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Arguing With AI

A Lightroom Snapshot Macro

Working in the Garden

Roosevelt Middle School

Nonna's Bifocali

Carol Kitman

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Using Generative Fill

PureRaw 6

Song of India

A Sunset Unlike Any Other

Arguing With AI

30 May 2026

Hard as it is to explain, we had a polite argument with Google Gemini over a line from Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners, one part of a 1973 trilogy covering a weekend in which one guest tries to seduce three women (including his own wife) in an attempt "to make them happy."

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Matinee: 'The Who We Are Photography Project'

30 May 2026

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

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Around The Horn

30 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Drew Hopper, Altaf Qadri, the +Excelsior District, a pet peeve and accessibility regulations.

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Friday Slide Show: Fort Mason 2005

29 May 2026

The last time we featured a few shots of Fort Mason was in February 2014. Photo Corners was just getting started then and we had gone looking for a slide show there with our Nikon D300. The clouds sat high up in the sky, diffusing the light nicely for us.

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Tenth Annual Toyo Tires Photo Contest Opens

29 May 2026

Toyo Tires is now accepting entries to its Tenth Annual Toyo Tires Shutter Space Automotive Photo Contest. The automotive photography theme this year must showcase a rolling vehicle shot, "capturing those dynamic moments in time that convey speed and energcs," the company said.

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Around The Horn

29 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, the week in wildlife, Danzinger's colored Moonrise and Lawler's new shop.

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Around The Horn

28 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at NJ ICE confrontation, Janette Beckman, Scripps National Spelling Bee contestants, negative space, the Meyer Optik Goerlitz Lydith, Adobe vs. Apple color engines and Halide Mark III.

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Around The Horn

27 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Belfast Photo Festival, Mateusz Stefanowski, K4MERA wigglegrams and Canon Prograf 1000 scuff marks.

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Around The Horn

26 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Memorial Day, the hajj pilgrimage, Lee Friedlander, Matthias Foster, VSL retires, the good things, fact-checking and Mac external display support.

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Memorial Day

25 May 2026

Our photo depicts the Star of the Sea military section of Holy Cross Cemetery in Colma, Calif. where our parents are buried. Every year, school kids go down the rows of headstones, planting a little American flag on each grave.

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Matinee: 'Vienna, Salzburg & Prague'

23 May 2026

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

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Around The Horn

23 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Bolivia, Castro trinkets, the Yashica Funtastic and wild client stories.

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Friday Slide Show: The Emergency Dept.

22 May 2026

Monday night just before 9 p.m. we drove to the Emergency Dept. after the skilled nursing facility where Joyce has been recently sent her by transport when they couldn't control her high fever.

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Around The Horn

22 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 top photos, Reuters' week, the Black Arts Movement and a black background.

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Around The Horn

21 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at off the Cannes carpet, Matthew Connors, portraiture and Paul Melcher.

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Around The Horn

20 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Ebola, the Sandy Fire, old wedding gowns, Camera Raw updates and getting replaced by AI.

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Around The Horn

19 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Gruyaert, Bay to Breakers, the Panasonic L10 and a DIY panorama camera.

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Around The Horn

18 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Nazi propaganda photos, Eurovision, the Ralph Lauren Catwalk, Francisco Gonzalez Camacho, the Viltrox Vintage Z1 Pro, sharper images and Fujifilm equipment sale.

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Matinee: 'Paul Graham: Remember What We Stand For'

16 May 2026

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

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Around The Horn

16 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Oceanside, the jet set, Beijing summit, an "everyday carry", a gear purge, GFX 100 II read noise and hiking with a camera.

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Friday Slide Show: Noe Valley 2006

15 May 2026

The first-generation iPhone was still a few months away from its introduction when we took a walk through Noe Valley in 2006, twenty years ago, with a Kodak V610 we were reviewing.

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Around The Horn

15 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 top photos, Reuters' week, Photo London Emerging Photographer Award, Barbara Dumetz, bridge cameras and Voja Mitrovic (Part II).

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'My Mother'

14 May 2026

With Mother's Day just passed and all thoughts of Sunday brunch flown, it may be tempting to crank focus to Father's Day. But yesterday we were going through some old images and found this one from June 2010.

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Around The Horn

14 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at China, motivation, the Gobirding APL-ETF-M1 and LensCulture's Street Photography contest.

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Sony Announces the Alpha 7R VI

13 May 2026

Sony Electronics has announced its Alpha 7R VI, the sixth generation of the Alpha 7R series, featuring a 66.8-megapixel, back-illuminated fully-stacked Exmor RS CMOS sensor with the new BIONZ XR2 engine.

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Sony Unveils FE 100-400mm f4.5 GM OSS G Master Zoom

13 May 2026

Sony has introduced the FE 100-400mm f4.5 GM OSS, the newest addition to its flagship G Master lens series for full-frame Alpha E-mount cameras. Covering a 100-400mm focal range with a constant f4.5 aperture, it features high-precision autofocus up to approximately 3x faster1 than the FE 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 GM OSS. It weighs 65 oz. with an internal zoom structure.

