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May
23
PhotoDC Announces National Cherry Blossom Photo Contest Winners
Winners of the National Cherry Blossom Festival Photo Contest (Washington, D.C., www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org) include Bernard Chen, 1st Place Landscape; Chantal Dusuel, 1st Place People, and Patel Jaimin, 1st Place Festivities. This year’s winning entries were chosen from more than 2,200 submissions representing 696 local photographers. They can be viewed at FotoWeekDC.org and nationalcherryblossomfestival.org. More information: www.FotoWeekDC.org/.
May
20
A Camera that Shoots 103 Degrees
Go Wide and Get Wet: Lomography’s LC-Wide Film Camera Shoots 103 Degrees The advancing wave of retro-nostalgia is growing bigger, and Lomography appears to be the slick surfer perched atop that wave, with its cool range of film cameras. Their new golden surfboard is the LC-Wide, a 17mm format-changin’ film camera ride. Taking on where… Continue reading »
May
20
Getty Museum Features Photographs of Cuba
The Getty (Los Angeles, CA, www.getty.edu) is hosting “A Revolutionary Project: Cuba from Walker Evans to Now.” Running through October 2, 2011, the unique exhibit looks at three critical periods in the island nation’s history as witnessed by photographers before, during and after the country’s 1959 Revolution. Some of the better known photographers include Walker… Continue reading »
May
19
Jacquelynn Buck Hosts Shadows & Light: A Portrait Photography Workshop
Noted portrait photographer, Jacquelynn Buck (Valdosta, GA, 229/699-0585, jacquelynnbuck.com) will host a 2 1/2 day, high energy, portrait photography workshop in Charleston, South Carolina. Open to all levels of photographers, the unique workshop will feature sessions dealing with practical lighting techniques every photographer can immediately apply. Dates: October 2-4, 2011. Registration: $500, workshop only. More… Continue reading »
May
18
Tiffen Company Marks Hilary Araujo’s Passing
The Tiffen Company (Hauppauge, NY, www.tiffen.com) recently announced the untimely passing of Hilary Araujo on April 14, 2011 after a short illness. He was 65. Araujo had been Vice President of Marketing for The Tiffen Company since June of 2004 and was responsible for the company’s overall advertising, marketing, and public relations programs. He was… Continue reading »
May
18
AfterCapture Magazine Wins Another Maggie Award
AfterCapture Magazine (Rangefinder Publishing) (www.aftercapture.com) received the Best Single Editorial Enhanced Photo or Illustration/Trade and Consumer magazines award at the 60th annual Maggie Awards, sponsored and hosted by Western Publishing Association. AC won the award for the December 2010/January 2011 issue, which featured an article about digital wizard Rob Burman by Peter Kotsinadelis, “Ordinary to… Continue reading »
May
16
Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9 Bundle
Adobe suggests the target market for its Elements products are “consumers” and “photo enthusiasts,” and that professionals require the tools found in the Creative Suite (CS) line. However, after taking a closer look at the Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and Premiere Elements 9 bundle, I found their feature sets close enough to those in the… Continue reading »
May
13
Panasonic’s New Lumix G3
Panasonic’s newest Micro Four Thirds cam is a mostly-incremental boost over its predecessor, the G2. But improved specs on an already solid base is good news. The G3 brings a new sensor, faster shots, less noise, and a touch-heavy interface. We’ll get to that interface—but everything else is a numbers game. The G3 hops up… Continue reading »
May
12
G3 Micro Four Thirds Camera
According to 4/3 Rumors, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3 is going to be announced tomorrow. The G3 is Micro Four Thirds camera that’s a successor to the pretty sweet G2 and is supposed to be 25% smaller than the original. [GIZMODO]