By Jeff Zuschlag – Have you been looking for a new digital camera, but been disappointed by the lack of cardboard and cheap, Swedish manufacturing in the market? Well then your oddly specific tastes are about to be satisfied: IKEA has unveiled the KNÄPPA (pronounced:...

Adobe today announced the availability of Adobe Creative Suite 6 software. The CS6 product line includes powerful new releases of Photoshop, InDesign, lllustrator, Dreamweaver, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Flash Professional and other products. Adobe also announced four suite versions –...

At the heels of their recently-announced first four-wheeled rolling camera bag, the Aiport 4-Sight, Think Tank Photo releases three additional camera backpacks for the traveling photographer.   The new additions to the Think Thank Airport series of backpacks: the Airport Accelerator,...

By Adam Sherwin Appeared originally in Resource Magazine Spring 2012. See the whole issue here.   Old school meets new school. Digital color-correction for motion and stills from a long-time industry icon.   With countless options for color-correcting and adding special effects to...

Photographer and educator Kevin Kubota’s bestselling book “Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook:101 Styles and Setups for Digital Photographers” is now available in a convenient, on-the-go app format!  Kubota’s book has received a lot of press and awards,...

Sony announced yesterday the release of the Alpha A57, the model that will soon replace its predecessor, the Alpha A55. The high-speed A57 will continue to use Sony’s patent Translucent Mirror Technology that was found in the A55, and looks similar to the A65, but Sony has  added a...

The PENTAX K-01 is now available for purchase. This feature-packed interchangeable lens camera (ILC) was designed by Marc Newson, who is known around the world for his innovate designs of household items and furniture. Mr. Newson has been featured in many museums worldwide, including the...

FUJIFILM has just announced that their X100 Black Premium Edition, a limited release set of the X100 in all black, is now shipping and available for purchase. Priced at roughly $1,700.00, there are only 10,000 sets available, and along with the X100, each set will come equiped...

Hasselblad customers who buy new medium format H4D cameras will receive a little something extra with their purchase. Hasselblad announced it will be shipping Adobe Lightroom 4 software, at no additional cost, to those who purchase the H4D cameras. This move to Adobe does not mean...

    By Ashley Shufelt What do you get when the people behind SmugMug and professional photographer Kevin Kubota put their photography-loving heads together? You get the Camera Awesome app, a free iPhone app that is awesome enough to fool your friends into thinking you’re a pro. With just...

It was recently announced that the online-photo sharing site SmugMug will partner up with White House Custom Colour print lab. The new union will allow pro users to sell WHCC products from their SmugMug sites, allowing for less stress and a more convenient workflow. SmugMug already has...

Sigma Corporation CEO, Kazuto Yamaki, made an announcemt to loyal customers this week via a personal letter. Starting next month, Sigma’s 46-megapixel SD1 DSLR will be renamed the SD1 Merrill in honor of Richard “Dick” Merrill, the late co-creator of the Foveon X3 Direct Image...

By Christina Fong “Copyright” has become a dark word that we speak of in hushed tones these days but luckily for our visual generation that we have stock photography available. Sites such as iStockphoto and GettyImages have been making it easier for artists and photographers to...

By Nathan Lee Bush Courtesy of Through the Looking Glass And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for. After three and a half years, the D800 has landed. It seems the rumored specs were largely true, and the class-leading 36MP (more than twice its big brother, the D4) sensor was not a...

By Amelia Riley Swan Do your videos have the unfortunate side effect of making your audience feel like they’re traveling the high seas during a storm? Jumping on a trampoline? Trapped inside a snow globe that’s being shaken vigorously? This piece of equipment can help smooth things...

By Amelia Riley Swan Social media has at last proven itself to be more than just a passing trend. Sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn are integrated into most people’s daily lives, and they aren’t just for personal use anymore. Social media sites are key to building business...

By Amelia Riley Swan Those last few holdouts clinging to the classic Facebook profile will soon be forced to convert.  Facebook Timeline is about to be the only option for users, so prepare yourselves to say goodbye to your precious wall in the upcoming weeks. Users will have a seven-day...

Put old and new in a blender and what do you get? The best of both worlds, of course! Polaroid Z340 Instant Digital Camera: A “Blend” of Old and New In this video you can see Chase Jarvis putting both old and new cameras in a blender, giving birth to the new era of Polaroid. And...

Printing photos on metal has been around for a long time, but it wasn’t really an option for non-professionals. Now anyone can make their photographs shine! A company called Alyminyze.com, now allows anyone to upload any photo and have it printed onto specialized aluminized metal!...

The world of social media continues to expand.  We already have Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Not long ago Google introduced Google+ and the Google+ pages. But, Lots of businesses are asking themselves, do we need this? Do we need to create a Google+ page or is it just a waste of time?...