FotoTime Press Release

DALLAS, TEXAS, date, 2006 - FotoTime, Inc., a leading provider of digital photo and video solutions, today announced FotoStudio, a new service for amateur and professional digital photographers to easily and cost effectively setup an online storefront to sell prints and gifts showcasing their photos. FotoStudio lets photographers focus on what they love and do best - take pictures - and not have to deal with the hassles of setting up an online storefront,” said Jeff Kelling, FotoTime vice president of technology. “With FotoStudio, professional photographers and photo enthusiasts can set up a business in a few simple steps. Our new service is another way FotoTime enables photographers to ‘do more’ with their pictures.” FotoStudio is available for a yearly subscription at $23.95.

Point101 Press Release

Point101 launch new photography holiday combining culture with expert tuition; empowering people to create stylish art and enhance their home.

London 4th August 2006: Point101 is proud to announce the launch of their photography holidays to add to their art, photography and artistic holiday stable. The company will provide an artistic break with expert tuition, within the reach of every level of experience – from complete beginner to established snapper. Alongside the photography trips, this experience will allow people to create individual and personal artworks to display in their homes. Included in the price of the holiday is the chance to turn three favourite photos taken on the visit into large canvas art prints.

Leica Press Release

Leica Camera has a new internet site! Please go to http://www.leica-camera.com and enjoy! You can also go to http://www.leica-camera.us directly to see the site in English. We are planning several further languages, which should come at the end of this year. We have tried to design a site, which could give a genuine portrait of the Leica brand today. Firstly, we have concentrated on a clear presentation of all our actual products and accessories with all necessary technical data and user manuals available as downloads. After browsing our products, you will be able to find a list of the dealers which we endorse in many countries world wide, as well as, the different local contacts to your Leica agent. This can be done for photographic products, as well as, for nature observation and hunting products.

Tamron Press Release

New, Redesigned and User-Friendly Website Lets You Access Advice and Images by Leading Imaging Experts in Just Two Clicks

July 24, 2006, Commack, NY — The popular Tamron website at http://www.tamron.com has had a major makeover that makes it even more visually exciting and considerably easier to navigate. The Pro Learning Center, the area of Tamron’s website most frequently visited by photo enthusiasts, is now much more up-front and easier to get to—when the home page comes up, just click on Photographic Lenses, then on Pro Learning Center, and you’re there! This remarkable resource provides 12 clearly marked subject areas, each chock full of concise, authoritative advice, shooting tips, tech data, and outstanding images by top pros.

Rob Galbraith has just updated his CompactFlash / SD Performance Database with a number of new additions, including eleven different Canon and Nikon digital SLR cameras and new CompactFlash and Secure Digital (SD) cards from Hoodman, Lexar, Ridata, SanDisk (including Extreme IV), Transcend and others. Well worth checking out if you’re looking for the fastest cards available.

Website: Rob Galbraith’s CompactFlash / SD Performance Database

The BBC has today launched its 2006 Photographer 0f the Year contest. First prize is the chance to shoot a photographic story of your choice which will then be displayed on the BBC News website. In addition there will be an extra prize made to the photographer whose image catches the judge’s eye. Here are the themes:

ENTRY DEADLINES: THEMES
2 August - Shelter
9 August - Rock ‘n’ Roll
16 August - Uniform
23 August - Technology
30 August - Love
6 September- Look up
13 September - Final vote

Website: BBC Photographer of the Year 2006

JPG is the magazine of brave new photography, and the 6th issue on the theme “Oops!” has just been published. JPG Magazine is created by nonprofessionals with a passion for imagemaking without attitude. For many of our contributors, this is the first time they’ve ever been published in print.

“Whether it was faulty settings, old film, the random photo on the last frame of film, or the last photo a camera ever took, this issue features some of the finest slip-ups, freak-outs, and happy accidents ever captured on film or pixels. We’re also joined by featured photographer Rion Nakaya, who shares some of her favorite serendipitous moments, and Ryan Gallagher, to talk camera tossing.”

