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Turning Point Photo: When Getting The Shot Became More Important Than Reaching The Top
Barry Tanenbaum  |  Feb 10, 2015  |  0 comments

“It was a two-month expedition, and it had taken weeks just to hike into the area and weeks to get to this point on the mountain,” photographer Tom Bol recalls about the above image.

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Sigma Announces 24mm F/1.4 DG HSM Art Lens and dp0 Quattro Camera
Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

Sigma announced two new photo products ahead of the big CP+ Imaging Show in Japan: a new 24mm F/1.4 DG HSM Art lens and the dp0 Quattro camera.

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Nikon Intros D750 DSLR Filmmaker’s Kit
Dan Havlik  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

Nikon has just introduced a special new DSLR kit for film buffs. Called the Nikon D750 Filmmaker’s Kit, the package includes some essentials for photographers interested in getting started in the world of cinema.

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Nikon Launches D810A Full Frame DSLR With Modified IR Filter for Astrophotography
Dan Havlik  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

Nikon is shooting for the stars with its newest DSLR. Called the D810A and built, as its name suggests, on the full frame D810, the new camera is designed for astrophotography and other scientific applications.

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Ricoh Intros Weather-Resistant 20MP Pentax K-S2 DSLR with Wi-Fi
Dan Havlik  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

Just last August, Ricoh introduced the K-S1 digital SLR and now that model is already being replaced with the just announced K-S2. Where the previous camera received a mixed reaction for its unconventional design that featured a handgrip that lit up with green lights, the new K-S2 DSLR is more traditional looking.

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Free Affinity Photo Software Could Give Photoshop a Run for Its Money
Cynthia Boylan  |  Feb 09, 2015  |  0 comments

Serif has announced that its professional-level Affinity Photo editing app for Mac is now available as a free download for public beta testing. Serif’s Affinity Photo is designed to give pro photographers fast performance, highly accurate editing tools and a fresh workflow.

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Shutterbug Photo of the Day: “The Old Oak Tree” by Erick Castellón
The Editors  |  Feb 06, 2015  |  0 comments

Today’s Shutterbug Photo of the Day is a stunner by Erick Castellón. He shot this long exposure at Calero Park in San Jose, CA using a Canon 60D.

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Software Review: PortraitPro 12 (Studio Max Edition)
Steve Bedell  |  Feb 06, 2015  |  1 comments

I’ve been using PortraitPro since the first edition and now the company behind this popular retouching software, Anthropics Technology, has released Version 12, which includes a variety of updates, both major and minor. PortraitPro 12 can operate as a stand-alone and a Photoshop/Lightroom/Aperture plug-in. To get started in PortraitPro 12 (PP12), you open an image with one or several people in it and the software automatically analyzes and outlines each face. The software then magically goes about retouching the faces one at a time.

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Photo Book Reviews
Speedlights & Speedlites (Second Edition): Creative Flash Photography At Light Speed
Lou Jones and Bob Keenan and Steve Ostrowski  |  Feb 06, 2015  |  0 comments

Canon Speedlites and Nikon Speedlights are small flashguns that can be used on- or off-camera and that can provide big results—if you know how to use them properly. Acclaimed Boston photographers Lou Jones, Bob Keenan and Steve Ostrowski guide you through the technical and creative aspects of how to get the most out of these powerful tools in Speedlights & Speedlites (Second Edition), an indispensable guide packed full of inspirational images and comprehensive diagrams of the lighting setups used to capture them.

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Canon Announces EF 11-24mm F/4L USM Wide-Angle Zoom Lens
Shutterbug Staff  |  Feb 05, 2015  |  0 comments

Canon just debuted the new EF 11-24mm f/4L USM ultra wide-angle zoom lens designed to deliver high quality, minimally distorted images throughout the entire zoom range. Canon says the new lens features the widest angle of view (126º05’ diagonal) ever achieved for a rectilinear full-frame Digital SLR lens, along with a minimum focusing distance of 11 inches (at 24mm).

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