StudioLighting.net Press Release

StudioLighting.net introduces a new portrait photography contest and a chance to improve your studio lighting with Shootsmarter instructional DVDs.

HARRISBURG, PA. - (June 16, 2006) — StudioLighting.net, a web site that introduces photographers to portrait and studio lighting techniques and equipment, and the LightSource studio photography podcast, in association with Shootsmarter.com, today announced the StudioLighting.net Official Portrait Photo Contest that challenges photographers to submit their best portrait — as long as the main light source is artificial — for the opportunity to win a Grand Prize package including a complete library of Shootsmarter.com instructional photography DVD videos. The contest begins immediately and ends on July 15, 2006. To view entries and official contest rules, visit www.studiolighting.net

Shutterbug Magazine Press Release

Shutterbug Magazine today unveiled the Shutterbug Gold Member Program, a nationwide program that offers serious amateur and professional photographers exclusive discounts on photography products and services. In conjunction with this announcement, Shutterbug also announced that Internet-based digital print processor, myPhotopipe.com, was the program’s founding partner.

Los Angeles, CA; Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) June 14, 2006—Shutterbug Magazine today unveiled the Shutterbug Gold Member Program, a nationwide program that offers serious amateur and professional photographers exclusive discounts on photography products and services. “As the leading magazine for serious amateur and professional photographers we thought it time to leverage our unique relationships by bringing special discounts to our community of readers,” said Shutterbug Magazine Publisher Ron Leach.

muvee and Atlantic Records Announce ‘Geek and Me’ muvee-Making Contest with Recording Artist Jason Mraz - Contest debuts muveeOnline web service for online creation of muvees, as well as a customized style that incorporates artist music video elements

Singapore and New York - June 13, 2006 - muvee, the pioneer and leader in Instant Personal Video, has teamed with recording artist, Jason Mraz, to launch an online muvee-making contest that gives fans the chance to create muvees that weave their own footage into the artist’s original ‘Geek In The Pink’ music video. Jason Mraz fans can now enter the ‘Geek and Me’ muvee contest at www.jasonmraz.com/multimedia.  Fans simply need to upload their own video and/or pictures, up to maximum combined file size of 20MB.  On the back-end, the muveeOnline web service will then automatically blend and synchronize the fan’s footage with footage from Jason Mraz’s music video to create a unique finished production.  The user is then sent an email with a link to play and watch their ‘Geek and Me’ muvee.  They can also opt to have their muvee posted on the ‘Geek and Me’ muvee gallery for voting, or make more muvees.

Bonusprint Press Release

Bonusprint has launched an online World Cup photo album for football fans to share their pictures of joy and despair, at www.bonusprint.co.uk/worldcup2006 . To enter an image, fans should send their picture to [email protected]. Each week the best photo will be picked and the winner will get the choice of eleven photo mugs, t-shirts or poster prints, bearing the winning image – enough for their own team! The overall winner will be announced on July 13, 2006 and will get their own photo canvas of ‘the ultimate photo to remember the World Cup 2006’ and a crate of beer to share with friends.

Corel Press Release

Corel launches its official hunt for the CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X3 mascot - Carlos

MAIDENHEAD, UK - 6th June 2006 - Corel Corporation is holding an Egg Hunt for its CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 mascot - Carlos the Chameleon. The official hunt begins on Thursday 08 June 2006 for the UK market only. The hunt will take place over two weeks live from Corel’s web site (www.corel.co.uk). There will be first, second and third prizes all focused around the recently launched CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X3 software. Existing and non-existing customers are invited to take part in the DRAW. No purchase is necessary to enter.

Sony Europe Press Release

Free to download, the new service enables quick recovery of deleted photographs and files

Paris, 24 May, 2006 - Sony Europe’s Recording Media & Energy (RME) division today announced the launch of its new Memory Stick Data Rescue Service. The service enables recovery of photography and data files which, once stored on a Memory Stick have been lost or deleted. The File Rescue software is free and can be downloaded from the Sony customer support website at: www.sonydigital-link.com/memstick/downloads 1.

Fototiller is a new blog covering all things photographic, with a particular focus on the intersection of photography and design and independent photo trends. The site features photo products and accessories (frames, albums, camera equipment, etc.), photo inspired design and DIY photo projects and photo crafts. Well worth bookmarking.

