roused ourselves for a late afternoon walk yesterday. It's been hard to get a walk in this year. Most of them have been through big box stores or malls looking for things that used to be for sale there.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 August 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 Lahaina, Lewis Miller, old family photos, Rodinal and paying assistants.

Keep Reading »

OM System Celebrates World Photography Day

14 August 2023

OM System has announced a week-long series of online events starting tomorrow, Aug. 15, to celebrate World Photography Day next Saturday.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 August 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 Women's World Cup fans, Phillip Toledano, Diamante, Shardana, noise reduction, the TTArtisans 90mm lens and strange things written.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: Pete Smyth Interview With Trish Lambe

12 August 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 August 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, Maui, Black California Dreamin' and disabled Canon scanners.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Canopies of Dew

11 August 2023

There are a lot of places we used to go in the city that we just haven't been back to for a while. The pandemic was the big reason. We used to get there by bus and public transit is a bad idea during a pandemic. Moreover, we have no inclination to drive to a spot where parking is frustrating if not impossible.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 August 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 special summer camp, monochrome conversions, Lightroom noise removal, prooject ideas, the rules and a photo competition where AI is the judge.

Keep Reading »

SFMOMA Expands Photographic Holdings

10 August 2023

As part of a recent acquisition of over 100 works of art, the San Francisco Museum of Art announced the expansion of its already strong photographic holdings.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 August 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 summer camp, Maui fires, a cattle rancher, river shots, lightning bolts, lighting a portrait, five photography books, the Phase One XT 150, cave photography and SanDisk SSD failures.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 August 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 Light Microscopy Awards, Saul Leiter, Bryan Birks, Delphine Diallo, selecting layers and the Perseid Meteor Shower.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 August 2023

Keep Reading »
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 CWAS David Malin Awards, AP's week in pictures, Deep Eddy Pool and Spark.

Around The Horn

7 August 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 woven images, ideal clients, what you can get away with, underwater photography, Skylum's Juliana Chyzhova and the Z8 strap eyelet issue.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'The Face Forward Project'

5 August 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 August 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 Women's World Cup highlights, Ukrainian combat medics, Antonio Denti, affordable new cameras and Julia Scully.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Morning in the Bunker

4 August 2023

When we shot our series of the glass plate, which became last week's slide show, we angled the blinds so the sunlight had a clear shot to our staging area. When we mopped up afterwards, we left the blinds in that brighter position.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 August 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 converging verticals, stop-motion animation, the Fibonacci spiral, shutter activations and Backblaze drive stats.

Keep Reading »

Pillows

3 August 2023

We have been wandering around all week in a state of exhaustion. So when we saw this pile of pillows, we pulled out our smartphone and lined up as square a shot as we could.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 August 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 Álvaro Barrientos, The Perils of Being Ken, vintage digital cameras and how to photograph UFOs.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 August 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 Dolorès Marat, iPhone Photography Awards, the Middle East, Maria Svarbova, Anastasia Samoylova, the Aurora Borealis, urban photos and that cheap $4,000 camera.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 August 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 Anton Corbijn, Heidi Volpe, Takako Kido, autofocus modes, a great lens, social media, Canon Wi-Fi security risks and August opportunities.

Keep Reading »

July Archived

1 August 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 7 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 14 Features, 16 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 164 items of interest), no reviews and four site notes for a total of 57 stories.

Keep Reading »

July

Around The Horn

31 July 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, Irish Traveller children, the Nikon Z 8's price, heat, the iPhone Camera app, rubrics and Sinéad O'Connor.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Anne Lees'

29 July 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 July 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 Rhodes, children, a Leica CL slide show, Vivienne Gucwa and Nikon Z 8.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Fusion Glass

28 July 2023

We had a few out-of-state visitors this week, among them our great niece Viv, who is a glass blower and on her way to Pilchuck Glass School this summer. We featured her pumpkin in a 2021 slide show, in fact.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 July 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 Joe Greer, CAP prize, portraiture, flyaway hairs, the Maine thing, incomes, street photography, Andrew Molitor and OSXPhotos.

Keep Reading »

Cyme Adds Conversational Search to Peakto

28 July 2023

Cyme has released Peakto 1.8 featuring a conversational search feature powered by AI image analysis to find photos faster and more efficiently. The company also announced a yearly pricing plan at a 50 percent discount from the monthly plan.

Keep Reading »

Update: Site Availability

27 July 2023

With just a handful of days to go, it looks like the site will remain available through the end of the month. The quota for bytes downloaded resets at the beginning of each month, so service should remain uninterrupted.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 July 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 Workampers, Hong Kong, Brad Walls, elephant slides, Stephen Wilkes, Joseph-Philibert Girault De Prangey, bold street photos, Photon and Generative Expand.

Keep Reading »

Ventura Update Disables DNP Printer Driver +

26 July 2023

Yesterday's Ventura 13.5 security update has disabled DNP's printer on our M2 MacBook Pro. Attempts to print to the DS-620A all abort with a warning that "'rastertodnp' will damage your computer."

Keep Reading »

Remembering Simpson Kalisher

26 July 2023

Simpson Kalisher, who turned from commercial photography to photojournalism, died at home on June 13 in Delray Beach, Fla. He was 96.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 July 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 Alexandra Polina, a small camera, protecting your content, street photography tutorials and Joe McNally.

Keep Reading »

Urban Trellis

25 July 2023

Walking back from Laguna Honda Reservoir last week, we came across this colorful display.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 July 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 Israeli protests, the Women's World Cup, Gregory Crewdson, Harold Davis, layer masks, starting a blog, one day projects, Z 8 camera straps and Glenn Usdin.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 July 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 Cortona's Photo Festival, William Keo, editing, mixing and matching formats and selectable focus sensor areas.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Life in Miniature'

22 July 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 July 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 of the week, print sales, lightning bugs, Retro and a Library of America sale.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Tree Cutting

21 July 2023

We were surprised the other day when we drove by Laguna Honda Reservoir to see the stately eucalyptus trees that guard the reservoir along Seventh Ave. being cut down.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 July 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 Tour De France fans, Estonia, an Generative Fill test, the moon, Barbara Iweins, the Fujifilm GF 35-70mm, under $400 lenses and Tony Bennett.

Keep Reading »

Joby Introduces Beamo Reel, Beamo Studio Kit

20 July 2023

Joby has announded its Beamo Reel and Beamo Studio Kits, the latest additions to the Beamo lineup to provide simple lighting solutions especially designed for videographers shooting on location or in the studio.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 July 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 Women's World Cup, the World Aquatics Championships, John Dyer, Generative Fill in one minute and LensCulure's Emerging Talent Awards.

Keep Reading »

Hasselblad Announces 2023 Heroines

19 July 2023

For the fifth year, Hasselblad has announced its Hasselblad Heroines, photographers who have "demonstrated unparalleled creativity, innovation and a distinctive visual narrative," the company said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 July 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 entertainment strike, the Bleu(e)s, two kisses, a 1937 photo, ultra-wide monitors, a new Think Tank Photo series, NAWA memberships and Lensbaby's summer photowalk.

Keep Reading »

Phase One Captures Glastonbury Festival Aerial

18 July 2023

Every year over 2,000 people gather at the Glastonbury Festival to enjoy several days of music, poetry and artistic performances on multiple stages at Worthy Farm. But this year they were joined by Phase One high in the sky.

Keep Reading »

Smith Fund Announces Call for Entries

18 July 2023

The W. Eugene Smith Fund, now in its 44th year, has announced it is accepting applications for its 2023 grant of $48,000 with $30,000 for Top Honor, $15,000 in Smith Fellowships and $3,000 for Best Student Entry.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 July 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 Stephen Wilkes, Kaya & Blank, Shaaz Jung, Dave Williams, medium format lenses, a Harold Davis presentation and cheap accessories again.

