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New Show: “A Heritage Of Cameras” Shows Off Classic Camera Models
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 11, 2014  | 

A new show titled A Heritage of Cameras, which shows off some dazzling classic camera models, is currently on view in the Airport Meeting Place of the Lambert St. Louis International Airport until November 30th.

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New Photo Show: The Work of Brazilian Photographer Caio Reisewitz
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 08, 2014  | 

The first major solo exhibition of the works of the talented Brazilian photographer Caio Reisewitz is currently on display at International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York City.

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Photo Book Review: “Forever Young: Photographs of Bob Dylan”
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 07, 2014  | 

In 1964 Look magazine recognized the then-23 year-old Bob Dylan as a very promising new star of the American music industry. Shortly before Dylan’s career rocketed him to the heights of fame, the magazine hired photographer Gilbert Douglas to photograph him.

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Manfrotto Rolls Out Lastolite “Out of Focus” Bokeh Backgrounds
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 07, 2014  | 

Manfrotto Distribution recently introduced the latest addition to Lastolite’s popular line of photography products: Out of Focus Backgrounds. So, in other words, you don’t need to shoot wide open with a fast aperture lens to create a blurred bokeh background look when shooting portraits. Just stand your subject in front of a Lastolite Out of Focus Background and shoot.

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New Photo Show: “Man and Beast” Features Mary Ellen Mark’s Work from Mexico and India
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 06, 2014  | 

The Wittliff Collections—located on the 7th floor of Texas State University’s Alkek Library—is currently hosting an important new exhibit of famed photographer Mary Ellen Mark’s work, titled Man and Beast: Photographs from Mexico and India.

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Fix the Color in Your Photos and Videos with Datacolor’s New SpyderCHECKR 24 Camera Calibrator
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 05, 2014  | 

If you want to correct the color in your photos and videos but don’t want to spend an arm and a leg doing it, Datacolor has just introduced the SpyderCHECKR 24, an affordable priced color calibration tool for your camera.

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New Photo Show: “The Curve” Explores Israeli Bomb Shelters, Turkish Secularism & American Slavery
Cynthia Boylan  |  Aug 04, 2014  | 

The Colorado Photographic Arts Center will be hosting the traveling show titled, The Curve: CENTER Grant & Award Winners. On view from September 4th to October 11th this event would more accurately be described as three exhibits sharing a single space, with each artist offering a different collection of well-crafted images that explore subjects of cultural significance.

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New Vivian Maier Photo Book Focuses on Her "Eye to Eye" Portraits
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 04, 2014  | 

If you've followed the saga of Vivian Maier, you're probably familiar with her revealing, black-and-white street photos that captured a slice of life of Chicago in the 1950s and '60s.

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Pentax Unveils Retro-Style Q-S1 Mini Mirrorless Camera and 28-45mm 645 Medium-Format Lens
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 04, 2014  | 

Pentax's parent company Ricoh Imaging just announced some product news big and small: a whopping 28-45mm F/4.5 lens for its 645Z medium format camera system; and a tiny, retro-style Q-S1 mirrorless compact system camera.

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DxO Optics Pro 9.5
Shutterbug Staff  |  Aug 01, 2014  | 

DxO Labs announces the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v9.5 for Mac and Windows, the latest upgrade of its image processing software of reference for all demanding photographers. DxO Optics Pro v9.5 offers a new image transfer feature that lets users process their RAW photos from Lightroom.

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Convert Your Images to Striking Black-and-Whites with Macphun’s New Tonality Software
Dan Havlik  |  Aug 01, 2014  | 

There are lots of apps out there for converting your images into classic looking black-and-white shots but few with the pedigree of Macphun’s new Tonality program. Created, in part, by several former members of Nik Software, who were behind the popular Silver Efex Pro black-and-white app, Tonality aims to to take monochrome conversion one step further.

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Adobe Offering Lightroom 5.6 and Camera Raw 8.6 with Support for Nikon D810
Dan Havlik  |  Jul 31, 2014  | 

Adobe announced this morning that final release versions of Lightroom 5.6 and Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) 8.6 are now available.

Adobe customers can can get the apps through the update mechanism in Photoshop CC and Photoshop CS6, or through the download links at the bottom of this page. Adobe says these updates correct "issues reported in earlier versions of Lightroom 5 and Camera Raw 8," without being specific about what those issues were.

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Sony Intros New Cyber-shot Compact Cameras and Action Cam to Compete with GoPro
Cynthia Boylan  |  Jul 31, 2014  | 

Sony has launched two new Cyber-shot compact cameras and an Action Cam POV model, which is designed to compete with the popular GoPro camera.

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New Photo Show: "From Darkness to Light" Spotlights Photographers Confronting Mental Illness
Cynthia Boylan  |  Jul 31, 2014  | 
Rachael Talibart, Into The Mist (2012) Digital photograph, 18" x 12" Edition 1 of 10

An inspiring new photo show explores how photographers confront and, in many cases, overcome depression and mental illness through creating images. Founded in 2012, the Broken Light Collective provides photographers of all skill levels, who are affected by mental health challenges, with a safe and supportive environment in which to display and develop their work.

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Film’s Not Dead? Lomo Brings Back Agfa CT Precisa 35mm
Cynthia Boylan  |  Jul 30, 2014  | 

Some classic slide films never goes out of style. Or at least that’s what Lomography is hoping now that it’s now brought back Agfa CT Precisa color 35mm slide film. Best known the cool blue tone effect it produces in photos – such as the pumped up blues in images of skies – Agfa CT Precisa also has a fine grain quality and is available in ISO 100.

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