“March 24, 2009–LaCie recently announced LaCie blue eye pro Proof Edition, a complete monitor calibration and profiling solution that ensures certified colors in a single click. Specifically designed to integrate with prepress and other softproofing-based workflows, its advanced Test & Report function allows the most demanding users to perform color accuracy verifications based on the [...]

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“NEW YORK, NEW YORK, March 26, 2008 — The International Photographic Council (IPC), a non-governmental organization (NGO) of the United Nations, has announced the recipients of its 11th annual IPC Professional Photographer Leadership Awards. The winners will be recognized at the IPC International Professional Photographers Month luncheon at the United Nations in New York City [...]

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“Somewhere inside was a baby and he had to find her.A window broke, light filled the room, and he saw her lying in her crib, dressed only in a diaper, unconscious. Soot covered her tiny nose. She wasn’t breathing and had no pulse.He grabbed her and breathed life into her as he ran from the [...]

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“March 26, 2009 – Magazines, newspapers, even family scrapbooks are full of photographs of houses — graphic examples of the American dream. But pictures by the 98-year-old architectural photographer Julius Shulman are in a league of their own, so distinctive that they are consulted by movie designers, collected by museums and cherished by homeowners who [...]

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Mar. 27–The auction-like sale of Polaroid Corp. can proceed as scheduled next week after U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Gregory Kishel ruled Thursday that it’s too late for the company’s creditors to question company executives about the pending transaction and other financial matters.”” — Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Source and Read More: imaginginfo.com

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“El Dorado Hills, CA March 15th, 2009–ClearBags announced the launch of a new product line of Airsafe Art Boxes that meet the stringent product protection requirements of the largest shipping carriers.” — ImagingInfo
Source and Read More: imaginginfo.com

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“Dave Bias, co-founder of SavePolaroid.com, announces the formation of two new Polaroid Corp.-related companies — PolaPremium and The Impossible Project. Bias partnered with Dr. Florian Kaps, the proprietor of unsaleable.com, which has been selling Polaroid film and cameras for the past three years out of Vienna, Austria.” — PMA Newsline
Source and Read More: imaginginfo.com

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“Kodak has gone on the offensive in trying to push its line of inkjet printers, claiming that U.S. consumers “overspent $5 billion on inkjet printing in 2008″. Kodak introduced its line of inkjet printers in 2007, stating at the time that the inks for these printers cost half as much as the competition but produced [...]

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“PP presents an easy to follow tutorial. “12 easy ways NOT to succeed in business as a new professional photographer”. Follow these tips and you’ll be flipping burgers inside 48 months.” — The Photography Biz
Source and Read More: thephotographybiz.com

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Aragon System (www.aragonsystem.com), a long-time provider of scientific imaging software, has released NoiseAway, an image handling application for photographers.
NoiseAway offers advanced functions in an intuitive environment, providing a complete solution for image workflow from development of Raw images to printing.
Source and Read More: imaging-resource.com

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“Kevin Jairaj wins more awards than our cat has fleas, and he tours the country, speaking on a seemingly non-stop schedule. You’d think he was a politician. But, no, he’s better than that. He’s one of the finest wedding photographers doing local (Dallas, TX) and international destination weddings today.” — PocketWizard Blogger
Source and Read More: pocketwizard.wordpress.com

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“I mentioned last week about sitting in on one of RC Concepcion’s sessions at Photoshop World in Boston, and how incredibly impressed I was with his content and delivery (believe me, I knew he was good—that’s why we hired him in the first place, but he’s really taken it up a notch).” — Scott Kelby
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“There are few moments more exciting, more thrilling and more satisfying than your first paid photo shoot. And if that first shoot is a wedding, there are also few moments more nerve-wracking. A couple have hired you to document the most important day of their lives. They’ve trusted you to produce the pictures that will [...]

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“Those guys in black are doing it one more time, with gear for those of us that may shoot on location. Or out of the studio. Or anywhere you can set up your computer.
This is the Pixel SunScreen V2. Folding light and flat as a round reflector, this pop up workspace has been designed just [...]

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“Ever since the 200f2VR video was posted, I’ve been receiving a steady stream of emails with one basic question. It has to do with money (wish it wasn’t so but that is the nature of photography). Do I (as in me, Moose) see a difference between sharpness (both lens & DOF) between the 200f2 at [...]

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“There’s something a little off about paying thousands of dollars for a state of the art 22 megapixel digital camera, then shopping around for the crappiest plastic lens you can lay your hands on. “ — Paul Souders
Source and Read More: wordldfoto.blogspot.com

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“SEOUL, March 31 (Reuters) – Samsung Digital Imaging, a camera-making affiliate of technology giant Samsung Electronics, said on Tuesday it aimed to increase its global market share in compact cameras to 12.5 percent in 2009 from 10.4 percent in 2008. “ — Reuters
Source and Read More: pcmag.com

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Mar. 31 — Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) will release its First-Quarter 2009 financial results on Thursday, April 30 at 7:00 A.M. Eastern Time over Business Wire and Kodak.com Investor Relations web page.
A conference call hosted by Antonio M. Perez, Kodak’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and Frank Sklarsky, Kodak’s Chief Financial Officer, will [...]

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“In the comments section of my post about the Wacom Intuos4, I noticed an interesting comment from brushing engineer Jerry Harris:…” — John Nack
Source and Read More: blogs.adobe.com

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“Olympus is still churning out DSLRs using their Four Thirds (not Micro) system, and today brought the E-450, essentially an E-420 with a new image processor, creative filters and a larger LCD.” — John Mahoney
Source and Read More: i.gizmodo.com

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Calumet Photographic has announced that it will stop selling Leaf cameras and backs in all its territories worldwide – and will focus solely on the distribution of Hasselblad high-end products in the medium format marketplace.
Source and Read More: ephotozine.com

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DxO Labs announces today the publication of detailed RAW-based image quality data and DxOMark Sensor rankings on its popular DxOMark website for two additional cameras, the Olympus E-410 D-SLR, and a bridge model, the Olympus SP-570 UZ.
Source and Read More: ephotozine.com

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“I’m a big fan of independent journalism and I have a great respect for the folks making it happen. One such person is Zoriah. I’ve mentioned him in the past (and also interviewed him) and I hope that some of you have picked up an interest in his work. This man is very much living [...]

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“Alexander Richter lives in NYC but hails from the great state of Maine. He is a regular contributor to Hip Hop Connection, Cool’eh Magazine and XXL, among others.” — Alison Zavos
Source and Read More: featureshoot.com

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“As a young, but determined globe-trotting photographer from Salt Lake City, Joel Addams recently visited Morocco. “It was almost sunset and we were nearing our Berber camp in the Erg Chebbi desert in eastern Morocco, when I yelled to the camel driver,” Joel recalls. “The sun was nearing the horizon, making the Moroccan sky rich [...]

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