Press Release: For immediate release 1 June 2011
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The Association of Photographers is pleased to confirm that it has sold the building it owned in Leonard Street and is now leasing space back, until it has found and purchased new, more suitable premises.
The sale was prompted by the Association’s decision in December 2010 to close the [...]

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In an occasional pointer to some useful products we’re pleased to list some Kodak consumer products that you might jam in your pocket. For a list of various items go here “Kodak EasyShare Mini reviews“

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Photographer Rodney Rascona has been named Winner of Lucie Awards’ 2010 Photographer of the Year: Deeper Perspective.
Rodney writes…
“The images known as “The Pink Door Photographs”, a series of iconic portraits created in Haiti weeks after the earthquake…was recognized, nominated for and won, a LUCIE at the 2010 LUCIE Awards ceremony at the Lincoln Center in [...]

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Phase One, the owner of Expression Media software has created a limited time deal to get a copy of Expression Media 2 image catalog software for FREE with the purchase of my book, The DAM Book, Digital Asset Management for Photographers (O’Reilly 2009).
Expression Media 2 is a great tool for managing a photo collection. It [...]

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Adobe Press Release:-
SAN JOSE, Calif., – June, 2010 – Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe(r)

Photoshop(r) Lightroom(r) 3 software for Windows(r) and Macintosh, the essential digital photography workflow solution that allows photographers to quickly organize, enhance and showcase their images from one [...]

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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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