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Around The Horn

13 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Mount Everest, Cannes, classic World Cup moments, Photo London and Voja Mitrovic.

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Panasonic Announces Four Thirds Lumix L10 Camera

12 May 2026

Panasonic has announced the Lumix L10, a fixed lens camera to mark the 25th anniversary of the Lumix line. Black, Silver and a commemorative Titanium Gold Special Edition will be available.

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Wheels

12 May 2026

When we bought the Alfa in 1984, its stock wheels had already been replaced by a set of Porsche 924 wheels. They were fitted with slightly lower tires than the original.

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Around The Horn

12 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at new women photographers, Reuters' day, World Hat Walk, Markus Brunetti, Twin Ford Model A Tudors and the Canadian Rockies.

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A Lightroom Snapshot Macro

11 May 2026

This weekend we came across a plea for a Keyboard Maestro macro that would make Lightroom "loop through all selected photos in Grid View and for each selected photo create a Snapshot with a specific name."

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Around The Horn

11 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at daily life, wildflowers, Andrea Koesters, Jerry McMillan, still life, camera sales and digital photo frames.

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Matinee: 'The Sperm Whales at Bleiks Djupet'

9 May 2026

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

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Around The Horn

9 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 20 photos, Route 66 centennial stamps, a silhouette and the Leica CL.

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Friday Slide Show: The Bus Stop

8 May 2026

We had just gotten to the crosswalk when the bus we wanted pulled up to the stop at the intersection. We thought we'd run across the street, waving our hands wildly to get the driver's attention, if someone was getting off. But if the bus was just stopping for the stop sign and rolling along, we wouldn't.

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Around The Horn

8 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' unusual photos, wildlife, Paul Nicklen, PureRaw and Montreal food markets.

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Nikon Developing Nikkor Z 120-300mm f2.8 TC VR S

7 May 2026

Nikon has announced the development of the Nikkor Z 120-300mm f2.8 TC VR S, featuring a built-in 1.4x teleconverter extending the focal range to 168mm to 420mm.

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Around The Horn

7 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Steven Meisel, decision day, Las Pelilargas, Poland, colors, the Canon EOS R5 Mark II, contracts and epistemologies.

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Around The Horn

6 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at giant icebergs, Photography as a Way of Life, Matthew Hinton and Janusz Jurek's street photograph.

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Around The Horn

5 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Fotografia Europea, the Met Gala, Star Wars and immigration courtrooms closing.

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Pulitzer Winners in Photography Announced

4 May 2026

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.

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Around The Horn

4 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Kentucky Derby, Artemis Ii photo timeline, lost birds, a barn and passing by.

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Matinee: 'Bernard Kleina: Portrait of a Photographer'

2 May 2026

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

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Around The Horn

2 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at May Day in the U.S., AP's week, unusual pictures, OM System image stabilization, Tuck in Montreal, more Adobe ACE gamut mapping and Profoto on Nikon Z cameras.

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Friday Slide Show: Lilies of Long Ago

1 May 2026

We look forward to our weekly slide show. But now and then we like to look back instead. These images are from the start of the century.

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Around The Horn

1 May 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at May Day, Reuters' week, wildlife, Google's Auto Frame and a new name for OMDS.

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April Archived

1 May 2026

We've just archived Volume 15, Number 4 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 6 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 151 items of interest), 1 review and 1 site note for a total of 49 stories.

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April

Around The Horn

30 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 152nd Kentucky Derby, drone nets, Doron Gild, Photoshop's latest features, the OM-D E-M10 Mark IV and a home darkroom.

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Around The Horn

29 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 New York, Avedon in Montreal, NASA's earthly alphabet and spring photography.

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Hasselblad Masters 2026 Announces Photography Competition Finalists

28 April 2026

Hasselblad has announced the 70 finalists of the Hasselblad Masters 2026 from the over over 108,000 images received from photographers in more than 160 countries and territories.

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Adobe Updates Photoshop, Lightroom; AI Assistant Beta Goes Live

28 April 2026

Adobe released updates to Photoshop and Lightroom today that, the company says, "enable more intuitive workflows for creative professionals, helping them iterate faster and more accurately while staying focused on creating." The company has also launched the beta for AI Assistant. Details below.

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Around The Horn

28 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Queen Elizabeth II Garden, Jon McCormack, Tuck's trip, Abraham Saikley, Adobe's gamut mapping, Death of a Valley and the World Press distance problem.

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Remembering Jack Thornell

27 April 2026

Jack Randolph Thornell, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his photo of James Meredith after he was attacked and wounded by a sniper during his June 1966 March Against Fear in Mississippi, has died from complications of kidney disease. He was 86.

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Remembering Raghu Rai

27 April 2026

Raghu Rai, who pioneered Indian photojournalism, died on Sunday in New Delhi from prostate cancer. He was 83.

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Around The Horn

27 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Beijing Auto Show, Reuters' day, Anastasia Sierra, Kirk Tuck and Thom Hogan.

