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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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 …

‘Time’ shows recently re-discovered photos of Obama from 1980
Thursday, 18 Dec, 2008 – 12:19 | One Comment
‘Time’ shows recently re-discovered photos of Obama from 1980

Photographer-turned psychologist Lisa Jack has unearthed film from a photo shoot she did with Barack Obama in 1980, when the president-elect was a freshman at Occidental College in Los Angeles, and the shots got picked …

Florida’s Tim Hussin named College Photographer of the Year
Wednesday, 19 Nov, 2008 – 15:14 | No Comment
Florida’s Tim Hussin named College Photographer of the Year

University of Florida student Tim Hussin, of Palm Harbor, Fla., was named this week the winner of the College Photographer of the Year Portfolio competition, both surprising him and landing him a coveted internship at …

Hubble Telescope nabs first-ever shots of planet orbiting another star
Thursday, 13 Nov, 2008 – 14:30 | No Comment
Hubble Telescope nabs first-ever shots of planet orbiting another star

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken the first-ever visible-light pictures of a planet orbiting another star, NASA scientists announced today. The photos represent a major advancement in the quest for space knowledge and are the culmination of a process stretching back more than 20 years. Check out their photos here.

NASA photos show Phoenix Mars lander’s journey
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2008 – 16:13 | No Comment
NASA photos show Phoenix Mars lander’s journey

The harsh Martian winter has deprived the Phoenix Mars Lander of the sunlight it needs to power its instruments, and the device has stopped communicating after more than five months of work on the Red …

Election Day galleries show perspectives from the polls
Tuesday, 4 Nov, 2008 – 12:16 | No Comment
Election Day galleries show perspectives from the polls

Voters from around the country are sending their images from the polling stations to major national newspapers, and those combined with photos snapped by staff photographers are providing a thorough view of today’s historic election …

Digital Railroad site taken offline, customers flock to PhotoShelter
Wednesday, 29 Oct, 2008 – 11:56 | No Comment

Digital Railroad, the photo management and microstock agency that on Oct. 15 announced staffing cuts, has taken its site offline, and even the company’s most prominent former customers are scrambling to find another hosting service …

Photographers converge on PhotoPlus Expo in New York
Saturday, 25 Oct, 2008 – 8:50 | No Comment
Photographers converge on PhotoPlus Expo in New York

PDN’s PhotoPlus Expo, considered among the most important international photography events each year, drew thousands of photographers to New York City. Ask The Photographer was there to talk with leading photographers and professional camera titans.

Want to shoot NASCAR? Check out the Auto Racing Photography Seminar at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 24
Wednesday, 8 Oct, 2008 – 11:55 | One Comment
Want to shoot NASCAR? Check out the Auto Racing Photography Seminar at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 24

LAS VEGAS - A one-day auto racing educational photography seminar will be conducted on October 24 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The seminar offers photo enthusiasts an opportunity to create racing pictures from restricted …

NASA releases new hi-res photos of Planet Mercury
Tuesday, 7 Oct, 2008 – 16:14 | One Comment
NASA releases new hi-res photos of Planet Mercury

NASA released today new hi-resolution photos of Mercury showing a previously unseen side of the planet. They are the first images of the planet closest to the sun taken in more than 30 years.

ACDSee releases Photo Manager 2009
Wednesday, 1 Oct, 2008 – 11:35 | No Comment
ACDSee releases Photo Manager 2009

ACD Systems released this week its Photo Manager 2009 software, a consumer program that helps shooters organize, back up and share their photos.

L.A. police chief says Britney Spears’ behavior now keeping paparazzi calm
Sunday, 3 Aug, 2008 – 12:14 | No Comment
L.A. police chief says Britney Spears’ behavior now keeping paparazzi calm

Los Angeles Police Chief William Bratton recently brushed off efforts by celebs and the city council to place more control on the aggressive paparazzi since, as he told KNBC-TV, “If you notice, since Britney started …

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 …

Leaf releases 56-megapixel camera with rotating sensor
Friday, 1 Aug, 2008 – 18:55 | No Comment
Leaf releases 56-megapixel camera with rotating sensor

Israel-based Leaf Photography, a member of Kodak’s Graphic Imaging Group, has rolled out a 56-megapixel medium format digital back, just out-pixeling the recently released, 50mp Hasselblad H3DII-50 – a camera that uses a Kodak sensor.

Lightroom 2.0 Features Overview
Tuesday, 29 Jul, 2008 – 18:40 | No Comment
Lightroom 2.0 Features Overview
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 …

Download Photo Mechanic 4.5.3 beta 3
Wednesday, 23 Jan, 2008 – 6:30 | No Comment

Looking for the latest version of Photo Mechanic? One of the premiere image management software programs out there is available for download…

Microsoft Pro Photo shoot keeps track of assignments
Monday, 14 Jan, 2008 – 17:36 | No Comment

Microsoft has released a new product call Microsoft Pro Photo Shoot it will be a software add-on to Microsofts Outlook mail service.