The third edition of the free PhotographyBB Online Magazine has just been published. This edition of PhotographyBB features more Photoshop Tutorials, thought provoking articles, and an interview with an experienced HDR (High Dynamic Range) photographer. PhotographyBB Online Magazine is available for free download in either PDF or ZIP formats.

Adobe has revised the terms and conditions for the recently launched Photoshop Express beta, following criticism from users. In Adobe’s own words, “The original terms of service implied things Adobe would never do with the content within Photoshop Express.” Now Adobe has retained only those limited rights that allow them to operate the Photoshop Express service. The revised terms of service will take effect on April 10th.

The National Association of Photoshop Professionals has just launched the Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0 Learning Center. This new online resource, hosted by Scott Kelby and Matt Kloskowski, features video tutorials, a Q&A session, and a link to the Adobe download site. Additionally, Kelby Training have unveiled a new subscription-based online training course dedicated specifically to teaching digital photographers how to get the most from Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.0.

WWAOW.com is the first low-cost self-publishing service for creating high-quality hard or soft cover books, documents, and manuals. Pronounced “WOW!”, WWAOW.com allows you to publish your own book “on demand” for only $79 for 5 books. No long-term commitments, sign-up fees, or service contracts are required. “For writers, self-publishing through WWAOW.com is an amazing way to achieve the dream of publishing and earning royalties.  For businesses, WWAOW means documents and catalogs can be quickly updated online and printed as needed,” said Brigitte Peleman-Vantieghem, CEO, Peleman Industries.

Panasonic has renewed its support of the World Heritage photographic project, Our Place. The Our Place project is committed to presenting to a wide global audience, the wonder and significance of our planet’s most important cultural and natural locations. “Panasonic is proud to continue its support to help promote and protect the important UNESCO World Heritage sites. Through the Our Place project, we would like to change peoples’ minds, both about the value of World Heritage, and about Panasonic’s strong commitment to photographic culture. Our vision for Lumix is to create a new photo culture in the digital era,” said Mr. Tokikazu Matsumoto, Managing Director of the DSC Business Unit at Panasonic AVC Networks Company.

Adobe Photoshop Express is a free online application that allows you to store, sort and show off digital photos with eye-catching effects. You can store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, make edits to your photos, and share them online in creative ways. “Photoshop is trusted technology that has changed the visual landscape of our world.  Now, Photoshop Express allows anyone who snaps a digital photo to easily achieve the high-impact results for which Adobe is known,” said Doug Mack, vice president of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. Photoshop Express beta is available now for free via any Web browser at http://www.photoshop.com/express . In its early phases, Photoshop Express is available to US residents-only in English.

Pentax has organised a global photoshoot, dubbed Pentax World Day, to be held on Saturday, April 5, 2008. Forum members at www.pentaxforums.com plan to shoot locally on that day and submit images to a central website. The event is being organized just for the satisfaction of shooting and sharing images with other forum members. Images must be captured with a Pentax camera on Pentax World Day (April 5, 2008) between midnight and midnight.

PicApp gives bloggers and other online publishers access to copyrighted news and creative images, completely free. Now available in public beta, PicApp features images from Getty Images, Corbis and other prestigious image agencies. Each image is accompanied by a non-intrusive ad to drive royalties to the related content partners, instead of the traditional license fees. “Bloggers are the new journalists and they can now get great images - and use them legally, with no charge whatsoever,” said Eyal Gura, CEO, PicScout. “Through PicApp, we are providing today’s new media with access to the latest images and an easy way to enrich their readers’ experience.”

Derrick Story is giving a webcast called “Five Ways to Make Your Photos Look Better than Others” on March 27th. Derrick Story is a digital photographer, blogger, and author of The Digital Photography Companion. The webcast will cover five ways to make your pictures look a cut above those snapshots we typically see. Attendance is limited, so register now at http://oreilly.com/go/webcast-story

PhotoShelter is introducing new features for the PhotoShelter Personal Archive, a complete e-commerce solution for photographers. They include gallery slideshows, an enhanced shopping cart, larger sized thumbnails and full size images for display, and the ability for clients to crop their own prints. “We are dedicated to empowering photographers by providing the resources they need to easily manage and differentiate their unique businesses online. Personal Archive has been upgraded based on feedback from the photographer community and we’re proud to unveil it at WPPI so that wedding photographers can immediately benefit from our new features.” said Allen Murabayashi, CEO of PhotoShelter. The PhotoShelter Personal Archive is a monthly subscription-based service

Photofun.com is offering photo prints for just 5 cents in the USA. Europe’s fastest growing online photo sharing service has just launched in North America. Photofun.com will give all new registrants 50 free 4x6 prints. “Users can generate prints of their digital pictures for only 5-cents, thanks to our revolutionary automated engine,” said Terry Rayner, president of Photofun USA. “Our price of 5 cents shatters the industry standard price of 10 cents.” You can also store high-resolution digital pictures forever at no cost.

