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Beamr, the software company behind the content-aware JPEGmini image compression application, has introduced an extension for Adobe Photoshop. Dubbing it the 'The Save For Web button Adobe should've made', the company claims the extension will save users time and produce better results than Adobes default Save For Web settings.

JPEGmini is an image compression package that analyzes individual sectors of an image and applies different degrees of compression to each sector according to... more (link is external)

If you ever try your hand at light painting photography with burning steel wool (link is external), be extra careful with safety and legality. Just a few months after a photographer allegedly destroyed a historic shipwreck in California (link is external) with his sparks, another steel... more (link is external)

Want to see what photo studios were like a century ago? Turkish artist Ali Alamedy (link is external) recently spent 9 months building a 1900s photo studio… as a miniature tabletop diorama.

The model shows an era in which photographers were largely limited to using natural... more (link is external)

The $500-800 category (based on US MSRP) features quite a few strong offerings, some of which should satisfy first-time camera buyers with easy-to-use interfaces and point-and-shoot style functionality. Others are aimed more at seasoned-enthusiasts, offering direct manual controls and high-end features.

At this price point, all of the cameras use either Four Thirds or larger APS-C-sized sensors and all can shoot Raw. And while a larger sensor can mean the potential for better image... more (link is external)

It seems Olympus will soon take its ‘Tough’ series of point-and-shoots in a new direction. A leaked product photo gives us a first look at what many suspect will be the company’s first “Tough” action camera.

The photo was obtained and published by... more (link is external)

I do a lot of product photography and there are two places I go to when I need to prepare supplies for a shoot: one is the hardware store to get some tiles (link is external) and the other is our local bookstore/art/office supply store.

I find it a bit hard to get branded and advertised photography accessories that you see product photographers are using here in the Philippines... more (link is external)

Despite rumors (link is external) that Sony might release “the first mirrorless medium format camera,” there is actually a medium format mirrorless camera already in existence. But you may not want to pick up the... more (link is external)

In this post, I’ll be sharing how I shoot light painting photos using a 4-foot fluorescent tube protector. The technique is quite simple and can lead to very interesting results.

Professional dancer Kim Henry (link is external) and I have been traveling a lot recently to... more (link is external)

This is why we can’t have nice things… A selfie-snapping young man in Portugal is making headlines the world over today after he toppled and smashed a 126-year-old statue to bits while trying to take a selfie with it.

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Pentax fans have been waiting for the full-frame K1 (link is external) with bated breath, and the first impressions coming out of the review community seem to indicate they haven’t been holding their breath for nothing. In fact, a new test report claims the K1’s dynamic range can compete with medium format!

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