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The International Loupe Awards WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

The International Loupe Awards WINNERS ANNOUNCED!

The 4th  Annual International Loupe Awards  consists of 8 open categories, 3 amateur categories and the exciting introduction of the world’s first Medium Format Fine Art Prize (winners to be announced early 2012). It is one of the world’s richest photographic competitions, and this year attracted over 4500 entries from around the world. The 2011 International Loupe Awards Open Image if the Year, ‘Darter (Anhinga Melanogaster)’  is by Sydney professional photographer Jackie Dean , who receives US$20,000 in cash and … Read entire article »

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Photography Wisdom Now Available As Five eBooks, a Print Book and an App for iPad

Photography Wisdom Now Available As Five eBooks, a Print Book and an App for iPad

My Photography Wisdom book, containing 50 great chapters on improving your photography and digital art through a better understanding of the process, is now available in multiple forms. Photography Wisdom itself is available as: A print book from Amazon An ebook for Kindle from Amazon An ebook for Kindle and all other ebook readers, plus computer based reading programs from Smashwords An ebook from Apple An App for Ipad from the Apple App Store containing videos and soon to be updated … Read entire article »

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DIMi Is Now A Magazine

DIMi Is Now A Magazine

Yes, it is here. digital imageMaker international is now out as a magazine featuring profiles and interviews with leading photographers and digital artists of our time. digital imageMaker international 01 brings you some of the world’s best photography and digital art in book form. This volume in an ongoing series brings you portrait photography by Nadia Salameh, art by Bonny Lhotka and David J. Bookbinder, insect photography by Jane Davenport, generative art by Don Relyea and … Read entire article »

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HP’s MagCloud Self-Publishing Service Can Be Great for Photographers

HP’s MagCloud Self-Publishing Service Can Be Great for Photographers

My latest article on the HP Professional Photography blog covers how photographers can make good use of HP’s MagCloud, a site that prints magazines on demand. The reality is that this site offers huge potential for photographers beyond the obvious, of self-publishing a magazine. … Read entire article »

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Free Webinar – End-To-End Workflow for Creative Photographers by David Saffir

Free Webinar Sponsored by X-Rite & Nik Software Tuesday, November 23rd 1PM Eastern Time (12PM Central, 11AM Mountain, 10AM Pacific) Learn More and Register Here This webinar will teach fundamentals of end-to-end workflow for creative photographers, from pre-visualization through color management, capture and selected image editing techniques. Using the latest tools from Nik and X-Rite, David will demonstrate his techniques with Nik’s Viveza 2, Silver Efex Pro and X-Rite i1 Pro solutions to achieve the best quality from his images. For more detailed information please click on the registration link listed above. Topics Covered Concept to Output Lock down your color Getting It Right In The Camera Planning Organized, Non-destructive Editing Creative Color – Use Flexible, High-End Editing Tools Creative Black and White Who should watch this webinar? Fine Art & landscape photographers Photo Lab Professionals and … Read entire article »

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HSC Edit DepthField 64bits plug-In for Photoshop CS3 to CS5 (including 64bit) on Mac and Windows, LightRoom or Apple Aperture 2/3

A powerful lens simulation plug-in for tilt and depth of field effects. Press Release Wilmington, NC, Human Software today announces the immediate availability of DepthField a lens simulation plug-in for Adobe® Photoshop® and Photoshop Elements, Lightroom, Apple Aperture in 32 or 64bit mode. With DepthField photographers can draw attention to their subject by manipulating focus and depth of field after the shot has been taken. DepthField features multiple diaphragm for realistic blurring and altering the mood of a scene. - Manipulate focus the way you wish DepthField lets you manipulate the focus like if you would be using an expensive lens. DoF techniques let you move the attention to your subject. With this module you can manipulate the focus after the shot has been taken. You can place a virtual lens anywhere on your image applying … Read entire article »

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Photography Business Series, Part 3 – What to Charge

The third part of my photography business series is up on the HP Pro Photo blog. It is on the topic of what to charge for your photography products and services. … Read entire article »

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Android Looking More Like a Good Platform to Develop For (or Has Apple Crossed to the Darkside)

An article from today on Fast Company presents some really interesting information about smart phone takeup rates and market penetration, so I recommend you go to the article and look it over. It has me thinking about many things to do with the iPhone and iPad. What it shows is that while smart phones are still a small 19% of the total phone market, Android-based smart phones are doing very well in the market. Specifically, since third quarter 2009 the % of smartphones that use the Android platform has been rising smartly at exactly the same time that the % of smart phones from RIM (Blackberry) and Apple have dropped. Of course that does not mean that their overall numbers have dropped, or even stopped growing, but rather that as a … Read entire article »

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Adobe Delivers HTML5 Support in Dreamweaver CS5

