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Manfrotto Unveils Pro Light Photo Backpacks
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 12, 2014

Manfrotto has just unveiled a new photo backpack line called Pro Light. Designed to be versatile, functional and ergonomic, Manfrotto’s Pro Light line offers a variety of sizes and styles of bags to fit photographers’ needs.

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Upcoming Photokina Show in Cologne, Germany Offers Education for Photographers
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 12, 2014

While the biennial photokina show in Cologne, Germany is primarily known as the premiere place to unveil new photography gear, it’s also offering a number of educational events, networking services, and lectures for professional photographers this year.

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New Show: “A Heritage Of Cameras” Shows Off Classic Camera Models
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 11, 2014

A new show titled A Heritage of Cameras, which shows off some dazzling classic camera models, is currently on view in the Airport Meeting Place of the Lambert St. Louis International Airport until November 30th.

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News Service Apologizes to Famed Photojournalist for Using Old, Pirated Syria Image for Iraq Crisis
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 11, 2014

It’s not often that news agencies offer public apologies to photojournalists for misuse of their images but AFP (Agence France-Presse) has done just that.

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Photographer Creates Hilarious Statue Selfies With Clever Use of His Camera
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 11, 2014

Yes, we’re all pretty sick of selfies but one clever photographer has created a hilarious photo series that appears to show ancient statues taking these now ubiquitous digital self portraits.

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New Photo Show: The Work of Brazilian Photographer Caio Reisewitz
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 08, 2014

The first major solo exhibition of the works of the talented Brazilian photographer Caio Reisewitz is currently on display at International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City.

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Manfrotto Rolls Out Lastolite “Out of Focus” Bokeh Backgrounds
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 07, 2014

Manfrotto Distribution recently introduced the latest addition to Lastolite’s popular line of photography products: Out of Focus Backgrounds. So, in other words, you don’t need to shoot wide open with a fast aperture lens to create a blurred bokeh background look when shooting portraits. Just stand your subject in front of a Lastolite Out of Focus Background and shoot.

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Photo Book Review: “Forever Young: Photographs of Bob Dylan”
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 07, 2014

In 1964 Look magazine recognized the then-23 year-old Bob Dylan as a very promising new star of the American music industry. Shortly before Dylan’s career rocketed him to the heights of fame, the magazine hired photographer Gilbert Douglas to photograph him.

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New Photo Show: “Man and Beast” Features Mary Ellen Mark’s Work from Mexico and India
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 06, 2014

The Wittliff Collections—located on the 7th floor of Texas State University’s Alkek Library—is currently hosting an important new exhibit of famed photographer Mary Ellen Mark’s work, titled Man and Beast: Photographs from Mexico and India.

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Fix the Color in Your Photos and Videos with Datacolor’s New SpyderCHECKR 24 Camera Calibrator
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 05, 2014

If you want to correct the color in your photos and videos but don’t want to spend an arm and a leg doing it, Datacolor has just introduced the SpyderCHECKR 24, an affordable priced color calibration tool for your camera.

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Pentax Unveils Retro-Style Q-S1 Mini Mirrorless Camera and 28-45mm 645 Medium-Format Lens
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 04, 2014

Pentax's parent company Ricoh Imaging just announced some product news big and small: a whopping 28-45mm F/4.5 lens for its 645Z medium format camera system; and a tiny, retro-style Q-S1 mirrorless compact system camera.

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New Vivian Maier Photo Book Focuses on Her "Eye to Eye" Portraits
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 04, 2014

If you've followed the saga of Vivian Maier, you're probably familiar with her revealing, black-and-white street photos that captured a slice of life of Chicago in the 1950s and '60s.

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New Photo Show: “The Curve” Explores Israeli Bomb Shelters, Turkish Secularism & American Slavery
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 04, 2014

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center will be hosting the traveling show titled, The Curve: CENTER Grant & Award Winners. On view from September 4th to October 11th this event would more accurately be described as three exhibits sharing a single space, with each artist offering a different collection of well-crafted images that explore subjects of cultural significance.

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Convert Your Images to Striking Black-and-Whites with Macphun’s New Tonality Software
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 01, 2014

There are lots of apps out there for converting your images into classic looking black-and-white shots but few with the pedigree of Macphun’s new Tonality program. Created, in part, by several former members of Nik Software, who were behind the popular Silver Efex Pro black-and-white app, Tonality aims to to take monochrome conversion one step further.

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DxO Optics Pro 9.5
Shutterbug Staff  |  Aug 01, 2014

DxO Labs announces the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v9.5 for Mac and Windows, the latest upgrade of its image processing software of reference for all demanding photographers. DxO Optics Pro v9.5 offers a new image transfer feature that lets users process their RAW photos from Lightroom.

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