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Matinee: 'She Saw. We Remember.'

25 April 2026

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

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Around The Horn

25 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, Chernobyl, LensCulture Portrait Awards, robots running and the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark IV.

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Friday Slide Show: Le Goullon

24 April 2026

For many years a lithograph of a watercolor looking down California St. past Grant to the Bay Bridge hung in our grandparents' home. Mom inherited it and we ended up with it.

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Around The Horn

24 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, wildlife, Navid Baraty, Jello salad, two types of photographers and strange encounters.

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Mountains of Clouds

23 April 2026

We were struck by this cloud formation as we crossed the parking lot yesterday afternoon to get into our "baby limo" black Honda Civic HX to drive home. It was majestic. A mountain range of moisture.

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Around The Horn

23 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at WPP Photo of the Year, tennis team at the White House, Emilio Morenatti, Taipei's Scooter Waterfall, Emmet Gowin and the IPTC Toronto Summit.

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Passing Clouds

22 April 2026

Moments after a downpour on an otherwise sunny late afternoon, we caught these clouds escaping the scene of the crime. We jumped up from our otherwise happy hour to take a few shots with our phone.

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Around The Horn

22 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Chernobyl, mounted bullfighting, AiPad, nine CCP acquisitions and camera choices.

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Panasonic Announces 40mm f2 Prime Lens

21 April 2026

Panasonic has announced its compact, lightweight L-mount Lumix S 40mm f2 with the same 62m filter of the Lumix S 18-40mm f4.5-6.3. The new prime lens features a dust- and splash-resistant design and a front lens element coated with fluorine to make it easy to remove dirt and oil from the surface.

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DxO Releases Nik Collection 9 with AI-Enhanced Tools +

21 April 2026

DxO has released Nik Collection 9, which is calls "the most ambitious update in the suite's history." The new release features AI-enhanced masking tools with a new approach to color grading and a range of new filters.

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Around The Horn

21 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Obama and Mamdani, serenity, NAB Show news, learning a lens, packing and getting older.

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Around The Horn

20 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Albert Scopin, Lisa Murray, historical Muni photos and hot-air balloons.

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Matinee: 'Ilford's Commitment to Film Photography'

18 April 2026

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

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Around The Horn

18 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, the NRA convention, the Fujifilm GFX100S II, the Pentax K-3 III, packing and authentic visual content.

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Friday Slide Show: Working in the Garden

17 April 2026

We've always told ourselves that working in the garden was the poor man's gym membership. You get the exercise, you save the monthly fee. And, if you think about it, it smells better.

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Around The Horn

17 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Reuters' week, Lebanon, open-air mass with Pope Leo, Sony World Photography Awards, snake charmers, post-instructional traumatic disorder and street photography tips.

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Around The Horn

16 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Christer Björkman, the Language of Lines, Camera Raw 18.3, the WLV-01 waist level camera, personal encyclopedias and LunarWall.

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Adobe Unveils Firefly AI Assistant

15 April 2026

Adobe today announced Firefly AI Assistant with new image editing and video capabilities built on what the company calls "agentic creativity." With agentic creativity, "creators can describe the desired outcome in their own words and the assistant orchestrates and executes complex, multi-step workflows across Adobe's Creative Suite ," the company said.

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Around The Horn

15 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Marina Sersale, Jasper Gibson, the Pentax K-1 II, Minimalist landscape photography and how to stop working.

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Around The Horn

14 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Israel, Grenada, Adobe Firefly Boards, camera/lens combinations, whacky fun things, I'm Back APS-C Roll and editing.

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Clouds Bringing Rain

13 April 2026

If April showers bring May flowers, what brings April showers? Clouds, that's what. And we've had some doozies lately.

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Around The Horn

13 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Songkran Water Festival, Coachella 2026, passport photos, Hogan answers lens questions and lighting techniques.

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Matinee: 'AP Photographers in Lebanon'

11 April 2026

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

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Around The Horn

11 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Artemis II, Reuters' week, the Masters, a remote camera and 1890 Bryant St StudiOS.

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Friday Slide Show: An Original Brick

10 April 2026

Brick, as a building material, is between 7,000 and 9,000 years old, we're told, first appearing in the Middle East in a sun-dried mud version. The use of a kiln instead of "solar power" about 4,000 to 3,500 BC sped things up considerably. Our particular brick was made from Sacramento mud in the middle of the 19th century.

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Around The Horn

10 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuter's unusual photos, wildlife week, the human body, the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome, fungus and creativity.

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Around The Horn

9 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Winners, Appalachia, astrophotography settings, mountains and new Nikon ambassadors.

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Around The Horn

8 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Route 66, Gordon Parks in color, Daniel Sackheim, On This Day, monochrome landscapes and orphan lenses.

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Remembering Nathan Farb

7 April 2026

Nathan Farb died late last month at his home in Adirondack Park. He was 85.

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Harvey Posts ExifTool 13.55 Production Release

7 April 2026

Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v13.55, the first production release since v13.50 on Feb. 7. The release is available in three formats, including a Windows executable and macOS package.

