onOne Software We’ve just added new Valentine’s Day themed content to our recently launched free content site! Helping photographers give their images and layouts the perfect finishing touch, the free content, available as layered Photoshop files, will save photographers time and money when designing albums and cards for their clients. The free content includes over 300 album pages,… Continue reading »
Feb
10
Adobe Markets Affordable Still/Video Editing Bundle
Adobe (San Jose, CA, www.adobe.com) is marketing a powerful photos/video editing bundle that includes features not found in more expensive products. Designed for both Windows and Mac-based systems, the Photoshop Elements 9 & Premiere Elements 9 software bundle delivers powerful options that make it easy to use photos and videos together. One especially useful tool… Continue reading »
Feb
09
PWD Labs Supports Hasselblad Digital Photographers
PWD Labs (Atlanta GA, www.pwdlabs.com) recently announced that its image-processing services are now available to Hasselblad digital photographers. PWD makes this claim because its editors have been trained by Hotwire-Digital to use native Hasselblad digital files in the post-production process. A pioneer in the evolving field of outsourced digital image postproduction, PWD Labs offers a… Continue reading »
Feb
09
Press Printed Books from Capri Album
Capri Album (Mt. Vernon, NY, 800/666-6653, www.caprialbum.com), the professional photographers’ one-source solution, is marketing economical press-printed books. Available as Basic Image Books, featuring magazine-style thin pages, or as Ultimate Photo Books, with hard stock pages in a coffee-table-style album, both styles are ideally suited for today’s budget-conscious customers. See Capri’s Rangefinder ad for an exclusive… Continue reading »
Feb
08
New Products from jill-e
jill-e designs (888/445-4553, www.jill-e.com) is marketing several new products, including body-hugging DSLR bags, matching lens bags and a full-sized jack rolling satchel. The sleek new Swing Camera/Carryall Bag, for instance, holds a DSLR camera, yet has less than a 4-in. profile. It’s made of high-quality weather-resistant material and ships in purple, hot pink, turquoise and… Continue reading »
Feb
07
Lexar Introduces First 128GB Professional Secure Digital Extended Capacity Memory Card
Lexar Media (Fremont, CA, 510/413-1200, www.lexar.com) recently introduced Professional Secure Digital Extended Capacity (SDXC) memory cards, which enable the capture, storage, and transfer of rapid-fire still images as well as extended lengths of 1080p high-definition (HD) video. Available in 64GB and 128GB capacities, the new cards provide a minimum guaranteed transfer speed of 20MB per… Continue reading »
Feb
04
WPPI U Portfolio Review
One of the best parts of WPPI U, our new program for emerging photographers at the convention, is the portfolio review. The guidelines for the portfolio review are included below. If you haven’t registered yet, there’s still seats available. WPPI U costs $119 and includes 10 classes covering all the essentials for new photographers. You… Continue reading »
Feb
04
Canon Debuts Compact, Professional Camcorder
Canon U.S.A. (Lake Success, NY, www.canonusa.com) is now shipping the ultra compact XA10 Professional Camcorder. Specifically designed for situations in which camera mobility and low-light sensitivity are critical, the new Canon includes full HD 1080p video with AVCHD codec, a detachable handle for low-angle shooting, and infrared capture. Its other new features include a genuine… Continue reading »
Feb
03
Online Art Retailer Offers Archival Wegman Prints
Art Web site 20 x 200 (New York, NY, www.20×200.com) is offering for sale four William Wegman Weimaraner prints, including “Game Board” and “blizzard.” While known to many as the “dog art guy,” William Wegman is much more than that. He’s a pioneer video artist, conceptualist, photographer, painter and writer, and he moves fluidly among various media.… Continue reading »
Feb
02
Dodge-Chrome Processes Film
Despite the recent demise of Kodachrome, Dodge-Chrome (Washington, D.C., 240/247-1800, www.dodgechrome.com) plans to continue servicing the dwindling photographic community that embraces film. Its wetlab services include the processing of 35mm, 120, 220, 4 x 5, 5 x 7 and 8 x 10 E-6, C-41 and black-and-white films using the finest computerized dip & dunk equipment. Dodge-Chrome also offers wet-lab-based machine proofs… Continue reading »