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SilverFast 8 - Upgrade Discounts for our Customers
Press Release  |  Aug 23, 2011
Until the end of the 2011, LaserSoft Imaging will offer a free upgrade to SilverFast 8 to all customers who will purchase or have purchased a copy of SilverFast version 6.6 after June 1st. This offer is naturally also valid for SilverFast versions bundled with a scanner device or purchased from a dealer. Any SilverFast software purchased prior to June 1st will benefit from significant pricebreaks of up to 50% when upgrading from an earlier SilverFast version to SilverFast 8.
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Tamron/ Shutterbug Nature Photography Contest Winners
Staff  |  Aug 22, 2011
Tamron and Shutterbug magazine proudly announce the winners of the Tamron Nature Photography Contest.  Nature photography has long captured the hearts and minds of amateur and professional photographers dedicated to capturing images of the great outdoors. We received over 2,000 entries and selected three outstanding images. Congratulations to all who entered and to the three winners who will each receive a Tamron lens.

Grand Prize winner: Donna Pagakis
(Tamron 18-270mm Di-II VC PZD)

1st Prize Winner: Nancy Kerner
(Tamron 70-300mm Di VC USD):

2nd Prize Winner: Hongdian Yang
(Tamron 18-200mm Di-II)

Prize winning photos will be published in a future issue of Shutterbug.

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Student Union
Student Union: Sam Dole and Brandon Dole
Jay McCabe  |  Aug 19, 2011  |  First Published: Jul 01, 2011

Spectrum
Sam and Brandon are the sons of commercial, advertising, and fine art photographer Jody Dole, so it’s not surprising that photography would be of abiding interest.

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Adorama’s Second-Generation Flashpoint II Monolight
Press Release  |  Aug 19, 2011
Adorama’s Flashpoint lighting line was designed from the outset to offer a level of quality, functionality, and versatility. Adorama has achieved this by basing its Flashpoint system on the monolight, an elegant solution to studio lighting.
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Printer NewsPrinter Reviews
Epson Stylus Pro 4900: Sheet Or Roll, For Fine Art, Commercial, And Studio Photographers
George Schaub  |  Aug 18, 2011  |  First Published: Jul 01, 2011

I took on this review assignment because I’ve had considerable history with printing, both silver and digital, and printing with Epson printers. Over the past few years this interest has led me on an odyssey through various printers, profiling, and a considerable amount of (early) frustration. My emphasis has been on monochrome printing and those who share in this interest and who have attempted black-and-white printing in the past understand the numerous obstacles it can present. Those include, but are not limited to, unwanted color casts, gloss differential in deep black areas and some tonal borders, poor deep black reproduction (accompanied by equally poor highlight repro), a lot of poor paper surfaces, and the hassle and waste of switching from matte black to photo glossy inks. Color printers face these as well, plus the challenges of color balance, casts, skin tone reproduction, highlight bias, green shadows, and more. Of late I have printed with the Epson Stylus Pro 3800, 3880, and 4800 models, the 3800 being my studio workhorse for years and the 3880 the model that many photo schools and workshops at which I’ve taught use as a mainstay student and production printer.

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LensPen CellKlear
Press Release  |  Aug 18, 2011
Cameras in mobile devices improve with each generation. Whether kept in a pocket or purse, a quick photo or funny video is always at your fingertips. And so is something else: fingerprints.

CellKlear from LensPen cleans fingerprints and other greasy blemishes from camera lenses on mobile phones and tablets. It’s the smallest LensPen, designed specifically to clean these tiny lenses.

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Book Reviews
Understanding Exposure (3rd Edition): An Update On A Classic Best Seller
Bryan Peterson  |  Aug 17, 2011  |  First Published: Jul 01, 2011
The following is an excerpt from Bryan Peterson’s Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition/Revised And Updated: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera (Amphoto Books, $25.99, August, 2010). The revised edition (ISBN: 978-0-8174-3939-2) brings this best seller up-to-date for the rapidly changing world of digital photography and brings readers information on how to learn the difference between a correct exposure and a creatively correct exposure. This new edition includes updated information on advances in digital photography, such as increasingly sensitive ISOs and HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, an expanded discussion of white balance, tips on using flash, and many new images. The section we are featuring with images and captions (there’s even more information in the accompanying text) is on night and low-light photography. This is one book that’s easy to recommend.—Editor
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Jill-e Designs Medium Bags With New Updates
Press Release  |  Aug 17, 2011
One of the most popular lines of Jill-e Designs bags – the versatile Classic medium bags – has undergone an update for even greater fashion and function, and expanded by one extraordinary member, the company announced.
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Picture This
Graphics: Found Signs And Symbols
Staff  |  Aug 16, 2011  |  First Published: Jul 01, 2011
The world is rich in symbols, some more apparent than others, but if you put yourself in a “graphics” frame of mind, as we asked readers to do for this month’s assignment, you’ll find more than your share of images to capture in the world around you. The nature of this assignment was to find abstractions, to use context merely as a frame and not a reference, and to find the image within the image where a graphic presented itself. In many cases the frame becomes a canvas and the image something that abstract expressionists would understand. While we did receive some composites for this assignment we favored images made “in the field” that used cropping and a “graphic eye” to make the shot.
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Sigma ‘Our Pros, Your Photos’ Video Critique
Press Release  |  Aug 16, 2011
Kaitlyn Betz of Owego, NY, was the first photographer to win a personal portfolio critique session with one of Sigma Corporation of America’s four US-based Sigma Pros. The camera and lens manufacturer kicked off its “Our Pros, Your Photos” program as part of its 50th anniversary celebration, which also features monthly product giveaways, videos about the company and its products, advice from Sigma Pros, links to social media channels, and photo-sharing and tagging via Flickr.
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