25 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




ILLUSTRATIONS GALORE -- There are two sides to every story, but photos only contain a single image. The dual-imaged diptychs... 71 Dual-Wielding Diptychs
http://gizmodo.com/5614740/71-dual+wielding-diptychs


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18 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



THE SAGA CONTINUES -- Ansel Adams garage-sale find debunked? Experts say Yosemite shots are by Earl Brooks Rick Norsigian's 10-year quest to prove that he turned up a trove of "lost" Ansel Adams photo negatives at a Fresno garage sale now has a rival explanation advanced by Norsigian's opponents: They were taken by a heretofore unknown photographer from the Fresno area named Earl Brooks. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/ansel-adams-photographs.html

CAN A PHOTO TALK? Web Photos That Reveal Secrets, Like Where You Live - The New York Times reports on questions about personal privacy that can arise from "geotagging" photographs or videos - embedding GPS location data - and then publishing those photos on Web sites or social-networking services such as Twitter or Facebook.
http://www.privacylives.com/new-york-times-web-photos-that-reveal-secrets-like-where-you-live/2010/08/13/


DONATE YOUR EXTRA CAMERA -- Help Others at RTP, (Rehabilitation Through Photography), they have been transforming lives of people with special needs through photography for almost 70 years. Here’s an opportunity to donate a "new" or "used" camera (digital or film) to help change the lives of hundreds of people with special needs through the magic photography.
http://shutterbug.com/news/080910donate/


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11 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



LOOKIN’ UP -- Q2 Newspaper Revenue Turns Positive at Washington Post Co. - Newspaper publishing revenue increased 2% at The Washington Post Co. in the second quarter of the year despite the continued decline in print advertising revenue, the education and media company reported Friday. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/q2-newspaper-revenue-turns-positive-at-washington-post-co-62233-.aspx
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NO RESPECT! -- Terrorists fed up at being treated like photographers! From PHOTOMIKE in Britain. “Terrorists have definitely been having a hard time of it lately, what with all the State’s attention rightly being focussed on harassing evil-intentioned photographers and their highly suspicious activities. Like taking photographs for example. How unbelievably dastardly of them. I mean, let’s face it, the good old organs of British State have finally persuaded us that terrorists are part of our culture now. They’re an important part of our ailing economy, justifying all that extra manpower for security, and CCTV and stuff. And they have rights. Let’s not forget that. http://fotdmike.com/2010/08/07/terrorists-fed-up-at-being-treated-like-photographers/

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04 Aug, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




PART I -- BIG FIND! $45 Yard Sale Find Turns Out to Be $200 Million Worth of Lost Ansel Adams' Negatives. Rick Norsigian found a couple of boxes full of glass negatives at a yard sale and bought them for $45, negotiated down from $70, 10 years ago. Now, he's discovered that they're early photographs of Ansel Adams worth $200 million
http://gizmodo.com/5597729/45-yard-sale-find-turns-out-to-be-200-million-worth-of-ansel-adams-photos


PART II -- LOOK-ALIKE? The mystery of the Ansel Adams garage sale negatives keeps taking on new twists, but the latest twist might have solved it once and for all. KTVU in Oakland is reporting that a Bay Area woman named Mariam Walton has come forward with apparently solid proof that the photographs were not taken by Ansel Adams but her Uncle Earl. She was watching KTVU report on the story Tuesday when she suddenly saw a photograph of the Jeffrey Pine on Sentinel Dome and recognized it as a print her uncle Earl Brooks made back in 1923. If the photographs are indeed Uncle Earl’s and not Ansel’s, then it would appear that much of the “evidence” that was examined by experts and presented to the public was faked, and that the whole story is indeed a $200 million con. SOURCE: Michael Zhang http://www.petapixel.com/2010/07/29/ansel-adams-garage-sale-mystery-apparently-solved/

EFJ Backs Calls for Euro-wide Protest against Photo Fees in Germany - "This is a ridiculous fee system imposed by authorities in what is supposed to be a cultural showcase for Europe," said Arne König, President of the EFJ, "Anybody should be allowed to take pictures of public buildings and such a system should be removed immediately." http://europe.ifj.org/en/articles/efj-backs-calls-for-euro-wide-protest-against-photo-fees-in-germany




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21 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




