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How to Become a Professional Photographer

“What qualifications do you need?” Actually need? None whatsoever. I’ve not so much as an ‘O’ level related to photography. I do have two degrees [...]

Hasselblad Announces Comprehensive Amendments to Their Customer Care Program

New Camera Care Plan to provide international coverage to professional photographers, including 24 hour help desk and day-to-day exchange service. High-end camera manufacturer Hasselblad has [...]

Image Retouching: Advanced Skin Softening

Digital photography requires a solid workflow, allowing for professional preparing of digital photo files for the web and print. For the Digital Photography Workflow series, [...]

Genuine Fractals 6 released

onOne Software Announces Genuine Fractals 6 The industry standard for resizing images to any size adds several new features and includes support for Adobe Photoshop [...]

PhotoPlus Expo 2008 with Kodak

New Products and Services Leverage Kodak’s ‘Connect with Professional Quality’ Commitment across the Entire Professional Photography Spectrum NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/—Eastman Kodak Company continues [...]

Animoto Video Presentation Software for Photography

Award-winning video creation platform now provides professional photographers with tools to produce and market professional-quality videos New York, NY, October 22, 2008 – Animoto (http://animoto.com), [...]

How Much is Wedding Photography?

Almost every bride has that one thing that they will consider the most important part of their wedding day, and will usually spend the most [...]

7 Secrets to Stock Photography.

Getting accepted into stock collections can be daunting and many professional photographers are rejected from stock collections regularly. Stock can be a difficult area to [...]

Fujifilm Student Awards 2009.

The Fujifilm Student Awards 2009 is now open for entries. Following the success of the 2008 Awards, Fujifilm Professional has again tied-in with Penguin Books [...]

XDepth Raw Files working both as JPEG and RAW.

Trellis Management Co. Ltd. presents its latest image compression technology for digital cameras at the upcoming PDN PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo. XDepth Raw is [...]

KODAK CCD Image Sensors Power New Cameras for Professional Photography.

CCD Image Sensors from Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) have been selected again to power the most advanced cameras for professional photographers. Showcased at this year’s [...]

The Differences Between Professional and Amateur Photographers.

Making your first sale is a big step. The second, third and fourth sales feel much easier and once they’re coming in regularly, you can [...]

Sony World Photography Awards 2009.

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 [...]

Capture One 4 Pro software update announced : New lens enhancement tools, Skin Tone tool, and a redesigned Styles feature.

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, [...]

New Lensbaby lenses. Composer – Muse – Control Freak.

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 [...]

Canon Professional Services. New CPS programs.

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 [...]

Sandisk Extreme IV 16 gig udma compact flash cards up to 45 mb’s per second.

Improved Performance Helps Professional Digital Photographers Spend More Time Taking Pictures and Less Time in Post-Production SanDisk today announced that it is now shipping an [...]

The Raw Truth About JPEG – Choosing an Image Format

Debate continues among photographers about the pros and cons of shooting JPEG versus Raw images. Opinions vary depending on who you ask. This can be [...]

Leica M8.2 – D-Lux 4 – C-Lux 3 cameras.

The new LEICA M8.2 is an exciting upgrade of Leica Camera AG’s German-made M series digital rangefinder camera for professionals. Improving on important LEICA M8 [...]

Canon Powershot G10 announced – 15 megapixels and 28mm angle lens.

Canon spearheads new PowerShot range with PowerShot G10 United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 17 September 2008: Canon today announces its new flagship PowerShot compact [...]

SanDisk Extreme III Compactflash Series Doubles Capacity And Boosts Speed 50 Percent With New 32-Gigabyte Card

MILPITAS, Calif. September 11, 2008 – Who says big cards can’t be fast? SanDisk Corporation today announced the 32-gigabyte (GB)1 SanDisk Extreme® III CompactFlash® (CF) [...]

Shooting and Selling Through a Recession

Even during the last economic boom, times have been hard recently for professional photographers. The price of digital equipment might have fallen, cutting expenses, but [...]

Phase One Introduces Tilt/Shift Lens Based on Collaboration with Hartblei.

Copenhagen, September 3, 2008—Phase One A/S today announced an exclusive strategic alliance with Hartblei to drive medium format photographic lens innovation. The first product of [...]

Digital Photography Workflow: Fashion Photography.

Digital photography requires a solid workflow, allowing for professional preparing of digital photo files for the web and print. For the Digital Photography Workflow series, [...]

Eye-Fi and Smugmug offer free geotagging and more for digital pictures.

Companies Collaborate to Enable Geotagging and Hotspot Access Upgrades – for Free MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 13, 2008 – Today online photo sharing site SmugMug, [...]

LiveEdit software now available to the public.

LiveEdit, a Web-based software tool for photographers, advertising agencies and other imaging professionals, is now available to the public. The revolutionary online program puts image [...]

Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009.

Nikon Europe today announced the opening date for the Nikon Photo Contest International 2008-2009. This year is the 32nd edition of the hugely-popular contest that [...]

Gitzo Extends its Range with New Sophisticated Ball Heads.

Gitzo Extends its Range with New Sophisticated Ball Heads. Bogen Imaging, leaders in photographic accessories for the professional and enthusiast photographer is pleased to announce [...]

New Kodak sensor gets 50 million pixels in 48 x 36 mm.

World’s First 50 Megapixel CCD Sensor Sets New Standard for Professional Photographers Eastman Kodak Company has achieved another breakthrough in its storied history of imaging [...]

Making the Switch – Becoming a Professional Photographer.

It might not be everyone’s goal but just about anyone who has ever sold an image will have considered it at least briefly. Once you [...]