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Nack Returns to Google

7 April 2026

John Nack has jumped ship once again as he returns to Google. The former Photoshop product manager is continuing his quest to bring "creative artificial intelligence" to the world after working on Copilot for Microsoft most recently.

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Around The Horn

7 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, sheep, the moon, Hogan, hue angles and the DarkLight 25L.

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Around The Horn

6 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 easter parade, Orion photos, Kirk Tuck's Easter and taking better photos of a wife.

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Happy Easter!

5 April 2026

This photo of the prize basket at the 1923 Easter egg rolling at the Coolidge White House is from the Library of Congress. At least the black-and-white version of it is.

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Matinee: 'Cherry Blossom Photographers'

4 April 2026

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

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Around The Horn

4 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Wintershall, Sara Swaty, Stephanie Scarbrough and Michael Shaw.

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Friday Slide Show: The Golden Mile

3 April 2026

The Golden Mile Project has transformed JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park with murals on the asphalt, sculpture, live music, yellow Adirondacks, painted pianos and other forms of artistic expression.

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Around The Horn +

3 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Reuters' week, AP's top photos, Orion's first image, craftsmanship, e-waste, backing up photos online and Sora.

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Around The Horn

2 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Falklands, Artemis II launch, expressive owls, black-and-white flowers, Artemis II cameras, Hogan's week and the Daylight Photo Awards.

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Around The Horn

1 April 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at final World Cup spots, Claire Aho, Joseph Ford, Sibusiso Bheka, Harold Davis, persistence, Crop Sensor mode and composition.

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March Archived

1 April 2026

We've just archived Volume 15, Number 2 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, 4 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 139 items of interest), 1 review and 1 site note for a total of 49 stories.

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March

Around The Horn

31 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Palm Sunday in Lebanon, the Bauhaus's radical female photographers, Kirk Tuck recovers and Barry Webb's slime molds.

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The Good Life

30 March 2026

Walking by this innocuous patch of asphalt next to a mortuary, we were struck not so much by the hearse (which, after all, is to be expected), but by the yachts. Not just one of them, but two.

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Around The Horn

30 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at No Kings, signs at No Kings, Eid, series from a café and Munsell patches.

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Matinee: 'Swee Choo Oh'

28 March 2026

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

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Around The Horn

28 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, stopping shopping and Graciela Iturbide.

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Friday Slide Show: The Rose Garden

27 March 2026

If we had been driving (or cycling or surfboarding or skating) by, we would have missed it. We'd have seen the Golden Gate Park Rose Garden mostly just green with hardly a bloom of color. But we had walked over to it. So we did not so easily dismiss the early spring show.

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Around The Horn

27 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at spring blooms, unusual photos, Frank Relle, airports, The Photography Show preview, multiple masks in one click, Raw histograms, Der Fingerpokenspieler and AI product photography.

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Tanked

26 March 2026

With gas prices nearing $7 a gallon here, we are only grateful it's not the 1970s when the car we drove got a lot less than the 33 miles per gallon we're getting and when there were no EVs on the road and reducing the demand for gas.

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Around The Horn

26 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at social media on trial, robots, Camille Lemoine, Minimalism in landscapes, Principles of image correction and the Sigma fp at night.

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Roosevelt Middle School

25 March 2026

The grand plan was to name the Avenues after California governors, starting with Arguello. But, if you walk west, you'll see that plan was abandoned by Second Avenue.

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Around The Horn

25 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Elizabeth Sanjuan, Ibrahim Mahama, Chris Gampat, Minimalism and photo preservation questions.

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Panasonic Announces Lumix ZS300 Digicam

24 March 2026

Panasonic has announced its Lumix ZS300, a pocket-sized digicam "designed for travelers and everyday creators who want exceptional image quality in a portable form," the company said.

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Around The Horn

24 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at ICE at the airport, skiers in swimsuits, Hogan's week and mounting vintage lenses.

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Around The Horn

23 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Cambodia's limestone caves, migrating geese, Jan Erik Waider, portraits and Magnum Photos Square Print Sale.

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Matinee: 'Henry of Pelham: The Wine Archive'

21 March 2026

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

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Around The Horn

21 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Eid Al-Fitr, Women's Asian Cup, Mrs. Outerbridge, Ben Zan and auto editing.

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Friday Slide Show: Nonna's Bifocali

20 March 2026

One way or another, nothing lasts very long. If your treasures aren't tossed in a dumpster as soon as you're gone, no one left will know what they are or why they mattered.

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Around The Horn

20 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, moments, Thomas Jackson and AI seasons.

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Remembering Carol Kitman

19 March 2026

Carol Kitman, who documented the Vindman twins for decades through their childhoods into adulthood, has died at the age of 93.

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Adobe Firefly Adds Custom Models, New Editing Tools

19 March 2026

In a blog post today, Deepa Subramaniam announced an update to Adobe Firefly that features custom as well as expanded model choices, new video and image tools and expanded access to Project Moonlight.

