The ASMP has just released dpBestflow, a comprehensive guide to nearly  everything related to digital photography.  It is sponsored by the US Library of Congress, and implemented by the ASMP.
Richard Anderson and Peter Krogh have been feverishly working on this for the last two years.
100% free, and open to the entire world.
link: http://www.dpbestflow.org
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This year’s SUN Awards, for the best commercial photography in the UK Regions, are due to be announced this Thursday night, 8 October.
Presentations take place at Matt & Phred’s in Manchester.
If you commission, buy, use or create photography you are invited to come along. Just RSVP to get your name on the guest list.
SUN21 is [...]

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More a whisper than an announcement, news is now out that the Canon 7D will be on sale late September / early October. Retailers are already offering pre-order packages around £1699 for the body, or £2099 with 18-135 lens.
“ EOS 7D features an all-new 18.0 Megapixel APS-C size CMOS sensor and Dual DIGIC 4 Image [...]

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Canon swaps the G10’s 14.7mpx  sensor for a 10mpx CCD for  improved quality and low light performance. And, yes!, the flip out screen which we last saw on the G6 is now back.

Canon PowerShot G11 Digital Camera
The PowerShot G-series has long been the flagship of the PowerShot line. The new Canon PowerShot G11 Digital Camera [...]

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PRESS RELEASE
Rhubarb-Rhubarb Announces “Photography Is Dead…”
2009 sees Birmingham-based creative development agency Rhubarb-Rhubarb mark it’s tenth year of hosting the UK’s International Photographic Review.  Now known as Europe’s premiere review for photographers, this year’s event will attract 50 curators, collectors, gallerists, agents and picture editors who will give advice and opportunities for exhibiting, publishing and selling, [...]

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Fast on the heals of announcing their iPhone camera remote, the onOne team have released a Lite version of their PhotoTools plugin kit. The kit provides 14 effects for Photoshop (CS2/3/4).
link: PhotoTools 2 Lite

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Entry is now open for the 2010 Sony World Photography Awards. There are separate Pro and Amateur sections. Seven photographers will be shortlisted in each of 12 Pro categories. The overall L’Iris d’Or winner receives $25,000.
The competition rules comply with the Artists Bill of Rights, protecting artist’s copyright and usage.
Closing date 4 December 2009
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Submissions are now invited for the third IPG/ Terry O’Neill Award.
This year’s awards exhibition will be held at at Getty Images in September.
And for the first time entry is open to International Photographers.
Judges include:
TERRY O’NEILL – photographer
ROBIN MORGAN – editor Sunday Times mag
BRETT ROGERS – director Photographer’s Gallery London
IAN BERRY – photographer Magnum
MELISSA DEWITT – [...]

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Stefan Hafeneger has a Nikon Tether app. Soforbild is for Mac OS X
There is currently no support for Nikon D50, D70, D100, D1 and D2 in Sofortbild as Nikon does not provide camera drivers for third-party developers for these models.
link: Soforbild

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The DAM Book (digital asset management) by Peter Krogh is now available.
link: The DAM Book blog

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Zone Zero is calling for your images to add to their gallery reflecting the world wide responses to the spread of Swine Flu.
Zone Zero is based in Mexico and is one of the most visited photo web sites in the world, created by Pedro Meyer.
links: Zone Zero Influenza & Pedro Meyer editorial
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New York Photo Awards deadline has been extended to May 10.
Raffle Award
$250 B&H Photo coupon for all submissions and ticket orders received will be awarded on May 13 at The powerHouse Arena (one raffle chance per order).
Prizes categories
* $250 B&H Photo coupon good at either the store at 9th Ave. @ 34th St. or online
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Call for Entries open TODAY
The competition is open for 8 weeks from 1st May till 30th June 2009
Open to professional photographers based in the northern regions of the UK -  from the Midlands to the Scottish Isles -
working within the disciplines of advertising, editorial, fashion, design.
Register now at http://shotupnorth.co.uk – category details available 1st May.
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Canon are offering a free repair to owners of the G10 where they experience lines appearing in some of their images. According to Canon…
• This phenomenon does not occur in all images.
• This phenomenon is not caused by the camera settings.
• The length of lines that appear in images differs depending on the subject.
• Images [...]

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