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Around The Horn
4 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Peter Dering, the Lightroom Classic interface, three lenses, becoming a medical photographer and Ansel Adams fakes.
Sigma Announces 28-45mm f1.8 DG DN Art Lens
3 June 2024
Sigma has announced its 28-45mm f1.8 DG DN Art lens as the world's first zoom lens with a constant f1.8 aperture for full-frame mirrorless camera systems. the new wide-to-standard zoom will be available in Sony E and Leica L mounts.
Around The Horn
3 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Nazis' Atlantic wall, Camargue, Berlin in 2013, artists' lofts, the Godox Lux Senior, marketing photos, the Nikon 28-400mm f4-8 VR lens and Vivian Maiers.
Matinee: Joost Vandebrug's Pillow Book
1 June 2024
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
1 June 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Lucia Buricelli, cartes de visite, irises, a Mirrorless/iPhone workflow, Ripley and the Fujifilm GFX 50S II.
May Archived
1 June 2024
We've just archived Volume 12, Number 5 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 15 Features, 13 commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 192 items of interest), one review and two site notes for a total of 57 stories.
Camera Bits Introduces C2PA Workflow Improvements
31 May 2024
Camera Bits is testing an enhancement to the company's Photo Mechanic software that implements the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity standard for authenticating digital images.
Friday Slide Show: A Purple Cow
31 May 2024
How we came to possess a purple cow is something we prefer not to divulge. It really wasn't our idea. Really. We're pretty sure, anyway. But who knows?
Around The Horn
31 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 conviction in New York, Tehachapi, Joao Lutz, Night Fever, repair or replace and Kodak digicams.
Around The Horn
30 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 spelling bee, Pantelleria, Dana Damewood, Bali, Elton John's collection, decluttering Lightroom and camera companies.
Toyo Tires Auto Photo Contest Opens
29 May 2024
Toyo Tires is accepting submissiont to its eighth annual Toyo Tires Shutter Space Automotive Photo Contest. The theme this year is "I ❤️ the '90s," in homage to iconic 1990s era vehicles.
Around The Horn
29 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at India's heat wave, California's Sequoias, a new camera accessory business, camera design and the Lumix S9 campaign.
A Grateful City
28 May 2024
In our 2022 slide show of the Jones Street Tank, we told an old story.
Around The Horn
28 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, the ocean, roots, Old Year's Night, garden portraits, the chinamperos, dolphe Braun's collection, David Douglas Duncan, Panasonic, adapting lenses, the Epson P5370 and Nikon self service.
Memorial Day
27 May 2024
The fallen we remember today most likely may happen to be the people we remembered last year or a few years ago or, maybe, even 80 years ago if we're that old. It's one case in which repetition is not redundant.
Matinee: 'London Architecture'
25 May 2024
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
25 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, cicadas, dogs, grief, a chef on the beach, boots and the Leica D-Lux 8.
Friday Slide Show: Along Dolores Street
24 May 2024
Dolores Street is the wide boulevard of four lanes with a generous median strip populated with palm trees that runs through the Mission to Market Street. We walked north along the west sidewalk one sunny afternoon. But it seems like it's always sunny on Dolores.
Around The Horn
24 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Pope, N.Y. islands, five new stamps, gas stations, two cameras, color theory, Shutter Cub and iOS 17.5.
The Curse of Double Prints
23 May 2024
In the era of the One Hour Photo, double prints were a standard offer. Jumbo double prints, in fact. Two sets of 4x6 prints of every negative on your roll of film.
Leica Announces the D-Lux 8
23 May 2024
Leica has announced its D-Lux 8, the latest iteration of its compact digicam. "Eight generations and numerous special editions later, the D-Lux has solidified its position in the top-quality segment of Leica's digital compact cameras," the company said.
Around The Horn
23 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at LaToya Ruby Frazier, Dafydd Jones, Jesse Lenz, the Panasonic S9, Muses of Avatar and growing a YouTube channel.
Panasonic Announces Lumix S9, 26mm Pancake Lens
22 May 2024
Panasonic has announced the Lumix S9, the smallest and lightest full-frame mirrorless camera in the Lumix S Series and the Lumix S 26mm f8, a lightweight pancaked lens to go with it.
