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About This Site
PhotographyBLOG started life in January 2003 with the sole
purpose of being a weblog about photography. PhotographyBLOG
is run by professional photographer
Mark Goldstein and the site has several key aims:
- to report on the latest photography
news, both film and digital, both global and UK-based
- to offer opinion on that news from the unique perspective
of Mark Goldstein, and to allow you to add
your comments on that news and opinion
- to review digital cameras, printers, scanners, software
and books
- to provide a meeting place for photographers of all abilities
PhotographyBLOG is a member of DIWA
(Digital Imaging Websites Association). DIWA is an international
network of independent websites focusing on digital imaging.
Their collaboration is formalised through the organisation
Digital Imaging Websites Association (DIWA). By utilising
the expertise from each individual website and adopting universal
testing procedures, the organisation will produce the most
comprehensive, versatile, neutral and reliable reviews of
digital imaging products.
Contributors
 Mark
Goldstein
Mark Goldstein is an experienced professional photographer
and website editor. He owns, runs and writes for PhotographyBLOG
(www.photographyblog.com),
one of the UK’s biggest digital photography websites, which
offers informative new product reviews and original in-depth
news from around the world. He's also a regular contributor
to the popular UK magazine Digital Camera Buyer. More personal
photo
projects include his Portfolio site and Everydayeye, an attempt to post a photo every day.
 Gavin Stoker
Having written about digital photography since 1997, as deputy editor and then
editor of a slew of photographic titles, there is little about the subject
freelance journalist Gavin Stoker doesn't know. Specialising in features as
well as product reviews – his interviewees have included the likes of Bailey,
Lichfield, Rankin, Nick Knight and the late Bob Carlos Clarke – he’s a highly-rated,
versatile and widely read contributor, whose work can be found online as well
as in print. Gavin is also a director of creative agency US3 Media (www.us3m.com),
an acclaimed provider of copywriting and design services, and writes comedy
scripts in his spare time (www.stokerandorland.com).
 Jon Canfield
Jon Canfield is a frequent contributor to PC Photo, Outdoor
Photographer, Digital Photo Pro and Shutterbug magazines,
as well as teaching workshops on printing, color, and RAW
image processing. He's also the author of many books, recent
titles including "RAW
101", "Print Like a Pro" and Photo
Finish". You can view Jon's photography and contact him at (www.joncanfield.com).
 Zoltan Arva-Toth
Zoltán received an early introduction to photography from his father, who often turned the kitchen of their Budapest apartment into a darkroom to develop prints from his black-and-white shots taken on Fortepan negatives.
The disease was contagious, and he soon found himself snapping away at everything he saw through the finder of his little Smena Symbol. As the years went by. he got his hands on more and more 35mm and medium-format film cameras, until he decided to treat himself to a digicam in 2002. Ever since then, he has been being dragged deeper and deeper into the swampy realm of digital photography. His addiction hasn't been helped by his recent marriage to photojournalist Viktória Hanis, with whom he is embarking on more photographic adventures than ever before.
 Michael
Roscoe
Michael Roscoe is a freelance commercial photographer and
writer. He contributes review and technique articles to
several
national photography magazines and regularly works on commercial
photographic advertising and catalogue commissions. He's
the
former Editor of Digital Photographer (magazine) and previously
worked as an in-house photographer for an advertising agency
on projects including the launch of the Barclaycard Premiership.
His qualifications include a RSA Advanced Diploma and BA
(HONS)
in Photography. Michael's website is at (www.roscoephotography.com).
 Gary's Parries
Gary is
a rather mysterious contributor to PhotographyBLOG. As a Senior
Principal Software Engineer, and a former Assistant Professor
of Computer
Information
Systems, as well as a recording studio owner/operator, inventor,
and now, a digital camera enthusiast, Gary has more digital
camera knowledge in his entire brain than most people have
in their little finger. You can ask him everything you always
wanted to know about digital cameras, but were afraid to ask.
No question
too difficult, or too easy.You can read his regular column
on most Sundays.
Reader Feedback
Here is a small selection of reader comments about PhotographyBLOG:
"I read your blog everyday (for the past several
months, including the weekends), and I wanted to let you know
that I enjoy reading it and I appreciate the effort you put
into it."
"Hi, I just wanted to say your blog is absolutely phenomenal. There aren't too
many instances while surfing the web that I stop and drop
my jaw. But the people responsible for this blog are deserving
of praise. Thanks for all your hard work. This is going to
be the first place I come from now on when I'm considering
a new camera (or wacom tablet)
purchase."
"Just wanted to thank you for your excellent web site! I was looking for a new
camera, since my Ixus II broke down from one day to the
other, and browsed the Internet for sample images of latest
Canon Ixus models. Most of the pages I found just repeated
press articles issued by Canon with little to no objective
data. In contrast to that, your articles provide a fantastic
variety of objective information that covers practically
everything I am looking for when searching for a new camera
model. I specifically liked the separation in six sections
with loads of sample images. This is very helpful and I
very much appreciate the efforts you must have invested
here."
"Your reviews are the most complete and totally objective reviews I have ever
had the pleasure to read. Please keep going! I now look for
your reviews first, and find I don't need to look further;
I know all I need to about a prospective purchase."
"Just a quick note to say "thanks" for
maintaining Photography Blog. I enjoy reading it."
"Love your site. Well done. I like it. If you have
to charge 3, 5, 10, 12, 15 dollars/pounds to be a member to
augment advertising revenues to pay for this thing, I bet
we'll pay up."
"I'm new to your site and have really enjoyed the
galleries and postings on it. I'm looking forward to posting
some of my own work."
"Came across your site while looking for info on
the Olympus C-755. I was immediately sucked into all the galleries.
Wish I had good talent as a photographer, but I am still very
much a newbie. Just wanted to say I enjoyed your site so much
I had to join."
"Thank you very much for your very helpful and detailed
review. I am about to purchase my first digital camera (my
great rather elderly 35 mm has decided enough is enough) and
I'm trying to wend my way through all the jargon attached
to buying a digital. I found your review much easier to understand
than those in the many magazines I have purchased. I will
now have a read through some of your other reviews on different
cameras before making up my mind."
"Just a few lines to thank you for all of the superb
news and information supplied in PhotographyBlog. There isn’t
an edition which doesn’t contain something interesting or
useful. Many thanks for your work!"
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