Nikon’s new Learn & Explore iPhone application

Nikon is pleased to offer our consumers a new way to access the educational and editorial content found on NikonUSA.com. Nikon’s new Learn & Explore iPhone application now makes this material available to you, whether you are taking pictures close to home or in the field.
From beginning photographer to experienced enthusiast, you are sure to find information on Learn & Explore that is of interest to you—and now that information can go where you go.
Read an article on getting the most from your travel photography while you’re on vacation. Check information on adjusting depth of field or selecting the right shutter speed when you’re taking photos at your child’s sporting event. Access advice on the right aperture for shooting photos indoors when you’re attending a wedding. It’s all there on the Learn & Explore iPhone app. Photography information at your fingertips.

In addition to articles on the fundamentals of photography and various shooting techniques, you can read the four latest issues of Nikon World magazine, complete with images and audio slideshows. Need the definition of a photography term? Check out the Photography Glossary.

The Learn & Explore iPhone app is continually updated with new articles and information. It’s a must for any enthusiastic photographer.

Once-a-year Gear Sale!

Once-a-year Gear Sale! The BorrowLenes.com once-a-year photo sale has begun, so grab some well-taken-care-of gear before its all gone! All of our gear has been professionally maintained, inspected after each use, and cared for as well as a member of our own family (even better in some cases).

Go to our website to check out the selection -- you will not find better taken care of gear at these prices anywhere!

A sampling:

-- Canon 70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM ($1425.00)

-- Canon 40D DSLR ($625.00)

-- Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L USM ($950.00)

-- Nikon D300 DSLR ($1,025.00)

-- Nikon 70-200mm F2.8G AF-S VR ($1,500.00)

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CVS fine print gives rights to your work away.

Read the fine print...CVS fine print gives rights to your work away.

Photographers should pay attention and petition CVS to change terms of service. http://www.linkedin.com/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ecvsphoto%2Ecom%2Fdisclaimers%2Fterms%2Easpx&urlhash=GysF . Pay attention to bullet 1 of the License and Warranties section. This, folks, is very scary. I use a pro lab and immediately checked their terms...all cool. But what about my clients who buy 'full rights and ownership' packages? If they use CVS for a print, suddenly MY work belongs to CVS? Take this seriously and, please, check the terms of service for any lab, printers, publishers you may use.

LICENSE AND WARRANTIES For all Materials you may use or allow others to use in connection with the Service, including Materials posted or submitted to the Service: You grant to the Web Site and its service providers and licensees a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, unrestricted, world-wide right and license to access, use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, perform, communicate to the public, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, and otherwise use such Materials (in whole or in part) in connection with the Service, using any form, media or technology now known or later developed, without providing compensation to you or any other person, without any liability to you or any other person, and free from any obligation of confidence or other duties on the part of the Web Site or its service providers; You grant to all members and other Service users permission to access, view, store, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, display, perform, and reproduce such Materials (in whole or in part) in any of the ways facilitated or provided by the Service; and You represent and warrant to the Company and its service providers and all members and other Service users that (i) their use of the Materials does not and will not violate or infringe the rights (including copyright, moral rights, and other intellectual property rights and privacy and personality rights) of any other person or any laws and (ii) you have all the rights necessary to grant all rights and licenses set forth above. You also grant to the Web Site and its service providers the right to use your name in connection with the Materials.

Mastering the Zoom Effect

Mastering the Zoom Effect
If you want to have a little fun with your digital camera next time you go out with it have a go at experimenting with the zoom effect. In essence what the zoom effect is is a picture which look like the subject is either moving towards or away from you with motion lines. There are a number of ways to get this effect some are done while shooting the image and some afterwards through zoom blur post production techniques. I’m not going to talk about post production techniques here but will instead focus upon what to do to achieve the zoom effect while taking the shot in camera.

Read the DPS article and see the photos here

35+ Free Photoshop Brushes for Christmas Season

35+ Free Photoshop Brushes for Christmas Season Naldz Graphics

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1000 Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets

1000 Free High Resolution Photoshop Brush Sets - Noupe

Hundreds of thousands of incredible Adobe Photoshop brush sets are all over the web. Due to this phenomenally vast amount of Photoshop brushes available, you can now add patches of dirt, rust, floral effect, swirls, mold, oil stains in your artworks, etc.

