Tutorial: Photoshop for 70 basketball portraits in two days
Mon, 02/2/09 – 18:19 | 2 Comments

Photographer Dustin Snipes gives step-by-step instructions regarding the post-production work he did to achieve a sought-after look in the 70 basketball portraits he took in just two days during last year’s Cactus Classic in Arizona.

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Photographers Patrick Farrell, Damon Winter win Pulitzer Prizes
Monday, 20 Apr, 2009 – 13:21 | No Comment
Photographers Patrick Farrell, Damon Winter win Pulitzer Prizes

Patrick Farrell of the Miami Herald and Damon Winter of The New York Times were awarded Pulitzer Prizes–the most prestigious award in journalism–for their photography, with Farrell winning for breaking news photography and Winter for …

Nikon unveils new D5000 high-end consumer DSLR
Tuesday, 14 Apr, 2009 – 12:08 | No Comment
Nikon unveils new D5000 high-end consumer DSLR

Nikon has announced the new D5000, a 12.3-megapixel, upper-end consumer DSLR with 720p HD video at 24 frames per second.

Olympus announces new E-450 DSLR
Tuesday, 31 Mar, 2009 – 11:06 | No Comment
Olympus announces new E-450 DSLR

Olympus Imaging announced today the E-450, the newest addition to its amateur DSLR lineup. The E-450 is ostensibly the same as the popular E-420, with a few key additions including three new art filters–Pop Art, …

Canon launches 15-megapixel, HD movie-equipped Canon Rebel T1i
Wednesday, 25 Mar, 2009 – 11:23 | No Comment
Canon launches 15-megapixel, HD movie-equipped Canon Rebel T1i

 
 
Canon has termed this camera an “entry-level juggernaut”: The new EOS Rebel T1i, a 15.1-megapixel camera with the DIGIC 4 Imaging Processor that can record full 1080p HD video at 20 frames per second.

PMA 2009: Vivitar rises from the ashes
Wednesday, 11 Mar, 2009 – 10:35 | No Comment
PMA 2009: Vivitar rises from the ashes

After having faded into relative obscurity, the once-prominent Vivitar brand–now owned by Sakar International–re-entered the market at PMA last week with a new line of cameras, lenses and flashes.

Deal: Grab a factory-refurbished Nikon D60 with a lens for $400
Wednesday, 11 Mar, 2009 – 8:40 | One Comment
Deal: Grab a factory-refurbished Nikon D60 with a lens for $400

Here’s a pretty sweet deal: Retailer J&R is offering a factory-refurbished Nikon D60 with an 18-55mm AFS DX Nikkor VR Lens for just $400.

PMA 2009: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 retains autofocus with 1080p video
Tuesday, 3 Mar, 2009 – 17:01 | No Comment
PMA 2009: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 retains autofocus with 1080p video

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Panasonic unveiled today the Lumix DMC-GH1, a Micro Four Thirds system camera that can shoot still images and record full HD video while retaining the use of autofocus–even when zooming in or out during …

PMA 2009: Samsung releases NX interchangeable lens, non DSLR series cameras
Tuesday, 3 Mar, 2009 – 16:45 | No Comment
PMA 2009: Samsung releases NX interchangeable lens, non DSLR series cameras

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Samsung debuted at PMA its new NX series–a non-DSLR system with  interchangeable lenses. Scheduled for release later this year, it will be only the second such system on the market.

PMA 2009: Kodak releases EasyShare Z915
Tuesday, 3 Mar, 2009 – 16:30 | No Comment
PMA 2009: Kodak releases EasyShare Z915

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Eastman Kodak Company released at PMA the new EasyShare Z915, a megazoom compact camera with a 10x optical zoom lens and a 10-megapixel sensor.

PMA 2009: Sony releases new HX-1 Cyber-shot
Tuesday, 3 Mar, 2009 – 16:29 | No Comment
PMA 2009: Sony releases new HX-1 Cyber-shot

LAS VEGAS, Nev. - Sony representatives at PMA 2009 unveiled the new HX1 Cyber-shot, which the company is billing as the world’s first to sport “sweep panorama technology.”

PMA 2009: Canon announces more firmware to fix 1D Mark III AF problem
Tuesday, 3 Mar, 2009 – 12:08 | One Comment
PMA 2009: Canon announces more firmware to fix 1D Mark III AF problem

Canon has announced yet another firmware update for the EOS 1D-Mark III and the EOS 1Ds-Mark III that the company says should rectify the oft-discussed autofocus problems with those cameras.

PMA 2009: Pentax releases new X70 Megazoom compact camera
Monday, 2 Mar, 2009 – 16:05 | No Comment
PMA 2009: Pentax releases new X70 Megazoom compact camera

LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Pentax Imaging representatives at PMA 2009 announced today the release of the new X70 Megazoom compact camera, a 12-megapixel model with a 24x optical zoom lens and the same Shake Reduction …

Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain News’ publishes final edition today
Friday, 27 Feb, 2009 – 14:10 | No Comment
Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain News’ publishes final edition today

Just 55 days shy of 150 years in circulation, the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo. has announced that it will shut down.
The paper’s closure makes Denver a one-newspaper town–The Denver Post remains open–and marks …

Follow us to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and PMA
Thursday, 26 Feb, 2009 – 11:43 | No Comment
Follow us to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and PMA

We’ll be giving you live updates throughout the upcoming week, starting as we follow photographers covering the NASCAR event in Las Vegas this weekend and finishing with reports from PMA 2009 next week.