Website: JPG Magazine Issue 6

Kingston Technology Press Release

National Geographic Photographer Gerd Ludwig Offers Tips for Photographing Life’s Expeditions at Kingston.com - Confidence in Equipment and Knowledge of Surroundings is the Key for Taking Great Photographs

Fountain Valley, CA – July 14, 2006 – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, will feature photography advice from world renowned National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig on its Icons of Photography Web site beginning today. Each month, Kingston® spotlights a world-class photographer who provides helpful tips and interesting anecdotes for taking better pictures. Photographers previously featured at Kingston.com include Colin Finlay, Douglas Kirkland, Barbara Bordnick, Chris Rainier, Peter Read Miller and Harry Benson. These accomplished Icons of Photography deliver useful suggestions that photo enthusiasts at all levels can apply to their own photography as they learn to make digital imaging a natural part of their workflow, or learn a unique process or trick the Icon has provided to give them a competitive edge.

Stock Artists Alliance Press Release

July 11, 2006. Photographers losing money from copyright infringement; editors scrapping photos from layouts because they lack caption information; librarians struggling to make burgeoning digital asset collections publicly available-Diverse problems, but they share a common solution: metadata. Anyone who has searched for images on stock photography web sites has benefited from metadata, but once the image is removed from the site, that information is usually lost unless it’s been embedded into the image file. That metadata can provide critical ownership and usage information, as well as descriptive caption information that can be used to help search and identify image subjects.

To raise awareness about metadata and encourage its adoption, the Stock Artists Alliance is releasing its Metadata Manifesto. The Manifesto provides guiding principles and practices for anyone who creates, uses, or manages electronic images, as well as those developing digital hardware and software. Highlighting the efforts of international standards bodies and industry groups (such as IPTC and PLUS), the Manifesto stresses the urgency for industry-wide metadata adoption.

Print Fair Press Release

Print Fair has already shown some of the country’s leading football clubs how to harness the power of photography, the Internet and print-on-demand technology is offering professional and serious amateur photographers in other sectors the opportunity to secure a new income stream from their existing images at no cost to themselves. Print Fair.com takes digital images from photographers and produces the images as one-off personalised printed items, including greetings cards and posters. The company manages the order processing, production and delivery of each item. All the photographer has to do is supply the images.

HP Europe Press Release

BOEBLINGEN, Germany, 10 July 2006 – HP’s Pan-European online photo service PIXACO today announced a summer of online photo fun with its best value pictures yet. Holiday makers already routinely organise flights and accommodation online and now they can do the same for quick, hassle-free and most importantly great-value holiday snaps. PIXACO has lowered prices in some European countries by up to 36 percent.(1) Quality 10x15cm images on premium paper now cost nine cents(2) and 9x13cm prints are already being sold for eight cents,(2) making PIXACO one of the continent’s best value online photo services, offering not just cost-effective prints but a range of value-added extras.

Cameratown are celebrating their “2nd Annual Summer Birthday Giveaway” with over $2100 in prizes.  Their grand prize this year is the new Sony Alpha DSLR-A100K Digital SLR with 18-70mm Lens.  Other hot prizes include a Lensbaby 2.0, ZAP-SHOT RF Remote for Canon EOS Digital Rebels, Kingston’s Ultimate 2GB CompactFlash and SD Memory Cards, SanDisk’s 1GB Extreme III SD Memory Cards, Digiatl FOCI’s USB 2.0 Memory Card Gateway
card readers, and PhotoStory 4 from Magix.

Website: Cameratown - 2nd Annual Summer Birthday Giveaway

O’Reilly Press Release

Digital Photographers Sizzle with O’Reilly’s 2006 Photoshop Cook-Off All-Star Panel of Judges and Great Prize Packages Make it Summer’s Hottest Contest

Sebastopol, CA—With summer heating up and cameras clicking right and left, it’s the ideal time to get out that favorite Photoshop recipe and see how creative you can be. If you need more inspiration, O’Reilly’s 2006 Photoshop Cook-Off contest can get you cooking. It’s an opportunity to win great prizes—like a Pentax K100D Digital SLR and DA 18-55 mm lens kit or an Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer—and gives you a chance to get your work in front of top Photoshop experts such as Mikkel Aaland, Katrin Eismann, Tim Grey, Deke McClelland, Bert Monroy, Eddie Tapp, Vincent Versace, John Beardsworth, the glitterguru, and others.

Canon UK Press Release

Canon UK, world leader in digital imaging technology, today announced the launch of its online consumables and accessories shop.  The new, online ‘Canon Store’ can be accessed through Canon’s existing web pages at www.canon.co.uk . A wide range of printing consumables, including Canon’s high-quality ink & toner cartridges as well as a variety of print media are being stocked alongside popular accessories such as camera cases and battery packs.  These products, which are not always easy to find on the high street, are now available to purchase online directly from Canon for the first time.