BETTER SELECTIONS -- Google revamped its popular image search site recentlyy, offering cleaner results pages that feature up to 1,000 images and bigger images when you click on a photo.
It’s almost as if the Google Search team has been looking at Microsoft’s image search on Bing and asking themselves why they hadn’t done that first.
For instance, Bing image search launched with so-called “infinite scrolling”, which allows a user to simply scroll down a single webpage to see more and more results, without ever having to click to see a new page.
Launched in 2001, Google Image search has grown to handle a billion queries a day, and indexes more than 10 billion images. Up to this change, Google showed 20 fairly small images with text below them and much spacing between the images. In the new interface, the thumbnails are larger, the text is hidden and the images are much closer together. Hovering over the image pops up an even larger thumbnail and information from the page the image was on — including the image’s caption.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/07/google-chases-bin/#ixzz0uHFdiPbW

Read More http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/07/google-chases-bin/#ixzz0uHGXau97



SILENT AUCTION -- Benefits “My Viewpoint Youth Photography Initiative” - Photographer Emily Schiffer has organized a silent auction fundraiser, Open Sky To Skyscrapers, on Thursday, July 22 from 6-9 p.m. at VII Gallery in Brooklyn, New York, to support her My Viewpoint Youth Photography Initiative. Schiffer has been teaching students in the program for five years. http://pdnedu.blogs.com/pdn_pulse/2010/07/emily-schiffer-holds-silent-auction-fundraiser-at-vii-gallery.html

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30 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



AND STILL COUNTING -- Exactly How Many Images Are Available Online? What does the competition look like in terms of the number of images available online? Among photo-sharing sites, ImageShack had 20 billion images and Facebook had about 15 billion as of last year. In February 2010, Facebook was reportedly adding more than 2.5 billion photos each month. News Corp.’s Photobucket currently has more than 8.2 billion photos, and Yahoo!-owned Flickr is in fourth place with over 3.4 billion. SOURCE: BlackStar Rising http://rising.blackstar.com/exactly-how-many-images-are-available-online.html


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16 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Famous Photos Redone with LEGO - Classics in Lego is a super creative project by Mike Stimpson in which he recreates famous photographs using Legos. http://www.petapixel.com/2010/06/11/famous-photos-redone-with-legos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium= feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29
TAKEAWAY: And here you have the difference between and artisan and an artist.





Audubon Magazine Previews Its Oil Spill Coverage - For Audubon magazine, a leading publication for nature and environment stories from around the world, the Gulf oil spill disaster is an all-hands-on-deck story. http://pdnedu.blogs.com/pdn_pulse/2010/06/audubon-magazine-previews-its-oil-spill-coverage.html

Photojournalist Tasered and Equipment Seized - Kate Geraghty, a photographer with the Sydney Morning Herald recounted to photographers.ie her thoughts as Israeli troops boarded her boat, " I was looking down photographing the first commando climbing up onto the viewing deck. I remember looking at the picture and there was all swirling smoke around him, it was a perfectly sharp photo, and that's when I got hit on the right arm . There was a big white flash and I was thrown about a metre and a half, and I immediately started being sick. They had tasered me." SOURCE: Alan Murphy http://www.photographers.ie/2010/06/photojournalist-tasered-and-equipment-seized-by-israeli-troops-exclusive-to-photographers-ie/


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26 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



BIG NAMES AT AUCTION -- Avedon, Adams: Images created by giants of 20th century photography to be auctioned in LONDON. Christie's is set to auction a series of mostly black and white photographs, including one from Mario Testino's Vanity Fair shoot of Princess Diana.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05/19/avedon-adams-images-created-giants-th-century-photography-auctioned/


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19 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn




UP CLOSE -- Ever left wondering why your up-close-and-personal shots of your babies, pets, or objects are blurry while the background is in focus? Wonder no more! Zooming in and focusing on an object can result in some amazing images, but only if your camera's settings are optimized. SOURCE: GeekSugar http://www.geeksugar.com/National-Photography-Month-Photo-Tip-Day-8476456



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12 May, 2010 | Posted by: psn



LEMONADE -- Transitioning to Video: Wendy Hope Shoots on Spec - Wendy Hope was about to produce an ad for Studio Gear Cosmetics when the economy crashed and the shoot was scrapped. Later she realized that a lot of still photo productions were calling for video production, too. “I needed to get that under my belt,” she says, “so I decided that I would go ahead with the Studio Gear shoot anyway—as a cohesive still and motion project—for my own book.” http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/content_display/features/pdn-online/e3i38514fc7c3e49c471e840b76a89c0dfb


