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A new online service from ILFORD PHOTO for the first time makes traditional black and white photo processing accessible to everyone. Combining traditional processes with up to the minute online and e-commerce technology, ILFORD LAB DIRECT now offers customers a secure website to pay for film processing as well as providing the ability to upload digital black and white files direct to the server.
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PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the 18th edition of the PhotographyBB Magazine Online. The PhotographyBB Magazine Online is now a leading resource in the future of free information distribution, offering readers: Digital Photography tips and techniques, DSLR camera function training, and image post processing tutorials in Adobe(r) Photoshop(tm), and RAW processing in Photoshop Lightroom(tm). The July 2009 edition features a look at the new Pentax K-7 digital SLR, along with several articles on tips for better photographic composition techniques. Readers have their questions answered in the continuing FAQ series where real questions from our readers are anonymously and thouroughly answered. The July edition also examines portrait lighting and composition techniques in a brand new “Portrait Photography 101″series.
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Canon: When Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory started developing Japan’s first-ever 35mm camera equipped with a focal plane shutter, the engineers dubbed the creation “Kwanon” after the Buddhist goddess of mercy. At this point the company’s logo even included the thousand-armed goddess.
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Nature photography often results in some of the most beautiful, breathtaking, and stunning images that can be captured.  When trapped behind your desk all day, we often miss out on some beautiful natural moments, so it’s nice to at least have a beautiful nature photograph as your desktop wallpaper.
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A shortlist of twelve outstanding international photographers, from which one will be selected later this year to receive the Prix Pictet, the world’s photography prize for environmental sustainability, was announced today at Europe’s leading photography festival, Les Rencontres d’Arles in France.

The prize is supported by Swiss bank Pictet & Cie. Photographers shortlisted for the £60,000 (CHF100,000) first prize are:

Darren Almond, UK; Christopher Anderson, Canada; Sammy Baloji, Congo; Edward Burtynsky, Canada; Naoya Hatakeyama, Japan; Andreas Gursky, Germany; Nadav Kander, South Africa; Ed Kashi, USA; Abbas Kowsari, Iran; Yao Lu, China; Edgar Martins, Portugal and Christopher Steele Perkins, UK.
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40 years ago, when the first men stepped out on the lunar surface, in their hands were Hasselblad cameras and - to paraphrase Neal Armstrong - this “small step for man” proved to be a giant leap for photography. Naturally, Hasselblad cameras were not originally designed to work in zero gravity, nor in the harsh temperatures found on the moon’s surface – but they did. Flawlessly. And they helped capture some of the most historic and memorable images ever recorded.

The R&D team rose to every occasion, producing designs that could withstand the stringent demands made by space travel. The advancements gained during the space camera design process did not just benefit extraterrestrial photographers, however, but those with both feet firmly planted on the ground as well. Every advancement was brought back to earth, benefitting photographers on this planet as well. A research tradition that continues to this day. Because what happened 40 years ago isn’t just our legacy – it’s our future too.
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Image Mechanics, a digital capture studio in Santa Monica known for its educational outreach, today announced the first conference to focus on DSLR hybrid photography and cinematography. The conference will be held at the Los Angeles Film School, located at 6363 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, CA on Saturday and Sunday August 29th and 30th, 2009.  Conference passes are available immediately from http://www.ImageMechanicsExpo.com for $200 per day or $350 for a two day pass. A two-day pass to the exhibitor floor is also available for $75.

Image Mechanics, Redrock Micro and the LA Film School will present the two-day conference spotlighting the collision of still photography and cinematography. The event will cover Video Capture for Stills (VCS) and DSLR Film making. The Collision Conference will bring timely and important information to photographers and filmmakers interested in creating content with hybrid DSLR cameras, which capture both still and video images. Seminars addressing the merging of the two disciplines will be presented along with an exhibition to showcase the latest products relating to this rapidly-emerging market.
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intro-duck-tion provides a one-minute forty-eight second animated glimpse into my studio and the creation of one of my favorite recent images. The stop-motion footage was shot entirely with still cameras, including a Canon 5d.

The image of Michael Jackson that graces the cover of Q magazine's August 2009 issue, which coincidentally went to press shortly before Jackson's tragic death, has been widely circulated as the last authorized photograph of the singer. While that remains likely to be true, photographer John Wright tells the Music Mix that the photo shoot in question actually took place several years ago, in approximately 2007.

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Shooting handheld with a 1ds mark III and Sigma 200-500mm F2.8 EX DG

Some months ago I reviewed the Sigma 200-500 f/2.8. In my first review, I did an in-depth studio test, but I hadn't many photos taken in the field. I absolutely wanted to try this lens on the field so in April 2009 I loaned again the lens from Sigma and I have spent one day photographing Cristina, a beautiful model. The photos had been taken in Rivalta, a medieval village between the hills of northern Apennines, Italy.
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PhotographyBB announced today, the release of the 17th edition of the PhotographyBB Magazine Online. The PhotographyBB Magazine Online is a leading resource in the future of free information distribution, offering readers: Digital Photography tips and techniques, DSLR camera function training, and image post processing tutorials in Adobe Photoshop, and RAW processing in Photoshop Lightroom.

The June 2009 edition features articles on photography techniques and issues facing today’s digital photographer. Readers will learn tips on composition and how keeping things simple can lead to great photography. The issue also examines how to overcome “photographer’s block” when lack of inspiration occurs. Included is also a Photoshop tutorial on creating an urban “grunge” type effect for dramatic impact.
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Photo Slideshow of Michael Jackson Remembrance - Hollywood Boulevard - June 2009 - Song is Will You Be There