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19 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, LCE winners, Andrew Moore, Natasha (Tash) Hopkins, Kirk Tuck resumes, silky smooth waterfalls, Oscar winners cameras, JPEG vs. Raw exposure, the licensing mirage and a Think Tank Photo sale.

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Around The Horn

18 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Baseball Classic, Death Valley superbloom, Cyme's Peakto, the Finger Lakes, portrait photography and the Getty-Shutterstock Merger.

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Around The Horn

17 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Gaza sandstorm, Claire Rosen, the Golden State Storm and Truth in Photography.

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Nikon Issues Service Advisory for Z6III, Z5II, ZR Cameras

17 March 2026

Nikon has issued a service advisory for "certain Z6III, Z5II and ZR cameras were manufactured using parts that do not meet our quality standards." It has identified the serial numbers of the affected models and "will provide repairs, including necessary parts replacement, free of charge even if the warranty period has expired."

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Happy St. Patrick's Day

17 March 2026

And, in fact, we won't stop there but, as in years past, turn this whole text green just to show how much affection we have for the Irish -- or at least, _Two Irishmen_...

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Around The Horn

16 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 AP at the Oscars, Reuters at the Oscars, six skills, Johnston's pepper and Hogan's week.

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Matinee: 'Felicità'

14 March 2026

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

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Around The Horn

14 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Tehran, Kapikoy, Viva Gibb, subjects and swollen batteries.

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Friday Slide Show: Spring Weeds +

13 March 2026

We left the studio with other plans but when we looked right instead of left we saw something worth taking out our camera. The weeds sprouting to greet spring on March 20 seemed particularly photogenic.

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Around The Horn

13 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, Beverly Price with Gordon Parks, Apple's Photos app, the Photo Generation and Kirk Tuck.

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Around The Horn

12 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at tornado damage, Lebanese families, the Paralympics, window washers and landscape photographs.

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Standard Time

11 March 2026

This is how standard time ended for us Saturday night. As soon as it got dark, we took our pitch-fueled torch and wandered through the house, room by room, setting the clocks an hour ahead.

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Around The Horn

11 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Paris Fashion Week, Hong Kong's basketball courts, Múlajökull, sports photography, dynamic range and women shaping photography.

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Adobe Adds AI Tools to Photoshop, Firefly

10 March 2026

Adobe has announced new conversational AI enhancements targeted at the process of creating and editing images in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Firefly Image Editor.

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Around The Horn

10 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Fukushima, Reuters' day, Luigi Ghirri exhibit, Miya Tsudome, super telephoto compacts and older photographers.

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Locked

9 March 2026

We were puzzled to see such a forbidding lock on a cabinet in a recreation room. Was the main recreation lock breaking, we wondered.

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Around The Horn

9 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Women's Day, Iran last week, Tuck's Sunday and Hpgan's week.

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Spring Forward

7 March 2026

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.

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Matinee: 'Robin Radin: The World from Jamaica Plain'

7 March 2026

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

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Around The Horn

7 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jesse Jackson memorial, Frank Lopez, Heipi tripod and Bouquets to Art.

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Friday Slide Show: Sutro Heights Park

6 March 2026

On the bluff above the Cliff House, Sutro Heights Park sits where Adolph Sutro built his mansion and opened its gardens to the public high above Sutro Baths.

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Around The Horn

6 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuter's week, Altaf Qadri, Grundtvigs Kirke and Paul Melcher.

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Around The Horn

5 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Holi, Cuba, Stefan Falke, bugs, prints, matching an old print and fixing a filter.

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Using Generative Fill to Replace Subjects

4 March 2026

We liked this night view of the church up the street, filtered through our unwashed front window, so we lined up the shot a few days ago. We knew it would be photobombed by the Mt. Sutro communication tower but we thought we could deal with that in post production.

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Around The Horn

4 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Franco Fontana, Nick Ut, Elsa Garrison, small sensor photography, creative exposure plus Apple's new monitors and MacBook Pros.

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Test Drive: PureRaw 6

3 March 2026

DxO's PureRaw, a preprocessor for Raw files, is a tremendous idea. You can simply add it to your workflow no matter which image editing software application you prefer. And you'll get the benefit of DxO's extensive optics modules corrections to whatever camera and lens combination you shot with.

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Around The Horn

3 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 blood-red lunar eclipse, the Middle East at war, Alex Frayne and tripods.

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Around The Horn

2 March 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, AI chalk wars, principles of lighting and putting it in writing.

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February Archived

2 March 2026

We've just archived Volume 15, Number 2 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 12 Features, 7 commented News stories, 24 Editor's Notes (which included 126 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 44 stories.

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February

Matinee: 'Sisters' First Photo Together'

28 February 2026

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

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Around The Horn

28 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 attack on Iran, home in black-and-white, picture size and Coreen Simpson.

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Friday Slide Show: Song of India

27 February 2026

This tall ornamental beauty has graced our entryway for well over 20 years when a niece who was visiting gave it to us. It just keeps growing taller and taller under the skylight so we keep putting it on shorter and shorter plant stands.