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A talk by photographer Greg Miller

ASMP Sponsored Talk
When: December 10 – 6:30pm – 10:00pm

What: A talk by photographer Greg Miller

Where: at School of Visual Arts in New York

WHO:Greg Miller is the recipient of a 2008 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in Photography. His most recent series of photographs, entitled Distant Relatives (photographs of his hometown, Nashville, TN), has shown in Los Angeles, is currently on exhibit at the Cheekwood Museum in Nashville and is scheduled to exhibit at +Kris Graves Projects in Brooklyn, NY in March 2010. Miller was born in Nashville in 1967. He received a full scholarship to attend the School of Visual Arts in NY, and graduated with a BFA in 1990. Since 2001, he has taught at the International Center of Photography in NY. His work is widely exhibited and collected.

WHEN:Thursday, December 10, 2009Doors: 6:30 pmLecture: 7 PM – 9 PMArtist reception to follow at 10 PM, Cash Bar; Light food will be provided.

WHERE:School of Visual Arts, Amphitheater (MAP)209 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010-3994(212)-592-2340

lynda.com Online Training Library subscription

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St. Augustine Alligator Farm -- Shoot the Light Technical Series Workshops

St. Augustine Alligator Farm -- Shoot the Light Technical Series Workshops

April 29 - May 2, 2010 with Chas Glatzer, M.Photog. CP of Shoot the Light Instructional Photographic Workshops

This Advanced Series of Metering, Flash, Post-Production and Visual Design workshops are for those photographers who seriously wish to take their imagery to the next level. This series will consist of both classroom and in-field instruction.Each photography workshop includes extensive photographic instruction, daily image critiques, and more!

To sign up or get more information: www.shootthelight.com

In this series you will learn:

• Metering Simplified

• Light is the key ingredient

• How to make your images POP

• Preparedness is the key to efficiency

• And much more!

Learn how to enhance both your technical ability and visual sense from one of the best professional photographers in the industry today!

the last lab to process Kodachrome

Good piece on the last lab to process Kodachrome.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/34172096#34172096

Epson Introduces Two-in-One Digital Frame and Compact Photo Printer

Epson Introduces Two-in-One Digital Frame and Compact Photo Printer
Epson has announced a breakthrough in the compact photo printer market with the introduction of PictureMate® Show, the ultimate two-in-one digital photo frame and 4" x 6" photo printer.

Overview
2-in-1 digital frame & compact photo printer
7" WVGA tilt screen
12 slideshows including clock and calendar options
Access all commands with remote control
Better-than-lab-quality 4" x 6" in as fast as 37 secs1
Smudge, fade and water resistant
Everyday low print price
Works with all digital cameras
Print custom sizes from 0.3" x 0.3" up to 4" x 6"
Auto photo correction, crop and remove red eye
Print wirelessly with optional Bluetooth adapter1
Print various layouts - wallets, mini-wallets, and more
Black-and-white and sepia color effects available

PictureMate Show is currently available through a variety of online retail stores and Epson's retail site. For more information visit www.mypicturemate.com.

How To Handle Unwanted Critique of Your Photography

An interesting take on a subject related to camera club judging...

From DPS...

How To Handle Unwanted Critique of Your Photography

"When I first started posting my photos online, I longed for people to take a look and comment on them, but then sometimes I wished they just hadn’t bothered. Not everyone is going to love every single one of our photos, and we’re all going to get our share of critique – whether asked for or not – that we don’t like. I think this is especially hard for those of us that are just starting off, because you work so hard on something and you think it’s one of the best photos you’ve taken and edited in quite some time, that when you get a critique it feels like they expect a masterpiece from you and don’t appreciate what you have done. Here are some things I try to consider before getting too upset about what people say about my photos."

Read the rest here:

Eye Candy® 6

From Alienskin, this is THEIR press release

Fresh out of the oven! Eye Candy® 6 is piping hot and ready for you to dig into. We will mention a few of the highlights here, but the really tasty stuff is on our Web site. There you’ll find entertaining videos, over 100 pretty example images, and a “what’s new” page. You can even try Eye Candy free for 30 days.

Gorgeous Effects -- If you’re not familiar with Eye Candy, you’ll be amazed when you see the images it renders. They look natural, detailed, and organic, unlike the computery filters built into Photoshop. The newly improved fire seen here is a good example.

