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Travel & The Photographer’s Eye: The Photography Of Yiming Hu
Lou Jacobs Jr.  |  Aug 23, 2014  |  0 comments

When Yiming Hu was a freshman in college he rented a camera and fell in love with photography. After he moved from China to the United States he was drawn to landscape and travel photography and learned advanced photo techniques from books, magazines, the Internet, and lots of experience. Today he works as a computer engineering professor at the University of Cincinnati doing research, and as a second career he shoots landscapes and travel subjects in many locations to satisfy his photo appetite. I spoke with him recently about his work.

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Book ReviewsPhoto Book Reviews
Photo Book Review: The Street Photographer’s Manual
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 22, 2014  |  0 comments

In our modern society, urban centers around the world are home to thousands of people. The streets of those cities and towns are alive with a tide of humanity that ebbs and flows according to the clock. This presents photographers with an endless treasure trove of images simply awaiting discovery.

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Easy Photoshop Elements 12 Tip: What Are Your Preferences?
Jon Sienkiewicz  |  Aug 22, 2014  |  0 comments

Many features of Photoshop Elements can be customized to suit your liking. Surprisingly, some experienced users overlook this powerful capability. A great place to start is at the Preferences menu. This screen shot is from the Mac version, but the same concept applies to Win as well as full-blown Photoshop products.

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Leica Unveils New M-P Digital Rangefinder Camera
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 21, 2014  |  0 comments

With the photokina show in Germany still a month away, Leica Camera has jumped the gun and announced its latest rangefinder. Based on the popular M version, the stylish and lightweight Leica M-P shares many similar features with that model but with a few new additions.

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Kodak Kills Off Professional BW400CN Film
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 21, 2014  |  0 comments

Kodak Alaris has announced that—due to a steady decline in sales and customer usage—it is discontinuing the popular Kodak Professional BW400CN film.

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Male Photographer of the Year? Photographer Spoofs Himself in Goofy Self-Promotion Video
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 21, 2014  |  0 comments

We’ve seen a lot of silly self-promotion videos from photographers before, but nothing quite as goofy as Chris Bauer’s “Male Photographer of the Year” spoof on YouTube.

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Ilford XP2 SUPER Film Is Not Being Discontinued, Company Says
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 20, 2014  |  0 comments

Ilford Photo recently confirmed reports that there are no plans to discontinue production of their XP2 SUPER film. The product is in free supply globally from Ilford Photo distributors and retailers.

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Metz Intros Powerful Mecablitz 64 AF-1 Flash for Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax and Olympus/Panasonic Cameras
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 20, 2014  |  0 comments

Metz has just launched the latest addition to its flash system lineup: the new Mecablitz 64 AF-1. Offering an impressive guide number of 64 (210 feet) at ISO 100/21˚, it has a large color touch display, an Automatic Flash mode with 12 f/stops, a Manual Flash mode with 25 partial light levels and a Remote TTL mode.

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More Weird Lens News: Whale-Sized Nikon F/2.8 Fisheye Lens on Sale for $96K
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Maybe it’s just August but there seems to be a lot of weird lens news lately. Now a very rare and very large, Nikon 6mm F/2.8 Fisheye Lens has turned up on eBay with an asking price of $96,187.50.

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Canon Launches Three New PIXMA Wireless All-in-One Inkjet Photo Printers
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 19, 2014  |  0 comments

Canon added three sleek new all-in-one (AIO) photo printers to their popular PIXMA line today.

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