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28 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: psn



WHAT TO SEE -- “Eight great sites for photography lovers:
From historical photo archives to photo-specific search
engines. You've got your Flickr, your Picasa, your MobileMe galleries: There are all kinds of places to post your photographs online. But there's way more to online photography than sharing snapshots from your last vacation. Here are eight favorite places to enjoy photography on the Internet. SOURCE: Heather Kelly.
http://news.idg.no/cw/art.cfm?id=172C5BB2-1A64-6A71-CE3B0E1FDDAEFF1F
http://www.macworld.com/article/150608/2010/04/favoritewebsites8.html?lsrc=rss_main\

HONORS -- NY Times, Washington Post win Photography reporting awards
honored with multiple Overseas Press Club Awards for
excellence in international journalism, while The Associated Press earned a citation for "exceptional courage" in photography during the war in Gaza.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100422/world/us_overseas_press_awards_1

JOIN THE FUN -- Photograph a Moment in May - The people behind the Lens, the New York Times blog on "Photography, Video, and Visual Journalism," are organizing a global record of one moment in time, captured by everyone who wants to participate. The moment: 15:00 hours in Coordinated Universal Time (U.T.C.) on May 2, 2010. http://www.creativepro.com/article/photograph-moment-may


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31 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



NATURE -- BBC Releases Entire BBC Photo Masterclasses Online For Nature Photography Enthusiasts The sheer unpredictability and the and insurmountable patience required to take that perfect shot is beyond belief. For all those readers, who have been interested in this highly creative field of photography, BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) has now brought in a treat that, is surely going to make you grab your cameras and reach out to capture nature in its awesome glory.
http://trendsupdates.com/bbc-releases-entire-bbc-photo-masterclasses-online-for-nature-photography-enthusiasts/

FLYING HIGH - Combining Passion and Imagery in Aviation Photography - The International Society of Aviation Photographers only has about 400 members and many of those are publishers, photography businesses and artists rather than photographers – but it is an area that requires particular skills, and a genuine love of all things flying. http://blogs.photopreneur.com/combining-passion-and-imagery-in-aviation-photography?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29


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23 Mar, 2010 | Posted by: psn



SETTING UP AN ONLINE GALLERY – Even in a troubled economy two local engineers saw a chance to pursue their photography dream. They established a fine arts gallery. Ahwatukee Foothills resident Anil Kandangath, an electrical engineer, and Rouzbeh Brumand, who has a master’s in business administration, founded a group last December called The Naked Frame, an avenue for up-and-coming photographers without access to gallery shows to sell their art. Each artist is told to select the 50 best photos from their collection for review. Then, Kandangath and Brumand select 25 to post on the Web site. SOURCE: Kathleen Gormley
http://www.ahwatukee.com/entertainment/local-9225-photography-engineers.html Website display: http://www.thenakedframe.com/collections/all


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24 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



SLOW MOTION -- Proof that bees do fly. Shooting at over 2,000 frames per second, Time Warp's high-speed camera showed a bee fervently flapping its wings. The fascination with slow motion photography has a long history -- about as long as the history of photography itself.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/02/super_slowmo_photography.html


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WHERE ARE YOU? -- Nystrom Herff-Jones Education Division is looking for the following photographers: Adrian Masters, Ann Bancroft, David Robert, Dennis Hallinan, George White, Jacques Jangoux, Michael Hoare, Gines Quinero Santiago, Richard Simpson, Robert Buffington, Steve Elmore, Sydney Freelance, and Sylvain Grandadam.

If you have information about any of these photographers/artists that you would like to share, contact Chris Nelson, editor, at ccnelson[at]herffjones[dot]com or 773-279-3297..

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17 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



KEEPIN’ IN TOUCH -- Ten Twitter Lists All Photographers Should Follow - Twitter Lists let you search and subscribe to other users' lists*. What are the elements of a good Twitter List? Grover Sanschagrin lists ten Twitter list to follow. http://blog.photoshelter.com/2010/02/ten-twitter-lists-all-photographers-should-follow.html

GOOGLE GOGGLES GETS GOING – Google Goggles, which creates search queries based on images instead of typed-in keywords, will soon start to be able to translate from foreign languages using Google Translate. This will be a big improvement for stock photographers who often forget to take down and utilize important keywords when they take a picture. Keywords make it useful for photo researchers and photo editors to find the exact picture they need, not just one “good enough for government work.” A picture is worth a thousand words. This is just the beginning - it's not quite perfect yet. Works well for some things, but not for all. You are more in control of your datasbase of pictures, once Google Goggles Getd Going. SOURCE: Erick Schonfeld TechCrunch.com Interested? More infoprmation at: http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#landmark
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/16/AR2010021603030.html
TAKEAWAY: As soon as Google perfects a system for recognizing, the contents of an image, the better for stock photographers to get their editorial pictures in the hands of researchers who look for specific pictures, not general category (generic) images.


