Whether it’s delight or dismay, Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud is now available. We posted a Creative Cloud preview a while back, so we won’t get into its benefits and drawbacks. Instead, let’s take a quick look at some of the enhancements you’ll find in Photoshop CC, which now includes features such as 3D previously only… Continue reading »
Jun
04
Tech Tuesday–Fiilex LED Lights Preview
Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles just wrapped with some interesting announcements including a trio of LED lights from Fiilex. The company name may not be familiar since it’s only been around since January of this year but they’ve been developing a product line of LED lights that are definitely worth a look. The new… Continue reading »
Apr
05
Sneak Peek into Rangefinder’s Fine-Art Issue: Spotlight on João Carlos
As our April Digital Edition goes live today, we wanted to give you a quick glimpse into some recent video work of one of the issue’s featured photographers—João Carlos. A self-proclaimed romantic, João combines his love for fine art, folk and fairy tales with exotic locations to create stunning fashion, advertising and personal work. Here,… Continue reading »
Feb
28
….the envelope please!
I knew it would be busy leading up to WPPI, but I’ll be honest, I don’t think I knew what busy was until I started this job! I want to start by saying THANK YOU to all the people who entered the “I want 10!” competition. There were so many great entries, and it was… Continue reading »
Dec
04
Ken Sklute joins WPPI team!
Jason here! Still getting settled in, but in the meantime I’ve been having a blast getting to know the WPPI team! For my first blog post I’m PSYCHED to announce that we’ve brought on Ken Sklute to be our consulting director for this year’s print competitions (which include the 16×20 print and album competitions). Ken… 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 »
May
06
Greetings from Hollywood!
Greetings from Hollywood! Home of the stars and now WPPI, Rangefinder and AfterCapture. This is the view from the new offices. In case you don’t have the address, it’s 6255 W. Sunset Blvd., 19th floor, Los Angeles, CA 90028. The main WPPI number will be (323) 817-3500. Here are a few numbers you might need:… Continue reading »
Apr
28
Alien Skin Software Bokeh 2
By Stan Sholik It didn’t take many years after the introduction of “bokeh” into the vocabulary of photographers for software companies to create programs producing out-of-focus effects in a Photoshop-compatible plug-in. Bokeh 2 builds on the success of the original Alien Skin Bokeh 1 software with many added capabilities, and a significant increase in preview… Continue reading »