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Designed for Film-Style Operation, the Canon Cinema Prime Lenses Deliver Exceptional 4K / 2K / HD Imaging Performance and a Broad Range of Focal Lengths. Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has announced today the new CN-E35mm […]

We have just learned that Adobe has listened to the cries of photographers since the Adobe MAX announcement of the new CC pricing and is giving a new bundle specific to their needs containing Photoshop and Lightroom for just $9.99 […]

Kodak has emerged from bankruptcy having shed many of the businesses that made it famous. The company will now concentrate on selling printing equipment and services to businesses. The personal film business, which includes 105,000 photo kiosks around the world, souvenir photos […]

Be optimistic • This is probably the hardest thing to do, especially when you see everybody closing up shop and walking away.  Times are hard, but so what? Here’s the thing – if you’re going to be negative, you’ll get nothing out […]

While we’re busy working on new photography and educational books, we would like to share a list of publishers with you. A few of the big publishers like Chronicle and W.W. Norton will do photography books, but generally the best resources can be found […]

While the world may seem stacked against film photographers, every now and then there’s a glimmer of good news. The folks at Ilford, makers of black-and-white film and papers, have opened up a lab in California, and will turn their expertise […]

There has been lots of questions about the closest airport to our Oct 19th, L.A. seminar location. The closest airpot that you can fly to is: John Wayne Airport 18601 Airport Way Santa Ana, CA 92707. The airport is about 1 […]

For those of you waiting for Canon’s latest 20MP DSLR the EOS 70D, the wait is over! Samy’s Camera now has the 70D in stock at only $1,199.00 for just the body, $1549.00 paired with an 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and […]

Need to send someone some RAW photographs but hate the fact that they weigh tens of megabytes each? You can actually resize the files to smaller sizes quite easily in Lightroom, making sending small copies back and forth a snap. […]

Back in 2008, everyone was outraged after the radically redesigned Playboy France started publishing simply lit and somewhat trashy nude pictorials of top fashion models shot by several leading fashion photographers. Playboy’s core philosophy was breached and faithful Playboy readers […]