Time Savings -- Eye Candy now adapts to the size of your image, which makes the 1500 factory presets look good in almost any situation. A non-destructive workflow is achieved by rendering effects on new layers and through Photoshop Smart Filters. Eye Candy installs panels for use in Photoshop CS4 that help you quickly start filters or make buttons.

Tiny Landscapes workshop

Macro Boot Camp Presented by Mike Moats, an award-winning, published nature photographer specializing in macro photography.
Tiny Landscapes

Sponsored by Tamron - Lensbaby - Helicon Focus - Hunt's Photo - PhotoFlex - Nik Software
This will be an in depth unique three days of learning, fun, and entertainment. It is for the beginner to the advanced photographer wanting to learn more about the macro world in nature.

Where; The Embassy Suites Hotel, Livonia, Michigan (just outside Detroit)
Dates and Times; March 26th 5:00pm - 8:00pm$March 27th 9:00am - 5:00pmMarch 28th 9:00am - 2:00pm

Mike will cover macro lenses, demonstrate the Lensbaby composer and accessories, best tripods and heads for macro, special macro accessories, stacking images with Helicon Focus, reversing lenses. Composing, and learning how to see the artwork in nature. Learn how to control depth of field. See how to build a collapsible enclosed plexiglas wind shield for shooting flowers. Camera positioning for that perfect background. When and how to use reflectors, diffusers, plamps, focusing rails, and more. Mike shows his image processing using Photoshop and Nik Software.

Bring your camera because Tamron and Lensbaby will be providing lens for you to try out. Mike will have subjects set up for you to shoot.

You will have a chance to win door prizes from our sponsors.Sales on many of the products you see at the workshop will be offered in a Hunt's Photo flyer.Bring some of your macro photos to show each other.The Embassy Hotel will offer special room rates for this event.Lunch on Saturday and Sunday included in the price of the workshop.

Limited to forty participants, so don't wait to register or you may miss out. Cost $149.00
If you register and pay before January 1st, you will receive a free PDF of Mike's e-book, "Running A Successful Nature Photography Business" ($59.00 value).

For more information or to register by credit card, call Mike at (586)770-3992.Or register online at www.MikeMoatsBooks.com.

2009 Great Backyard Bird Count photo contest winners

Taken directly from WildBird's Blog

Monday, November 30, 2009

2009 Great Backyard Bird Count photo contest winners

Last year, the photo contest during the Great Backyard Bird Count -- organized by Cornell Lab of Ornithology -- generated more than 6,000 entries. Now we can enjoy the winning images.The contest encompasses winners in six categories: overall, behavior, composition, group, habitat and people. Each category has a first-, second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-place winners as well as nine to 26 honorable mentions. That's a feast for our eyes!Lynne Marsho of Illinois won first place overall with this Great Blue Heron. Congratulations, Lynne!

Have you signed up for the 2010 Great Backyard Bird Count? It's scheduled for Feb. 12-15. You can learn more details in this video.

If you enjoy photo contests, consider WildBird's annual competition. For details about the rules and prizes, look in the March/April 2010 issue, available in early February. You can see previous winners here.

Hazel's art exhibit

Hi Lisa,

My photos are now up at the Orange Library until Dec. 30th. I have a lot of new work in this exhibit. I am having a reception this Thursday, Dec. 3rd from 5-7 p.m. if anyone would like to stop by.

Regards,
Hazel

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Hummingbirds Magic in the Air

Hummingbirds Magic in the Air With Ann Johnson Prum
Thursday, December 3 at 5:00 pmYale Peabody Museum Auditorium
Preview Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Free Admission

Stunningly beautiful high-definition, high speed footage of hummingbirds in the wild combined with high-tech presentations of their remarkable abilities help us to understand the world of hummingbirds as we never have before. In this presentation producer and cinematographer Ann Johnson Prum previews her new one-hour documentary, “Hummingbirds: Magic in the Air.” The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Prum and two of the biologists featured in the film: Postdoctoral Associate Chris Clark and doctoral candidate Teresa Feo in the Yale Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Yale Peabody Museum Curator of Vertebrate Zoology Richard O. Prum, the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, will moderate the discussion.

Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History170 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT
InfoTape (203) 432-5050 www.peabody.yale.edu/events