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Around The Horn

27 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week plus some unusual photos, Underwater Photographer of the Year, Adam Moran, Thom Hogan on CP+, pincushion distortion and the Ligar for film cameras.

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Around The Horn

26 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Camille Seaman, Kirk Tuck, the valoi easy35 v2 scanner, Peakto 2.7 and Mode by Flickr.

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Around The Horn

25 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 State of the Union, spring training, alternatives to Ring and surveillance cameras.

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Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II

24 February 2026

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 70-200mm f2.8 VR S II, the second-generation version of its pro-level, fast telephoto zoom. The new zoom features improved optical performance, faster focusing and is 26 percent lighter, the company said.

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Around The Horn

24 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 different Olympics, Greek Flour War, Ukraine, resistance, Jeff Mermelstein, Tracy L Chandler, Snapseed, Hogan's week and ISO.

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Reflections on Covering the Olympics

23 February 2026

In today's broadcast of the PBS News Hour, several of the press photographers covering the Milano-Cortina Olympics reflected on the experience -- and their best shots.

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A Sunset Unlike Any Other

23 February 2026

Well, having observed a few sunsets from our picture window over a few decades now, we would insist that no sunset is like any other. The sky is a big place with lots of things happening in it and it would be miraculous to look up and see the same thing twice.

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Around The Horn

23 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Olympic highlights, Mexico, Northeast winter storm, a rare white whale, an APO 50mm f2 SL Summicron and digitizing 70mm film.

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Matinee: 'Yellowstone Winter 2026'

21 February 2026

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

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Around The Horn

21 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Olympic fans, natty outfits at the Olympics, Cuban circus performers and Drumettes.

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Friday Slide Show: The L Taraval

20 February 2026

We live on a street that runs from the middle of the city to the beach. And last night we were invited to a dinner party on our street -- near the beach. So we took our electric vehicle: the L Taraval streetcar.

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Around The Horn

20 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, megapixels, Michael Shaw and the Fat Shot X panoramic camera.

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Tamron Announces 35-100mm f2.8 Zoom

19 February 2026

Tamron has announced its 35-100mm f2.8 Di III VXD zoom for Sony E-mountand Nikon Z mount full-frame mirrorless cameras.

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Tamron Lens Utility 5.0 Released

19 February 2026

Tamron has released version 5.0 of its Lens Utility. "This update introduces a variety of new functions and enhances existing features to support a more comfortable and creative shooting experience," the company said.

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Around The Horn

19 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at robotic and remote cameras, unusual pictures, Mamuthones and Issohadores, Sony World Photography awards, Buzkashi and the Milky Way.

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Around The Horn

18 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Mardi Gras, Carnival, sacred spaces, astrophotography resources and William Eggleston.

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Around The Horn

17 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Winter Olympics, the Year of the Fire Horse, Martin Parr's Ireland, Rainbow Dreams, Light Stalking contest winners, Mr. Thompson, the Leica CL system, sky replacement and Hogan.

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Presidents Day

16 February 2026

We've always used the plural possessive form of this holiday's name (Presidents' Day, that is) because it honors all the men (still just men) who have served in that office. What started as homage to George Washington and conveniently lumped in Abraham Lincoln has, however, come to include a few scoundrels, including the present convicted felon.

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A Valentine

14 February 2026

The hearts festooned in this entryway greeted visitors to Kaiser's hospital on Geary in 2020. We were there at an ungodly hour of the morning for Joyce's first of nine surgeries to repair damaged tissue in her leg following radiation treatment, which itself followed surgery to remove a malignant tumor.

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Matinee: Nate Collins' Coastal Wildlife

14 February 2026

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

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Around The Horn

14 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Valentine's cards, unusual pictures, a code of ethics and Zenit TTL's Composition Guide.

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Friday Slide Show: Le Quattro Stagioni

13 February 2026

We hung these on a hefty support beam that separates the dining room from the living room. The ceiling rests on the beam, which is covered in sheet rock and painted the wall color. The beam cried out for just this kind of decoration on the dining room side.

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Around The Horn

13 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters's week, Yolanda del Amo, Szilveszter Makó and getting the color right.

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Around The Horn

12 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at everyday life at the Olympic venues, LensCulture's Art Photography Awards, Claire Thomas, Stephen Wilkes, bird close-ups and deleted iPhone photos.

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Around The Horn

11 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at monks, the Olympics, Life magazine, André Kertész, the OM-3 Astro and a used Tamron 28–75mm.

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Those Orchids

10 February 2026

That white orchid we photographed in The Orchid Friday slide show has continued to bloom, along with its smaller magenta companion. Joyce is still not home as she recuperates from surgery so she hasn't been able to enjoy it.

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Around The Horn

10 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Melbourne, David Masoko, LR's Scene Enhance tool, Paul Melcher and Peak Design's lifetime warranty.

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Around The Horn

9 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 and Reuters coverage of the Super Bowl and Bad Bunny's Halftime Show, the Winter Olympics and Kirk Tuck.

