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Collaboration with The Prince’s Rainforests Project
• Environment is central theme of this year’s awards
• Student programme to span six continents

A major new initiative, in association with The Prince’s Rainforests Project (PRP), was announced on Monday 22 September, at the launch of the second annual Sony World Photography Awards 2009 - a truly global competition which honours both professional and amateur photographers.

Speakers at the launch at the Seippel Gallery in Cologne included Scott Gray, Managing Director of the Sony World Photography Awards, James Kennedy, General Manager of Marketing Communications at Sony Europe, Vanessa Winship, winner of the 2008 I’iris d’or and Briony Mathieson from The Prince’s Rainforest Project. Also speaking were Ruth Eichhorn, Director of Photography, GEO Magazine and photographer and President of Magnum Photos, Stuart Franklin.

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Canon today announced cashback offers on three of their award winning EOS DSLR range.

EOS 1000D
£30 GBP, €40 EURO cashback until 12th January 2009

EOS 1000D Features:
10.1 Megapixel CMOS sensor
EOS Integrated Cleaning System
7-point wide-area AF System
Up to 3 frames per second
2.5” LCD with Live View shooting

Canon also have an extra offer on the EOS 1000D.  50% off Experience Seminars courses.
Experience Seminar are recommended by Canon as they offer high quality practical seminars, delivered by a team of professional trainers dedicated to bringing you the best possible training on your camera.

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I’ve gathered up all the 16 articles, that make up the Microstock Photographer’s Guide, and turned them into one pdf-file. I did this after having looked the list over, and realized how long it would take to sit and read it all here on my blog. Not being a big fan of reading page after page on screen myself, I figured most of you probably feel the same way. Now, it’s easy to print it all out and read it on paper.

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See what you can do with the 5d mark II video mode :

http://vincentlaforet.smugmug.com/gallery/6042742_wZKiA#377930419_dgxvY-A-LB

http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/2008/10/10/without-further-ado-reverie/

http://www.usa.canon.com/dlc/controller?act=GetArticleAct&articleID=2086

Always on the leading edge of camera functionality, Canon again raises the bar by outfitting the EOS 5D Mark II with Full High Definition (HD) movie recording and playback functionality — a first for a DSLR camera*1. The smooth 30fps frame rate assures natural-looking movies in both Full HD at 1,920 x 1080 pixels and 4:3 Standard Definition (SD) at 640 x 480 pixels. Whichever you choose, you’ll appreciate the expanded visual possibilities thanks to compatibility with Picture Styles and the full lineup of Canon EF*2 lenses, including super telephoto, micro, fisheye, TS-E, and soft focus lenses.

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Photoshop Tutorial: Face shaping

PHOTOKINA 2008—Phase One today introduces pioneering advances in medium format digital photography that offer professional photographers more opportunity to perfect the moment of image capture, and reduce post processing work.

Phase One is demonstrating the following products that will ship in volume during Q4 2008—Booth B1, Hall 4.2.

-- Advanced digital image capture. Sensor+ technology establishes a new paradigm for medium format camera systems. For the first time, photographers can choose to shoot at either 15 or 60.5 megapixels at full frame, with no change in sensor coverage. In addition Sensor+ will add higher light sensitivity.
-- Capture One 4 PRO workflow software. Achieves the highest level of image quality possible in RAW processing.
-- Extended lens range for Phase One 645 camera system. Successful alliances with Leica Camera, Mamiya and Hartblei are yielding high-quality optics with a growing range of available lenses. Now includes Phase One Classic one year or Value Added 3-year warranty.

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Lensbaby, LLC (formerly known as Lensbabies, LLC) is launching an entire new system of selective focus lenses at the Photokina tradeshow in Cologne, Germany (Hall 5.2 C021).

Three new Lensbaby lenses – The Composer™, The Muse™ and The Control Freak™, – make up the new line of products.  Each features the new Lensbaby Optic Swap system. The new Muse and the new Control Freak replace the current Original, Lensbaby 2.0, and Lensbaby 3G lenses, which will be phased out immediately.  With the Composer, Lensbaby introduces a completely new lens, based on a ball and socket configuration that delivers smooth selective focus photography with unparalleled ease of use and greater precision.

All Lensbaby lenses provide photographers with a new way to control depth of field by bringing one area of a photo into sharpest focus with that Sweet Spot™ surrounded by graduated blur. By bending the Lensbaby lens, the photographer moves the sharp area around the photo for customized creative effects.

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Canon Professional Services Will Enhance Benefits for Pro-Level Shooters In New Three-Tiered Membership Program

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., September 18, 2008 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, announced today that it will be instituting a new Canon Professional Services (CPS) program beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The new CPS program, which will require all existing members to reapply, will offer three levels of membership – Silver, Gold and Platinum – to qualifying members, with each level receiving better and more extensive service benefits. The new CPS program is designed to provide the appropriate level of service for each professional demographic and support members with faster service, loan equipment, and a range of other benefits to be announced in the coming months.

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One of the great new features in Lightroom 2 is the graduated filter tool. Though simple, It can have a very powerful effect on one's photos, as we'll see. From darkening a washed out sky, to emphasising the billowing clouds of stormy sky, the graduated filter tool in Lightroom 2 is incredibly customizable.

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75 Years Later and 45 Million Lenses Produced, the NIKKOR Pedigree Continues to Thrive with the Introduction of the AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G Lens

MELVILLE, N.Y. (Sep 22, 2008) – Nikon Inc. celebrates 75 years of defining optical excellence with the release of the newly engineered AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 prime lens that is considered by many photographers to be an essential tool with a focal length that closely replicates the visual perspective of the human eye when used with an FX-format D-SLR.  Nikon’s optical expertise and modern technological advances, such as the Silent Wave Motor, help to deliver outstanding operation that is critical for Nikon FX and DX-format photographers who demand the pinnacle of photographic performance.

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from Yanik Chauvin