Website: Fototiller

Kingston Technology Press Release

Fountain Valley, CA – May 15, 2006 – Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, announced that internationally-acclaimed and award-winning documentary photographer, Chris Rainier, is the featured photographer on Kingston’s Icons of Photography Web site beginning today. Recognized for his study and pictorial documentation of indigenous cultures and tribes around the world, Chris Rainier is considered one of the premier Master Photo Printers in the world. His love and appreciation for black-and-white photography can be traced back to his days as an assistant to Ansel Adams. Today, Chris Rainier continues his documentary photography of disappearing cultures around the world and is the director of Cultures on the Edge, a Web site which is part of National Geographic’s Cultures Initiative.

Strobist is a newish blog dedicated entirely to thinking up new ways of implementing off-camera flash.

“Think of Strobist as a lighting idea bank, run by and for photojournalists. Our goal is to exchange ideas with other shooters and post many different lighting techniques using real-world assignments as examples. And there are no secrets here: We are big on clear, step-by-step instructions.”

Website: Strobist

Photography Laureates Press Release

As part of John Warton’s evaluation of photographs at photography laureates, he has a basic rule. The photograph must speak for itself; regardless of the photographer, the equipment, or the history of the shoot.

(PRWEB) May 17, 2006—John Warton actively works at reviewing and evaluating photography submissions for a photography association called photography laureates (www.photolaureates.org). He sometimes reads skeptical comments in Internet forums, some from professional photographers, which sometimes doubt his ability to judge photographs. Does photography only belong to professionals? Can professionals decide what is publishable or not on behalf of amateurs? John says, “The answer is a resounding ‘no!’ Inflexible and rigid professional photographers have laid down certain ‘rules’ and then, being a certain sort that they are, call them ‘guidelines’ and see themselves as rule-makers of some sort. I say to them: Diversity is a source of creation. I embrace the diversity of the creations of my fellow amateur photographers, their passion and interpretation of the thousands of daily instances that make our lives memorable. They deserve the promotion and exposure that I work on getting for the most talented of them.”

Ilford Photo Press Release

ILFORD Photo has had a busy time handling the results of its recent series of competitions. First, there was the Prize Draw at this year’s Focus on Imaging exhibition which saw a winning entry drawn from nearly 500 completed questionnaires on the subject of print toning. The winner, retired deputy-headmaster Colman Culhane from County Cork, Ireland, selected £100 of ILFORD Multigrade IV RC glossy paper as his prize. Then, involving a great deal of consideration, judgement and evaluation was ILFORD Photo’s Image on a Box competition. Launched at the beginning of the year, this event invited photographers to submit images suitable for printing on the company’s boxes and envelopes which hold its photographic paper. Not surprisingly, this unique opportunity achieved a high response with hundreds of entries vying for this prestigious prize.

ASMP Press Release

After receiving complaints from ASMP and other trade associations, as well as from individual photographers, Microsoft issued a change in the rules for participation in its student photo competition, the Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Contest. Originally, the contest rules granted an unlimited-use license to Microsoft for ALL images submitted to the competition. The revised version restricts itself to the winners, and grants Microsoft a limited and reasonable use.

dpmac.com press release

dpmac.com is producing a free daily on-line seminar/tutorial series on Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop CS2 for the months of May, June and July 2006. After that date the contents of this on-line series will be compiled and rewritten into a DVD based eBook.

http://dpmac.com/adobe/index.html

O’Reilly Press Release

Introducing “dekePod”—Fresh, Fast, Hip Video Podcasting Scan & Open Money in Photoshop

Sebastopol, CA—Digital imaging guru Deke McClelland, today introduced the pilot for his new show “dekePod”—a video podcast with a hip, visually compelling style. “dekePod” is personal and entertaining with rapid-fire imagery that keeps the viewer engaged. The pilot episode “It’s Your Money, Scan It!” shows viewers a workaround in Photoshop to scan and open money (legal in the U.S. under the specific guidelines detailed at www.rulesforuse.org). Deke is the host of this educational, zippy, sometimes laugh-out-loud show.