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Harvey Posts ExifTool 13.50 Production Release

7 February 2026

Phil Harvey has posted ExifTool v13.50, the first production release since v13.44 on Dec. 15, 2025. The release is available in three formats, including a Windows executable and macOS package.

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Matinee: 'Sports Photos'

7 February 2026

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

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Around The Horn

7 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Winter Olympics opening ceremony, Day One at the Olympics, a review of the week and memory price inflation.

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Friday Slide Show: Majolica Fish Vase

6 February 2026

This amusing creation sits on our bathroom vanity holding a few old fashioned toothbrushes (the manually operated kind). We have no idea where it originated.

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Around The Horn

6 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Reuters's week, Portland protests, Close-Up Photographer of the Year, early digital and a contract negotiation.

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Canon Announces RF7-14mm Fisheye, RF14mm f1.4 Prime

5 February 2026

Canon has announced its RF7-14mm f2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM zoom lens and its RF14mm f1.4 L VCM prime lens. The RF7-14mm f2.8-3.5 L Fisheye STM zoom lens introduces the world's widest angle zoom lens with a 190° field of view while the RF14mm f1.4 L VCM prime lens delivers Canon's brightest ultra-wide angle interchangeable lens.

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Canon Announces PowerShot G7 X Mark III

5 February 2026

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the PowerShot line, Canon has announced a limited edition PowerShot G7 X Mark III camera with a limited color body design and 30 year anniversary logo.

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Around The Horn

5 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Cubans, Wendy Ewald, Wildlife POTY People's Choice Award, a haircut and black-and-white landscapes.

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Around The Horn

4 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Torrance York, the Westminster Dog Show, landscape photography tutotials, Rijksmuseum's Fake! and John Biever.

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The Door

3 February 2026

This is the famous door in the basement of City Lights bookstore in North Beach. The basement was apparently once a meeting place for Christians who painted inspiring messages on the walls. But when it came to The Door, it seems, they resorted to the uninspiring facts.

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Around The Horn

3 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Hazel Gaskin, Trevor Traynor, a preferred lens, five iPad photo apps and deploying Visual AI.

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Around The Horn

2 February 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Grammys, Manu Fernandez, frozen Niagara Falls, digitizing film, the Fujifilm XF200mm f2, Leica's Noctilux and Thom's update.

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January Archived

2 February 2026

We've just archived Volume 15, Number 1 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 4 commented News stories, 27 Editor's Notes (which included 135 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 47 stories.

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January

Matinee: 'Photography by Carolyn Habelt'

31 January 2026

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

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Around The Horn

31 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at nationwide protests, Melania guests, Spain train crash and Catherine O'Hara.

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Friday Slide Show: Bacchus

30 January 2026

Bacchus is a close friend of our Kitchen Witch, who we recently took some portraits of. She insisted Bacchus sit for us. And since he's always sitting, it wasn't a big ask.

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Around The Horn

30 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, Madison Swartin Minneapolis, Photo Brussels and Regina Silveira.

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Around The Horn

29 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Texas Detention Center protests, Sibylle Fendt, synchronous fireflies and frost.

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Around The Horn

28 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Holocaust Remembrance Day, Haute Couture Week, Apple Creator Studio and creative photography ideas.

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

27 January 2026

Today marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 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.

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Adobe Updates Photoshop With 'More Control, Realism, Precision'

27 January 2026

In a blog post today, Pam Clark announced an update to Photoshop designed to "reduce tedious tasks, elevate creatives work and give more precision and control, to iterate, maintain momentum and spend more time bringing creative visions to life."

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Around The Horn

27 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Australian Open, Photoshop's new adjustment layers, step rings, phones as defensive arms, when to mention edits and a Nikon ZR firmware update.

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Around The Horn

26 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 severe winter storm, Minneapolis, Scott and Grace Offen, Erik Hoffner and digitizing film.

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Matinee: 'Reich's Ticket to a Different World'

24 January 2026

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

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Around The Horn

24 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at unusual pictures, invisible infrared surveillance technology, cartoonists and diverse marine life.

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Friday Slide Show: The Orchid

23 January 2026

When some friends visited Joyce after her surgery earlier this month, they brought her an orchid (or two) in bloom. We put it on the only shelf in the room, right next to the TV. Hospital rooms are not designed to be hospitable.

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Around The Horn

23 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuter's week, River Claure, a concrete pad timelapse and Printique.

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Around The Horn

22 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Pennsylvania, color street photography, a Canon 50mm TV f0.95 and Cloudflare.

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Old Friends

21 January 2026

On our quick excursion into the garden yesterday morning, we walked by some old wooden chair parts leaning against the fence. Why had we kept them? We must have once been sitting on them in the yard on some occasion with some friends. But we couldn't remember.

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Around The Horn

21 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at potholder photos, Minneapolis, Davos and stigmatization.

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Signs of Life

20 January 2026

We braved the frigid morning air to climb over the gopher mounds and creep under the privet bushes to shoot this array of funghi growing on those decades-old bushes pretending to be trees.

