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  • Heading Down Under

    Fashion Photography Workshop in Australia!

    I’ve been wanting to return to Sydney, Australia for a long time and now it’s going to happen. In February of 2013, I will be in Sydney, Australia to teach two weekends of workshops! Because the demand is so high and you guys have been asking me for this for a really long time, I’ve decided to hold two workshops Down Under. The first one will be February 16th and 17th. The second one will be the following weekend, February 23rd and 24th. SUN Studios in Sydney has agreed to host our workshops which is really cool because they’re beautiful studios and they’ll fit all of us! Plus, they have all the equipment I need to show you some killer lighting set ups. I won’t go into much detail here because you can read all about it on the workshop page here but I hope to see many of you who I’ve only met online or through Facebook. I know that for a lot of my Aussie readers, coming to NYC or LA was just too far to travel! Well now you don’t have to travel very far, if at all, because I’ll be coming to you!

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  • Apple and Google teaming up to buy Kodak patents

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    Financial news service Bloomberg is reporting Apple and Google are working together to purchase some of Kodak’s imaging patents. The companies are said to be working together – lends more weight to reports in the Wall Street Journal from back in August. The story suggests the two companies, along with the groups of smaller companies with whom they’d been preparing bids, will offer more than $ 500m for the patents. Such a figure would give Kodak access to $ 830m of external funding that is dependent on the value of the patent deal.

     

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Leica invites entries for its Oskar Barnack Award 2013

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    Leica has announced the Oskar Barnack Award 2013 international photo competition will open for entries from January 15th, with a first prize worth €15,000 (~ $ 19,400). The 2013 winner will receive a Leica M digital rangefinder and lens in addition to a €5000 (~ $ 6500) cash prize. To enter, participants need to submit a portfolio of up to twelve images expressing ‘the interaction between man and the environment.’ In addition, the Newcomer award, open to photographers under 25 years of age, offers a Leica rangefinder camera and lens as the prize. Submissions are open until 1st March 2013.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Google+ adds topic-focused Communities feature

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    Google has added Communities, the ability to create topic-focused groups, to its Google+ social network. The Communities option makes it easier for people with common interests to discuss and share photos around themes. Connect has highlighted a couple of photography-related groups that have already started to attract members.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • The Atlantic’s In Focus publishes its Year in Photos 2012

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    The Atlantic’s excellent ‘In Focus’ photo blog has published the third and final part of its 2012 Year in Photos. The three-part series includes 135 images from around the world, covering a great breadth of events and subjects. As you’d expect of such a review, there are some occasionally graphic images that some readers may find disturbing but there are also some astonishing photos giving a surprising views of other countries and cultures.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Snapseed now available for Android and free for iOS

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    Nik Software has launched an Android version of its Snapseed mobile editing software. Both the Android version and the updated v1.5 for iOS will be free (the iOS version formerly cost $ 4.99). The now Google-owned company has added direct Google+ uploading options to both. Read more about the changes to the app over at Connect.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Fotodiox announces WonderPana 145 and 66 filter kits for wide-angle lenses

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    Adapter and accessory maker Fotodiox has announced two adapters to enable the use of filters with wide-angle lenses that have large convex front elements. The WonderPana Filter systems are based around adapter hoods that allow 145mm circular filters or 6.6″ rectangular filters to be used, via an adapter. Each system comes with a lens cap that mounts on the hood, allowing the lens to be stored and protected without needing to repeatedly remove the adapter hood. A variety of adapter and filter kits are available for a range of Super-wide and Ultra-wide lenses.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Steve McCurry talks to WordPress.com about his work, and why he blogs

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    Steve McCurry, the award-winning photographer responsible for the iconic ‘Afghan Girl’ portrait for National Geographic, has given an interview about his work, and why, despite his fame, he maintains a blog for his latest images. In the interview, on the official WordPress blog, McCurry explains how photography has changed over the course of his career, and the vital role now played by the Internet. Click through for extracts and a link to the full interview at blog.wordpress.com, and to Steve’s own blog. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • Just Posted: AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm F4 ED VR Samples Gallery

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    The AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm F4 ED VR arrived in our Seattle office a few days ago and since then we’ve been shooting with it as much as possible. We’ve put together a gallery of 34 images, shot with the new lens mounted on the 36MP Nikon D800. As well as straight-from-the-camera JPEGs, we’ve also converted several Raw files, and have made ‘to taste’ adjustments for best results. Click through for a link to the gallery. 

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

  • DxO Optics Pro 8.1 offers Sony NEX-6 and Olympus PEN support

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    DxO Labs has updated its Optics Pro Raw conversion software to version 8.1, adding support for five cameras: the Sony NEX-6, Olympus PEN E-PL5 and E-PM2, and Canon Powershot G15 and S110. An enhanced print module now offers colour management and sharpness adjustment for printing, and there’s also an option to output JPEG or TIFF files with EXIF data removed. The software is available immediately from the DxO Labs online store, with a special end of year price through to December 25th 2012.

    News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)