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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Microsoft officially launches Photosynth
Thursday, 21 Aug, 2008 – 14:08 | One Comment
Microsoft officially launches Photosynth

Microsoft announced Wednesday night the release of a free online service called Photosynth, an innovative application that automatically crunches and then stitches together up to 300 photos at a time to create “synths” of an …

Vermont company holds funeral for film
Sunday, 3 Aug, 2008 – 9:08 | No Comment
Vermont company holds funeral for film

As traditional film photography wobbles on its last, already flimsy legs, the last professional film processing company in Vermont shut down this week and held a funeral for film to commemorate the event, complete with …

Adobe announces release of Lightroom 2
Tuesday, 29 Jul, 2008 – 12:18 | No Comment
Adobe announces release of Lightroom 2

Adobe Systems announced today the release of Lightroom 2, a much-beefed up version of its popular workflow and non-destructive editing software, touting new features such as dual monitor and 64-bit support.

‘Merc’ designer who captured layoffs gets laid off himself
Thursday, 3 Jul, 2008 – 16:41 | No Comment
‘Merc’ designer who captured layoffs gets laid off himself

The designer who famously documented layoffs at his paper through a series of bleak photos was axed in the paper’s most recent round of cuts.

A camera without a camera body…
Sunday, 8 Jun, 2008 – 12:17 | No Comment
A camera without a camera body…

The Focus DSLR is all lens and no body.

Kodak to raise prices because of production costs
Friday, 30 May, 2008 – 16:28 | No Comment
Kodak to raise prices because of production costs

Your wallet might take a beating.

Nikon looking to increase sales of high-end SLRs
Thursday, 29 May, 2008 – 17:16 | No Comment
Nikon looking to increase sales of high-end SLRs

Nikon is looking to expand the productivity of its professional SLR sales.

Nikon’s profit up 33 percent
Monday, 19 May, 2008 – 11:15 | No Comment
Nikon’s profit up 33 percent

While Nikon saw an increase in their annual profits, it was a little lower than they had fore-casted.

Bill Gates and Pentax?
Thursday, 15 May, 2008 – 20:53 | No Comment
Bill Gates and Pentax?

Pentax has joined forces with Microsoft.

Canon loses ground in SLR market
Wednesday, 2 Apr, 2008 – 18:43 | One Comment
Canon loses ground in SLR market

Nikon seems to be creeping up on the camera giant Canon. Cnet reports that even though Canon remained the No. 1 SLR-maker in the world, their market share amount dropped by about four percent.

Link of the Day: Nick Brandt Photography
Thursday, 28 Feb, 2008 – 16:05 | One Comment
Link of the Day: Nick Brandt Photography
Apple Announces two new Macbook laptops
Wednesday, 27 Feb, 2008 – 14:05 | No Comment

Apple has announced two new Macbook latops yesterday in both the pro and standard models. Of course the processor is faster, the pro has the new multi-touch built in, and they both have more storage. …

Icon Sports Media Launches New Online Database Using Spitfire Photo
Tuesday, 12 Feb, 2008 – 21:07 | No Comment

Icon Sports Media leverages Spitfire Photo technology to deliver new online archive of editorial and historical sports images
One million sports images now available online from searchable database
SAN FRANCISCO AND CHATSWORTH, CA. February …

Canon makes record profit in Japan
Wednesday, 30 Jan, 2008 – 12:24 | One Comment

Canon Inc. in Japan announced today that they’ve had a record profit in the 2007 year, pulling in 756.67 billion yen in operating profit and a whopping 488.33 billion yen in net profit. Who wants to …

Food photographers from Tel Aviv eat up
Tuesday, 29 Jan, 2008 – 20:40 | No Comment

Their photography has been showcased in 17 books and they’ve worked with some of the world’s top chefs. Meet Shimon Rothstein and Tamar Shavit, culinary photographers with some real talent. (Photo by John Hritz)

MacBook Air in Stores Wednesday
Monday, 28 Jan, 2008 – 9:57 | No Comment

If you’ve been waiting to get your greedy little fingers on the Mac’s newest addition to the laptop world? Get out your wallets and pocket books! Wednesday is d-day. So says The Boy Genius. Have fun, …

Interview with a commercial photographer
Sunday, 27 Jan, 2008 – 2:21 | No Comment
Getty Images’ sale influenced by cell phone cameras?
Tuesday, 22 Jan, 2008 – 20:47 | No Comment

Over at the blog, PDN Pulse, Daryl Lang found an New York Times article that stated one of the reasons that Getty Images is selling is because of the pressure from cell phone cameras replacing wire …

Adobe to release Photoshop Elements 6 for MAC
Tuesday, 22 Jan, 2008 – 8:00 | No Comment

Mac Users! Not only can you brag about how much cooler those commercials with the young college kid and the nerdy PC guy are the truth, but you can also enjoy Adobe Photoshop Elements 6, …

For-sale Getty Images could go for $1.5 billion
Tuesday, 22 Jan, 2008 – 0:11 | No Comment

It’s no secret that Getty Images is for sale. However, if you’re interested in buying the business, you’re going to have to dig deep in your wallet because the popular wire service has an asking price of …

Apple’s Methodical Plan for World Domination
Friday, 18 Jan, 2008 – 19:31 | No Comment

Robert X. Cringely offers more speculation on what Apple is up to in light of its announcements from Macworld.

2008 Another Grim Year For Newspapers?
Saturday, 12 Jan, 2008 – 18:44 | No Comment

For those of us in the editorial photography business, it could be another bad year for the newspaper industry. So predicts Goldman Sachs, who is projecting a 7.9% drop in revenue this year. When newspapers …

Apple to Buy Adobe?
Friday, 11 Jan, 2008 – 19:10 | No Comment

No this is not a news headline. Apple has not announced it will buy Adobe nor is a rumor on the march through Wall Street or Silicone Valley. It is the prediction of Robert X. Cringely (not …