Snapixel Magazine, which started out as an online publication dedicated to great photography by up-and-coming talents, is now looking to go into the print world. To this end, the editors have launched a Kickstarter campaign asking interested readers to back the project with donations. They want to raise at least $6,000 to cover the costs of printing and distribution, and you can pledge $5 or more to help them make this happen. “We’ve done some test runs, and the magazine really shines in print,” says marketing and advertising director Emily Sands.  “We want to be able to reach a wider audience and expose our featured artists to everyone everywhere!”

Website: Snapixel Kickstarter Page

Jessops has announced the unveiling a brand new shop in the heart of Manchester. “At over 3000 sq.ft this Centre of Excellence located at 107 Market street, Manchester, M1 1WN is the second to be launched this year and showcases a new customer friendly layout enabling customers to test and trial a vast portfolio of interactive cameras, camcorders, accessories and Jessops photo products,” the company said in a statement. Key features of the new shop include three a free camera set-up service, a 3D demonstration area, a separate Academy room, a low-light demo area, a designated bag room, a photo finishing demonstration area, and more.To celebrate the opening of the Manchester Centre of Excellence, Jessops has announced a number of exclusive deals on various cameras, with savings ranging from £50 to £160. These are limited-time offers valid period between Friday 3rd and Monday 6th June.

The fourth edition of the online Landscape Photography Magazine is now available for download. This issue features articles on ten-stop neutral density filters and long exposures, orange nights, Mupe Bay, colour and composition, choosing the best tripods, and more. The magazine also includes a number of photographers’ portfolios including Natalie Garvinez, Bruce T. Smith and Tony McGarva.

Website: Landscape Photography Magazine

The 40th issue of the free PhotographyBB Online Magazine is now available. This month’s edition explores two photo-centric locations; the colourful Australian Outback, and Puerto Angel, Mexico. The issue also has a three-page feature on what it takes to protect your photo business, ten tips on shooting razor-sharp photos and an article on smart sharpening. PhotographyBB is available as a free download from the website below.

Website: PhotographyBB

At WestLicht’s latest auction, an 88-year-old Leica camera from the 0-Series was sold for a record €1,320,000 (approx. $1,900,000), making it the world’s most expensive camera by a very wide margin. In 1923, Leitz made a small batch of less than three dozen prototypes (various sources put the exact number of units produced between 25 and 31) to test the waters, and this batch is known as the Leica 0-Series. The camera that went under the hammer on Saturday is in fully working condition, and is the only camera known with ‘Germany’ engraved on the top plate, WestLicht Auction says. The starting price was €200,000, and the auctioneer expected the item to sell for up to €450,000; so the hammer price was a massive surprise to everyone, including the experts.

Source: WestLicht

Lomographer Francesco Capponi has created what he calls the ‘Pinhegg’ - a pinhole camera made of an egg. “Since I started pin-holing the world, I have had the strong desire to make a special camera, with the purpose of shooting just one photograph,” he says. “The purpose was to sacrifice the camera in the process of photo creation – I wanted the camera to become the photograph.” It took him a lot of time and effort to produce the ‘Pinhegg’, but through trial and error he “finally found the right recipe” for his invention. If you want to know how he did it - and how you can make your own - visit the website below.

Website: Lomography Magazine

Nature and wildlife photographers Rebecca Jackrel and William Burrard-Lucas have launched a new conservation project to raise awareness and support for the ongoing efforts to save the endangered Ethiopian Wolf. They will be going to Ethiopia to photograph the wolves and document the serious threats that they face. In the hope that the project can be funded through donations from the public, Rebecca and Will have set up a Kickstarter page and created a dedicated website. Interested readers are encouraged to visit these pages to learn more about the project and how they can help make it happen.

Canon has once again been voted Europe’s ‘most trusted’ camera brand by readers of Reader’s Digest. The Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brands Survey is an annual pan-European survey of consumer attitudes to brand products and services. Canon came out on top in 13 of the 16 countries surveyed. This is the eleventh consecutive year that Canon has been voted as Europe’s top camera brand.

MyPhotoCreations today introduced an array of pre-paid wedding album kits that enable anyone to easily create high-quality professional albums using personal shots or digital photographs from professional photographers. Designed primarily as a resource for couples who only receive digital images from their photographers, these packages provide couples with access to the same premium products and superior materials and craftsmanship available to pro photographers, the company claims. All images in the album are individually manually color corrected. For more information and pricing visit the website below.

Five months after discovering vulnerability in Canon’s Original Data Security System, ElcomSoft apparently found a similar problem with Nikon’s Image Authentication System. The system enables users to determine whether an image has been altered after capture, providing proof of image authenticity for the purposes of law enforcement, insurance, and so on. ElcomSoft claims to have identified a major flaw in the manner the secure image signing key is being handled, allowing forged images to pass validation with Nikon Image Authentication Software. “The signing cryptographic key can be extracted from the camera and used to sign any picture, genuine or not,” the company said in a statement, adding that “all past and current Nikon cameras supporting Image Authentication are affected, including Nikon D3X, D3, D700, D300S, D300, D2Xs, D2X, D2Hs, and D200 digital SLRs”.

