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Nikon Unveils 20.8MP Nikon 1 J5 Mirrorless Camera with Speedy 20FPS Burst Shooting & 4K Video
Dan Havlik  |  Apr 01, 2015  |  0 comments

Nikon just announced the  20.8-megapixel Nikon 1 J5, the newest mirrorless model in Nikon’s portable Nikon 1 compact system camera line. The biggest headline feature about the Nikon 1 J5 is its extremely fast 20 frames per second (fps) continuous burst shooting with full autofocus AF.

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Shutterbug Photo of the Day
Shutterbug Photo of the Day: “Sunset on the Pacific” by Douglas Croft
The Editors  |  Apr 01, 2015  |  0 comments

Today’s Shutterbug Photo of the Day is this classically gorgeous shot of a lighthouse at sunset by Douglas Croft. Croft is now in the running to win a $1,000 Canon Pixma Pro-1 photo printer or a $500 Gift Certificate from LensRentals.com in our April Photo of the Month contest. Details on how to enter here.

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First Look Review: Testing the Samsung NX500 Mirrorless Camera in Hawaii (Full Resolution Sample Images)
Jack Neubart  |  Apr 01, 2015  |  0 comments

If you’re going to test a new camera, I can think of few places better suited than the Big Island of Hawaii. And that’s precisely what I, and a number of my colleagues in the photo press, had a chance to do recently with the new 28-megapixel Samsung NX500 camera. We put Samsung’s newest mirrorless compact system camera (CSC) through its paces in diverse settings on the island, each designed to challenge the NX500 and ourselves.

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Op-Ed: Museums Should Make Photography Bans a Thing of the Past
Steve Meltzer  |  Mar 31, 2015  |  0 comments

A few weekends ago, the French Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin visited Paris’s spectacular Musée d’Orsay to see an exhibition of art by the Post-Impressionist painter Pierre Bonnard. The d’Orsay houses France’s largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art and for years it has had a strict ban on photography. However when Madame Pellerin arrived at the show she liked what she saw so much she photographed several of her favorites and posted them to her Instagram feed.

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Win a Canon PIXMA Pro-1 Printer or a $500 LensRentals.com Gift Certificate in Our New Photo Contest!
The Editors  |  Mar 31, 2015  |  0 comments

Have you shot some great photos? Well, now’s the time to enter them in our brand new photo contest where you’ll have the chance to win two amazing prizes!

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BRNO Store Now Offering Classy Brady Kennet Camera Bag
Cynthia Boylan  |  Mar 31, 2015  |  0 comments

Handcrafted in the United Kingdom from durable Italian double laminated cotton canvas and featuring an inner waterproof membrane—for added protection against moisture, the Kennet camera bag from Brady is a classy affair.

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Staged Images Aren’t Photojournalism (But They Can Be Great Photography)
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 31, 2015  |  1 comments

If you followed the controversy over the World Press Photo (WPP) awards in March and care anything about the state of photojournalism these days, you might be a little sick to your stomach by now. In the latest debacle involving the WPP contest – and there have been a few in recent years – the organization revoked the first-place prize it had given to Italian photographer Giovanni Trolio for a photo story he had submitted called “The Dark Heart of Europe.”

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For Advertising Photographer Dixie Dixon, Big Production Shoots Require Skill And Strategy
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Mar 31, 2015  |  0 comments

Unlike landscape, portrait, wildlife, or even sports photographers, the first shots taken these days by advertising photographers on the job are almost always instantly seen and judged—by the client, the client’s representative, an agency rep, or an art director. Pressure, anyone?

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Hilarious Real Estate Photos Featuring Adorable Grandma Go Viral
Dan Havlik  |  Mar 30, 2015  |  0 comments

Want to spice up your real estate photos? Put a cute grandma in them! That’s the lesson from these adorable photos featuring an 86-year-old grandmother from Florida that went viral today.

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Shutterbug Photo of the Day
Shutterbug Photo of the Day: “Violet’s Horse” by Mary Ann Wamboldt
The Editors  |  Mar 30, 2015  |  0 comments

Today’s Shutterbug Photo of the Day is a magical, storybook image by Mary Ann Wamboldt.

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