Filed in archive Photography
by John Mello on September 29, 2007
Like Fisherman, all photographers have a story about "the one that got away." Mark LaFlamme, writing for the Lewiston Sun Journal in Maine, had one this week end. He was at the right spot...
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Filed in archive Accessories
by John Mello on September 28, 2007
I've seen some wild takes on panorama photography, but the lab rats at Carnegie Mellon University and the intelligent robotics group at NASA's Ames Research Center took the whole business to...
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Looking to boost your academic credentials in photography, but haven't been able to leave life for two years to do it? Take heart. The London College of Communications is launching in January an...
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Filed in archive Software
by John Mello on September 27, 2007
Digital photography has done many things for shutterbugs of every stripe including inducing many of them to become artists, or at least a facsimile of one. To do that, you need a painter program like...
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Filed in archive Software
by John Mello on September 27, 2007
The DEMO show is like speed dating for venture capitalists. For 17 years now, nascent businesses have been parading before the journalists and investors in its audience hoping to sell them the next...
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When "instant" photography was in its heyday, if you wanted to gather a crowd around you at a party, all you had to do is whip out a Polaroid camera. The magic of producing images in...
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Filed in archive Software
by John Mello on September 26, 2007
Media Chance is a Web site chock full of tools for fiddling with photos when you release them from your digital camera into the wilds of your computer. A recent addition to the site is a free program...
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As Mathew Brady illustrated during the Civil War, photographs are a powerful way to capture history. That's true not only for the history of conflicts, but the history of achievement, too, as can...
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Filed in archive Cameras
by John Mello on September 25, 2007
Having trouble inducing your photo subjects to laugh? Try pulling out the SoccerCam the next time you snap a frame. Makers of the unit, Mustek, of Irvine, Calif., have taken a 2.1 megapixel digital...
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Filed in archive Business
by John Mello on September 25, 2007
One of my pet peeves at this time of year is listening to retailers bellyache about how the holiday shopping season won't be as good as last year's. Well, if the digital imaging industry has...
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Filed in archive Cameras
by John Mello on September 24, 2007
Since Apple introduced its awesome iPhone, the popularity of touch-screens has zoomed. BenQ is taking advantage of that popularity with its latest digital still camera (DSC). Its new DSC T800 eight...
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Filed in archive Review
by John Mello on September 23, 2007
I'm inclined to treat my digital cameras like babies, but some shutterbugs can't avoid taking risks with their byteboxes. For those adverturers, there are cameras like the Olympus Stylus...
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Filed in archive Software
by John Mello on September 21, 2007
Users of Optics Pro, by DxO Labs, of Boulogne, France, one of the European Imaging and Sound Association's (EISA) top products for 2007-2008, is offering a discount on DxO FilmPack until the end...
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Filed in archive Software
by John Mello on September 21, 2007
Here's a problem digital photographers frequently face. From all the folders on our computers where we've stored images, we'd like to pull out all the pictures with a certain subject in...
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Filed in archive Opinion
by John Mello on September 20, 2007
Although it may be a tad self-serving, Kodak today released a survey of more than 9000 U.S. professional photographers that revealed 75 percent of them would continue to use film, even as many of them...
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Filed in archive Business
by John Mello on September 19, 2007
Fujifilm is best known for its valiant efforts to go toe to toe with Kodak during the days when film was king. With the rapid movement of photography to a digital world, though, the Japanese film...
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Filed in archive Accessories
by John Mello on September 19, 2007
After years in the dumps, digital picture frames became hot sellers last year, according to a free White Paper released yesterday by Parks Associates, of Dallas, Texas. Here are some the factors...
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When America Online tossed in the towel as a paid subscription service for its broadband users and vowed to wow the Web 2.0 crowd with its own free offerings, there were more than a few jaded...
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Filed in archive Accessories
by John Mello on September 17, 2007
I used to believe my long arms were a curse because they made buying shirts a hassle, but when digital cameras came along, I discovered elongated limbs weren't so bad after all. They were perfect...
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Don't forget that the America at Home project begins today and will continue for the rest of the week. Here's what the project managers will be looking for during the run of the event....
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Filed in archive Competition
by John Mello on September 15, 2007
For the seventh year, The Everyman Web site is holding its annual photo contest. The philosophy behind the competition will strike a laudable chord in Blue Collar hearts everywhere. "The Everyman...
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Filed in archive Software
by John Mello on September 14, 2007
The longer you shoot pictures with your digital camera, the sharper your eye will become at analyzing your photos. As it does, you may find yourself spending more time staring at a computer screen...
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Night photography has always fascinated me but I have to admit I haven't been all that successful at snapping pictures after sunset. A new book by John Carucci may change that, though. The book,...
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Have you ever been in the field and couldn't wait to upload your latest photos to the Web? Well, for owners of the new Nikon Coolpix S51c, that's not going to be a problem. The camera maker...
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