Canon pre-Photokina 2010 announcements
In about three weeks the photographic industry will converge on Cologne, Germany for the bi-annual photo technology-fest. Some of the biggest industry announcements are always made around Photokina, and this year is no exception. This year Canon has put out exciting number of glass and magnesium… Mostly updates, but nonetheless we can observe significant advancement [...]
Eye-Fi has launched its Summer Sweepstakes with prizes including a Sony NEX-3, an iPad and various Eye-Fi memory cards. To participate, simply join Eye-Fi’s Facebook community, “like” it and enter your information. Plus if you invite friends to join the sweepstakes, you also have another chance to win: if your friend wins a prize, so [...]
Young Photographers Alliance Award
Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) is introducing a new award this year. TPOTY has teamed up with the Young Photographers Alliance to offer a new Young Photographer Alliance Award in order to help people passionate about photography to get a good grounding which will enable them to pursue photography as a career. TPOTY is [...]
Ansel Adams Photos Found at Yard Sale
California painter Rick Norsigian caused a stir in the art world after a stack of never-before-seen Ansel Adams negatives he bought at a garage sale in Fresno, California, were authenticated on Tuesday. Norsigian said he found the photographs more than 10 years ago, and paid less than $70 for the negatives, suspecting they were Adams [...]
Lexar announces ‘Take the Next Shot’ sweepstake
Lexar has announced a Facebook based sweepstake with a chance to win either a Canon 7D or Nikon D300S DSLR kit with Lexar memory cards and reader. To enter the ‘Take the Next Shot’ sweepstake participants need to submit a ‘favourite’ photograph along with a 15 word caption and click on the ‘Like’ button in [...]
Light can make or break a photo
Photography is all about Light! Well, it’s obvious right? … or maybe not. In my opinion quality of light is single most overlooked variable in photography. Amateur photographers constantly try to get new gear, upgrade lens or camera, they pump photography with money and muscles — but not many of them realize that, it’s the [...]
Nikon International Photo Contest 2010-2011
The Nikon Photo Contest International has been held by Nikon Corporation since 1969 to provide an opportunity for photographers around the world to communicate and to enrich photographic culture for professionals and amateurs alike. The term of the application for Nikon Photo Contest International 2010－2011 is from Wednesday, September 1st till Tuesday, November 30th, 2010. [...]
“Hotspots and Snapshots” Photo Contest
Boingo’s “Hotspots and Snapshots” digital photo contest could land you a new Wi-Fi enabled Samsung digital camera. There are four categories including Travel, Happiness, Technology and Boingo Hotspots – and each category winner will receive a Samsung ST5500 / CL80 digital camera. The competition is open to amateur photographers all over the world. You have [...]
Hitachi G-Technology announces Driven Creativity competition
Storage device makers G-Technology by Hitachi has announced a competition for European photographers, musicians & filmmakers with a chance to win €5,000 cash prize. Participants need to submit one of their creative projects from 2009 or 2010 in any of the three categories. Overall winners in each category will have an option to receive either [...]
Ah, Ferrari California, the dream of any stud! Ultimate attention magnet… looks great and drives great too! Photos taken under the scorching sun, not a best time for photography! Reds are a bit out of control, and body contour doesn’t look as good as it would be under good light. Nevertheless I’m happy with what [...]
