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David B. Brooks Blog  |  Feb 25, 2009

Maybe it’s just me, my peculiar life and perspective, but I was just reminded by an article about jazz in the New York Times(Home Life With Mikes: A Jazz History by Nate Chinen, February 17, 2009) that included a part of W. Eugene Smith’s life defining a connection between music and a photographer. I suspect the connection is enhanced in my mind in part because in high school my ambition was to be in music as a singer, and I participated in several choral groups as well as took voice lessons for a couple of years. After high school four years in the military intervened and provided the opportunity to become interested and get into photography. I was not sorry I got detoured because having a deep voice myself, and baritones became eclipsed in those years by singers like Johnny Rey and his pop song “Cry”. Regardless, even though I embraced photography completely, I still enjoy music, especially jazz.

Staff  |  Feb 25, 2009

The Photographic  Society of America (PSA),  the largest interactive organization in North America  for advanced amateur and professional photographers,  will celebrate its 75th Anniversary throughout  2009, beginning in April. Current membership is over 5100 individual members plus over 400 camera clubs worldwide.

Represented in over 60 countries of the world, PSA Members enjoy a wide variety of activities: a monthly magazine, photo and digital competitions, study groups, how-to programs, an annual week-long conference and a long list of other activities and services.   PSA also sets the standards for all world-wide photo exhibitions.  As a non-profit organization, its mission is to promote and enhance the art and science of photography in all its phases, among members and non-members alike.

PSA’s 75th Anniversary Conference will be held in West Yellowstone, MT from Sept. 20 – 26, 2009.

PSA Headquarters is located in Oklahoma City, OK.  More information about PSA is available at:
www.psa-photo.org

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 |  Feb 24, 2009

Commentary

Imaging Companies Seem Intent to Continue to Stir the Pot

by George Schaub

As I pack my bags to head off to the PMA show in Las Vegas that starts March 3, I wonder how many new products and technological advances will be announced this time around. It might seem with the economy the way it is that the pace of...

 |  Feb 24, 2009

How-To

Objective And Subjective Exposure

by George Schaub

This is an excerpt from our new Petersens Photographic quarterly publication, which is a newsstand-only magazine still on newsstands today. Every three months a new edition will be available, with our next topic being "Composition." Look for it at anewsst...

 |  Feb 24, 2009

March 2009

On The Cover
This month our focus is on the creative aspects of image processing. With that in mind, we’ve tested a range of software and plug-ins, so you’ll be equipped for whatever your imagination has in store. We also have an insider’s report oni...

 |  Feb 24, 2009

Industry Perspective

Positive Outlook for Digital Camera Sales

by Ron Leach

Despite the dismal world-wide economic outlook, prospects for  continued growth in the digital camera market seems remarkably strong—especially as compared to predictions for other consumer-related industries. Recent data from theCamer...

Staff  |  Feb 23, 2009

ExpoImaging Inc., developer of innovative camera accessories, including the ExpoDisc Digital White Balance Filter and the ExpoAperture2 Depth-of-Field Guide, and One Model Place, the world’s largest online portfolio and talent community, today announced a contest in which the best images shot with ExpoImaging’s Ray Flash ring light adapter will be published in national photo trade magazines including Shutterbug and Rangefinder. In addition to this valuable publishing opportunity, the winning photographers will receive high-end photo gear, as well as a Platinum+ membership to One Model Place.

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David B. Brooks Blog  |  Feb 21, 2009

That old saw “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”, is applicable to the problem of bright LCD displays causing prints that are too dark, but at the moment that ounce is one ounce of gold. The ounce in this case is an LCD display that is not too bright, that can be adjusted, calibrated and profiled to match the range of values in a print. The one brand that currently has that capability as delivered is Eizo with their CG/CE ColorEdge displays. I’ll soon be receiving their least costly, the CG222w that has a list price just under $1,500 for test and review. I realize few of my readers want to spend that much, or can afford to, even for a display that does not cause the prints too dark problem.

Jon Sienkiewicz Blog  |  Feb 21, 2009

Photography relies on science as much as art, and to be successful, photographers have to know a lot of things. Some of the requisite knowledge falls into the category of common sense and some is acquired through the indispensable combination of training and practice. And every once in awhile we stumble upon a nugget that can only be described as dumb luck. It was dumb luck that led me a few years ago to a website I want to share with you.

Staff  |  Feb 20, 2009

Camera Armor, a leader in protective accessories for cameras and digital SLRs, announces their first line of compact protective skins for point and shoot digital cameras. The Compact Camera Armor skins are created with the same silicone material and standards as their line of protective skins for high-end DSLR cameras.

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