Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Contest
Microsoft is hosting a photography contest for college and university student photographers from around the world to showcase their artistic talent and photographic style. The Microsoft Future Pro Photographers Photography Contest will have the following categories: ‘Nature & Landscape’, ‘People and Portraits’, and ‘Fine Art’. The winner will get a $20,000 Grand Prize and digital prize package including Dell Precision Workstation Computer and Canon EOS 30D DSLR camera.
You can start to submit your photographs by clicking on the image above. Hurry! All entries must be received by Wednesday May 31th 2006.
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Download Free Adobe Lightroom Tips
Ken Milburn, the author of Digital Photography: Expert Techniques from O’Reilly, has published a 22-page E-book to help you get started with Adobe Lightroom which can be downloaded for free from oreilly.com.
Adobe Lightroom is the latest program from Adobe which will help digital photographers to import, select, develop, and showcase large volumes of digital images. The software is currently available for MAC users only.
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Feed Your Imagination Photography Award 2006
Seeds of Change in association with The Guardian Observer Monthly Magazine are hosting their second annual photography competition with this year theme: ‘Feed your imagination’. The winning pictures will be chosen by judges from the best of the following categories: ‘food and people’, ‘food for tought’, and ‘food, glorious food’. The best photograph will win £10,000 with two runners-up will receive £500 each.
You can submit your photos online or offline by download their application form and send it to: Seeds of Change Photography Competition, PO Box 446, St Albans, AL4 OYJ. All entries must be received by Friday June 30th 2006.
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Sony PictureStation Photo Printers
Sony has recently launched their latest dye-sub photo printers, the DPP-FP55 and the DPP-FP35. The ultra-compact PC-free DPP-FP55 printer not only have SD and MS slots but also a built-in 2-inch display which allowing you to zoom, crop, eliminate red-eye and adjust color contrast – without a computer.
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Photoshop Online Training Class
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) has recently released Photoshop for Digital Photographers with Scott Kelby, a 21-day online training course on its newly launched training site – http://www.photoshoptraining.com.
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Welcome, the New Sony Alpha DSLR System
Last Updated – 06 September’07: Sony has announced the Sony Alpha A700 DSLR
Visit Sony Alpha A700 DSLR Review Roundup & Sample Photos
Sony has recently announced the new α™ (alpha) D-SLR system, a brand name for its higher end line of digital cameras, lenses, and accesories. The α™ (alpha) D-SLR system will be based on the existing Konica Minolta α™ (alpha) mount that has been used in Japanese market for the last twenty years.
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SAN DIEGO, April 19, 2006 — Sony has established a new brand name for its digital single lens reflex (D- SLR) cameras that will be launched worldwide this summer.
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Download Adobe Camera Raw Version 3.4
Adobe have recently released version 3.4 of Camera Raw, compatible only with Photoshop CS2 and Elements 3.0 and 4.0 (Windows and Mac), which now supports the following cameras…
Canon EOS 30D, Epson R-D1s, Leaf Aptus 65, Leaf Aptus 75, Olympus EVOLT E-330, Olympus SP-320, Pentax *ist DL2, Samsung GX-1S
>> Download Adobe Camera Raw 3.4 for Windows or Mac
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Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z5
Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z5 is a point-and-shoot digital camera (released on 04.05.06), featuring a 5.0 megapixels (CCD sensor) with 3x optical zoom lens (38-114mm equiv) with Anti Shake DSP, and a 2.5″LCD screen. Casio Exilim Zoom EX-Z5 would be available in the US and Continental Europe only from the end of May 2006.
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ACDSee 8 & ACDSee Pro Photo Manager Updates
ACDSee has recently announced their latest updates for ASCDsee 8 Photo Manager & ACDSee Pro Photo Manager. The updates for ACDSee Pro Photo Manager includes improved speed and performance in RAW processing. The software features support for popular professional camera models including the Nikon D200, D2H, and Minolta A200, the ability to view full EXIF information from all supported Olympus RAW camera models.
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Focal Length Comparison
An interesting webpage by Canon USA which gives you a good visual simulation of what affect various focal lengths have on your image.
Click here if you don’t have any flash player installed on your computer. Otherwise, just click on the image above.
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