Immediate Availability of Adobe HTML5 Pack Announced at Google I/O This is great news for those of us trying to support the iPad with websites we already have or are developing. Read the press release below. … Read entire article »

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Photography Business Series, Part 2

Part 2 of my photography business series is now up on the HP Professional Photography blog. It is on the topic of Time Management. … Read entire article »

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Photography Wisdom Book On The Way

Wayne’s first photography book (2nd book) is about to be available for sale. It should be selling on Amazon in about 2 weeks and other outlets in following months. eBook versions for the main platforms are being developed now and should be out shortly. Photography Wisdom A Practical Guide To Successful Photography and Self Expression Wayne J. Cosshall ISBN: 978-0-9807500-1-0 Whatever your experience in photography, Photography Wisdom will help you to make your images better by giving you new tools, insights and ways of thinking about your photography. Fifty great tips and extensive illustrations guide you through a process of loosing up, being more creative and taking better photos. Wayne J. Cosshall, renowned author and educator about photography, brings his 35+ years of photography experience to you in a fun, thought provoking book that challenges you … Read entire article »

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Homage: Contemporary Art in Digital Media ̶ a traveling exhibit

Homage:  Contemporary Art in Digital Media ̶ a traveling exhibit Escondido Arts Partnership Municipal Gallery ̶ July 9 to August 21, 2010 Art Institute of California ̶ September 11 to October 15, 2010 The Digital Art Guild’s current exhibition will engage viewers in a variety of conversations.  The artists have cast their images as an homage — to other artists as ordinarily expected or in this more open discussion to ideas and cultural traditions which shape the way we think and experience the world around us.  What is significant about these images and the vision they engage is an important observation about contemporary art in digital media — that it is reinventing the world we visualize once more. “As with any new vision, medium or style in art, there is an incentive to … Read entire article »

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DIMi has taken a break

We’ve taken a bit of a break from DIMi over recent months as we have been working on other projects. The first TechnoMagickal Press book is now out and selling on Amazon, negotiations with other authors and Wayne’s first photography book is nearing publication with two more in the pipeline and coming out later this year. DIMi will be back shortly with a review of Alien Skin’s Eye Candy 6 and a series of book reviews. … Read entire article »

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The State and Future of Photography as a Vocation

What follows started off as my response to a question on a LinkedIn discussion group about the state of profession photography. In what follows I have added to this and expanded sections of my answer. Photography has always been a technology driven profession (look at all the competition in the early days around process). So nothing changes. The professional photography business within each specialised area, such as portrait, wedding, commercial,industrial, fine art,  has always had three levels: the top end doing often stunning work, the middle doing pretty average work and the bottom end of often semi-pros sometimes doing great work but always at a low price. The changes in technology have probably hit the middle the most by allowing the bottom end to spread upwards and squeeze them out. Traditionally there have … Read entire article »

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The Digital ImageMaker Newsletter is running

The newsletter for Digital ImageMaker is now operating. This is a bi-weekly newsletter covering photography and digital art. You can enroll by clicking here. … Read entire article »

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The 2010 Workshop Program is Up

2010 is going to be a busy year for Wayne, with his first photography book coming out and several more in the pipeline. But an important part of his activity are the workshops and courses he runs. Click here for the 2010 list of workshops. … Read entire article »

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Mullock Heaps of Creswick Through Infrared Photography

In the area around Creswick in central Victoria there are the often large remains of tailings from the gold mines that dotted the area in the 19th Century. These are called Mullock Heaps and mainly consist of overlying rock and quartz. While to some these are a blot on the rural landscape, to a photographer they present many opportunities for photography. A recent trip there with my converted for infrared photography Canon 350D and a selection of lenses produced the images below. The camera used a custom white balance and I shot in RAW. These were processed in Adobe Camera RAW and then in Photoshop. Most had levels adjusted individually in each colour channel, a slight contrast improving curve and an increase in colour vibrancy. … Read entire article »

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Lensbaby Fisheye Optic DSLR Lens Review

The Lensbaby Fisheye optic fits into the Composer and can be used with the Muse with an adapter. It is a 12mm focal length almost full circle fisheye (on a full frame camera body) with a 160 degree field of view. … Read entire article »

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DIMi Revamp

DIMi is going through a major revamp and reorganization of the websites to better support our activities. This is coinciding with us moving into print publication with a line of DIMi books and magazines coming out early in 2010. Stay tuned for more info. … Read entire article »

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SIGGRAPH 2009 Announces Call for Submissions

ACM SIGGRAPH announces the 2009 Call for Submissions for contributors and volunteers at the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 3 – 7 August 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Showcasing works by some of the most creative artists, entrepreneurs, researchers, and technologists across the globe, SIGGRAPH is the premier forum for computer graphics and interactive techniques in the world. New for the 2009 conference, SIGGRAPH will expand its scope to include focuses on the fields of music and gaming. “Each year, the content presented at … Read entire article »

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