The third issue of Landscape Photography Magazine is now available online. This edition includes a great variety of new articles and tutorials on topics like creative seascapes, preparations before a photo shoot, shooting under available night light, visiting Corfu and Higger Tor, shutter speed choice, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. You can download the latest issue from the website below, after registration.

Website: Landscape Photography Magazine

The 39th edition of the free PhotographyBB Online Magazine is now available for download. This month’s edition features tutorials for taking better sports photos and capturing memorable moments, tips for digital photo-art manipulations, an in-depth look at Lightroom’s adjustment brush, a “reader FAQ” on portraiture and lighting, and more. You can download the latest issue of the magazine from the website below.

Website: PhotographyBB Online Magazine

Hasselblad has announced the formation of a new Special Applications Department. With an initial focus on aerial photography, this new department represents a new initiative by Hasselblad to go further in developing products and solutions to meet the needs of photographers working in special fields. As Benny Buchtrup, Global Special Applications Manager, explains, “We at Hasselblad take pride in manufacturing solutions for our customer’s needs and with the Special Applications Department, we are counting on ideas from Hasselblad users to move beyond our current product line-up into specialised photographic fields.”

The second issue of Landscape Photography Magazine is now available online. This edition includes a great variety of new articles and tutorials, and showcases some spectacular landscape locations in great detail, complete with map links. Fly Geyser, Black & white photography, How to shoot bluebells, Shooting under available night light, Visiting Anafi, Aperture choice, Lightroom tutorial are just some of the subjects covered in the new issue, which can be downloaded from the website below.

Website: Landscape Photography Magazine - Issue Two

It’s 1 April today, and some companies are issuing mock press releases in celebration of April Fool’s Day - here are some we have found entertaining. Lomography has announced that they are launching their first-ever official iPhone app - there’s even a ‘Buy Now in Apps Store’ button on the app’s home page that actually works (well, in a way…). Then we got word of a cartridge with a flexible sensor that can be inserted in any old 35mm film camera to give it a new life in the digital age - we actually wish this one was for real! Our favourite was perhaps 1001NoisyCamera’s announcement that it had just been bought by AOL and subsequently renamed The Noisyngton Post…

X-Rite has announced three free webinars that have been developed to address specific colour management topics. On 7th April, photographers can learn how to reduce their image processing time and improve quality control in their raw workflow by attending the RAW COLOUR POWER webinar at 1pm or 3p EDT. Wednesday, 13th April will see wildlife and nature photographer Juan Pons deliver a lecture on wildlife photography in colour (at 1pm EDT). The third webinar, Beyond Monitor Calibration, will take place on 21st April at 1pm and 3pm. Advance registration is required through the website below.

British music producer Bibio has partnered up with Lomography for a project that celebrates the release of his new album, ‘Mind Bokeh’. The idea of bokeh is infused throughout the kaleidoscopic new album – particularly in the sound and artwork. In Bibio’s own words; “I’m a lover of photography so I discovered the word bokeh through a photographer friend. The word sounded unusual in itself which attracted me, but I liked the idea of applying its context to something other than photography.” His Lomography collaboration starts with a series of his shots using Lomography’s Diana F+ camera and equipment, and a guide to achieving the bokeh effect on film. For more information on the project, follow the link below.

The 38th issue of the free PhotographyBB Online Magazine is now available for download. This edition features several articles on photographing animals, including dogs, birds in flight, lions, leopards and elephants. Guest contributor Mario Fazekas has a richly illustrated 10-page article on photographing South Africa’s Super Seven on a budget, while photographer Heather Bashow shares her secrets of shooting birds in flight. In addition, staff writer Mike Frye takes a look at networking in the world of photojournalism, while PhotographyBB’s editor and publisher Dave Seeram explores ways to achieve the popular pop-art effect in Photoshop CS5. The 38th edition is available now on the PhotographyBB website.

Website: PhotographyBB

SF Photo School has launched a downloadable version of its ‘Masters of Light’ webinar series. Featuring multi award-winning photographers Kevin Wilson, Martin Grahame-Dunn and Uzair Kharawala, the webinar series content includes Essential Elements of Composition, Lighting Essentials, Elements of Posing, Video Marketing, Mastering Off-Camera Flash & How to Get Free Traffic to Your Website & Blog. Including over 360 minutes of high class photography tuition, this downloadable product is priced at £39 + VAT.

What Else Magazine is running an experimental project about intimate life and its representation in photography. Those willing to participate are encouraged to take a photograph of themselves nude or semi-naked and an object they like and send it to the magazine editors. The best shots will be published on the What Else Magazine App available through the Android Market and the iTunes App Store.