Keep Reading »

Automating Ingestor

17 July 2023

After using our new version of Ingestor for a couple of months, it occurred to us it could stand a little improvement. That's they way it is with software. It evolves. Or, to put it another way, we get bored of how it does things.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 July 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 Yul Brynner, mushrooms, Harold Davis, processing medium format files and cheaping out.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'The Life Story of Doc Ball'

15 July 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 July 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 Magnum's early color prints, the Fujifilm GFX 50S II, Chatting the Pictures, Truth in Photography and surreal portraits.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Infrastructure

14 July 2023

It isn't uncommon when you reach a certain age to believe the long gone are still here. The grandmother who died 60 years ago still lives in her upstairs flat so you can take the bus to stay with her. If you knew where to catch the bus.

Keep Reading »

Quick Tip: Photoshop's Corrupted Droplets

14 July 2023

We were minding our own business this morning when it occurred to us to create a droplet to Smart Sharpen with our favorite settings. We were testing a method of generating thumbnails that didn't sharpen and we thought we could just drop them on the droplet and get sharpened thumbnails.

Keep Reading »

Vivid-Pix Announces Memory Station

14 July 2023

Vivid-Pix has announced its Memory Station scanner/software bundle featuring one-click scanning of difficult archival materials with one-click image correction of the scans.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 July 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 Comedy Pet Photography finalists, Black portraiture, fundamental concepts and a Photoshop reference.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 July 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 heat wave, reimagined fairy tales, Janine Wiedel, Nikon's DX lineup, cameras missed and America's birds.

Keep Reading »

DxO Releases 369 New Optics Modules

12 July 2023

DxO has released 369 new Optics modules. The new modules include support for the Leica Q3, Fujifilm X-S20 and Panasonic S5IIX. Additional lens support adds Canon, Hasselblad, Nikkor and Samyang optics.

Keep Reading »

Sony Announces a6700 Flagship APS-C Mirrorless

12 July 2023

Sony has announced the a6700 APS-C mirrorless camera, featuring still and video capabilities from the latest full-frame Alpha and Cinema Line series in the compact and lightweight design of the a6000 series. The company also announced its ECM-M1 compact camera-mount digital shotgun microphone.

Keep Reading »

Sony Introduces FE 70-200MM f4 Macro G OSS II Lens

12 July 2023

Sony has introduced its FE 70-200MM f4 Macro G OSS II, compatible with 35mm full-frame Alpha E-mount series and any camera with an E-mount. The company said it is the world's first zoom lens to offer half macro capability throughout the zoom range, featuring a maximum magnification of 0.5 throughout.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 July 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 Wimbledon, the circus, McGwuire, effort, AI, toy photography, a $13,000 contract, Z 6/7 firmware updates and The Photography Show.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 July 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 Pamplona, the World Architecture Festival shortlist, Florida, travel portraits, painting tools, solving problems, Frameright, social media and an Affinity sale.

Keep Reading »

Update: The Google Attack

10 July 2023

Over the weekend, we took a rather extreme measure to protect your access to the site by blocking Google enirely from the site. We'd tried setting its crawl frequency back but that didn't stop it from continually downloading the entire 4.83-GB site.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 July 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 Eve Arnold, Hanna Hrabarska, Zeitsprünge, the Nikon 12-28mm and Adorama's semi-annual sale.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Gillian Laub's Southern Rites'

8 July 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 July 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 Austin, a beautiful sunrise, Satechi Mac Mini hub, wedding photographers' stories and rules for social media.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Pipe Installation

7 July 2023

Running north and south through San Francisco, 19th Avenue is also a segment on Calfornia Highway 1. And at the intersection of Sloat Blvd. (which leads to the zoo), there's been some serious renovation going on.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 July 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, Michael Kenna, a product photography toolkit, the V&A's Photography Centre, Stephen Starkman and making art.

Keep Reading »

Prix Pictet Announces Shortlist for 10th Cycle

6 July 2023

Prix Pictet has announced the 12 photographers shortlisted for Human, the theme of its tenth cycle. The announcement was made at an evening screening at the Théâtre Antique on Thursday, July 6, as part of the opening week of Les Rencontres d'Arles International Photography Festival by Executive Director of Prix Pictet Isabelle von Ribbentrop.

Keep Reading »

Postal Service to Release Life Magnified Stamps

6 July 2023

The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the beauty of the microscopic world with 20 new stamps featuring images of some of the smallest components of life.

Keep Reading »

Epson Announces Perfection V19 II, V39 II

6 July 2023

Epson has refreshed its reflective scanner lineup with the Perfection V19 II and Perfection V39 II, which are apparently the same hardware with different software options. Neither offers a transparency unit.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 July 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 Gillian Laub, Scott Lowden, cameras under $1,200 and a new panoramic camera.

Keep Reading »

Rust

5 July 2023

Market St. meets Portola Dr. on an elevated roadway built into the eastern side of Twin Peaks. We often drive up Market to Portola that way and always imagine a Formula One event climbing Market's curves up to Portola.

Keep Reading »

Site Note: We're Getting Slammed

5 July 2023

The very first day of the month, we received an ominous warning from our Internet Service Provider...

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 July 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 Fourth, white peonies, composition mistakes, Photoshop's Generative Fill, Z system telephotos, high-magnification photography, July opportunities and arts education.

Keep Reading »

The Fog on the Fourth

4 July 2023

Once again the Fourth of July has rolled around. And with it, here at least, the fog. While the rest of the country looks upward at bombs bursting in air, we are resigned to observing nothing at all lighting up the fog.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 July 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 Love Songs, three little girls, the Grant Park 220, Nico Froehlich, Anthimos Ntagkas, Kevin Raber, Houston Cofield, the Congo, McNally's fireworks, Happytecture, Hogan's answers and Tuck's sad walk.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: Eyes of Hawaii Library Exhibit

1 July 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 July 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 California dreamers, snapshots, a gift photo and bulb mode.

Keep Reading »

June Archived

1 July 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 6 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 17 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 171 items of interest), 2 reviews and 2 site notes for a total of 63 stories.

Keep Reading »

June

Friday Slide Show: The Morning Fog

30 June 2023

It's been cold here for a while now. Low fifties. The weather reporters have all been saying it's going to get warmer and really warm by the end of the week. They make it sound like a disaster is coming, of course. That's their job. Get out your Heat Wave Survival Kits in case the electricity goes out and you have no water.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 June 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 Venezuelan women, sea shells, incomes, a Lightroom course with compendium and a LaserSoft sale.

Keep Reading »

NCOA Announces Photo Contest Winners

29 June 2023

The National Council on Aging has selected the winners of its fourth annual photo contest, which this year focused on the strength and wisdom of women.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 June 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 diversity, chronic illness, transgender portraits and National Geographic.

Keep Reading »

Amber Waves

28 June 2023

We really liked this shot, which we included in a recent slide show, the minute we took it. Well, the minute we saw it, anyway. So we took it.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 June 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 Bastiaan Woudt, Astronomy Photographer of the Year shortlist, Blur winners, a creative practice, photo stats, fooling Ai detectors and NASA code rules.

Keep Reading »

Phase One Announces Travel-Friendly XC Camera

27 June 2023

Phase One has announced its XC camera whose compact form factor and simplicity is designed especially for travel photographers. It also significantly lightens their load, listing for over $62,000.

Keep Reading »

Andi Galdi Vinko, Isaac Julien Win the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards

27 June 2023

The two winning titles of the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Photography and Moving Image Book Awards have been chosen as exemplary demonstrations of originality and excellence in the fields of moving image and photography book publishing, from the past year, organizers said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 June 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 Ken Karagozian, zooming, home projects, more strange things, the Huion Kamvas Pro 13 and a Nikon Z 8 service advisory.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Update Enhances Capture One Compatibility

26 June 2023

Cyme has released an update to Peakto, its AI-powered catalog software, featuring enhanced compatibility with Capture One.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 June 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 Drone Photo Awards, Pride celebrations, David Nissen, Flickr cameras, Joe McNally, macroscopic fluorescence lifetime imaging, incomes, Gresham's Law, a free webinar and a Lensbaby sale.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Grad Walk 2023'

24 June 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 June 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 year without Roe, David Hume Kennerly, Christy Lee Rogers, the Voigtlander 50mm APO, the Pentax Monochrome, taking a short walk and star parties.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: A Study in Treatments

23 June 2023

We had our hands full. We'd taken Joyce to Kaiser's French campus to pick up some high tech stuff for an at-home test, which we carried under our arm because she was busy with her purse and trekking pole. But we'd also picked up a box of supplies at the pharmacy there.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 June 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 LensCulture Critics' Choice Awards, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt, Justin Tedford, intentional camera movement, and the Bebop/Madavor Media story.

