May 2006

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May 16, 2006
 
Bring out the Depths of a Landscape - Photoshop Tutorial

This tutorial is to help you learn how to adjust landscape photos to bring out the detail of the background and horizon. Much of the time a digital camera will bring out the colors more in the foreground, but with this tutorial you can learn how to emphasize the whole scene. With this technique you can make any regular landscape photo look very professional. And each step is completely customizable to work with different photos. For different photos, the process and amount of adjustment won't be exactly the same.         Full Tutorial

May 16, 2006
 
Panasonic Lumix LZ5 Reviews Posted

Panasonic News Release Excerpt:
The MEGA Optical Image Stabilization, which Panasonic puts into all of its cameras, moves the lens to compensate for the slight hand movements most people make when taking a picture. It’s hand movement that leads to most blurry pictures, a common complaint for amateur photographers. With MEGA Optical Image Stabilization, pictures come out clear, even when using the zoom feature or shooting in low light.         Full Review

May 17, 2006
 
Ilford Announces Winners of Photography Exhibition

Ilford Press Release Excerpt:
Submissions came from far and wide, with the final four winners located in very different environments. The winner of the first prize, with a shot of windmills in Mota del Cueuo, Spain, is Nick Després of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Taking second prize with her shot of a gorilla is Kate Seymour of Victoria BC, Canada, while third and fourth winners are, respectively, Neil Watt of Powys, Wales, with his picture of a house in a field landscape, and Stephen Owen of Cranleigh, Surrey, UK, with an image of tropical rooftops.

“This was a really close contest,” says Ilford Photo marketing director Howard Hopwood. “We had around 500 pictures from which to choose the winners, and they were all great representations of the art of black-and-white photography.         Full Article

May 17, 2006
 
Easy Red Eye Removal in Photoshop

Shaun Pearce writes, "The photos you took of the party are really great - except for one thing: "red eye" makes everyone look like extras from a low budget horror movie! Red eye can be a real problem if you're taking photos with a flash. It's caused by the reaction of light from the flash on the inner workings of your eye. Pictures of animals (especially cats) can suffer from a similar condition know as "pet eye". Photoshop offers a solution to this problem, and while it can't make things look exactly the way they should have been, it can make the people (or pets) in your pictures look less possessed."        Full Article

May 18, 2006
 
Photo Movie Option with muvee Technology

muvee Press Release Excerpt:
"Instead of just printing the odd picture, Photo.Teller™ kiosk users will now have the exciting new option of turning their photos into professional-quality productions that look like home movies and can be played back on DVD and viewed on the big screen. Unlike slideshows, Photo Movies really bring out the emotion in your photos because of the way the software cuts everything to the beat of the music. And the best part is, it’s really easy to use,” said Elvin Low, muvee’s Director of Business Development for North America.         Full Article

May 18, 2006
 
Micron Develops A World's First in Image Sensors

Micron Press Release Excerpt:
BOISE, Idaho, May 18, 2006 – The world of digital cameras just got bigger and smaller at the same time. Using a tiny 1.75-micron pixel design, Micron Technology, Inc., has built the world’s first 8-megapixel image sensor in a 1/2.5-inch optical format, the standard size for mainstream digital cameras. This new sensor comes loaded with features and functionality that will catapult Micron-equipped cameras into the next generation of digital cameras featuring high-resolution still images, ultra-fast image capture and vibrant high-definition video. The sensor also enables a digital camera to capture and playback HD video, which equates to shooting video at 30 frames per second (fps) in 720p (progressive) format.         Full Article

May 19, 2006
 
Stamps.com Offers Customizable Photo Stamps

Stamps.com Press Release Excerpt:
"We are excited to offer businesses a new way to create awareness for their products and services, and to build their brand by including their logos and images on business mailings," said Ken McBride, Stamps.com President and CEO. "Our consumer-oriented PhotoStamps service has been a tremendous success, and this is a logical extension of this popular product. We think PhotoStamps for Business will have broad applications from small businesses all the way up to large corporate mailers."         Full Article

May 19, 2006
 
Chris Rainier Documentary Photography Featured at Kingston

Kingston Press Release Excerpt:
Recognized for his study and pictorial documentation of indigenous cultures and tribes around the world, Chris Rainier is considered one of the premier Master Photo Printers in the world. His love and appreciation for black-and-white photography can be traced back to his days as an assistant to Ansel Adams. Today, Chris Rainier continues his documentary photography of disappearing cultures around the world and is the director of Cultures on the Edge, a Web site which is part of National Geographic's Cultures Initiative.         Full Article

May 20, 2006
 
Camera Phone Image Stabilization Technology

InvenSense Press Release Excerpt:
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 16, 2006 – InvenSense, the leading provider of motion sensing solutions for mobile applications, today announced it is addressing image quality problems in the high-growth camera phone market with its miniature image stabilization system, due out in the second half of this year.

Global camera phone sales are skyrocketing and are projected to be the most common image capture device in the world within a few years. Gartner Group estimates that nearly 300 million camera phones were shipped in 2005, while Infotrends/CAP Ventures projects that number to reach one billion units by 2010.      More

May 25, 2006
 
Initial Review Posted for the Pentax K100D

Pentax K100D News Release Excerpt:
The K100D features a Pentax-developed Shake Reduction (SR) system, which effectively reduces camera shake for sharp, blur-free images even under difficult shooting conditions, such as using a telephoto lens, shooting in low light conditions without a supplementary flash illumination. The K100D SR mechanism is designed to minimize camera shake by oscillating the CCD image sensor vertically and horizontally at high speed using magnetic force, while adjusting the speed of oscillation in proportion to the amount of camera shake detected by a built-in sensor.         Full Article

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