Adobe CS5 release
Posted: April 12, 2010
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Adobe today announced the release of CS5 so what’s new for photographers;
- The much hyped ‘Content-Aware Fill’ tool, users can select and remove unwanted detail or objects in images.
- a new Lens Correction feature under filters
- Adobe Camera Raw v6.0
- enhanced Refine Edge tool
- enhanced HDR with the ‘Merge to HDR Pro’ feature
which RAW converter for 5d Mk2?
Posted: January 14, 2010
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Excellent article here comparing Capture One Pro 5, Adobe Lightroom 3 Beta, Canon’s Digital Photo Professional 3.7.2 and DXO Optics Pro 5 - concludes that Adobe Lightroom 3 beta performs best…
RNLI’s annual photo contest winner
Posted: January 9, 2010
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Howard Evans, an RNLI fundraiser from Western-super-Mare, won the Photographer of the Year crown.
Howard said afterwards: ‘I was surprised when I was told I’d been shortlisted as I didn’t know I’d been entered into the competition in the first place, but I was very pleased to win.’ Howard captured the pictures on an Open Day at the RNLI’s Weston-super-Mare station. ‘The crew were launching the boat in difficult conditions and I just caught them at the right moment. They did all the work really,’ he added.
Eleanor Driscoll, the RNLI’s Film and Image manager who helped judge the entries said: ‘The standard was very high this year, but Howard’s picture stood out because it illustrates perfectly the challenging conditions our volunteer crews have to deal with, as well as the teamwork that is needed, not only to launch a lifeboat but to save lives at sea on a daily basis.’
Lexar Pro 300x CF cards now to 32GB
Posted: January 8, 2010
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Lexar announced improvements to the Professional line of CF and SDHC memory cards increasing the capacity of Professional 300x (45MB per second) CF cards to 32GB
All Professional line cards include a limited lifetime warranty and free downloadable copy of Image Rescue4, In addition, the cards include exclusive, money-saving promotions from Adobe on popular photo and video editing products, including the latest versions of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom®, Adobe Photoshop Elements, and Adobe Premiere® Elements software.
Canon new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM
Posted: January 6, 2010
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Canon launched the new EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM telephoto zoom lens. The lens succeeds the immensely popular EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM, offering improved performance in every area.
True to the L-series’ heritage, the EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM delivers optical excellence in the most challenging situations. As well as a revamp of the internal optical system, the lens has also been structurally re-developed as a direct result of user feedback, making it as robust and reliable as it is optically advanced
Duncan Murrell : Humpback whales “macro”
Posted: January 5, 2010
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Former BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Duncan Murrell has been out in his kayak taking close up pictures of humpback whales in the Tenakee Inlet, Southeast Alaska.
“To me these were challenging subjects. When I was in Alaska most photographers would charter a boat but I didn’t want to just go out and take a picture – I wanted to go out and immerse myself in the outdoors.”
Duncan spent a lot of time in the 1990s sat in a small kayak drifting close to schools of humpback whales off Alaska. It allowed him to indulge his passions for nature, thrill-seeking and photography
see his work here
Police chief admits camera confiscation was wrong
Posted: January 4, 2010
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The confiscation of cameras from people gathered to see the Royal Family visit church in Sandringham was an ‘error’, admit police.
A Norfolk Police spokesman today confirmed to Amateur Photographer that it was wrong for an officer to demand members of the public hand over their cameras on 27 December.
Signs on the Sandringham Estate reportedly warn people not to take photos.However, the police spokesman said people should have been allowed to keep their cameras in accordance with a ‘longstanding agreement’.
Maldon Mud Race - December 2009
Posted: December 29, 2009
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WPY winning image being investigated
Posted: December 20, 2009
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Behind the scenes of the world’s largest nature photo competition looms a potential scandal. A member of the panel of judges, nature journalist Rosamund Kidman Cox, admits to Suomen Luonto (Nature of Finland) magazine that this year’s overall winner photo is currently being investigated because of a suspected fraud.
”I know what your’re talking about. It is being investigated”, Kidman Cox confirms.
The photographer has given the impression that the picture represents a wild wolf. Now, however, the competition organisation has received evidence indicating that the wolf would actually be a tame one and lives in captivity. The pieces of evidence are under investigation as we speak.
The rules of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year (WPY) competition are very clear: ”Images of captive animals must be declared. The judges will take preference to images taken in free and wild conditions.” So: a wolf photo representing a wild wolf has better chances to win than a wolf photo with a captive animal in it.
Canon 5d Mk2 firmware update 1.2.4
Posted: December 17, 2009
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This firmware update (Version 1.2.4) is for using the EOS-5D Mark II with the WFT-E4 II,
and for correcting the phenomenon described below.
Corrects a phenomenon that visible noise may appear in images taken by continuous Bulb shooting.
This firmware update corrects a phenomenon that if the [C.Fn II-1 Long exposure noise reduction]
setting is set to [2: On], noise may appear in images that are captured while the
previous image is still being generated
Airbrushed Twiggy Olay advert misleading
Posted: December 16, 2009
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An airbrushed photograph of the model Twiggy gave a misleading impression about the effects of an eye cream she was promoting
more than 700 people complained via a website campaign set up by Jo Swinson, the Scottish Liberal Democrat MP, after it emerged the image had been “digitally re-touched”.The Advertising Standards Authority ruled the advert was misleading . Procter and Gamble Ltd, which makes the product, said Twiggy was a “beautiful woman” but admitted adding some “minor retouching” around Twiggy’s eyes.