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03 Feb, 2010 | Posted by: psn



Pugs, Pugs, Pugs . . . .

Did you know our editorial director here at PhotoSource International, Lela Labree Stute has just published a Childrens Book (PUGS GO ON VACATION! - ISBN# 978 1 4489 2738 8) about her three (Yes, 3… ) pugs? You can see Lela and her book at
www.lelabree.com .
http://www.amazon.com/Pugs-Vacation-Lela-Labree-Stute/dp/1448927382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265298794&sr=8-1

Good news… she has five more books in the making

Lela with pug


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13 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



ORIENT EXPRESSIONS. -- Is trouble brewing with the Chinese version of Google? Whisperings of human rights violations are inferred in this recent Google BLOG. China can be a lucrative market for stock photographers. What's in the wind?
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html

INSURANCE: -- A Business Insurance Primer for Photographers, Part 1 - John Harrington can't conceive that it would be acceptable to operate a business without some level of business insurance, yet friends and colleagues do it all the time.
http://rising.blackstar.com/a-business-insurance-primer-for-photographers.html
A Business Insurance Primer for Photographers, Part 2 is at
http://rising.blackstar.com/a-business-insurance-primer-for-photographers-part-2.html



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06 Jan, 2010 | Posted by: psn



REPRINTS NOW AVAILABLE -- Wedding negatives found after 32 years. A northeast Missouri woman who gave up the search for photo negatives from her 1967 wedding got a surprise gift when they were discovered in a condemned building. Judy Smith's late husband's cousin stumbled upon them in November in the wall of a downtown Hannibal building he was tearing down. http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100102/NEWS01/1020379/1007/Wedding-negatives-found-after-32-years


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16 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



Lifephoto.com the 1st to share full albums on Facebook – Have you seen a great photo on Facebook, but couldn’t access the full album? Lifephoto.com, an online digital photo gift store and photo sharing site, has added two new features that make photo sharing even easier for consumers. 1) a Photo Sharing Book Previewer can now be posted and shared on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites and 2) It has redesigned its personal photo galleries for registered users. Let’s hope the others follow suit! http://tinyurl.com/lifephotofacebook

TALKIES -- FotoTV Releases Internet News Show about Photography – The goods: News clips, events, interviews, exhibitions, portfolios, surf tips, and over 600 videos. Seemingly, every other industry has a specialized new show – now it’s our turn. For those of you preferring a download, the show is also available as a podcast. http://tinyurl.com/fototvshow

WHO AM I? -- Photographers should carry identification - In a statement released to
Amateur Photographer this afternoon, City of London Police said:
'Photographers should carry identification where possible and be prepared to
answer questions about why they are taking photographs, if they are asked.'
http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/news/Police_Photographers_should_carry_identification_news_292902.html




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09 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn




JUMP START -- New Year’s Inspiration – Do you need some creative inspiration for the new year? Photopreneur.com, a blog written for photographers by photographers, gives us a long list of content to follow-up on. If your work is getting stale, or you just want to take some fresh images for the fun of it, check this post out. SOURCE: http://photopreneur.com/ http://tinyurl.com/2010inspiration

FREE SCANS -- For Twitter, Facebook and other network members – through December 30, 2009. in appreciation for reading the ScanMyPhotos blog. http://blog.scanmyphotos.com/2008/12/1000-free-photo-scans-for-twitter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TailsFromTheWorldOfPhotoScanning+%28Tails+From+the+World+of+Photo+Scanning%29



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02 Dec, 2009 | Posted by: psn



GROUNDED -- The airlines in-flight magazine EasyJet is withdrawing all copies of its in-flight magazine, easyJet Traveller, after a row erupted over a tasteless fashion shoot at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin.
http://www.newstatesman.com/2009/11/holocuast-memorial-easyjet-magazine



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25 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



FLU FEAR AT PHOTO SHOOT. -- At the Mall, can Santa risk it? Fear of the flu bug has some parents looking for alternatives to the popular mall Santa. At one northwest Fresno photography studio, Santa is available for individual shoots, and he won't be wearing cotton gloves. "We're looking at little thing we can do to minimize the contact," said Craig Smith, owner of Insight Photography.