PhotoShelter has introduced a new brand logo to coincide with the end of the beta period for its open-but-edited image marketplace, the PhotoShelter Collection. The new PhotoShelter icon represents the company’s established position as a trusted partner within the photography community. Approximately 2,000 new photographers and 2,000 new image buyers are joining the PhotoShelter Collection every month, with over 100,000 new images uploaded monthly from photographers in 120 countries.

Shoot! The Blog is a new editorially-independent community blog focusing on all aspects of the photography industry. Updating two to five times a day, “Shoot!  The Blog” resident blogger, Rachel Hulin, will offer industry insight and knowledgeable commentary. “My goal is for ‘Shoot! The Blog’ to become a daily destination of avid discussion, news, practical advice and fabulous, discussion-provoking images. We’re looking to create a dialogue between all members of the photographic community including photographers, art lovers and buyers,” says Hulin. “Shoot! The Blog” is hosted and sponsored by PhotoShelter.

The second edition of the PhotographyBB Online Magazine has just been released. Each issue contains informative and educational tutorials for amateur photographers. “We’ve raised the bar with this issue, and have included not only articles relating to techniques, but also some thought provoking articles for digital photographers of all disciplines. We are also introducing a photo-contest this month, which (based on last month’s traffic) we are expecting hundreds, if not thousands, of submissions.” says editor and publisher, Dave Seeram. PhotographyBB Online Magazine is available for free download now.

The Spring 2008 release of liveBooks Professional, portfolio software for professional photographers, adds new features to enhance search marketing functionality. “Building a photography business is a lot of work—work that often detracts from what most photographers really want to do, which is spend time shooting,” said Tricia Gellman Holmes, Vice President of Marketing at liveBooks. “We are continually enhancing our product to not only showcase photographers’ images on the web, but to also act as a virtually effortless, yet sophisticated and powerful marketing tool to help them get recognized and book more work.” The Spring 2008 Release of liveBooks Professional is available immediately.

WHTour.org is a stunning 360-degree virtual tour of World Heritage sites from across the globe. Belgian photographer Tito Dupret has spent the last seven years producing some of the most impressive panographies ever seen. Dupret’s panographies are produced with the aid of REALVIZ’s panorama assembling software, Stitcher Unlimited. “For the last 15 months I have not published a single image,” explains Dupret. “Around 8 of these were spent shooting 80 new World Heritage sites. An additional 7 months were needed to build the new site and to post-produce the ‘panographies’ – 360 degree imaging.”

“My Shot” from National Geographic Magazine allows photographers of all skills to create their own web page at www.ngm.com to display their best photographs. “My Shot” members are able to upload and save up to 100 photographs on their own “My Shot” page. “My Shot” members can also submit their photos to National Geographic’s popular “Your Shot” feature, with the chance of being published in National Geographic Magazine.

Nikon USA have redesigned their website with a completely new visual user interface. The Web site, www.nikonusa.com, is accessible starting February 27th at 8 p.m. EST. A new blog called “Your Shot” encourages users to comment and share their ideas to improve the website’s design.

Jalbum.net has launched a new website for the sharing of photo albums. Great photos and the multitude of presentations that users produce with the software will be on show on the new community site. “The Jalbum community is passionate about the presentation of photos. With the release of our new site, we are providing a better way of sharing albums created with our software. As our users often express an interest via images, this site will make it easier for them to connect with likeminded” said David Ekholm, Jalbum’s founder.

A report commissioned by UK photobook retailer Yophoto forecasts that the photobook market will grow 70% in 2008 and will increase by 2.5 times from 2007 by 2010. Nick Baldwin and David Lavington, co-founders of Yophoto commented “As a team, we have over 14 years experience in the printing industry. We set ourselves apart from our competitors with state of the art HP Indigo machinery, traditional hand-binding methods and in-house British production”. Aimed at professional photographers, Yophoto is dedicated to providing a personal photobook service, whilst offering bespoke print services such as dust jackets, laser etching and multiple orders.