Nokia Press Release

Five of world’s best photographers recognize up and coming photography talents

Espoo, Finland - A software engineer from India has today been named the global winner of the Nokia Nseries See New competition, one of the most ambitious mobile photography competitions ever undertaken, judged by five of the world’s best photographers. Pinjalim Bora joined thousands of people from around the world taking up the challenge to ‘shoot new’ - capturing something from a different angle or something never previously photographed - using a megapixel camera phone.  Pinjalim’s image, ‘The Nose Ball’ caught the eye of judge Raghu Rai, one of India’s most respected documentary photographers and was then voted the overall winner by a panel of Nokia imaging experts.

OpenRAW.org Press Release

Will the digital camera you buy tomorrow fairly serve the future of photography? Are today’s camera manufacturers making decisions that may adversely affect the preservation of photographic works for future generations? More than 19,000 digital photographers and preservationists from around the world have now weighed in with opinions on RAW imaging technology, a concept that many compare to a “digital negative.“The OpenRAW initiative (http://www.OpenRAW.org/) is a one-year-old international organization representing the interests of photographers and digital imaging practitioners. From January 31 to March 15, 2006, OpenRAW conducted an international online survey (http://www.OpenRAW.org/survey/) designed to give photographers and other interested parties a voice in the further development of RAW imaging technology. The response was outstanding. During the six-week 2006 RAW Survey, over 19,000 individuals – professional photographers, dedicated amateurs, and other imaging specialists – answered all 25 of the survey’s targeted questions. The average respondent had 19.5 years’ experience in photography.

Photodoto.com is a new photography tutorial site that aims to be a resource for learning how to make better pictures with tips and techniques for beginners to advanced amateurs. To celebrate their opening, Photodoto are running a photography contest through May 5 and giving away some great prizes, including a Canon SD450 5MP Digital Elph camera.

Website: Photodoto.com Competition

LetsGoDigital Press Release

LetsGoDigital, the European online magazine on the subject of digital imaging, is proud to present the German online edition of its multilingual photography magazine. By incorporating the German edition in the magazine we welcome the German readers to read our digital imaging news in their native language. At the same time LetsGoDigital becomes one of the largest European online magazines about digital imaging. Starting in 2001 as a solo Dutch online magazine LetsGoDigital soon became noticed and through initializing the English edition the foundation was laid for multilingual publishing. Today LetsGoDigital publishes in six languages; English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Turkish and German and you may expect more from us in the near future!

Databarracks Press Release

Date: 10th April 2006 - Databarracks today announced the release of BuddyBackup, a completely free online backup service. BuddyBackup is free software, which allows computer users to backup data to friends’, family or colleagues’ computers securely across the internet. BuddyBackup allows computer users to backup files, photos, music or virtually any computer data to be securely and remotely backed up with no charge at all. As with normal paid services, BuddyBackup can keep multiple copies of important data securely and remotely on any Windows XP based machine. Data is encrypted and compressed before being sent over the internet and can only be viewed by the user whose data it is. BuddyBackup even keeps multiple versions of data allowing users to retrieve an older version of a file. “We see this as a revolution in the online backup industry; by using the power of grid storage or basically utilising the amount of free space on computer hard drives, we can offer a service which is completely free” Peter Groucutt, Databarracks Managing Director commented earlier today.

Phixr.com Press Release

New Web-based Photo Editor Raises Usability Standards for Internet Applications - Phixr.com, a new Web-based photo editor, sets new standards in usability and handling of online applications. It offers users access to a “look & feel” program previously only found in desktop applications and a full palette of tools to edit digital photos.

Vienna, Austria (PRWEB) April 6, 2006—A small Austrian company today launched www.phixr.com, a free Web-based photo editor with a user interface similar to many desktop applications. “The site’s user interface is on the forefront of Web application development,” said Thomas Winischhofer, the founder of Phixr.com. “Its interactivity with the user sets new standards, especially by using interface elements, which were so far only common to ordinary desktop applications.” Winischhofer created Phixr.com to accommodate digital photographers when they don’t have access to their picture editing software. Phixr.com offers users a full palette of interactive tools to easily manipulate photo files without having to download software. In addition to its many operations for resizing, rotating and flipping pictures, it features tools to eliminate the infamous “red-eye” effect and to create personal greeting cards. New interface technologies make it possible to present the user with a preview for every operation.