Maine Photographic Workshops Press Release

The Maine Photographic Workshops announces the winners of the 2006 Golden Light Awards.

Golden Light Awards Grand Prize Winner:  Steve Stenzel, Faribault County
Photographic Book of the Year:  NIAGARA, by Alec Soth

The 2006 Golden Light Awards were juried by:
Kathy Ryan, Photo Editor of The New York Times Magazine
Catherine Johnson, Vice President and Senior Art Buyer of Arnold Worldwide, and Photo Editor
Tim Whelan, Book Seller and Photographer

BitShelter Press Release

NEW YORK - June 23, 2006 - BitShelter LLC, today announced that Major League Baseball has selected PhotoShelter as their online image archive and distribution system. PhotoShelter (http://www.PhotoShelter.com) is the industry standard for online image archiving and distribution for professional photographers. Using PhotoShelter’s MU (Multi-User) product, picture editors at MLB Photos are able to receive simultaneous image uploads from photographers stationed around the globe, and then quickly and easily dispatch images to multiple distribution channels.

myPhotopipe.com Press Release

Atlanta, Georgia and Louisville, Ky. “Photographers are uploaders, not downloaders, and broadband is puzzling to them,” said myPhotopipe.com President Pete Casabonne. “In our recent survey of 52 photographers, studios and agencies, 9 out 10 of our broadband photographers had upload speeds at or below 380K – barely over the legal minimum of 200K, the threshold stipulated by the FCC to qualify as broadband. The broadband experience is not living up to expectations.” To narrow that gap, myphotopipe.com today announced a new set of tools launched at http://www.myphotopipe.com/speedtest/index.html. The tools include an upload test, a download test, a file calculator, and an upload estimator. Additional tools will be released in the next several weeks. Said Casabonne, “In the IT world a speed test is nothing new but to a photographer, who is a mechanical person dealing with lenses and attending events, it is so we selected Ookla, because it has one of the coolest interfaces, and we designed a data pad that calculates their upload time based on the size of their photographs. Overall, these tools demystify broadband and help our photographers better plan their workflow.”

Adesso Albums Press Release

Professional photographers everywhere can now participate in the craze Adesso Albums’ Instant Photo Guest Books® are creating in the wedding marketplace. By becoming a part of the Adesso Albums’ Professional Photographer Program, photographers will be able to offer unique packages to their clients which include the innovative Adesso product.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 22, 2006 – Professional photographers everywhere can now participate in the craze Adesso Albums’ Instant Photo Guest Books® are creating in the wedding marketplace. By becoming a part of the Adesso Albums’ Professional Photographer Program, photographers will be able to offer unique packages to their clients which include the innovative Adesso product. “The Company’s initial products combine the instant gratification of Polaroid photos with hand written sentiments from guests to honorees at events such as weddings to create an instant memento of the event in pictures and words,” said Lesley Mattos, Creator and Founder of Adesso Albums. “We are delighted to be able to provide professional photographers with a similar instant photo guest book product that accommodates their digital or 35MM output formats.”

ASMP Press Release

Image06, a photography competition organized annually by the New York chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), has announced the winners for this year’s contest. The contest had two main categories, one for professional photographers and one for students.

In the Professional category, top honors went to Charlotte Oestervang. Interestingly, Oestervang was last year’s winner in the student category. A native of Denmark, in 2000 she earned a bachelor’s degree in fine-art photography from the Academy of Performing Arts, Film and Television in Prague, Czech Republic. She has been a freelance photographer since 2001. Last year, she studied documentary photography at the International Center of Photography in New York City. This fall, she plans to move to Kabul, Afghanistan, to make in-depth stories. You can see more of her work at http://www.oestervang.dk

Center for Fine Art Photography Press Release

The Center for Fine Art Photography invites U.S. and international photographers working in all mediums of traditional and digital photography to submit their work to its call for entries for the theme People, Places and Things.

Fort Collins, CO (PRWEB) June 16, 2006—The Center for Fine Art Photography invites U.S. and international photographers working in all mediums of traditional and digital photography to submit their work to its call for entries. The Center also welcomes submissions by those working in the avant garde, in pursuit of experimental works and all schools of thought that include traditional and new processes, mixed techniques, challenging personal, emotional or political statements. All entries are submitted and juried online. Deadline is July 10, 2006.