The Most Travelled Correspondent
Posted: December 15, 2009
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George Rodger was one of the 20th century’s most important photojournalists. In 1949 he founded Magnum together with Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa and David “Chim” Seymour.With the outbreak of the Second World War, Rodger decided to chronicle it. His now famous images taken during The Blitz gained him a job as a war correspondent for Life magazine and he became the war’s most travelled photographer, covering battles in Africa, Italy and Burma, as well as the liberation of France, Belgium and Holland. an exhibition of his work is being held at the Diemar / Noble photography gallery in London until 16 Jan 10
Gorillacam: free app for iphone
Posted: December 10, 2009
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I’ve just download this free app for my iphone and its great;
Self-timer takes timed photos. Perfect for group shots and self-portraits
Unlimited rapid-fire takes up to 1.6 photos per second. Just press and hold the shutter to take as many photos as you want at super high speed.
3-Shot burst takes three quick photographs with one tap. Never miss a second of the action
Grid overlay takes your photography to the next level. Create more interesting photographs using the rule of thirds in your composition. Also great for lining up horizons or buildings.
Time-lapse takes multiple photos spaced at an interval. Take photos as fast as 1 second apart, or up to 2 minutes apart.
Auto-save lets you keep shooting while your photos save in the background. No more waiting between shots. Snap away, uninterrupted.
Press anywhere turns the whole screen into the shutter button.
Bubble level takes steady, level shots every time. Works both vertically and horizontally. Great for shots of horizons, landscapes
1953 East coast floods
Posted: December 8, 2009
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Photos taken by the RAF have been declassified, showing the damage to the East coast caused by the 1953 floods.In the early part of 1953 there was a King Tide accompanied by hurricane force winds which struck the east coast of England and also the Netherlands, causing great amounts of flooding in those low-lying areas close to the North Sea. Many of the Canadian Airmen volunteered to help out in the flood stricken areas af England. So one day I found myself driving a forty passenger bus filled with Airmen and lots of flood fighting gear across to the area near Yarmouth. We were quartered in RAF barracks on an RAF unit near Horsham-Saint- Faiths. From there I drove our volunteer flood-fighters east to the area around the city of Yarmouth where they were engaged in filling sand bags and with them repairing breaches in the dikes that had resulted from the great storm. I drove them there in the mornings and drove them back to the RAF Station in the evenings. In between times I helped with the flood-fighting work. My friend, Bud Pitts arrived about one day after I did, driving another load of RCAF Airmen flood-fighters from our base at North Luffenham. Bud and I really had no specific duties to perform other than to provide transportation where needed for the flood-fighters, so we were able to move about quite freely from flood site to flood site so long as we were back to the rendez-vous place when required.
Police U-turn on photographer anti-terror laws
Posted: December 6, 2009
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Police forces across the country have been warned to stop using anti-terror laws to question and search innocent photographers after The Independent forced senior officers to admit that the controversial legislation is being widely misused.
The strongly worded warning was circulated by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) last night. In an email sent to the chief constables of England and Wales’s 43 police forces, officers were advised that Section 44 powers should not be used unnecessarily against photographers. The message says: “Officers and community support officers are reminded that we should not be stopping and searching people for taking photos. Unnecessarily restricting photography, whether from the casual tourist or professional, is unacceptable.”
Windows 7: black screen of death
Posted: December 3, 2009
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Frustrated Windows 7 users are facing ‘black screens of death’ after logging on to their computers, Microsoft have confirmed.
The software giant said they were investigating a disabling glitch that seems to particularly affect its latest operating system.
However, they have denied reports that its latest monthly security update has caused the serious system problems.
Microsoft wrote in a blog posting: ‘We have conducted a comprehensive review of the November Security Updates, the Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, and the non-security updates we released through Windows Update in November. Microsoft said that people who are affected by the problem should contact its customer service line.The ‘black screen of death’ is a play on the ‘blue screen of death’ colloquialism used for the error screen that has plagued Windows users over the years.
Henry Reichhold : Connected Worlds
Posted: December 2, 2009
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Henry has been out and about with just a Nokia N86 mobile phone and
a new exhibition of his phone images stitched together to form huge panoramas is currently being shown at London’s Heathrow Airport
BBC photographer in section 44 search
Posted: December 1, 2009
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A BBC photographer was stopped by police on suspicion of being a terrorist as he took pictures outside Tate Modern.
Jeff Overs, 48, was photographing sunset over St Paul’s Cathedral when a policewoman, with a community support officer, told him she was “stopping people who were taking photographs, as a counter-terrorism measure” and demanded his name, address and date of birth. “I was outraged at such an infringement of my liberty,” he said. “I pointed out that nearly every other person walking along the South Bank was taking pictures of the view using their mobile phones and we had drawn her attention because we were using cameras.
He said the officer said she had stopped many people along the river and he was the first to complain. He watched as she questioned another photographer.Mr Overs went on: “Did these officers seriously believe two people with cameras around their necks photographing the sunset were a danger to national security? Foreign tourists must think Britain has become a police state.” The incident took place on Wednesday - a day before police announced a dramatic fall in the use of anti-terror stop and search powers.
A spokeswoman confirmed the Met had received a formal complaint from a member of the public about an incident outside Tate Modern on Wednesday.
She said: “We recognise the balance between effective policing and respecting the rights of the media and the general public to take photographs.”Guidance around the issue has been made clear to officers and PCSOs.
