Nikon Rumors Highlights DxOMark Super Telephoto Tests Between Nikon, Canon and Sony
Nikon Rumors posted some interesting comparison’s of tests recently performed by DxOMark. DxOMark is the go-to website for detailed information on the tehnical qualities of the super telephoto lenses from Nikon and Canon. Nikon’s 20mm F/2 is listed as the sharpest Nikon lens ever tested and one of the sharpest lenses DxoMark… Read More »
Will Cell Phone Cameras Destroy The Big Camera Makers?
An interesting NBC news article was brought to my attention this evening. It’s all about how cell phone cameras are changing the photography market like nothing the camera makers have seen since the end of film. I saw a different news report a few days ago which was also mentioned… Read More »
Ireland, The Magical Land of the Irish
Tanya and I just returned from leading two groups of photographers to the spectacular island of Ireland. We had a fabulous month in this wonderful country and I’ve put together a collection of photos for you to see it for yourself. Our Ireland trip actually began almost two years ago… Read More »
Another Great Photography Story on CBS Sunday Morning
I’ve written about CBS Sunday Morning before. It’s one of the best shows ever produced for exposing great feel-good stories that make you smile and provide inspiration. Amazingly, many of the pieces they run are photography related and this morning they featured a terrific story titled: Photography That Changed… Read More »
Photographer Sues BuzzFeed for 3.6 Million
The social media sharing craze is being tested in a recent legal suit by a photographer out of Idaho. The photographer, Kai Eiselein, had one of his images copied from Flikr and distributed without his permission over the BuzzFeed social sharing network. I’m not going to highlight the entire situation since… Read More »
Apple Priming the Pump for an Aperture Update?
Aperture Expert Joseph Linaschke recently discussed his thoughts about Apple updating the Aperture Software Developers Kit (SDK). This is the software for people who write plugins for Aperture use to make it all work together. Apparently Apple had not updated their Aperture SDK since Aperture 2.1. He declares this is… Read More »
Chicago Sun Times Agrees – There Is No Need for Professional Photographers.
About a week ago I wrote a piece on how the CEO of Flikr stated there were no longer any professional photographers. Though many were not happy about this seemingly insensitive comment, including me, from one of the largest web portals for great photography, she may end up being vindicated.… Read More »
Flickr’s CEO Marissa Mayer Inserts Foot and Twists!
A couple of days ago I wrote about the new changes taking place at Flickr. Overall pretty positive other than the fact Flickr removes Metadata/Contact Information from all photos other than the largest, high resolution version. Then yesterday Flickr’s CEO Marissa Mayer stuck her foot in her mouth and gagged out… Read More »
The New Flickr ~ Stripping Your Photo’s Contact Information
Yesterday Yahoo announced they were improving their photo sharing site Flickr, giving every Flickr user one Terabyte of free cloud storage for photographs. “Wow” I thought. “What a deal”. I’ve had a Flickr account for a least a couple of years but I’ve never used it. So off I went… Read More »
Fix Your Photos Without Photoshop – 10 Options
This past week Adobe announced their new Adobe Creative Cloud subscription service that will force Photoshop and Creative Suite users to pay a monthly fee for the use of Adobe’s software. The idea is to get Adobe users to accept the idea of paying for software on a subscription plan.… Read More »