Keep Reading »

Site Tweak: Enlarge on Hover

22 June 2023

We're a little late to the party on this one but we have a good excuse. It had nothing to do with the appetite of our dog, either.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 June 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 Brian Airs, the Faroe Islands, Alpine glaciers, Zac Henderson, motion photos, two MOAB papers, the most expensive lenses, SheClicks and creativity's relationship to mental health.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 June 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 Audubon Photography Awards, Farnaz Damnabi, teaching, black-and-white landscapes and a $116K estimate.

Keep Reading »

DPReview Acquired by Gear Patrol

21 June 2023

In a post on the site, DPReview General Manager Scott Everett announced DPReview has been acquired by Gear Patrol.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Introduces 180-600mm, 70-180mm Nikkor Z Zooms

21 June 2023

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR and the Nikkor Z 70-180mm f2.8, two new super telephoto Z lenses that combine extensive zoom capability with lightweight design.

Keep Reading »

Epson Introduces Expression 13000XL Large Format Scanner

21 June 2023

Epson America has introduced its Expression 13000XL scanner, engineered for photo archiving and graphic arts featuring one-button start large-format scanning up to 12.2 x 17.2 inches with 2400x4800 dpi resolution. The scanner also offers an optional transparency unit.

Keep Reading »

Test Drive: Photoshop Depth Blur +

20 June 2023

Among Photoshop's beta neural filters we've been anxious to try since upgrading to an M2 MacBook Pro is Depth Blur. Still in beta but much improved over earlier iterations, it promises to manage selective focus after exposure.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 June 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 Fashion Week, ON1 Keyword AI, faked vacation photos and improved iOS camera apps.

Keep Reading »

Happy Juneteenth

19 June 2023

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, announcing that in accordance with the Emancipation Proclamation, "all slaves are free." He and his Union troops had arrived to enforce the law.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Lisl Steiner

19 June 2023

The photojournalist Lisl Steiner who captured the most powerful of her age in their unguarded moments died June 7 in Mount Kisco, N.Y. She was 95.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 June 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 Dimpy Bhalotia, street photography, camera size, Nikon Peru, AI or Not and calibrating HDMI displays.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'In Dad's Chair'

17 June 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 June 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 35 photos of the week, miniature framed family photographs, what to do in a heat wave and Tony Fouhse's photo book.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Unfamiliar Ordinary

16 June 2023

If the pandemic has taught photographers anything, it's to find the beauty in the close-at-hand. You don't have to hike into Yosemite or slip through the Parisian rain to find unforgettable images. You just have to take a walk around the block.

Keep Reading »

Lowepro Introduces PhotoSport X Backpack

16 June 2023

Lowepro has announced its PhotoSport X photographic backpack, its latest addition to the PhotoSport family. Designed to handle challenging mountaineering adventures, the Lowepro PhotoSport X has been specifically crafted for adventure photographers.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 June 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 OpenWalls Arles, Rian Dundon, the Orobie Alps, iPhone monochromes, Ventura printing presets, ON1 AI Photo Organizer, the Instant Pot lesson for camera makers and Adorama open box deals.

Keep Reading »

The Photos We Take

15 June 2023

When we read Mixbook's survey of phonographers that found 80 percent never look at the photos they take, we weren't surprised. But we should have been. We just didn't think about it carefully enough.

Keep Reading »

BigPicture Award Winners Announced

15 June 2023

The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco has announced the winners of this year's BigPicture: Natural World Photography Competition. Over 7,300 submissions were entered by photographers representing 58 countries.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 June 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 Mars, Arin Yoon, sensor size, ISOlessness, Nikon's firmware updates, camera density, bokeh, a lens cleaning kit, Lensbaby Omni adapter, American Photography Open and the Lucie Foundation scholarships.

Keep Reading »

Capture One Mobile Released

14 June 2023

Capture One has released Capture One Mobile a new app for iOS to give photographers "the freedom to move, get amazing colors and image quality in the palm of their hand, and collaborate with others from anywhere."

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 June 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 children, Mustafah Abdulaziz, Leonardo Sens, Gregory Eddi Jones, dropping a camera, mobile photography apps and a survey.

Keep Reading »

Foxglove

13 June 2023

There is a place down the hill whose front lawns were replaced with a garden of wildflowers. Among them is this foxglove, which we came across late one afternoon when, to our surprise, we found a camera in our right hand.

Keep Reading »

Illustrator Beta Adds Recolor Option

13 June 2023

In another demonstration of the company's integration of artificial intelligence into image editing, Adobe announced a Generative Recolor option powered by Firefly in the latest Illustrator Beta.

Keep Reading »

Lightroom Mobile Introduces Faster Editing, Sharing

13 June 2023

In a release rolling out today, Lightroom mobile eliminates the need to import phone images and introduces a new option called Create Edit Replay to create videos showcasing your edits.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 June 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 Photo Basel, the Pentax Monochrome, a Lego Ansel Adams, inspiration, M2 Ultra Mac Studio reviews and FotoAutomat.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Releases Firmware 4.00 For Nikon Z 9

12 June 2023

Nikon has released firmware version 4.00 for the Nikon Z 9, the third update for its flagship camera, with enhancements to its video and photo capture, usability, operability, autofocus and more.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 June 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 Tony Awards, the British seaside, graffiti composites, gels, Marilyn Monroe, Bruce Davidson, Kodak, kit costs and a Getty project.

Keep Reading »

The Trek to Ventura

10 June 2023

Ventura is just down the coast from Santa Barbara. We know a young couple there who have just welcomed their second daughter. One of these days we hope to make the trek, even though they do visit when they're in the Bay area.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: William Dixon's 'Face to Face'

10 June 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 June 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 Nigerian photographers, Latin America, Documerica, cameras as fashion statements and workmanship.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Stopping to Look

9 June 2023

Every now and then we get this reptilian urge to move. Just lift one leg and step forward before lifting the other. And getting on with it.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 June 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 Alain le Garsmeur, five LGBT photographers, Erik Vroons, Tim Walker, the Pentax Monochrome, a work day, political photo books and creative street photography.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 June 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 Earth Photo shortlist, wildfire haze, kelp forests, Maansi Srivastava, AI retouching tools, Andrew Molitor and VisionOS.

Keep Reading »

Sigma Announces 14mm f1.4 Art Lens

8 June 2023

Sigma has announced its 14mm f1.4 DG DN | Art lens designed especially for astrophotography with the world's widest f1.4 single focal length lens, the company said. The full-frame optic is available in Sony E- mount and Leica L-Mount.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 June 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 low fill light, ignorance, the minimum Mac and DAM meets AI.

Keep Reading »

Hasselblad Announces X2D 100C Portrait Kit

7 June 2023

Hasselblad has announced a Lightweight Portrait Kit for the X2D 100C featuring the XCD 1,9/80 and XCD 4/45P lenses.

Keep Reading »

Book Bag: Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs

6 June 2023

We'd recommend this compact treasure for the photographs alone. Author, editor and screenwriter Henry Carroll, has curated some brilliant images from photographic luminaries that include modern masters rarely glimpsed in one place.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 June 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 Janelle Lynch, Generative Fill tips, the Fujifilm GFX 100s with a 50mm, EN-EL15 batteries, new Apple products and a Rocky Nook Pocket Guide discount.

