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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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We’re happy to invite you to join our new social networking site for digital photography enthusiasts.

20 reasons why you and your friends should join MyShutterspace:

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Travel to Beijing China for a once in a lifetime Experience! China Pre-Olympic Photographic Workshop December 26, 2007 to January 12, 2008

Birdsnest Stadium, Beijing, China

The workshop will be conducted in cooperation with the School of Journalism of Renmin University, Beijing China. Renmin University is amongst the top rated universities in China. The photojournalism program of Renmin University has been delegated the duty to train photographers to work with the Olympic Committee photographing Olympic facilities and pre-Olympic events for the Beijing Olympics of 2008.

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Iloho launches competition for innovative images of world landmarks

Photography enthusiasts with wanderlust get ready. From Monday 24 September iloho (www.iloho.com), the online community for travellers, is launching a fantastic on-site competition to find the most inspiring images of the world’s landmarks. So protract your zoom, set your shutter speed and adjust that focus, because to celebrate the launch of landmarks, iloho’s interactive image gallery, there are a plethora of prizes up for grabs.

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