Entries from February 2010

“Copyright in photos to cease to exist”

Date February 14, 2010

“The end game is now in sight. The Digital Economy Bill is now expected to become law within the next 6 weeks. It introduces orphan works usage rights, which – unless amended, which HMG says it will not – will allow the commercial use of any photograph whose author cannot be identified through a suitably [...]

Prodig Bootcamp?

Date February 11, 2010

The Prodig email discussion List has been bringing people together for well over a decade.
Is it time we held some real-world intensive workshops “Prodig Bootcamps”?

Here’s some inspiration (thanks to Jorge). Pick your favourites…
-Full LightRoom hands-on learning, all the in-depths and barely known hidden features of LR.
-Photoshop CS4-CS5 tips and tricks
-Camera calibration methods- Custom white balance, [...]

New Canon 550D 18mp

Date February 9, 2010

Canon have just announced a new Rebel in their consumer range of cameras. However this one really could be considered a baby 7D, as it shares many of the technologies the 7D introduced. And for the time being the 500D is not being discontinued.
As well as getting a resolution boost to 18 megapixels and upgraded [...]