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Another Leica M9 limited edition shows up in Japan | Leica News & Rumors

Another Leica M9 limited edition shows up in Japan – Leica Rumors

This Leica M9 limited edition will be sold at the Leica Futako Tamagawa store in Tokyo. Only 15 units were produced and the price will be 880,000 yen or $ 9,290 (without a lens): Via DC.watch Related posts: Leica M9-P silver red leather set limited editi

via Leica Rumors: http://leicarumors.com/2010/10/22/another-leica-m9-limited-edition-shows-up-in-japan.aspx/

“Though it appears to the rank and file in the newsroom that Randy, Lee and the boys attempted to destroy and desecrate the place, there are a lot of great journalists here still doing great work,” he said.

October 23, 2010
English Heritage claims it owns every single image of Stonehenge, ever – Boing Boing

English Heritage claims it owns every single image of Stonehenge, ever

SteveMars sez, “Every photo image library got this by email today. ‘We are sending you an email regarding images of Stonehenge in your fotoLibra website. Please be aware that any images…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/19/english-heritage-cla.html

LeicaImages.com is a free online gallery for hosting photos captured with Leica gear.

October 19, 2010
SUPERFICIALsnapshots: State Fair Portraits

SUPERFICIALsnapshots: State Fair Portraits

October 19, 2010
5D Mark II Firmware 2.0.8 « Canon Rumors

5D Mark II Firmware 2.0.8

This firmware update (Version 2.0.8) incorporates the following changes and fixes. Fixes a phenomenon in which movies are not taken at the shooting mode re

via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/10/5d-mark-ii-firmware-2-0-8/

Flickr might be a fun place to share your photography with the world, but it’s not a tool for business. If you’re starting to get serious with your images, and if you’re interested in the possibility of making money from your craft, then you may want to consider “graduating from Flickr.”

October 19, 2010
Observations, Textures, and Trash: Day 27 – Eddie Adams Workshop

Day 27 – Eddie Adams Workshop

October 10 2010 Family Photo Off to Port Jervis during the early hours of the morning to finish up of day 2 of shooting. Diego James Robl…

Link: http://mattmallams.blogspot.com/2010/10/day-27-eddie-adams-workshop.html

Flickr might be a fun place to share your photography with the world, but it’s not a tool for business. If you’re starting to get serious with your images, and if you’re interested in the possibility of making money from your craft, then you may want to consider “graduating from Flickr.”

October 19, 2010
John Nack on Adobe : Nik provides free 64-bit CS5 updates

Nik provides free 64-bit CS5 updates

I’m pleased to see that Nik Software has updated Silver Efex Pro, Viveza 2, HDR Efex Pro, and Color Efex Pro to run 64-bit-native inside Photoshop CS5 for Mac and Windows. The updates are fr…

via John Nack on Adobe: http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2010/10/nik-provides-free-64-bit-cs5-updates.html

This may seem obvious, but I think the biggest thing that I learned is to not bore the editors. At that level of editing, they’ve pretty much seen it all. What they want to see is something they haven’t seen.

October 18, 2010
Senate candidate's private security guards handcuff reporter – Boing Boing

Senate candidate’s private security guards handcuff reporter

Private security guards handcuffed and detained a journalist who tried to ask U.S. Senate Republican candidate Joe Miller questions at a campaign event in Alaska. The guards claim that he was tresp…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/18/senate-candidates-pr.html

“I’ve had nightmares these days,” Mr. Reygadas said from the cramped tent, as reporters jostled for space. “But the worst nightmare is all of you.”

October 18, 2010
Insane Clown Posse: Stealth Evangelical Christians – Boing Boing

Insane Clown Posse: Stealth Evangelical Christians (bonus: Juggalo Buffet Hut)

A one-two punch for you Boing Boing readers in the juggalo department. First, a faux video ad for Buffet Hut, which perfectly mimics the production style of actual, official “Gathering of the…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/15/insane-clown-posse-s.html

No television cameras were there to record the scene, but people around the state and beyond in offices and family rooms still followed every word. The medium? Twitter. Half a dozen reporters for mainstream Connecticut newspapers and television stations clicked out reports of up to 140 characters on iPads, smart phones and laptops.

October 15, 2010
2010 Eddie Adams Workshop Multimedia Projects

2010 Eddie Adams Workshop Multimedia Projects

From October 8-11, 2010, 100 students and dozens of faculty and volunteers attended the 23rd Eddie Adams Workshop, in Jeffersonville, NY. The students we

via MediaStorm Blog: http://www.mediastorm.com/blog/?p=2778

Un-possible retour is a project in which I am reconstructing and re-photographing selected family photographs in the attempt to reconnect with the past. Drawing from a collection of family snapshots, I focus the attention sharply on the concept of aging while ensuring a consistency of location and use time as a collaborative partner, accepting its discrepancies and playing with the results.