Around The Horn
22 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, motel signs, soccer, smartphone limits, Generative Fill tips, a letter to Adobe and photographic transforamtions.
Site Tweak: Finding Stuff
21 May 2024
We've just tweaked our Find command that searches Photo Corners for you. We made two little improvements, in fact.
Lightroom's Transformative Update
21 May 2024
Today's release of Lightroom 13.3 boasts some enticing features like Generative Remove, Lens Blur and additional tether support. But behind the feature set is an evolution in the code that is simply revolutionary.
Around The Horn
21 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Milky Way Photographer of the Year, Lisa McCord, Ben Ditto, John Custodio, Lightroom Classic v13.3, Zerene Stacker, historical prints and iOS 17.5.
Around The Horn
20 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Jonathan Jasberg, Bay to Breakers, Margaret Renkl, blooms at home, debugging Internet wisdom, Groundzeroart, Holger Mischke's chat, posting photos of kids, a free safari webinar and airline damage.
Matinee: Black & White Spider Awards 2024
18 May 2024
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
18 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 way we see women, AP's week in pictures, Derreen Garden, Carla Vermeend, Photoshop beta's Generate Image, campus protests and Datacolor's Spyder Print.
Friday Slide Show: 1964 N.Y. World's Fair
17 May 2024
Yesterday was something of a banner day. We manaqed to box up over a century of photo albums and prints at Mom's house, representing the collections of our great grandparents, grandparents and parents. Six packing boxes worth. Fortunately we have some space to store this priceless print archive.
Around The Horn
17 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Photographer of the Year, the Northern Lights, female photographers at Photo London, street photography, Ask Photos, iOS restoring deleted photos and McNally remembering his mother.
Fujifilm Announces GFX100S II Mirrorless Camera
16 May 2024
Fujifilm has announced its GFX100S II featuring the image quality and functionality of the larger GFX100 II in a smaller, lighter and less expensive GFX system body.
Sigma Announces 24-70mm f2.8 Art Lens for Sony, L-Mount
16 May 2024
Sigma has announced its 24-70mm f2.8 DG DN II Art lens for the Sony E and Leica L mounts featuring improved rendering performance in a shorter and lighter body. Advanced optical design provides better sharpness, resolution and portability," the company said.
Around The Horn
16 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Giant Dipper, Geert Detaeye, shooting monochrome, backlighting and a street photography contest.
NCOA Announces Photo Contest Winners
15 May 2024
The National Council on Aging has selected the winners of its fifth annual photo contest, which this year focused on diversity.
Canon Developing First R Flagship Camera
15 May 2024
Canon has revealed it is developing the R1, the first flagship camera for its full-frame mirrorless R system. The company said it expects to ship the R1 this year.
Around The Horn
15 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Omar Victor Diop, photo print services, the Hobolite Iris LED, exporting albums and a copyright ruling.
Around The Horn
14 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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, Photo London, Yan Sun, County Kerry, diffraction, third party lenses, photobooks and Retrospective camera bag discounts.
White and Red
13 May 2024
Yesterday was a somber Mother's Day for us, the first in our long, long life without our mother. We remembered years ago attending mass on Mother's Day with our father. At the church, the men were given carnations, a red one if their mother were alive and a white one if she wasn't.
Around The Horn
13 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Peter Turnley, Valérie Belin, Olivia Broome, Harold Davis, Ming Smith, Max Penson, an APS-C plan, a Voigtlander 40mm f2.0 Ultron, Salvaged Circuitry, own work, choosing and photo puzzles.
Matinee: 'Antarctica Photography Tips'
11 May 2024
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
11 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Northern Lights, shooting the aurora borealis, Ap's week in pictures, Rio, 1979 and photographers who use old gear.
Friday Slide Show: Noe Valley
10 May 2024
To escape the cold wind, we hiked over the hill to Noe Valley one afternoon this week. It had been a while since we walked down 24th Street and the changes were alarming.
