April 16, 2006 — By presenting the most interesting and http://www.photogic.com/ [amazing photos] from the web, Photogic.com has become very rapidly a valuable source for photographers, companies or individuals interested in the art of photography. From Photogic they can find the photos they want or admire the skills of the best photographers in the world.
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April 30, 2006 — Tricia Zigmund will present a recent body of photographs called “A Collapse of the Swaying Steady” at ASHgalleries, 5314 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, in a new show opening May 1 and runs through May 31. An opening reception for the artist will be held on May 12 from 7 to 9 pm. [...]

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April 30, 2006 — I have been invited to Women’s Studio Workshop from July 3 – August 5 where I will exhibit a new project: 5 x 5 x 5, which consists of 55 digital works I generated between 2002-2006. In order to create a cohesive group each image has been scaled to 5 x [...]

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Windows
PhotoElf 3.9.80 (Shareware: 14-day trial – $24.95):
PhotoELF Software will print up to 144 different photos on the same sheet of paper. You can batch-print thousands of photos in one operation. The advanced cropping feature gives you instant and exact photo sizes. New features include batch cropping, calendar printing, double exposures, and batch editing and [...]

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Olympus SP-310 Digital Camera on Imaging Resource:
Whether you’re just diving into digital or stepping up your plans, the SP-310 provides quite a comfortable experience. With flexible creative controls and an impressive combination of high-performance features and optical lenses, superb pictures are always just a snapshot away.
Casio Exilim EX-Z850 Review on dpReview
EX-Z850 incorporates the eBay [...]

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On January 31, 2006, the Open RAW initiative launched an international survey on its Web site (http://www.openraw.org/survey/) to collect information about the experiences, requirements, preferences, and concerns of digital photographers and other interested parties regarding RAW imaging technology — a concept that many writers are comparing to a “digital negative.”
Click here to read the [...]

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The latest update improves the usability of the Live View B mode.
Firmware version 1.1 for the Olympus E-330 improves the following:

Improved image quality of 10x enlargement in Live-View B mode (macro live view).
Live-View B mode (macro live view) can be used in underwater macro mode and underwater wide mode . (Only when the mode [...]

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LEXJET IS OFFERING USERS OF SOLVENT, UV CURABLE AND ECO-SOLVENT PRINTERS A HIGHER QUALITY, MORE DURABLE BANNER SOLUTION AT A BETTER PRICE
April 24, 2006–Sarasota, Florida. LexJet announced today that it has begun shipping its new line of solvent banner products. The banner products come in response to the market’s need for high quality, low priced [...]

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Here are 10 interesting survival tips from photographer Dimitri Davies. His work includes photographs, reports and documentaries about Iraq, west Bank, and other Middle East Coutries.
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This firmware upgrade corrects known bugs and improves functionality. It is highly recommended.
Update: 27-April, 2006
File Name: GR-202.EXE
Model & Version: RICOH GR DIGITAL / Version 2.02
Package: Self-expanding executable file
File size: 1.21 MB
Copyright owner: RICOH Company, Ltd.
Copy Restrictions: All rights reserved.
Compatible operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Me / 98SE / 98
Update Procedure: [...]

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April 27, 2006 — Brooks Institute has announced the re-establishment of the Alumni Association of Brooks Institute (AABI) and named 13 individuals to serve as the Board of Directors for the Association. The Alumni Association board will be instrumental in creating programs aimed at enhancing student life on campus, establishing alumni connections and offering networking [...]

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Think Secret web site is reporting the engineering team behind Apple’s Aperture program has been asked to leave and others on the project are being shifted to other projects. This is a rather incisive article and goes into some detail as to the problems of the application.
Read the entire article by clicking here.

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Macintosh
Neat Image plug-in for Photoshop 4.02 [Requirements: Mac OS X, Photoshop or Photoshop Elements] (Shareware: Part of image is processed – $34.90):
Neat Image is a noise reduction plug-in designed to reduce visible noise and grain in photographic images produced by digital cameras and scanners. Neat Image is indispensable in low-light (indoors, night, astro) and high-speed [...]

