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January 28, 2012
Software maker Daminion has announced Daminion Server, a network-friendly digital asset management program. The software allows multiple users to access a centrally-held archive of images, with version control and user access controls to ensure images are kept safe and only edited or accessed by authorized people. It also ensures multiple people don't work on the same file simultaneously, avoiding data loss. It includes extensive control of metadata in a wide range of file types to help manage files within the archive. It is designed to integrate with standalone image and document editors such as Photoshop and InDesign, to allow users to continue to use their preferred editing tools.
NASA released this "blue marble" picture two days ago. It was taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, named in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin.
Granted, there's a fair amount of distortion in this—Mexico isn't actually as big as South America—but it's beautiful. There's a very large version available for download at the NPP page at nasa.gov.
Vern Suomi, considered the father of satellite meteorology, invented the device that for many years showed us those moving cloud- and weather-progression images on the evening news.
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January 27, 2012
Tokina has announced an updated version of its highly-regarded 11-16mm F2.8 wideangle zoom for APS-C SLRs. The AT-X 116 PRO DX II adds a 'Silent Drive-Module' (SD-M) focus motor that enables it to autofocus on all Nikon SLRs. The latest version also includes improved surface coatings (which are particularly important for wide-angle lenses) and adds a 'GMR' sensor to locate the focus element's current position, to speed up autofocus - a technology first introduced on the AT-X 16-28 F2.8 PRO FX full-frame wide-angle. US distributor THK Photo tells us the Nikon version should be available around April with a Canon version following around August.
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Lines, Shapes, and Patterns
Images which possess one or more of the following forms: Lines which lead the eye, shapes which create in interesting composition, or repeated patterns.
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Images which represent a concept or idea. Your images should attempt to convey a message. Usually this message is conveyed through some abstract symbolism which can be interpreted by the viewer.
Michihiro Yamaki of Sigma being presented with the Golden Photokina pin by Oliver P. Kuhrt, Executive Vice President of Koelnmesse GmbH, on the opening day of the CP+ Camera and Photo Imaging Show in Yokohama, Japan, last February 9th (photo courtesy Sigma).
A pioneer of the photo industry has died. Mr. Michihiro Yamaki, founder of Sigma Corporation and its longtime Chairman and CEO, passed away on January 18th. Michihiro Yamaki began working in the optical industry while still a student, and started Sigma when he was just 28 years old.
The heart and soul of Sigma Corporation for many years, he was passionately interested in photography. In the last years of his life he was shown great appreciation throughout the industry, awarded Person of the Year from The PhotoImaging Manufacturers and Distributors Association, the Hall of Fame award from the United Nations, and, at the CP+ photographic show in Japan, the Golden Photokina Pin from Photokina—its highest honor.
Our respects and condolences to his family and all those who knew or worked with Mr. Yamaki.
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I don't usually post much about apps, but rules are made to be broken. Ben Syverson (a TOP regular, if you'll excuse the brag) has created the killer iPhone camera app, called Mattebox. The camera interface is based on the Konica Hexar(!) (I organized a short-lived "Konica Hexar Club" on CompuServe when that camera came out).
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Featured Comment by Frank Petronio: "This is wonderful...makes me want to suck it up and get an iPhone. But the truly great purpose for this would be if someone could hack a professional DSLR and give us the option to install something with this quality of usability instead of the crappy interfaces that Canikony impose upon us. The first manufacturer that opens up their cameras to apps will crush the market—it's staring them in the face and they still can't see it."
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January 27, 2012
PetaPixel has published an excellent response from a photographer to a Seattle-area bride criticizing the pricing of wedding photographers. In a remarkably calm response, Nikki Wagner details the expenses connected to her wedding photography business, dismissing the idea that wedding photographers set their prices high simply because they can. After reading Wagner's response it's understandable why the bride is having so much trouble finding an 'exceptional, amazingly talented, fun photographer' that she also deems 'decently priced.' (From PetaPixel)
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