Midweek Photo News Roundup- 10/14

October 14th, 2009 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog, News

photo © Jim Marshall

It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.

- Rock & Roll Photographer Jim Marshall has published a new book, “Trust,” which contains some of his most famous images, including those of the great Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, The Who, etc.

- Nikon blew a lot of peoples’ minds with the six-digit expanded ISO setting in the brand new DS3 D-SLR.

- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is celebrating the one year anniversary of the Chris Burden installation, “Urban Light,” with a stunning online photography exhibition of shots of the Burden piece from contributors around the world.

- Wired.com recently posted a brilliant slideshow of photographs of glaciers from space.

Midweek Photo News Roundup- 10/7

October 7th, 2009 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog, News

photo © Li Fan- China, Sony World Photography Awards 3rd place winner- Photojournalism & Documentary- Sport 2009

It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.

- The Sony World Photography Awards invite you to win tickets to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa with your best football image (that would be soccer to us Americans).

- DXG has announced the DXG-125V,  a compact and rugged weather-proof HD camcorder.

- The deadline to register for the Epson Red Sea photography competition, with $80,000 in prizes, is coming up very soon.

- Mac users got a Stuffit upgrade from SmithMicro.

DP Editor Lynne Eodice’s Online Photo Course- October

October 1st, 2009 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog

Lynne Eodice, editor of Digital Photographer and author of Photos That Inspire Photo Workshop, will be teaching another edition of her online course on photography basics entitled “How to Shoot Inspiring Images.” This four-week course will be available through BetterPhoto.com on October 7th, so reserve your spot now! Check out more information about the course after the jump…

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Midweek Photo News Roundup- 9/16

September 16th, 2009 by Digital Photographer Posted in Blog, News

photo © Michael Stringer, 1st place winner Nikon Small World Competition 2008

It’s Wednesday afternoon and all that most people can think about is how many days, hours, minutes remain until the weekend. But not you, you’re a photographer! You’re never bored, but are always plotting your next photo shoot or researching the new D-SLR you’ve had your eye on. We’re right there with you, friend. To keep the wild world of photography on your mind midweek, here’s our roundup of what’s been happening in it lately.

- Popular voting has opened for the Nikon Small World Competition, the “annual competition of photography under the microscope.”

- Polish photographer, Rafal Milach, is the $25,000 grand prize winner of the Photography.Book.Now competition sponsored by Blurb.com.

- Lens Culture’s

- Kodak has announced the Smile G150 Digital Photo Keychain, a pocket-sized viewer with capacity for more than 100 images that will be available in late September for $29.99.

Photo Essay: The Station Fire from the Front Lines

September 9th, 2009 by Digital Photographer Posted in Articles, Blog, Photo Essays

The Station Fire, shot at the top of Lake Avenue in Altadena, CA
all photos © Lynne Eodice

Stunning images of the Los Angeles area Station Fire have been circulating for weeks now online and  in newspapers, as area residents and professional photographers alike seek to capture the drama of the blaze that has devistated homes and even taken the lives of brave firefighters here in Southern California. Digital Photographer editor and professional photographer, Lynne Eodice, happens to live very close to the area where a majority of the fire was concentrated last week, and captured the following images with her Canon EOS 5D Mark II full-frame D-SLR using a Canon EF 100-300mm lens on August 29, 2009, just a couple miles from her home.  See more of Lynne’s photos of the fire after the jump…

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