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  • Instagram backs away from controversial changes to terms of service

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    Instagram has backed away from controversial changes it planned to make to its terms of service. Co-founder Kevin Systrom has used the company blog to announce that the most sensitive phrase in the terms will be revised. The update would have given Instagram the right to sell user’s images to third parties without compensating them. Systrom says this was never the company’s intention. Instead, he says, wording will be developed to allow it to associate information such as users’ profile images with commercial postings (as Instagram’s owners, Facebook, do).

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Samsung and Time Out announce contest for Londoners and New Yorkers

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    Samsung and Time Out magazine have announced the ‘Share your Now’ contest. Participants can upload images they have captured of New York or London to a dedicated portal on the Time Out website. Each week, five entrants from each city will win a Samsung Galaxy Camera. When the nine-week competition closes on 4th March, Time Out will commission three winners from London, and three from New York, ‘to share their take on their own city’, using their Android OS-based camera. These final images will be featured on the front cover of region-specific Time Out magazines. The winners will also receive a free trip to the other city. A grand winner will be announced after readers vote for their favorite cover photo. The competition is open until 10 February 2013.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Samsung and Time Out announce contest for Londoners and New Yorkers

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    Samsung and Time Out magazine have announced the ‘Share your Now’ contest. Participants can upload images they have captured of New York or London to a dedicated portal on the Time Out website. Each week, five entrants from each city will win a Samsung Galaxy Camera. When the nine-week competition closes on 4th March, Time Out will commission three winners from London, and three from New York, ‘to share their take on their own city’, using their Android OS-based camera. These final images will be featured on the front cover of region-specific Time Out magazines. The winners will also receive a free trip to the other city. A grand winner will be announced after readers vote for their favorite cover photo. The competition is open through 10 February 2013.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Master of Rock-n-Roll Couture! Digital Photo Pro Magazine

    My Interview and Work Featured in the
    Master’s Special of DPP this Month!

    I love Digital Photo Pro Magazine. And I LOVE their title for my story. You can only imagine my happiness when they sent me an email requesting an interview with me to do a write up about myself and my fashion photography for their Master’s Issue. You can read the Full Article Here. First of all, the word “Master” sort of hit me sideways. I don’t consider myself a Master yet, but I was very moved by the compliment. It isn’t every day that a magazine like Digital Photo Pro writes me and tells me that they think I’m a master and would like to do a story about me!

    At any rate, enough said. I just want to share the article with you. And if you follow my work, it would be nice to pick up a copy of the magazine. If you have not heard of Digital Photo Pro, it is a great magazine for any photographer, honestly.  They write great articles featuring photographers like Indira Cesarine and David Alan Harvey, who also are in the Master’s Special Edition. they share the latest information on gear and technology as well as monthly profiles on photographers that we all admire. Not to mention, it has great business advice and tips for both photographers starting up their new businesses to people like myself who constantly need to stay in the know on the latest business practices. You can subscribe and save if you’re interested in getting DPP sent to you in the mail.

    Enjoy the article!


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  • Just Posted: Enthusiast Zoom Compact Camera Roundup

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    The holiday season is upon us once again and with all the sales and special deals around at the moment, this is a great time to start thinking about getting a new camera. Maybe for a loved one, maybe just as a treat to yourself. In this article, we’ll be looking at the current field of enthusiast zoom compact cameras, and examining their relative strengths and weaknesses to help you make your buying decision. Click through for a link to our 12-page article.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • What you need to know: Instagram’s new terms of service

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    Photo-sharing service Instagram is making headlines for a change to its terms and conditions that appears to allow the sale of users’ images. According to the updated terms of service, Instagram users ‘agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you’. Understandably, some Instagram users are very unhappy, but do they need to be? Click through to read our quick guide to what the new terms and conditions mean for you. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • DxOMark introduces ‘Perceptual MPix’ score for lens sharpness

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    DxOMark has introduced a new metric of lens sharpness that it’s calling the ‘Perceptual MegaPixel’. This is designed to give a simple, easily-understandable indication of how a lens impacts on the resolution of the camera with which it’s paired. The measurement is based on standard MTF (Modulation Transfer Function) testing, but also takes into account the sensitivity of the human visual system to detail. The data can be explored over at the DxOMark website.  

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • DxO Optics Pro 8.1.1 supports Sony SLT-A99, Pentax K-5 II & Canon EOS M

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    DxO Labs has updated its DxO Optics Pro software to version 8.1.1 with the addition of support for the Sony SLT-A99, Canon EOS M, Pentax K-5 II and K-5 IIs. The latest update also includes over 300 additional camera/lens correction modules. The update is free for Optics Pro 8 users and is available immediately. New users can purchase the latest version with a 33% discount through December 25, 2012.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Nikon marks production of 75 millionth Nikkor lens

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    Nikon is celebrating the production of its 75 millionth Nikkor lens for its interchangeable lens cameras. The lineup currently consists of more than 80 kinds of lenses, including specialty Fisheye, Micro, and PC-E lenses for SLR cameras, as well as 1 Nikkor lenses for its Nikon 1 cameras. The lens series was introduced in 1959 with the launch of the Nikkor S Auto 5cm f/2.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • The Time magazine showcases Top 10 photos of 2012

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    The Time magazine has published its Top 10 photos of 2012. As a part of their end-of-year photo series including the ‘most surprising pictures of the year’ and the ‘Top 10 Photographic Magazine Covers’, this set of photos includes pictures that moved the team the most in 2012. “They all deliver a strong emotional impact — whether they show a child mourning his father who was killed by a sniper in Syria; a heartbreaking scene in a Gaza City morgue  or a haunting landscape of New Jersey coastline after Hurricane Sandy”.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)