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18 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



TROOP SUPPORT – Jesse Kalisher Auctions $3,000 Obama Original Print from Smithsonian in 5th Annual Fundraiser for Wounded Troops. Starting Thursday, November 12th, the first photograph of President Obama acquired by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History Photography Department, valued at $3,000, is up for auction on eBay GivingWorks with 100% of the proceeds going to wounded soldiers and their families. http://bit.ly/Dg4wX

PHOTO INSTITUTE EXPANDS – Photography training is expanding at the Ohio Institute of Photography & Technology so much that it is moving and also changing its name. They expect at the end of November 2009 to have with a new home and a new name. The school will begin operating as Kaplan College on Nov. 23, 2009. SOURCE: DAYTON DAILY NEWS; PHOTO Ty Greenlees. http://bit.ly/3n8oHi



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11 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



PHOTO DETECTIVE – Holland City and township using photography to find building violators. Iinspectors no longer need to trample through your back yard to check for building code violations. Instead, some are comparing aerial photos to determine whether homeowners have added garages, pools and decks without permits.
http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x801095122/Holland-city-and-township-using-photography-to-find-building-violators

IT’S BACK AGAIN. -- The “one-hour” photo concept is back again, but this time it’s online, making it easier for you to pick up your photos. Snapfish by HP has partnered with Walmart to enable consumers to pick up lab-quality photo prints and photo cards ordered on Snapfish.com in one hour from any of the 3,350 participating Walmart stores nationwide. http://bit.ly/1rTq3c

JOIN UP -- Photojournalists Launch National Campaign to Fight Poverty. In Our Own Backyard, a non-profit organization of photojournalists committed to social reform, announces the launch of a new poverty awareness campaign, AmericanPoverty.org. In partnership with Catholic Charities USA, the campaign will be carried out by preeminent photojournalists, with the support of writers, filmmakers and advocates.
http://bit.ly/y0PN4

THINK THIN. Unique photography helps you visualize weight loss Aline Mekhdjian has worked hard to lose 30 pounds this year and she's determined to lose 30 more. Now the 28 year old can see exactly what she'll look like at her goal weight-thanks to a free website that allows you to load a picture of your current self and they will show what you would look like at your goal weight. http://bit.ly/2aCqRw

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04 Nov, 2009 | Posted by: psn



RESUSCITATION -- Operation Photo Rescue – It’s a volunteer network of image restoration experts, professional and amateur photographers, designers, etc. whose aim is to restore important photos. If you're proud of your digital image restoration skill, it’s to volunteer with Operation Photo Rescue (OPR)..
http://www.creativepro.com/article/operation-photo-rescue


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28 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn




GREEN -- Environmental photography award. Drama of change along China's Yangtze River
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8322248.stm

POLLUTION IN CHINA -- Photographer Lu Guang captured the grim reality of polluted life in an amazing photo collection simply titled "Pollution in China". http://bit.ly/3kdoPT

PHOTO GIFT SHOPPING -- Photo retailers are preparing for photo gift giving through in-house photo kiosks to create personalized wrapping paper, calendars, holiday cards and other specialty items. http://bit.ly/NnBI7



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07 Oct, 2009 | Posted by: psn




DESTRUCTIVE PHOTO -- This Insane Photo Actually Destroyed a Camera Lens (Delta 4 Heavy Launch). All camera settings are pre-set manually. No one is allowed closer than several miles from a launch. BEN COOPER PHOTO image: http://bit.ly/A3Gz6




THE PIONEER IS BACK -- Instant "Film" Photography has returned. Fujifilm recently Inc. announced the availability of the Instax Mini 7S Instant Camera and Instax Mini Instant Color Film to the U.S. market. The Instax Mini offers customers a sleek camera that produces great looking, high-quality, credit-card sized, instant prints. http://bit.ly/pB0AF



GOOD SHOOTING -- Shoot to live, not kill. This is what some 20 young men from disadvantaged communities will be taught to do, as they participate in the Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) newly launched "Shoot2live" photography program which aims, in part, to combat violence.
http://bit.ly/3qRDAG