Keep Reading »

We Calibrate the M2 MacBook Pro

5 June 2023

Sundays are reserved for building maintenance around here (vacuuming, laundry, etc.) so we thought it was the perfect time to calibrate the M2 MacBook Pro's wide LED screen.

Keep Reading »

Toyo Tires Opens Seventh Shutter Space Contest

5 June 2023

Toyo Tires has opened its seventh Toyo Tires Shutter Space Automotive Photo Contest for submissions. This year's theme is "dramatic lightning" and the Grand Prize includes a Westcott FJ Wireless 2-Light Portable Flash Kit, a Pelican 1535 Air Carry-On Case and an exclusive Toyo Tires branded DSPTCH camera strap, along with publication of the image.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 June 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 church in Antarctica, Brea Souders, Federico Rios Escobar, a New York City workshop, the Johnson Publishing Co. archive, Nikkor 40mms, a Voitlander 40mm, that 3D look and news photographer safety.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Face to Face With Fran Lebowitz'

3 June 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 June 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 death, a camera/lens combo, Paul McCartney, Jackie Bouvier Kennedy and Paragraphica.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Forklift

2 June 2023

In a neighborhood overrun with Priuses, Telsas, Rivians and Polestars, it's nostalgic to run across a big old forklift that can move 5,400 lbs. with a stick shift. There's an undeniable beauty to the beast.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 June 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 clam digging, giant ducks, Hasselblad X2D firmware 2.0, photographers, a Sigma portrait, Epson firmware updates and June opportunities.

Keep Reading »

ON1 Releases Photo Raw 2023.5

1 June 2023

ON1 has released Photo Raw 2023.5, its Raw image file processor, this week with several new features and a $49.00 introductory price through June 5.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 June 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 Zaydee Sanchez, Grego Hofbauer, going mirrorless underwater, Sony CFexpress Type A cards, Sony World Photography Awards and succinct absurdities.

Keep Reading »

May Archived

1 June 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 5 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 20 Features, 17 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 172 items of interest), no real reviews (although we had a test drive) and one site note for a total of 64 stories.

Keep Reading »

May

Generative Fill Test Drive

31 May 2023

We took Russell Preston Brown's advice and downloaded Photoshop beta with Generative Fill. Downloads are about the only thing that aren't faster on the MacBook Pro M2 we've been using for a little over a week now.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

31 May 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 cheese rolling, magnificent libraries, Generative Fill spaghetti, manuals, Ireland and Lynsey Addario.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Introduces Nikkor Z DX 24mm f1.7

30 May 2023

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z DX 24mm f1.7, a fast and affordable compact prime lens for Nikon Z mount APS-C size/DX-format mirrorless cameras. The 24mm focal length provides an equivalent crop of 36mm.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 May 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 Judith Joy Ross, Tom Wood, Julie Joubert, Poltava, Avedon 100, Charolette Drury, Harold Davis, an iPhone in Iceland, JC grads and the Z System.

Keep Reading »

Memorial Day

29 May 2023

We spent a night in Quincy, Calif., in the fall of 2009 at a bed and breakfast as the guest of some friends. Cute place above an appliance store and directly across the street from the county court house. In case you got any ideas.

Keep Reading »

Apple to Transition From My Photo Stream to iCloud Photos

28 May 2023

In an email sent to My Photo Stream users over the weekend, Apple warned it would shut down the service on July 26. It noted iCloud Photos "is the best way to keep the photos and videos you take up to date across all your devices and safely stored in iCloud."

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'NightHawks'

27 May 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?

Keep Reading »

Who's on First

27 May 2023

That's not a question. But it sounds like one. And that's where all the fun begins in that old Abbott and Costello routine, which we'll share for posterity...

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 May 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 Piet Oudolf's gardens, Seb Lester, confusing camera intros, the Leica Q3 and Generative Fill.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Unboxing the Refurb

26 May 2023

Last Thursday we returned home with a 16-GB/1-TB 16-inch space gray MacBook Pro, our first new laptop since 2011. Every time we launched Adobe Camera Raw on our 17-inch 2010 MacBook Pro, it warned us that its days were numbered because neither of its two GPUs was not supported.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 May 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 Yemen, NASA composites, Asian American photographers, FeaturePrint and book banning.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Adds Global Deletion Feature

26 May 2023

Cyme has released Peakto with a global deletion feature that removes photos saved in different folders while working in the Peakto interface. Peakto's new feature now allows you to easily delete unwanted images regardless of their folder or file location, the company said.

Keep Reading »

It's a DIY World

25 May 2023

Migrating to a new chip architecture has proven more challenging than upgrading to a new operating system. We've done this before, moving to a PowerPC architecture and then an Intel architecture and we didn't break a sweat. Moving to Apple Silicon, however, has required more patience.

Keep Reading »

Leica Unveils the Leica Q3

25 May 2023

Leica has introduced the Leica Q3, the third generation of its Q family, a 28mm fixed focal length full-frame camera. The new Q features one of the fastest lenses on the market at f1.7 with an integrated macro mode to feed its 60-megapixel sensor. The 3.0-inch touchscreen LCD can be tilted as well without compromising the Q3's IP52 weather sealing.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 May 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 Sam Ferris, Jason Lee, Eva Abeling, Jennifer MacNeill, inventory and smartphone tips.

Keep Reading »

Fujifilm Announces X-S20 Mirrorless, XF 8mm f2.5 Lens

24 May 2023

Fujifilm has announced the X-S20 mirrorless camera for content creators, updating its X-S10. At the same time, the company introduced an 8mm wide angle for APS-C cameras, providing a 12mm equivalent crop.

Keep Reading »

Canon Announces R100 Camera Under $500, Pancake Lens

24 May 2023

Canon has announced the EOS R100 camera and RF28mm f2.8 STM lens, "two new affordable, compact and lightweight tools for entry-level and emerging content creators to elevate their skills," the company said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 May 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 Guardian readers, Carl Zeiss 35mm f2.0 Biogon, real life stories and more on specularity.

Keep Reading »

Sony Announces ZV-1 II Vlogging Camera

23 May 2023

Sony introduced its ZV-1 II, the second generation camera to the ZV-1, featuring highly-requested and popular features to help vloggers "make more engaging storytelling with attractive photogenic image quality," the company said.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 May 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 Bakhmut, Northern Italy, Cannes, the new Gradient tool, sociable photography, bird photography and Apple's camera adapter.

Keep Reading »

Adobe Announces AI Innovations for Photoshop

23 May 2023

Adobe has unveiled new generative AI innovations for Photoshop that can render images with a simple text prompt. A new Generative Fill feature is powered by Adobe Firefly, making its first appearance in a Creative Cloud application.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 May 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 Espen Rasmussen, Point Reyes, specularity, street photography, the 400mm conundrum and the Tiffen Cross Screen Filter.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Bay to Breakers'

20 May 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 May 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, Translucent Flora, card failure, high contrast histograms and shooting with a phone.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Datsun 260Z

19 May 2023

We stumbled across the gem on a recent walk around Edgehill Mountain. It had just been washed and the 1974 Datsun 260Z gleamed in the morning sunlight. We couldn't go by without taking a few snapshots.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 May 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 1967 Newark Riots, marine life, the Paris Metro, histograms and Lynn Goldsmith.

Keep Reading »

Our Refurb Arrives

18 May 2023

In November when the Beaujolais Nouveau arrives at the local wine shops, the posters go up announcing, "Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrive!" And the party begins. So we thought we'd mimic that tradition on the arrival of our 16-inch M2 MacBook Pro. It's here.

Keep Reading »

Miops Releases Sun Moon Expert App

18 May 2023

Miops has released Sun Moon Expert versions 2.0.2, an iOS app offering Sun and Moon-related data for planning shots.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 May 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 Brendon Burton, 100 for the Ocean, The 'Blur' Portfolio, Saroyan Humphrey, Blue Hour shots, the Sony SLT-A77, histograms and Affinity 2.1.

