Following the devastating mile-wide F5 tornado in Joplin, MO, Dawn Shields, owner of Dawn Shields Photography and Metropolitan Bride (Springfield, MO, www.dawnshields.com), and her husband began raising money to buy bottled water, blankets, food, batteries and clothing. Photographers interested in helping rebuild Joplin can make contributions through Metropolitan Bride (417/888-2900) or through PayPal by contacting… Continue reading »
Jun
30
PhotoMerchant and Burrell Imaging Launch Direct Fulfillment
PhotoMerchant, a provider of Web site hosting and e-commerce tools and Burrell Imaging professional color lab (Crown Point, IN, 800/348-8732, www.burrellimaging.com) are working in tandem to make life easier for professional photographers who want to improve their business. PhotoMerchant’s part of the arrangement includes providing Web site hosting and e-commerce tools, while Burrell Imaging will… Continue reading »
Jun
28
A Guide to the Basics of Photography
Adam Dachis — We spent the last week learning all about the basics of photography, from the way your camera works to composing your photos to editing them in post. Here’s the complete guide, along with a PDF of all the lessons and some additional resources fo learning more. Click here to see if your… Continue reading »
Jun
23
DigiLabs Unveils New Web Galleries Pro for Professional Photographers
DigiLabs Pro (www.digilabspro.com), which provides professional photographers with a comprehensive, seamless, cost-effective and flexible online proofing and fulfillment solution, today introduced its new Web Galleries Pro, a completely redesigned tool for creating custom online storefronts for professional photographers. Studio owners and independent photographers will benefit from enhanced page layouts and tools meant to increase productivity… Continue reading »
Jun
23
The Pentax Q: Big Features in a Little Package
Pentax has a lot of new features in its Pentax Q digital camera. It has a Leica style of the retro look and feel. I has five interchangeable lenses and many features found in a dSLR packaged in a body and size of your most common point and shoot cameras. Click here for more information… Continue reading »
Jun
20
Mechanics of Image Stabilization within Canon
Image Stabilization Revealed from Camera Technica on Vimeo. One of the great advantages of an SLR camera is the ability to attach long focal length lenses and capture high magnification images of faraway objects. One of greatest challenges, then, is holding said lenses steady during image capture. You may think you have a steady hand,… Continue reading »
Jun
17
Simply Color Lab is Giving Away WPPI Road Trip Prizes!
WPPI Road Trip 2011 is gearing up for another fun and exciting tour across the country. Each city on the tour will host a full day of educational classes featuring marketing, lighting, posing, shooting and post production, plus opportunities to network with your peers. Lunch and a mini trade show are also included! This year,… Continue reading »
Jun
16
The TBTL Syndrome
By Steven Katzman It happened while enduring Florida’s scorching summer heat; a chilling email arrived ignoring our relative humidity of 95%. Couldn’t they just wait until I was at least a little more comfortable, fall was fast approaching and we could all escape from the constant groan of our air-conditioning compressors? “No, we need our… Continue reading »
Jun
16
Tamron’s 18-270MM Di II VC PZD
Tamron’s is celebrating its 60th anniversary with the 18-270MM Di II VC PZD. Tamron’s next generation 18-270mm, the world’s lightest, smallest 15x zoom optimized for use on APS-C- DSLRs, continues the pursuit of the ideal all-in one zoom lens. Combining prior award-winning achievements with new engineering breakthroughs yielded the remarkable 18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC… Continue reading »