Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter Now Available
WATSONVILLE, CA, April 7, 2008 ExpoImaging Inc., developer of innovative camera accessories, including the ExpoDisc Digital White Balance Filter and the ExpoAperture2 Depth-of-Field Guide, today announced the U.S. availability of Ray Flash: The Ring Flash Adapter. Designed as a portable and lightweight adapter for a hot-shoe flash unit, the Ray Flash replicates the unique lighting effect produced by heavy, tethered, powered studio ring flash units.
The Ray Flash: Ring Flash Adapter is truly unique because it creates ring light lighting effects simply by attaching it to your existing hot shoe flash, said Erik Sowder, president of ExpoImaging, Inc. Lightweight and portable, the Ray Flash is the only product of its kind. Its a great accessory tool for your strobe because it enables the photographer to easily achieve a high fashion, studio portrait look while on location.
Free Photoshop: Adobe Launches Photoshop Express
Adobe has recently launched the Photoshop Express site where members can upload their images and then edit them online. Many features such as Adobe’s simplified set of point-and-click controls for red-eye removal, cropping, exposure, saturation and other functions are available from the site. Users can also group images into Web albums and post them to popular social networking sites.
PRESS RELEASE: Free Online Software Brings Adobe Photoshop Technology to Anyone Taking Digital Photos
Photography Book Now Call For Entries
The Photography.Book.Now International Salon and Symposium seeks entries for a new photography book competition celebrating self-published photography books and the photographers behind them. The grand prize award is $25,000 to finish – or start – a photography project of the winner’s choice.
World-renowned photographer and photography book expert Darius Himes will lead a panel of editors, publishers, curators, and photographers who will jury the Photography.Book.Now competition. Photographers are invited to submit their most creative, most innovative, and finest self-published photography books.
Get your Photos Published on a New Citizen Photojournalism Site
Enter into a photography contest to win an Apple iPhone and get your photos published on a new citizen photojournalism site – www.WeSay.com. Making its debut in the next 60 days, WeSay.com is an online news site that focuses on photography generated by mainstream media and amateur photographers.
The channels on the site and contest categories are: News, Environment (weather-related), Sports, Celebs and Far-out.
Win a Photographic Holiday Weekend
PicStop has teamed up with Northscape to offer a fantastic photographic holiday weekend in the beautiful British Isles. Have you ever wanted a little help with improving your photographic skills, are there aspects of photography you don’t understand or have you got questions that you just want answers to?
This superb prize is ideal for all levels of expertise whether you want to simply learn the basics, improve on your current skills and take them to the next level, or just have an informative and enjoyable weekend experience.
This photographic holiday prize includes:
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Picture Information Extractor PIE 3.9 with full RAW support
Picmeta Systems has announced version 3.9 of its Picture Information Extractor (PIE) which adds full support for RAW files and enhanced Makernote information. PIE now can handle RAW files of almost any camera. It can extract metadata (EXIF), generate thumbnails, and display RAW images in the viewer. Reading of proprietary Makernote data is improved and includes JPG and RAW files from Canon, Fujifilm, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Sigma, Panasonic, Pentax and Sony.
Wondershare Releases Photo Story Platinum
Wondershare Photo Story Platinum is an innovative photo album software to create and share Hollywood-styled photo movies
Kelli, United States, 12 October 2007 – When we make photo album, we usually have in mind to share it with friends and family. To do this, you can send it by email, post it on the internet, or burn it on DVD: that is exactly what Photo Story Platinum allows you to do.
Unlike other photo album software, Photo Story Platinum offers 100+ animated thematic templates for weddings, birthday party, celebrations, etc, what you need to do is dragging your photos and picking your favorite themes, you can get the stunning effect quickly, specially convenient for digital album green hands or lazy persons.
Lowepro Announces Cirrus TLZ Series
Sebastopol, CA - October 18, 2007 - Lowepro, the worldwide leading provider of protective cases and backpacks for imaging and technology products, today unveiled Cirrus TLZ, a new line of top-loading camera bags designed for compact, pro-compact digital cameras and digital SLRs. Designed for even the most discriminating photographer, the Cirrus series provides maximum protection for the latest digital cameras and optimal comfort and accessibility. The Cirrus line of top-loading bags is available in three models: Cirrus TLZ 5, 15, and 25.
PhotoWorks and Forgotten Film
Recently, PhotoWorks launched a new service called My Storefront, which allows photographers and photo enthusiasts to sell content (images, photo books, postcards, photo gifts, etc.) and pocket a profit from their photographic creativity. Many amateur-to-professional photographers are currently “setting up shop” and self-promoting their work.
Additionally, photographers can self-promote their photos through PhotoWorks’ offering of widgets, which allow members to easily showcase slideshows of photo albums stored on their PhotoWorks accounts from within their personal Web sites, homepages or blogs.
Spitfire Photo Pro Launches Spitfire Design
Spitfire Photo Pro Launches Spitfire Design Studio Innovative new product extends Spitfire Photo services to allow photographers creative control of their e-commerce websites
PHOTOPLUS EXPO (BOOTH #143), NEW YORK – October 18, 2007 - Spitfire Photo Pro (www.spitfirephoto.com), the foremost image management provider developed by Virtual Moment, LLC, today announced the release of Spitfire Design Studio TM (SpitfireDS), a groundbreaking new set of tools and templates to create stunning and highly individualized photography websites. This powerful extension to the Spitfire Photo online image management, distribution, and sales platform provides unparalleled flexibility in integrating the photographer’s brand and unique style into their online presence.
