Photography
Paris Court Drops Charges Against A British Photographer
Today, a Paris court threw out charges against a British photographer who was accused of invasion of privacy when he took and published intimate photos of Diana, Princess of Wales, and boyfriend Dodi Fayed shortly before they were killed in a car crash in August 1997.
The case was brought against photographer Jason Fraser by Mohammed Al Fayed, Dodi's father. The case was brought over pictures of the couple on a yacht owned by Dodi Al-Fayed while it was off Portofino, Italy. Last month state prosecutor...
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Guardian Backs Down Over Photographer Copyright
Photographers own copyright to their images, but a lot of heavyweight organisations are sneakily putting small print into their Competition Terms & Conditions which steal copyright from the rightful owner.
The Guardian's Weekend Magazine runs a weekly photography competition and until today entrants signed away their copyright when they entered the competition. In fact, since this issue was raised just one week ago, the Guardian have had to rewrite their...
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Adobe Lightroom - a free tool for professional photographers
Adobe Lightroom is a free beta and this week Apple announced a free update to their Aperture software. Will Adobe's free offering affect Aperture sales?
This week Apple have announced a free update to their Aperture software, but Adobe have launched their Lightroom software and it is completely free. Lightroom, however, is a cross-platform application, which opens it up to a bigger audience. Read about...
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FOTOLIA CEO DETAINED BY POLICE FOR TAKING PICTURES
The new Nikon D80 really CAN change your life!
Deciding to put the new Nikon D80 through its paces, early one afternoon in Paris this week, Fotolia CEO Thibaud Elziere found himself on the wrong side of the law and, while innocently snapping away, one image would change the...
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Forensic astronomers date famous Ansel Adams photograph
We know the place, date, and time the famous Ansel Adams picture of Autumn Moon was taken.
According to this really cool article that I found on Yahoo news it appears that US astronomers have found the exact location and time when Ansel Adams captured the famous picture “Autumn Moon, the High Sierra from Glacier Point”. It...
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Amazon.com to Provide Online Photo Services Powered by Shutterfly
Shutterfly kicks Kodak out of Amazon
I just read that Shutterfly has signed a deal with Amazon. But wait didn’t Kodak Gallery (previously named OFOTO) have that account. Hmm. I wonder who screwed up that deal. Was it a lot of money for Kodak? Probably not...
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Kodak announces manufacturing reductions in United States and China; 900 jobs cut
Kodak moves things around and cuts jobs.
Kodak has announced that it is moving some things around and reducing it’s workforce by 900 people. Color paper will no longer be produced in Rochester NY. Consumer color paper will be moved to the facility in Colorado and professional...
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Kodak wins J.D. Power and Associates Awards
Easy to use Kodak cameras win awards.
For the second year in a row Kodak has been ranked the highest in customer satisfaction for the price category of $200 to $399 and less than $199 by J.D. Power and Associates. Kodak equates this success to it’s easy...
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Celebrity Photographer John Bryson died
Famous celebrity photographer John Bryson died last week at age 81. (Photo by John Bryson)
A photographer famous for shooting celebrities as they went about their daily lives has died. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin, he began working as a photographer and picture editor at Life. In 1955 John Bryson became...
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Do you need a Satellite Phone?
Does a Satellite phone make sense for you?
I often find when I am out on a shoot in the desert, the mountains, or other isolated areas my cell phone coverage is little to non existent. So it has made me think about a Satellite Phone. I think...
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