Keep Reading »

Ricoh Announces Two Pentax 50mm f1.4 Primes

17 May 2023

Ricoh has announced two new Pentax 50mm prime lenses, the HD Pentax-FA 50mm f1.4 and smc Pentax-FA 50mm f1.4 Classic, the former with a contemporary design and the latter with a nostalgic look. Based on the legacy smc Pentax-FA 50mm f1.4 lens, the new lenses are designs for Pentax K-mount dSLR cameras.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 May 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 Pink Lady Food Photographer, Pham Huy Trung, Vanessa Martin, the Nikon Z 8, Drobo and Women Photograph Mentorship Program.

Keep Reading »

Prepping For a New Mac

16 May 2023

One of the things we learned when we had to reinstall Monterey recently was just how useful Migration Assistant (not to mention Time Machine) can be. It ran overnight but in the morning we had full functionality restored.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

16 May 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 Cathy Cone, Lynn Whitney, Alex Turner, blur, layers, the adventure, Capture One, new DxO modules and home movies.

Keep Reading »

The Easel and the Typewriter

15 May 2023

We've always armed ourselves with two computers, even in the previous century. In those days it was the accelerated Mac SE for graphics and the DEC Rainbow for text.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 May 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 Kirk Tuck, Beijing, a photo adventure, Aurora photography, ImageRights, self-watermarking AI, the Contax RTS II, camera life cycles and the Dell UltraSharp 32 6K monitor.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: Two Creative Clips

13 May 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 May 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 of the week, a portfolio of portraits, the Hasselblad H system, ND filters, clouds, HP printers and Greg Kwiatek.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Neighborhood Rhododendrons

12 May 2023

We've been doing so much driving lately to check in on Mom each day at the nursing facility that we are not keeping up with our daily constitutional. And this affects our enjoyment of life, let's just say. So we made an effort to get out earlier this week and, my, what a surprise.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 May 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 baby pictures, the Leica Freedom Train, Nikon Z 8 vs. D850, the Contax RTS II continued and Leica M/R lenses.

Keep Reading »

DPReview Updates Status: Nothing to Share

11 May 2023

In a post on the site, DPReview General Manager Scott Everett updated the status of the digital photography site which had been expected to be shuttered by now.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 May 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 Iceland's glacial caves, women photographers, glassblowing, bagels, Google's Magic Editor, ACDSee Photo Studio 9 and the Contax RTS II.

Keep Reading »

Camera Bits Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Photo Mechanic

11 May 2023

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Photo Mechanic, Camera Bits is offering a discount on its fast media browser that helps you view, organize, manage and export digital photos.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Introduces Nikon Z 8 Hybrid

10 May 2023

Nikon has announced the Nikon Z 8, a full-frame mirrorless camera featuring the innovations and speed inherited from its flagship mirrorless Z 9 in a lighter, more compact body.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 May 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 migrants at the border, Spanish olive groves, Valery Poshtarov, Martin Parr, Jim Kasson, wide-angle landscape photography and blur.

Keep Reading »

Epson Introduces Legacy Baryta II Paper

9 May 2023

Epson has introduced Legacy Baryta II, its newest addition to the portfolio of Legacy Papers. Inspired by the legendary f64 Group of photographers, Baryta II is an OBA-free 100 percent cotton fiber paper with a true baryta coating. With a microporous coating that supports rich blacks and a wide color gamut, it is available in cut sheets up to 17x22-inches and roll widths up to 60 inches.

Keep Reading »

Ingestor Evolves With AppleScript

9 May 2023

When we wrote about our software for ingesting images in 2015, we noted, "The real advantage of this simple scheme is that we can modify it at will if we should want to make an adjustment to our ingestion scheme."

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 May 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 Photo London, the Westminster Dog Show, ChatGPT, two photos, Z lenses, Lightroom's masking tools, summer and incomes.

Keep Reading »

Pulitzer Winners in Photography Announced

8 May 2023

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 $15,000.

Keep Reading »

The Pink Rose

8 May 2023

There is a rose bush that has grown behind the bird bath in Mom's garden for years and years and years. It blossoms with a lot of small pink roses that don't thrive very long.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 May 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 Kentucky Derby hats, Jacob Aue Sobol, photographers on covering the coronation, the Pecan Street Festival, a Sunday photography expedition, how cameras work and wedding film photography.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Beyond the Lens: Lance Mercer'

6 May 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 May 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 Charles III, the week in pictures, photo wallets, picket signs, a gigapixel iPhone print, the Blanton Museum and Imaging Resource.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: The Diamond Watch

5 May 2023

Aunt Jimmie, who was really our great aunt, had a long and fascinating life. The last time our family visited her at the flat she and Uncle Louie rented on Lombard St., she was downsizing as she prepared to move to Berkeley.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Dorothy Bohm

5 May 2023

Dorothy Bohm, who saw a lot in her lifetime carrying a camera all over the world, died at 98 in March in Northwest London. "But I don't show the ugliness of life," she said. "I try to show the good."

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 May 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 Corky Lee, a collaborative photo project, HDD failure rate and Diane Keaton.

Keep Reading »

Yo-Yo Ma, the Natural World and Our Common Nature

4 May 2023

Yesterday on Amanpour & Co., host Christiane Amanpour interviewed Yo-Yo Ma about his latest project playing classical music on his cello in beautiful natural settings. "Lately, I've realized that the time that I spend in nature is what brings me back to something much bigger than myself," he says.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 May 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 Joel Meyerowitz, Carlos Javier, Utah, a history of women photographers, Lee Friedlander, AI on your smartphone, Photshop via AI, Raw exposures and Jason Lee.

Keep Reading »

Evening Clouds

3 May 2023

We were returning a call yesterday morning when we were astonished to discover we had lost our voice. We croaked out a hello and struggled through the conversation, relying on the amplifying capabilities of the transmission device to cover for us.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 May 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 Conway Library Photographic Collection, Joe McNally, monochromes, Amazon and loneliness.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 May 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 100 for the Ocean, Gideon Mendel, the Heipi 3-in-1 travel tripod, Photoshop guides, wedding photography, social media and some answers.

Keep Reading »

Blossoms in May

1 May 2023

Almost without our noticing it, the apple tree has blossomed again this year. Sure, we have places to go and things to do but we can always spare a 1/250 of a second to take a shot.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 May 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 changemakers, a bully, the Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant, Man Ray, Mikiki Hara, Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, Carl Zeiss 35mm Biogon and growing.

Keep Reading »

April Archived

1 May 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 4 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 14 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 160 items of interest) and two site notes for a total of 60 stories.

Keep Reading »

April

Matinee: Pam Fox

29 April 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 April 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 Tom Leighton, Yevonde, Greenland, Carl Zeiss 28mm Biogon, blur and Adobe Express.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Glass Pens

28 April 2023

We have horrible penmanship, which we assiduously developed over the years to mask our copyrighted thoughts. Even from ourselves, as it turns out.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 April 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 Portugal, Arab American photographers, Renata Cherlise, Janet Kessler, incomes, monochrome minimalism, an Ikea chair and post-photography.

Keep Reading »

20 Titles Longlisted for the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards

27 April 2023

The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards has announced its long list for the 2023 awards honoring excellence in both still and moving picture publishing. Two winning titles are selected annually, with prize money of 10,000 divided equally between the winning title in the Photography category and the winning title in the Moving Image category.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 April 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 Andrea Gjestvang, migrants at sea, latchkey kids, Harold Davis, sharper eyes, approaching strangers and analytics for art.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 April 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 Harry Belafonte, Troy Williams, Omar Reda, ISO invariance and img2dataset.

Keep Reading »

Epson Introduces SureLab D570 Event Printer

25 April 2023

Epson has announced its SureLab D570 professional minilab photo printer whose lightweight and compact design prints small-format photos on demand for event, hospitality, kiosk and retail environments.

