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8/1/2009 New Book by Alain Briot

Alain Briot's 2nd book, Mastering Photographic Composition, Inspiration and Personal Style, will be available August 15th. Click here to read a description of the book and sign up now for Alain's Pre-Announcement list to take advantage of his special offers.

7/31/2009 Olympus E-P1 Diary: Capture One 3.8.2 supports now the E-P1

7/31/2009 New Nikon D300s, D3000 DSLRs and updted lenses

• D300s
  • 12.3-megapixel DX-format CMOS Image Sensor
  • · D-Movie HD Video with external stereo microphone jack
  • · Continuous shooting as fast as 7 fps
  • · Available August 2009 for $1799.95 (camera body only)
• D3000
  • 10.2-Megapixel DX-format Imaging Sensor
  • · New Easy-to-Use Nikon Guide Mode teaches users the benefits of SLR photography
  • · 6 Automatic Exposure Scene Modes
  • · Available August 2009 for $599.95 (camera outfit with 18-55mm VR lens)
• Improved 18-200mm VR and 70-200mm VR lenses using Nikon’s VR II image stabilization technology

7/30/2009 Olympus E-P1 Diary: Lessons from our first video with the E-P1

7/29/2009 onOne Software Releases Plug-in Suite 4.5.1

7/29/2009 Olympus E-P1 Diary: Lightzone 3.8 supports E-P1 RAW images

7/28/2009 Video News: Mike Kobal on E-P1 Video

7/28/2009 Three new Consumer Digicams by Panasonic announced

• LUMIX DMC-FZ35: 18x zoom, 12.1 MP, AVCHD Lite HD
• LUMIX FP8: 4.6x zoom, 12.1 MP
• LUMIX DMC-ZR1: 8x zoom, 12.1 MP

Expected availability in September 2009.

7/28/2009 Computer News: Western Digital launches new portable 1TB Passport drives

7/27/2009 "The Importance of a Proper Workflow" by Mac Holbert

7/26/2009 Trees and Hills

We just wanted to photograph a small mini barn. Then we found some nice trees (mostly oak). All photos taken 4 miles from home in a 1/4 mile stretch. We love these trees. The light could have been better though.

7/24/2009 Our Local Photo Destinations

7/23/2009 Canon develops Hybrid image stabilization system (via DPR)

7/22/2009 Symposium and Workshop on High Dynamic Range Imaging 9/10-11 in Stanford

We listed as a presenter (see speakers).

7/22/2009 Olympus E-P1 Diary: Olympus E-620 and E-P1 Compared

7/20/2009 New Section: Video News

We are very pleased that Mike Kobal (study Mike's blog and you understand that Mike understands video making) is providing us with his short personal take on some of the new Combo Cams.

7/17/2009 Composing with Color: Part 2

7/16/2009 Retouching in Photoshop: Color Cloning