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Windows
TwistedBrush 9 (Shareware: 15-day trial – $39.95):
This application features a full collection of realistic natural brushes for such mediums as watercolors, oils, acrylics, pastels, oil pastels, charcoal, pens, pencils, and markers. Supporting the fine-brush engine in TwistedBrush are a brush-effects system, tracing paper, masks, filters, random brush generation, scripting, and full art sets. Changes: Version [...]

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Windows
MySlideShow 2.6.3 (Shareware – $34.00):
MySlideShow allows you to create and play slide shows on your PC and DVD player. Groups of images (with corresponding sound/music files) can be viewed sequentially on your monitor as a slide show. You can view your photos as a filmstrip or thumbnails. Several slide shows can be combined into an [...]

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April 26, 2006–Shutterfly, Inc., the leading independent online photo service, today announced the hire of Silicon Valley technology veteran Stanford Au as Senior Vice President of Technology. Reporting to Shutterfly’s President and CEO, Jeffrey Housenbold, Stanford Au will be responsible for the company’s overall technology strategy and execution, and he will also serve as an [...]

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By registering atwww.fpme.co.uk you will have full access to the brand new freelance forums, where you can share your experiences and learn from others.
Back issues of Freelance Photography Made Easy magazine can now be ordered individually from the website, so if you missed out on an issue you can catch up.
Freelance Photography Made Easy, from [...]

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VSO Software announces the release of Image Resizer, freeware that resizes and converts images between different formats. This handy application is a useful tool for anyone who wants to store digital pictures on a PC and wants to email them, move them easily from one folder to another or to free up space on the [...]

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APRIL 26 2006, LONDON, UK–CASIO ELECTRONICS CO. LTD., and its parent company, CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., have announced the release of the EX-Z1000, the latest exciting addition to CASIO’s stylish series of EXILIM ZOOM digital cameras. The EX-Z1000 captures images of remarkable quality for its very compact size, and its new wide-format Super Bright LCD [...]

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April 26, 2006 — Traveling to Tucson, Arizona Ms. McCown-Guard photographed Jay Conrad Levinson, founder of Guerilla Marketing (www.gmarketing.com). In addition to the cover image Ms. McCown-Guard has 3 additional images appearing with the feature article.
She states, “It was a pleasure to work for the American Marketing Association. Not only are they such a prestigious [...]

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April 26, 2006 — Though similar subject matter there is a distinct and individual perspective to each artist’s body of work. All six artists bring a sensibility of seeing the richness of the moment in the artifacts of our social past and, in so doing, a realization of what is beautiful on many levels. The [...]

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April 26, 2006 — The Webster Hill Photography Agency has launched a new website, weddingoverload.com, aimed at keeping wedding planning… funny? Sporting the tagline “Not your mother’s podcast”, the site was invented by the San Francisco company as a virtual radio station designed to poke fun at the wedding industry. The site hosts weekly podcasts [...]

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Paris, France (April 25, 2006) – DxO Labs announces today that DxO Optics Pro v3.5 automatic image quality enhancement software has been selected the “Best Photo Software” in 2006 by the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA).
“It is an honor to have DxO Optics Pro v3.5 selected by TIPA as the top imaging product of the [...]

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Secaucus, NJ (April 25, 2006)—Samsung is proud to accept the Technical Image Press Association’s prestigious “Best New Multimedia Digital Camera” award for its Digimax i6 PMP, the world‚s first digital still camera to double as a personal media player (PMP). Considered by many as the “Oscars” of the Imaging Industry, TIPA awards honor the best [...]

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 25 – Eastman Kodak Company today unveiled the next advances in imaging innovation while marking the fifth anniversary of its first ground-breaking EASYSHARE consumer digital camera and docking system. Ranging from the market’s first dual lens BLUETOOTH enabled 6 megapixel, 10X optical zoom pocketsize digital camera to facial recognition and auto [...]

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