Keep Reading »

Japanese Maple

25 April 2023

We were getting in the car when we looked south toward the sun as the bright red leaves of Mom's Japanese maple filtered the bright light. We took out the camera and took a few shots, hoping something would stick.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 April 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 arcades, Earth, mushrooms, Stan Evans, good gear, filters, assumptions and copyright claims.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Adds Compatibility With DxO PhotoLab, PureRaw

25 April 2023

Cyme has announced Peakto, its versatile image cataloging software, is now compatible with DxO PhotoLab and PureRaw. In addition to providing its cataloging features to PhotoLab, the new release can also manage PureRaw conversions, preserving the link to the original file.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 April 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 David Salcedo, Pentax K-3 III Mono samples, Voigtlander Nikon AI lenses, Thom Hogan returns and photoids.

Keep Reading »

Adobe to Permanently Remove Deleted Cloud Files After 30 Days

24 April 2023

In an email to Creative Cloud subscribers, Adobe announced files deleted from Creative Cloud storage will now be permanently removed after 30 days. The change will begin rolling out on June 4.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'A Lens on the World'

22 April 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

22 April 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 Earth Day, Todd Hido, ethics, lesson from a portrait session and Sunlight Tracker.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Master Dealer

21 April 2023

At what age do you learn how to master something? That you can't just kick a ball and it will go into the net. That you have to read the book to talk about it. That you have to pay your dues.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Jessica Burstein

21 April 2023

Jessica Burstein, who documented three New York City institutions with her camera, died from lung cancer on April 11 at her home in Manhattan. She was 76.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Loren Cameron

21 April 2023

Loren Rex Cameron died November 18, 2022 in Berkeley by suicide after enduring congestive heart failure for some time. He was 63.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 April 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 Gideon Mendel, Latin America, sports photography, trees in bloom, tulips and the BuzzFeed Era.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 April 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 Ramadan, World Press Photo contest winners, Mark Harrison, restoring an old print, Entrada Rag Natural Coldpress and Taku Umebayashi.

Keep Reading »

Canon Announces the RF100-300mm f2.8 L Zoom

19 April 2023

Canon has announced the RF100-300mm f2.8 L IS USM lens, featuring "outstanding image quality, excellent speed for indoor shooting and relatively light weight for hand-holding," the company said.

Keep Reading »

Macro: Extract Text From an Image

19 April 2023

With the release of macOS Monterey, Apple introduced a new software framework called Vision to extract text from an image. At the same time, the company released Shortcuts, an automation tool previously available only on iOS, which tapped into Vision to scan images on the clipboard for text.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 April 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 Peruvian ballet dancers, Hadi Mizban, Lightroom AI innovations, the Polished Portrait plug-in, a monochrome-only camera, Leica M11 Monochrom crops and the research-based photobook.

Keep Reading »

Free Fix: The Stuck Pixel

18 April 2023

In the days of CRT monitors, there was no such thing as a stuck pixel. We lived a life of blissful ignorance and the nuisance a tiny little dot of bright color can cause. Until, that is, the advent of LCD screens on laptops.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 April 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 Jacob Black, Magnum Square Print sale, Adobe Camera Raw update, the seasons, promptography and USB 3 SSDs.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Introduces 12-28mm Nikkor

18 April 2023

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z DX 12-28mm f3.5-5.6 PZ VR, the widest Nikkor Z DX-format lens yet with the added benefit of a power zoom. The Nikkor Z DX 12-28mm weighs only 7.3 oz., mating well with lightweight cameras like the Nikon Z 30, Z 50 or the Z fc, the company pointed out.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 April 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 Orthodox Easter, LensCulture's Portrait Awards, Paul Cupido, Peakto, film memories, adventures, wildlife, more monochrome, Depravity's Rainbow, WiFi SD cards and Judith Joy Ross.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Farouk Ibrahim'

15 April 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

15 April 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 Truth in Photography, B&W Day, a Lumix S5 set to L.Monochrome.D, Tony Fouhse and an ebook sale.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: New Shoes

14 April 2023

There are no photos of new shoes in this slide show. Just so you know. The new shoes, though, are what propelled us through the neighborhood as we shot these images.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 April 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, LensCulture Portrait Awards, incomes, spring inspirations and the Leica M11 Monochrom.

Keep Reading »

Leica Announces Summilux-M 50, M11 Monochrom

13 April 2023

Leica has announced its Summilux-M 50 f1.4 ASPH. with 11 aperture blades and a shorter minimum focusing distance as well as technical and optical refinements. Designed for M cameras, the new lens can also be mounted on the Leica SL2 and the SL2-S with an M-Adapter L.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 April 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 Quant, pond hockey, going manual, Rojasianthe Superba and wireless flash triggers.

Keep Reading »

Ricoh Announces Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome dSLR

12 April 2023

Ricoh has announced the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome based on the flagship model of Pentax's APS-C-format series while "totally redesigning and optimizing the imaging characteristics by adding a new, monochrome-specific image sensor with approximately 25.73 effective megapixels."

Keep Reading »

Remembering Carl Fischer

12 April 2023

Carl Fischer who shot some of the most memorable magazine covers of his time, died last week at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 April 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 Willy Spiller, Mark Rammers, Adrift, manual focus lenses, gifts, Smithsonian Open Access and restaurant policy (plus a few more).

Keep Reading »

DxO Releases 1,192 new Optics Modules

12 April 2023

DxO Labs has released 1,192 new DxO Optics modules, including support for the latest Canon mirrorless cameras as well as its latest kit lenses. Also included are Nikon's new pancake lens and the new Sony 20-70mm f4 G, plus a range of Sigma lenses and teleconverters for a variety of mounts.

Keep Reading »

Site Tweak: Twitter Account

11 April 2023

This doesn't really count as a Site Tweak so much as damage control. We were recently surprised to find ourselves automatically tweeting our latest headlines from a different Twitter account that the one we've used for years and years.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 April 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 H.J. Hunter,Drew Smith, Photo London preview, two magazine covers, Adobe Express, sunsets and the Synology ds1522+.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 April 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 Holy Week, technology, Easter in Austin, Kim Thue, Tatiana Reinoza, copper pipe flare photos, selling cameras, photographing spring flowers and Digicam Finder.

Keep Reading »

Easter?

9 April 2023

Who knew today was Easter? Well, lots of people. Even we knew. But we forgot overnight. And then we realized why.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Lake Tahoe Basin'

8 April 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

8 April 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, a sandhill crane, Easter Week, worries, income and the five senses.

Keep Reading »

DPReview to Remain Available as Archive

7 April 2023

In a post today DPReview General Manager Scott Everett updated the site's closure plans, confirmed that "the content will remain available as an archive."

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: A Morning Walk

7 April 2023

As we walked around the neighborhood in the morning (for a change), it occurred to us that it's quite a luxury to be free at 10 a.m.

Keep Reading »

ICP to Present Photobook Fest May 12 to 14

7 April 2023

The International Center of Photography will present the ICP Photobook Fest on May 12 to 14 at ICP at 79 Essex Street, New York City. This year's Photobook Fest will expand into ICP's galleries to host nearly 50 leading and independent photobook publishers from more than 10 countries, showcasing their latest image-based books, magazines and zines.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 April 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 Holocaust survivors' cookbook, love, CCD Colors and an AI winner in the Sony World Photography Awards.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Neal Boenzi

6 April 2023

Neal Boenzi, a staff photographer for the New York Times for 40 years, died earlier this week at an elder care facility in Newhall, Calif. He was 97.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 April 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 California reservoirs, Australia's Outback, Sean Scheidt, a Mamiya RB67 repair, Midjourney and Andrew Molitor.

Keep Reading »

Harvey Posts ExifTool 12.60 Production Release

5 April 2023

Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v12.60, the first production release since v12.50 on Nov. 8, 2022. The small download is available three formats, including a Windows executable and Macintosh OS X package.

Keep Reading »

New Construction

5 April 2023

In January 2022 we published a slide show of the demolition of an old neighborhood home. Once the building was knocked down, the lot was groomed, excavated and left alone for a while.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 April 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 Baldwin Lee, Anne Collier, Tony Fouhse, Sigma's I series lenses, photography at home and Flickr.