Olympus announces 12.3-megapixel E-620 DSLR
Tuesday, 24 Feb, 2009 – 11:56 | No Comment
Olympus announces 12.3-megapixel E-620 DSLR

Olympus Imaging announced today the release of the E-620 DSLR, a 12.3-megapixel camera rich in creative features that falls into the lineup between the E-520 and the recently released E-30.

Visual elements company Veer launches new ‘Marketplace’ microstock arm
Tuesday, 24 Feb, 2009 – 10:02 | No Comment
Visual elements company Veer launches new ‘Marketplace’ microstock arm

Veer, the visual design elements company owned by Corbis Images, announced this week that it has launched its new royalty-free microstock service, the Veer Marketplace, which will offer images for between $1 and $20.

Link of the day: UK site reunites lost photos with subjects
Tuesday, 24 Feb, 2009 – 8:25 | No Comment
Link of the day: UK site reunites lost photos with subjects

This one is interesting–someone in the UK has been collecting photos found around the country there and posting them online in the hopes that the subjects will be able to reclaim the images.

Ritz Camera files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Monday, 23 Feb, 2009 – 16:58 | No Comment

Ritz Camera, which bills itself as the nation’s largest camera retailer, has apparently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a U.S. District Court in Delaware.

Samsung releases two new 12-megapixel point and shoots
Monday, 23 Feb, 2009 – 11:11 | No Comment
Samsung releases two new 12-megapixel point and shoots

Following last week’s announcement of four new SL cameras, Samsung USA announced today the release of two new 12-megapixel compact cameras: The TL320 and the HZ15W.

Canon introduces two new tilt-shift lenses
Friday, 20 Feb, 2009 – 11:48 | One Comment
Canon introduces two new tilt-shift lenses

Canon USA has released two new tilt-shift lenses, one of which–the TS-E 17mm f/4L–has the shortest focal-length of any tilt-shift lens with full-frame coverage, according to the company.

Facebook buckles to complaints, reverts to old ‘Terms of Use’
Wednesday, 18 Feb, 2009 – 18:12 | No Comment
Facebook buckles to complaints, reverts to old ‘Terms of Use’

Just a day after it sparked a public outcry, Facebook has removed controversial language in its terms of use that apparently gave the company perpetual rights to user-submitted content.

Canon announces 10 new PowerShot cameras, including one waterproof model
Wednesday, 18 Feb, 2009 – 16:39 | No Comment
Canon announces 10 new PowerShot cameras, including one waterproof model

Canon USA has announced 10 new PowerShot compact cameras, including a waterproof, shockproof, freezeproof model and a higher-end model that records full 1080p HD video and is equipped with a 20x optical zoom.

Samsung adds four new SL model compact cameras
Tuesday, 17 Feb, 2009 – 16:57 | No Comment
Samsung adds four new SL model compact cameras

Samsung has added to its lineup four new SL series compact cameras–two 12.2 megapixel models and two 10.2-megapixel models.

Sony adds five cameras to Cyber-shot lineup
Tuesday, 17 Feb, 2009 – 13:16 | No Comment
Sony adds five cameras to Cyber-shot lineup

Sony revealed five new Cyber-shot compact cameras today, four of which have a new “intelligent auto mode” designed to reduce the need to change camera settings.

Fujifilm releases five new FinePix point and shoots
Tuesday, 17 Feb, 2009 – 11:56 | No Comment
Fujifilm releases five new FinePix point and shoots

Fujifilm released today five new compact cameras for its FinePix lineup, including the FinePix Z33WP, a model waterproof up to 10 feet deep, and the S1500, which sports a 12x optical zoom lens.

Facebook’s ‘Terms of Use’ change stirs photo, content rights brouhaha
Monday, 16 Feb, 2009 – 17:13 | 3 Comments
Facebook’s ‘Terms of Use’ change stirs photo, content rights brouhaha

The re-wording of Facebook’s terms of use has fueled a deluge of online criticism as major players in the blogosphere complain that the company has given itself a perpetual, virtually limitless right to profit from …

Samsung announces ‘Memoir,’ an 8mp camera phone
Monday, 16 Feb, 2009 – 11:20 | No Comment
Samsung announces ‘Memoir,’ an 8mp camera phone

Samsung unveiled yesterday the Memoir, a new touch-screen phone with an 8-megapixel camera to be available exclusively through T-Mobile.

American Anthony Suau wins World Press Photo Contest
Friday, 13 Feb, 2009 – 15:51 | No Comment
American Anthony Suau wins World Press Photo Contest

American Anthony Suau’s stirring photograph of a sheriff’s deputy searching a foreclosed home was declared today the grand prize winner of the 52nd World Press Photo Contest, with judges terming it a “double entendre” representative …

Link of the day: New Vincent Laforet video
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 18:35 | No Comment
Link of the day: New Vincent Laforet video

New York photographer Vincent Laforet, who was already well-known but gained added national notoriety after directing the short film “Reverie” with a pre-release Canon 5D Mark II, has posted a sneak peek at a new …

Associated Press, NCAA reach three-year photo distribution deal
Thursday, 12 Feb, 2009 – 12:47 | No Comment
Associated Press, NCAA reach three-year photo distribution deal

The NCAA and the Associated Press announced this week a three-year agreement making AP Images the global distributor of the NCAA’s photo collection, a move the NCAA says will create the largest existing pool of …