Around The Horn
10 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Pet Photo Awards finalists, Hip-Hop jewelry, Max Miechowski, Jacques Henri Lartigue and Apple Silicon.
Trash Can
9 May 2024
When we take a walk with a camera, we often walk a long way before we take our first shot. And sometimes we just never do turn the camera on. We never know whether we'll come back with 40 images or none.\\
Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards Longlist Announced
9 May 2024
The longlist for the 39th edition of the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards, the U.K.'s leading prize celebrating excellence in photography and moving image publishing, has been announced by the organization. "A focus on the personal and the political with themes including the Holocaust and contemporary space exploration; parental radical politics; the history of Black life and culture; African fashion; and the women of a remote Afro-Mexican village, make up the 20 longlisted titles," it noted.
Around The Horn
9 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Alec Gill, the Cinco de Mayo Bike Rideout, Whispers, The Ameriguns, backup strategies, tripod heads, SD cards again and the freelancer pay gap.
Around The Horn
8 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Matthew Dalziel, the Broccoli Tree, Jon Nicholson, the Transamerica Pyramid, David Kogan, the 105/2.8 Nikkor S, SD card prices, long exposures and Met Gala AI photos.
Hasselblad Introduces Fast, Wide Angle Lens
7 May 2024
Hasselblad has announced its XCD 2,5/25V, the widest-angle lens in the XCD Versatile series with a 20mm full-frame equivalent focal length and a maximum aperture of f2,5.
Around The Horn
7 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Met Gala, Phil Chang, Sausalito's houseboats, photojournalist workflow and the new iPad Pros.
Pulitzer Winners in Photography Announced
6 May 2024
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.
The Unscanner
6 May 2024
Emptying a house is an overwhelming task. We've put in well over 500 hours at Mom's house after her death trying to distribute the contents. Every time we open a closet door or a desk drawer or a box in storage, we find some new treasure.
Around The Horn
6 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at Kent State, the Met Gala, Palestine, Letizia Le Fur, Corita Kent, Austin hats, Derby hats, World Astronaut Day, SD cards and a composite.
Matinee: 'Scott Portelli'
4 May 2024
Saturday matinees long ago let us escape from the ordinary world to the island of the Swiss Family Robinson or the mutinous decks of the Bounty. Why not, we thought, escape the usual fare here with Saturday matinees of our favorite photography films?
Around The Horn
4 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 photos, 20 photos of the week, campus protests, rain in France, the Baltimore bridge collapse, Pier 24, the Haas-Lilienthal House and a simpler camera.
Friday Slide Show: Pacifica Gardens +
3 May 2024
It always seems to be sunny when we go to Pacifica just south of San Francisco. So when we drove down there this week to have lunch with Ann Mason, we weren't surprised by the glorious weather.
Around The Horn
3 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 Las Mayas, a colorful field, the Lee Miller trailer, a 28mm lens, packing for a trip and online access after death.
Nikon Launches Nikon Creators Official Partners Program
2 May 2024
Nikon has launched its Creators Official Partners program to recognize ‘the driven, innovative and inspiring content creators that are steering the future of the creative space," the company said.
Cyme Announces for Capture One Pro
2 May 2024
Cyme has announced Peakto Search for Capture One Pro on macOS, a plug-in to find any photos or videos "even without annotations and even if they are located in multiple Capture One Pro Catalogs or Sessions," the company said. It uses AI to retrieve video passages or photos based on a simple description or image and is always available from the menu bar.
Around The Horn
2 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across that don't merit a full story of their own but are interesting enough to bring to your attention. This time we look at campus protests, workers, Amy Selwyn, Calabria, a sea lion party, SD cards, Lens Blur, Chromakeying and Epson's Pano awards.
Around The Horn
1 May 2024
In this recurring column, we highlight a few items we've run across 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 rare blue rock-thrush, David Hurn, bubblegum, Dano Steinhardt, a car kettle and books of collections.
April Archived
1 May 2024
We've just archived Volume 13, Number 4 of Photo Corners on the Archive page with 16 Features, seven commented News stories, 26 Editor's Notes (which included 166 items of interest) and one site note for a total of 50 stories.
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