AUCTION TO SUPPORT PHOTO JOURNAL -- The journal, the Photo Review is a critical journal of national scope and international readership. Publishing since 1976, the Photo Review covers photography events throughout the country and serves as a central resource. Photography by noted national and international will be auctioned for the benefit of the Photo Review.
Date: November 7 at The University of the Arts, Broad & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102. The Photo Review quarterly journal has earned a reputation as one of the best serious photography publications being produced today. Auction preview: November 6-7, 2009, University of the Arts, Broad & Pine Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
For more information: Stephen Perloff, Editor, 215-891-0214 info[at]photoreview[dot]org The Photo Review 140 E. Richardson Ave Ste 301 Langhorne PA
http://www.photoreview.org/auction.htm


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30 Sep, 2009 | Posted by: psn





Information moves fast, so do the transporters.
Encarta To

Be Dismantled


Remember “Encarta?”

On October 31, 2009 the Encarta Web site will be discontinued. Microsoft stopped selling Encarta products in June. Now the place for reference information is Wikipedia.org.

In the 1980s and early ’90s, among the biggest users for stock images were encyclopedias, with Encyclopedia Britannica the leader in the field. New editions came out every year and articles were updated on a regular basis. They needed lots of pictures. Prices for use of an image ranged from $200 and up.

In 1993, Microsoft launched Encarta, first on CD and later on the Web. By the late ’90s, it had replaced book-based encyclopedias; it was more convenient and available for a fraction of the price. Initially, Encarta purchased pictures for prices less that what the printed encyclopedias paid.
In 2001, Wikipedia, the free Web-based encyclopedia was launched and Encarta’s popularity began to die. Wikipedia is updated by a community of users from around the world, rather than an in-house group of professional editors. Some complain that the quality of research for the articles doesn’t match Encyclopedia Britannica, but more topics are covered. Customers seem satisfied with the availability and the free price.

It’s common knowledge that there is no remuneration for the pictures that appear with Wikipedia articles. Thus, progress has resulted in millions of dollars in lost photo sales.

According to its FAQ, Encarta’s Web sites will be discontinued on Oct. 31. (Except for Japan, which has until Dec. 31, 2009). From the FAQ:

Encarta has been a popular product around the world for many years. However, the category of traditional encyclopedias and reference material has changed. People today seek and consume information in considerably different ways than in years past. As part of Microsoft’s goal to deliver the most effective and engaging resources for today’s consumer, it has made the decision to exit the Encarta business.

Microsoft’s vision is that everyone around the world needs to have access to quality education, and we believe that we can use what we’ve learned and assets we’ve accrued with offerings like Encarta to develop future technology solutions.

In 2005, Encarta tried to take the middle ground by allowing users to submit suggestions for Wikipedia article updates, but these were not integrated into articles until they had been approved by Encarta editors.

For a full history of Encarta, be sure to check out its comprehensive Wikipedia entry, which has already been updated to reflect Encarta’s shutdown. Encarta’s entry on itself doesn’t mention anything about its demise, and actually seems to have less information than the Wikipedia article.


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19 Aug, 2009 | Posted by: psn




THE BIG PICTURE -- RIT Heads to the Nation's Capital for its 25th Big Shot Photography Project, Sept. 26. The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian will be the subject of Rochester Institute of Technology 25th Big Shot photograph on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Big Shot photography project relies on the participation of hundreds of volunteers to provide the primary light source for the image while photographers shoot an extended exposure. http://bit.ly/eyo6g


eMAIL v SNAIL MAIL -- No more Saturday mail? The U.S. Postal Service's plans to close hundreds of branches and possibly end Saturday mail delivery. Mail volume has declined by 20 billion pieces in the last three fiscal quarters and is expected to fall by another 15 billion pieces in fiscal 2010. http://www.scoop44.com/2009/08/06/postmaster-general-recomends-end-of-saturday-mail-delivery/


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24 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn




NUPTIALS ECONOMY SIZE IN CHINA The Largest Global Wedding Photography Exhibition to be Staged in Shanghai in July. The 16th China-Shanghai International Wedding Photographic Exhibition & International Children's Photography, Theme Photography Exhibition
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-Largest-Global-Wedding-prnews-4277488726.html?x=0&.v=43


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17 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn




NEW CLOUD TYPE? -- Weird -- Cloud Photos Generate a Storm of Interest - Jane Wiggins is at the center of a new craze over cloud photographs.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/06/weird-cloud-photos-generate-a-storm-of-interest.html



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03 Jun, 2009 | Posted by: psn





IT’S CALLED NARCISSISM. -- In Britain, David Mundell claimed more than $6,000 on MPs'expenses funds to take photographs of himself - The "Out and About" section of his website displays more than 700 pictures, mostly of Mr Mundell in various different parts of his Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale constituency.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5413036/David-Mundell-Claimed-more-than-3000-on-MPs-expenses-to-take-photographs-of-himself.html


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13 May, 2009 | Posted by: psn



THE SCARE THAT WAS -- White House Releases Air Force One NYC Photo-Op Picture. Here's the photo that caused so much commotion in New York City and has now cost a White House official his job.
http://www.pdnpulse.com/2009/05/white-house-releases-air-force-one-nyc-photoop-pic.html


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22 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn



DEEPER & DEEPER -- National Geographic's Infinite Photograph will mesmerize you – I’s a fun new feature called the Infinite Photograph that takes over 300,000 photos collected from its archives and submitted by users, and turns them into a giant photo mosaic. It lets you zoom in infinitely, making your way deeper into each photo as it breaks down into smaller photos of various colors.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10221086-2.html?tag=mncol;title


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15 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn



IT’S GETTIN DOWNRIGHT NASTY -- Google to publishers: We're not evil or illegal - A day after the editor of The Wall Street Journal referred to online news aggregators --particularly Google and its Google News product--as "parasites or tech tapeworms," and the chairman of the Associated Press announced an initiative to protect print media content from infringing use online, Google has fired back in a blog. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10213903-93.html?tag=mncol


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08 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn




HOSPITALITY BURGS Thirty Photo-Friendly Cities - Which of the 30 biggest burgs are best for photographers? The results will surprise you.
http://www.popphoto.com/Features/30-Photo-Friendly-Cities


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01 Apr, 2009 | Posted by: psn



FADING -- The last KODAK-certified processing lab in the nation is Dwayne’s Photo in Parson’s (pop. 11,514) Kansas where about 100 employees process the 35mm color slide film introduced in 1935 by KODAK.



KEEPING CURRENT -- ASMP is providing photographers with a new free education resource. It has announced that the association has developed new education tools for the industry which are now available free of charge. All interested photographers have access to the ASMP daily blog as well as the popular Strictly Business 2 series covering topics such as copyright, pricing, negotiating,
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/asmp-provides-
photographers-free-education/story.aspx?guid={973F6028
-BD67-4B48-A269-8091CCE22BFB}&dist=msr_1
TAKEAWAY: ASMP has offered education programs for beginning photographers for many years.

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25 Mar, 2009 | Posted by: psn



IN FASHION A Cruise for Photography Buffs. Windstar Cruises which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts, offers photography buffs the opportunity to travel with travel and fashion photographer Stephanie Pfriender Stylander on a Mediterranean sailing aboard Wind Surf, departing September 13, 2009, from Venice, Italy.
http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-17-2009/0004990082&EDATE=


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18 Mar, 2009 | Posted by: psn



SHAKING HANDS In January the NPPA asked Amtrak in a letter to stop harassing photographers. In response, counsel for the Amtrak police invited NPPA to participate in updating their existing policies. The recommendations of NPPA were incorporated into the new Amtrak guidelines. NPPA president Bob Carey: "This is a great example of how NPPA can work together with government agencies to modify policies that we feel are restrictive of First Amendment rights," http://nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/03/amtrak01.html

BACKUP BLUES. Facebook: Photo data loss was temporary. Considering all the horror stories we hear about photos hosted on Facebook and people, you know, losing their jobs over them, maybe this isn't such a bad thing: The social network acknowledged in a blog post on Sunday evening that 10 percent to 15 percent of the billions of photos it hosts were affected by a storage problem, replaced by a question mark. The photos should be back up by the time you are reading this.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10191678-36.html?tag=mncol
TAKEAWAY Yes. Back up. Always.


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11 Mar, 2009 | Posted by: psn



HELP A HORSE -- Photography Project to Highlight Equine Welfare Work Members of the Equine Photographers Network, a group of more than 500 photographers from around the world who specialize in the photography of horses, will focus their lenses on story projects that will highlight the plight of horses in need. http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=13726



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