Keep Reading »

Tow Truck

4 April 2023

The maintenance light went on and stayed on one day last month when we started the car. We found a YouTube video explaining how to turn it off. Then we found the same instructions in the manual. Ha ha.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Kwame Brathwaite

4 April 2023

Kwame Brathwaite, the photographer who "made black beautiful," as historian Tanisha C. Ford wrote, has died. He was 85.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 April 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 Roger Bamber, Sabiha Çimen, Cari Letelier, being good at something, Lightroom's Book module and Dave Williams.

Keep Reading »

Sigma Announces I Series 17mm, 50mm Mirrorless Primes

3 April 2023

Sigma has announced the Sigma 17mm f4 DG DN Contemporary and the Sigma 50mm f2 DG DN Contemporary I Series full-frame lenses with all-metal barrel for the Sony E-Mount and Leica L-Mount.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 April 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 Michalko, Lynne Buchanan, Joe McNally, silhouettes, taxes and Jim Kasson.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'A Navajo Photographer Reconnects'

1 April 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

1 April 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 Observer photography, highrises, edible bugs, restoring film, work and some opportunities.

Keep Reading »

March Archived

1 April 2023

We've just archived Volume 12, Number 3 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 19 Features, 16 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 165 items of interest), one review and one site note for a total of 64 stories.

Keep Reading »

March

Friday Slide Show: O'Shaughnessy Hollow

31 March 2023

In July and September 2021, we featured slide shows of some serious road work being done to stabilize the very steep and very rocky cliffs along O'Shaughnessy Blvd., which cuts through San Francisco's ancient Glen Canyon. This week we returned to the area but from a different direction.

Keep Reading »

World Backup Day

31 March 2023

It's World Backup Day again and we'd be remiss not to issue a public service announcement. We backup everything every day these days because, as Scarlett says in Gone With the Wind (which was the greatest movie ever about data loss), "Tomorrow is another day."

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

31 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 Barnum, Bailey and Ringling's Circus, a peony, the Aura digital photo frame, more incomes, Instagram and the creator economy.

Keep Reading »

OM Digital Opens Tech Center for OM System Lenses

30 March 2023

OM Digital Solutions open a new manufacturing technology center in Tokyo

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 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 Hahnemühle Student Award, Dawn Wilson, Jared, Claudine Williams, Rune Guneriussen, capturing colors and art photography.

Keep Reading »

Sony Announces ZV-E1 for Video Creators +

29 March 2023

Sony has announced the ZV-E1 featuring a full-frame 12-megapixel sensor, a BIONZ XR image processing engine, a dedicated AI processing unit and compatibility with over 70 Sony E-mount lenses.

Keep Reading »

ICP School Names Colette Veasey-Cullors Dean, Deputy Director

29 March 2023

Colette Veasey-Cullors has been named dean and deputy director of the International Center of Photography's school. An educator, artist and photographer, Veasey-Cullors will become the first BIPOC leader of ICP's school on June 15.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

29 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 World Press Photo regional winners, LensCulture Exhibition, long exposures, discussing art, a color distraction and firmware updates.

Keep Reading »

A Meditation on Patio Bricks

28 March 2023

We live in a 360 degree world but we seem to look straight ahead most of the time. "Look both ways!" parents scream often in the nick of time to make that point about the 360 degree world. And lucky for us they have eyes in the back of their head to see what they can't see in front of them.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 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 Bernard Plossu, Edward Burtynsky, Nicolas St-Pierre, Cartier-Bresson's New Jersey, cropping, Adobe Firefly and a used gear sale.

Keep Reading »

Peakto Adds Cataloging to Pixelmator Pro

28 March 2023

The Pixelmator Pro and Cyme teams have collaborated on a new version of Peakto to bring cataloging features to the Mac image editor.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

DPReview to Close

21 March 2023

In an announcement on its site, Scott Everett announced DPReview will close "in the near future."

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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."

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

Leica 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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

February

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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."

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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".

Keep Reading »

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."

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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."

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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?

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

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.

Keep Reading »

January

Shift Ends

31 January 2023

We often labor late into the night to bring you a fresh Photo Corners in the morning. And when we do, this is what we see as we close up shop when our shift ends.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

31 January 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 Stephen Starkman, long lenses, crashing Teslas, life experiences, Smart Objects, shutters, PhotoLab 6 on the M2 Max, practicing and log literacy.

Keep Reading »

Crab Season

30 January 2023

Beginning in November we keep an eye on the ocean at night for the bright lights of the crab boats. This past November there were none. None in December. And almost none in January as various factors contrived to delay the opening of the season.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

30 January 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, Wojciech Grzedzinski, WatermarkRemover.io, portrait advice, lunar tips and microSD cards.

Keep Reading »

Remembering George Zimbel

28 January 2023

George Zimbel, who proudly identified himself as one of the last elders of photography faithful to the legacy of the Photo League, passed away earlier this month at a care facility in Montreal. He was 93.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: Ed Panar's 'Walking Home'

28 January 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

28 January 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 Polar night, John Fielder, Observer photos, music photographers, Harold Davis and ChronoPhoto.

Keep Reading »

Pilara Foundation to Close Pier 24

27 January 2023

The Pilara Foundation has announced its intention to close Pier 24 Photography when its lease with the Port of San Francisco expires in July 2025. The foundation plans to transition to a granting foundation focused on supporting organizations devoted to healthcare research, education and the arts.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Pruned Olives

27 January 2023

The sidewalks of the church property up the street are lined with slender olive trees. Every year they get pruned back. And every time they do, we marvel at the art of it.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

27 January 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 Truth in Photography, blurring a background, the Nikon SB-500, QuickLook Preview, Light It, Shoot It, Retouch It and a PureRaw deal.

Keep Reading »

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

27 January 2023

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the German concentration camp in Poland where 1.1 million people were exterminated during World War II. The day of liberation by Soviet troops has been commemorated since 2005 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Keep Reading »

Mount Tam

26 January 2023

That's what we call it around here. The full name is Mount Tamalpais and it's one of the three peaks in the Bay area. Mount Diablo to the east and Mount Hamilton to the south are the other two. Twin Peaks are just a couple of hills in comparison.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

26 January 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 Europe's ski resorts, Minimalist Photography Awards, Mariachi musicians, editing via text, Shutterstock's AI option, Thunderbolt hub performance, copyright bots and a backup system mistake.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Marilyn Stafford

25 January 2023

The photojournalist and fashion photographer Marilyn Stafford, whose work was rediscovered when she was in her 90s, died earlier this month at her home in Shoreham-by-Sea on the English coast. She was 97.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

25 January 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 snake-handling, work, filming strangers in public, McCartney photos and conversation.

Keep Reading »

Disaster Recovery

24 January 2023

Sunday morning we waltzed down to the bunker to go through the news online as we warmed up with a cappuccino only to find our backup laptop (and Sunday driver) was stuck on a restart. The crash report mentioned a missing library file but that file is not on our production box either.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

24 January 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 Lunar New Year, Thatcher's Children, Street View, the Masks panel, Cosina, vintage fast lenses, Pre-Photoshop, night shooting and a jammed hot shoe.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

23 January 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 Dzesika Devic, Margaret Renkl, Pedro Guimarães, an animated chart, more strange things said and the M2 Mac mini.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Ranald Mackechnie'

21 January 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

21 January 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 Danuri, Dayanita Singh, Filter, black-and-white JPEGs, High Plains Farm, Pictures From Home, archives and no photos of Putin bathing this year.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Stairways After the Storm

20 January 2023

There is not a lot of flat ground in hilly San Francisco. When someone claims to have found some, we tell them to let their foot off the brake with the transmission in neutral and see which way they roll. Because they will roll.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

20 January 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 Grace Lau, a drop of seawater, testing a theory and two Kelby tips.