October 15, 2010
Canon EF 8-15 f/4L Sample Videos « Canon Rumors

Canon EF 8-15 f/4L Sample Videos

A lot of people are waiting for this lens. Check out a video made with the upcoming EF 8-15 f/4L Fisheye lens. It’s going to be a very fun lens to use. They us

via Canon Rumors: http://www.canonrumors.com/2010/10/canon-ef-8-15-f4l-sample-videos/

The White House is usually quite good at keeping a muzzle on the media after one of its off-the-record sessions with President Obama and senior members of his administration.

But not this week.

October 13, 2010
Rob Galbraith DPI: ShutterSnitch 1.1.9 now available

Rob Galbraith DPI: ShutterSnitch 1.1.9 now available

October 13, 2010
Water Emergency (4 photos) | PDN Photo of the Day

Women Photographers Focus on Women | PDN Photo of the Day – Part 6803

Artists in “Take Ten” by The International Center of Photography (ICP) are female alumnae of ICP, and explore topics like sex trafficking, identity, beauty, and religion.

via PDN Photo of the Day: http://www.pdnphotooftheday.com/2010/10/6803

The Supreme Court is refusing to hear a legal challenge by two Americans ejected from a President George W. Bush event in 2005 for having a “no more blood for oil” bumper sticker on their vehicle.

October 13, 2010
Apple’s Going Back to the Mac on October 20th | Gadget Lab

Apple’s Going Back to the Mac on October 20th

Apple is hosting a “Back to the Mac” event October 20th. The invitation promises “a sneak peek of the next major version of Mac OS X.” If I know my big cats, and the picture above is any indication, it looks like OS X 10.7 will be codenamed “Lion.” We cou

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/apple-going-back-to-the-mac-on-october-20th/

The memo on Monday from Lee Abrams, the chief innovation officer at The Tribune Company, began innocently enough

October 13, 2010
Conscientious | Meier und Müller blog about photobooks

Conscientious | Meier und Müller blog about photobooks

October 13, 2010
US copyright net-censorship bill is dead — for now – Boing Boing

US copyright net-censorship bill is dead — for now

It’s a good day for American copyfighters — COICA, the fast-track Leahy bill that would have established a China-style “Great Firewall of America” has been postponed. That m…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/13/us-copyright-net-cen.html

Although it’s a few years old, Alex Webb’s Istanbul: City of a Hundred Names is still probably one of the better multimedia projects to ever grace the internet.

October 13, 2010
Gulf Oil Spill | Luceo Images

Gulf Oil Spill | Luceo Images

October 12, 2010
John Waters narrates tiny dollhouse murder doc – Boing Boing

John Waters narrates tiny dollhouse murder doc

Ohsolazysusan sez, “John Waters narrates the tiny world of big time murder in Of Dolls and Murder, a documentary film about dollhouse crime scenes (the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death),…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/11/john-waters-narrates.html

I love images that elicit this reaction: “How did you ever get that picture?”

October 12, 2010
Scout: The Lensbaby That Doesn’t Bend | Gadget Lab

Scout: The Lensbaby That Doesn’t Bend

Lensbaby’s schtick is that you can twist and turn all the lenses in the range to grab selective focus from either a single, small circle, anywhere in frame, or photograph a sharp stripe the slashes through an otherwise blurred image. Until now. Recently,

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/10/scout-the-lensbaby-that-doesnt-bend/

I love images that elicit this reaction: “How did you ever get that picture?”

October 12, 2010
Die Antwoord's $O$ album drops Oct. 12, the Amazon description is somethin' else – Boing Boing

Die Antwoord’s $O$ album drops Oct. 12, the Amazon description is somethin’ else

So, Die Antwoord’s $O$ album comes out Tuesday October 12. The item description over at Amazon is hilarious. You have to read this. I’m guessing Ninja typed this in himself, and is havi…

via Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/10/11/die-antwoords-o-albu.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29

“This photograph of the most dramatic event of the Holocaust requires a greater level of responsibility from historians than almost any other,” Dr. Dobroszycki said, “It is too holy to let people do with it what they want.”

October 12, 2010
::: The Travel Photographer :::: Amira Al-Sharif: Call For Photo Backers

Amira Al-Sharif: Call For Photo Backers

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Link: http://thetravelphotographer.blogspot.com/2010/10/amira-al-sharif-call-for-photo-backers.html

North Korea is in the midst of a series of large-scale events designed to both commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers’ Party, and to introduce heir apparent Kim Jong Un to the North Korean people and the world. Current leader Kim Jong Il is now 69 years old and ailing, and has now positioned his twenty-something son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor through recent military and party promotions, and through media coverage of him by his father’s side. Many western reporters were invited to these performances, though their freedom to cover events was still limited by minders. Collected here are images from the recent highly-orchestrated events in Pyongyang, and the “young general” Kim Jong Un. (33 photos total)

October 11, 2010