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Around The Horn

20 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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's photobooks, learning to see, Olympus TG-7 features and Valentino.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

19 January 2026

In an interview with the Associated Press the other day, Rev. Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr., said, "With everything going on, the one thing that I think Dr. King reminds people of is hope and the ability to challenge injustice and inhumanity."

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Matinee: 'Large Format Fine Art Photography'

17 January 2026

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

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Around The Horn

17 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Spanish horses, Ukranian winter war, 2026 wish list and a refurb sale.

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Friday Slide Show: Recovery

16 January 2026

You go into surgery with the impression the surgeon will fix something, maybe swap out a part, and you'll be right back on the road. What they don't tell you is how long your recovery will take.

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Around The Horn

16 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, John Locher, Reuter'a week, Nan Goldin, cultural expressions, Thom Hogan's week, what you like, visual reasoning and the carbon footprint of exhibitions.

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Around The Horn

15 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Ukrainian winter, Minneapolis, New York City immigrants, Punta Arenas, gas stations, street photography, the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome and LensCulture's portrait awards.

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Around The Horn

14 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Washington Square Park, the Flashback 35 V2, attention and the Hotel Utah Saloon.

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Cyme Releases Peakto 2.6 With AI Culling, Deduplication

13 January 2026

Cyme has announced Peakto 2.6, the latest version of its macOS AI-powered media manager, introducing a comprehensive AI-driven culling and deduplication tool.

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DxO Adds 326 New Modules

13 January 2026

DxO Labs has announced support for 326 new DxO Camera and Lens Modules. The update adds support for Canon's 45mm f1.2 lens, Sony's 100mm f2.8 Macro GM, Fujifilm's biggest telephoto prime and a pair of versatile APS-C lenses from Nikon, among others. Also joining the list is Hasselblad's X2D II 100C, paired with the 35-100mm f2.8-4, as well as a curated selection of classic Leica lenses spanning multiple decades.

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Around The Horn

13 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at support for Iranian protestors, Afghan women in the UK, Ethan Pines, an 85mm lens, Creator Studio Pro and upcoming photo trade shows.

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Crab Season

12 January 2026

The way we tell crab season has opened is by looking out the window as the sun sets. If we see a few bright lights on the ocean sometime after November, we know the commercial crab season is open and we can get a fresh dungeness crab from our local fishmonger.

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Around The Horn

12 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Dakar Rally, the Golden Globes, Bob Weir (and George Kittle) and editing engagement photos for social media.

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Matinee: 'Lynn Stern's Echoes of Light'

10 January 2026

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

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Around The Horn

10 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Polk Street, Googled cameras, lens adapters and Hessy Levinsons Taft.

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Friday Slide Show: Our Kitchen Witch

9 January 2026

We're not superstitious. But we like to host mythical figures around the house. We've had the same kitchen witch for decades now, at first in the pantry of our Richmond district flat and for the last 23 years above the espresso machine in our kitchen.

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Around The Horn

9 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Reuters' week, ICE protests, Dennis Lehtonen and Hogan's weekly digest.

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Around The Horn

8 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Los Angeles Wildfires a year later, Minneapolis, icebergs and Naga.

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Nikon Announces Nikkor Z 24-105mm

7 January 2026

Nikon has announced the Nikkor Z 24-105mm f4-7.1, which it calls "a versatile and lightweight standard zoom lens featuring a broad wide-angle to medium-telephoto focal range." It's also affordable zoom without image stabilization at $550.

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Around The Horn

7 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, more Greenland, Tailyr Irving, iPhone vs. Fujifilm X100V, dynamic range and shutter count.

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Around The Horn

6 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Epiphany, whirling dervishes, Ed Kashi, Michael Bednar, great photographers, change, AI edits and Sony World Photography Awards.

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Around The Horn

5 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Wolf Supermoon, Harbin Ice Festival, NYT assesses a suspicious photo, Małgorzata Stankiewicz, lens hoods and lens serial numbers.

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Matinee: The Computer Chronicles on Digital Photography

3 January 2026

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

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Around The Horn

3 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 in Venezuela, Reuters in Venezuela, darkroom equipment and Hogan's recap of December.

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Friday Slide Show: A Review

2 January 2026

The unexamined life, you might have heard, is no party. Looking back at what you've done can, on the other hand, be illuminating. Especially if you take photographs.

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Around The Horn

2 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Gijs De Reijke, Rodrigo Koraicho, SZ filters, Nikon Z predictions and Stewart Cheifet.

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Around The Horn

1 January 2026

In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at New Year celebrations, changing the copyright year, one photo for every week of 2025, dinosaur footprints, LensRentals' sales and macOS Tahoe with Liquid Glass.

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December Archived

1 January 2026

We've just archived Volume 14, Number 12 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 17 Features, 7 commented News stories, 25 Editor's Notes (which included 137 items of interest) and 1 site note for a total of 50 stories.

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It's 2026!

1 January 2026

Yet again, we mark the obsolescence of last year's calendars despite their beautiful prints celebrating each month and herald the new year's promise of images yet unseen.

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