Keep Reading »

Twin Peaks

19 January 2023

We were on the west side of Twin Peaks during a break between January storms when we saw these clouds dancing over Eureka Peak (left) and Noe Peak. We stopped to listen to the music.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

19 January 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 ocean art photography contest, Mirror of Self exhibition, the Icelandic hot dog, the 2022 Stamp Yearbook, Capture One, two AI lawsuits and fashion photography.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

18 January 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 drive-ins, icicles, Jack Lueders-Booth, Joe McNally, Louis Fleckenstein, Z system advice, PhotoPills, Howard Oakley, a $137,175 contract and Isaac Newton.

Keep Reading »

Sony Announces FE 20-70mm f4 G Zoom+

17 January 2023

Sony has announced its FE 20-70mm f4-GB lens, extending the familiar 24-70mm range to a wider 20mm. The extended range is expected to appeal particularly to vloggers and selfie shooters.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

17 January 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 Devin Allen, Tony O'Shea, wildlife cameras, Yassine Toumi, Luis Carlos Tovar, tool tips, character, a workshop, an Epson paper, inspiration, scale, straightening and new M2 machines.

Keep Reading »

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

16 January 2023

Equality is the first word that usually comes to mind when thinking about Martin Luther King, Jr., who the nation pauses to honor today. Equal rights, in short. Regardless of race. A revolutionary idea in its day.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Art In This Present Moment'

14 January 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

14 January 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 Christmas trees, Casa Klotz, California's wild weather, recommendations, luck, Flickr Print Shop and Harold Davis.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Laguna Honda

13 January 2023

Just down the hill is a natural lake that serves as a reservoir. When the local news reported our rainfall since October was nearly 200 percent of normal, we walked down to see how high the water level had risen in Laguna Honda. On the one sunny day of the whole week.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

13 January 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 Layla May Arthur, Sid Grossman, 98.5mm and photography apps.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

12 January 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 indigenous photographers, Afghan women athletes, Tyrone Turner, old 50mm lenses, more strange utterances, the LensCulture portrait awards, gifts and disk image formats.

Keep Reading »

Sigma Introduces 10x Zoom for Mirrorless Systems

12 January 2023

Sigma has announced its 60-600mm f4.5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports lens, the world's first and only mirrorless 10x ultra-telephoto zoom, according to the company. The second full-frame mirrorless zoom lens in the Sigma Sports line, with 1:2.4 maximum magnification at 200mm and weighing 5.5 pounds, the lens is offered in Sony E-mount and L-Mount.

Keep Reading »

DxO Updates Include New Camera, Lens Support

11 January 2023

DxO had announced updates to its software that add support for four new cameras and six new lenses, bringing the total of Optics modules to nearly 1,700. The announcement also promises a February update with two new cameras and five new lenses.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

11 January 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 Horacio Coppola, pandemic photos, David Teran, Mark Murrmann, predictions, winter photographs and iPhone photos.

Keep Reading »

ICP Announces 2023 Infinity Awards

11 January 2023

The International Center of Photography has announced the 2023 honorees of its annual Infinity Awards. Honorees include Ming Smith, Joyce Cowin, Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, Poulomi Basu and Zora J Murff.

Keep Reading »

Epson Announces SureLab D1070 Minilab Printer

11 January 2023

Epson has announced the SureLab D1070, its new high-performance minilab printer. Built for high-volume photo and graphic arts production, the drylab printer's modern design integrates seamlessly into workflows for maximum profitability and enables businesses to quickly deliver outstanding prints to their customers, the company said.

Keep Reading »

Repairing a Nikkor Zoom

10 January 2023

If you read our exuberant piece titled Fixing a Nikkor Zoom, you know we suffered the same problem with two 18-200mm Nikkor zooms. Which is that the scene in the viewfinder hops up and back down before focusing.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

10 January 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 Ian Macdonald, Landforms Project, Joe McNally, Victoria Sambunaris, Kari Medig, iconic locations, a Leica zoom lens, Lightroom plug-ins and Pocket Guides.

Keep Reading »

Remembering Henry Grossman

9 January 2023

Henry Grossman, who made revealing formal portraits as well as intimate candids, died on Nov. 27 in Englewood, N.J. after being hospitalized several months after a fall. He was 86.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

9 January 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 Mountain Photo of the Year, Dancing Bears Festival, Close-Up Photographer of the Year, Terry LaRue, Laura Visigalli, some thoughts and Gen Z's digicams.

Keep Reading »

Matinee: 'Funeral Photographer'

7 January 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?

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

7 January 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 Nate Gowdy, Isabel Malia, Gen Z's digicams and 2023 photography contests.

Keep Reading »

Artist Emergency Relief Grants Now Available

6 January 2023

The San Francisco Arts Commission has partnered with the Minnesota Street Project Foundation to share information about available resources to assist local artists who have recently been impacted by severe weather and flooding.

Keep Reading »

Friday Slide Show: Soaked by a Storm

6 January 2023

The second of three atmospheric rivers hit the region this week dropping another four or five inches of rain. The ground was already saturated after the first. The second brought both more flooding and power failures from downed trees along with it.

Keep Reading »

How to Pack a Lens

6 January 2023

We've unpacked and packed hundreds of cameras and lenses in 25 years of reviewing photographic gear. But we always unpacked and packed consumer packaging. We've rarely had to pack anything from scratch.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

6 January 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 Alpine ski resorts, the Filter Photo Festival, a TP-Link solution, Aputure lighting, Maven magnetic filters plus Martin and Virginia Davis.

Keep Reading »

A Dark and Stormy Night +

5 January 2023

We had just chopped the Romaine into slivers for our chopped blue cheese salad with olive oil and lemon juice when the lights, which had been flickering, went dark with a sort of finality that could not be mistaken.

Keep Reading »

Nikon Announces Development of 85mm, 26mm Nikkors

5 January 2023

Nikon has announced it is developing the Nikkor Z 85mm f1.2 S, a fast mid-telephoto prime lens, and the Nikkor Z 26mm f2.8, a slim wide-angle prime lens for the Nikon Z mount system. Both lenses will be full-frame, FX-format capable.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

5 January 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 wildlife candidates, Ian Spanier, Merlin, Nikon lenses and a fraud alert.

Keep Reading »

Panasonic Announces Lumix S5 II and S5 IIX

4 January 2023

Panasonic has announced the Lumix S5 II and Lumix S5 IIx full-frame mirrorless cameras. The new releases include the Lumix S5II camera body, the Lumix S5IIx camera body, kits with the S5II and S5IIx cameras and a 20-60mm zoom lens, plus a new 14-28mm ultra-wide L-mount half-macro zoom lens for photo and video applications.

Keep Reading »

CES Notebook +

4 January 2023

The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off today in Las Vegas as yet another Covid-19 variant has been identified. Several years ago, CES was suspected of incubating the first outbreak of the disease in the Bay area. So once again we are monitoring events in drone mode, so to speak. At a safe distance.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

4 January 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 LA's arcades, nordic landscapes, Nancy Rubin, a Nikon wishlist and global shutters.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

3 January 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. 1, Jan Bell, missed shots, aspect ratios, the Synology DiskStation, Fujifilm's film simulations, Christmas tree light bokeh, resolutions, opportunities and debloating Windows.

Keep Reading »

Caregiver

2 January 2023

During a brief respite from our caregiver duties on the sunny patio yesterday, we looked up from our book to find this remnant of potted basil looking back at us. We dismissed it idly and went back to reading Vonnegut's letters but it called for a second look.

Keep Reading »

Around The Horn

2 January 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 cold swimmers, last week, return shots, Greenland, Pelé, Peakto, car talk, an appraisal and Olan Mills double exposures.

Keep Reading »

December Archived

1 January 2023

We've just archived Volume 11, Number 12 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 18 Features, 8 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 169 items of interest), 2 reviews and 1 site note for a total of 56 stories.

Keep Reading »

It's 2023!

1 January 2023

Once again, the exclamation point in our headline expresses, not just optimism, but some genuine enthusiasm. Last year hasn't just ended but a new one has begun with a lot of positives.

Keep Reading »

Previously on Photo Corners:

2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024
The Monthly Archive | Current

Photo Corners 2023 headlines archivebestsbookscalendar

Photo Corners 2023 headlines archive bests books calendar