From the editor: December 19, 2011
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DECEMBER 19, 2011: TPN production staff will be on assignment in the Philippines shooting a new TPN Documentary until January 5, 2012.
Please note that Photo News, Features, Gear News and submissions for Classifieds will be postponed until that week.
Thank you for your patients. And thanks for reading Travel & Photography News Weekly
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admin @ December 21, 2011
70 Gifts for a Photographer
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Photography Gift Ideas – 70 Presents
For A Photographer
From Expert Photography
The holiday season is right around the corner, and for most of us, that means it’s time to do some shopping. This list should hopefully help you to find some inspiration for christmas presents, either for yourself or others, because like most, I don’t find shopping for presents to be particularly easy, and that’s why I compiled this list for you. I just wish I had more friends who are into photography! If you have a problem, or a question about any of the items, then please don’t hesitate to ask me, and I’ll get back ASAP. Enjoy the list!
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admin @ December 16, 2011
Polaroid Misses Mark: ‘Can’t Go Home Again’
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Polaroid Misses Mark
Polaroid Z340 Digital Instant Camera: Party Animal
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What’s there to say about Polaroid’s new Z340 Digital Instant Camera? Sure, I could go on about the 14-megapixel image sensor, the clunky menu interface, and the pop-up LCD, but at the end of the day none of that matters a whole hell of a lot. If you’re buying a camera with the brand “Polaroid,” you’re doing it for a certain kind of experience, not performance. The question is, does it deliver?
From test shoots from models to the movie Memento, the Polaroid instant camera has been ingrained in the world’s consciousness since the popular SX-70 model was introduced in 1972. Snap the picture, a photo pops out, flap the photo around for a few minutes, and you’re done. It’s probably more familiar than making toast, and certainly easier.
Of course, like most things analog, the Polaroid fell into obsolescence as digital cameras got better and better…
admin @ December 14, 2011
Editor-to-Editor: Glimpse Deadlines Extended
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Editor-to-Editor: Glimpse Deadlines Extended
December 13, 2011
by Cyle o’Donnell and Sarah Menkedick
Normally I don’t post my direct updates from other editors in the online pool of travel, photography and writing opportunities out there. But I am a huge fan of Glimps.org who supports correspondents by stipends and editorial services in return for their journalistic contributions. They have done some amazing work in the past and today, I thought I would share their latest notice of extention of deadlines…
Read full story HERE>…
admin @ December 13, 2011
SAJA to Take Grant Donations for Volunteers
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December 13, 2011
by Cyle O’Donnell
FAR EAST ASIA: Top editors from around the globe are coming together and matching donations dollar-for-dollar for SAJA’s Editor’s Challenge grant. This announcement follows their recent vote for committee heads to the organization.
The prestigious grant gets its name via the leading editors of top media outlets around the globe and will be matched 100 percent by the editors of publications like Time, Yahoo News, the Washington Post and Newsweek International, to name a few. Also, managing editors and executive producers from syndicates such as NPR’s Morning Edition and CNN programming will contribute to the effort….
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admin @ December 13, 2011
Photo-Essay: 50 World Breakfasts
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This week’s Feature takes a break from the criminal masterminds behind Olympus’ crash and finds itself between your fork and spoon: right at your very own breakfast table. Submitted by an old friend in the middle east, this feature is a photo-essay of fifty of the world’s most popular breakfasts — by national claim, of course.
01. English Breakfast
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admin @ December 12, 2011
New Firmware for Leica M9
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Leica Camera Offers Firmware Update 1.176 for the Leica M9 and M9-P
December 6, 2011
By Press Release from photoclique.com
Allendale, NJ (December 6, 2011) - Leica Camera, Inc. announces the latest firmware update, 1.176, for the Leica M9 and M9-P, the world’s smallest, full-frame digital system cameras. Users wishing to benefit from the new offerings can download the firmware update from the Leica Camera website.
Firmware update 1.176 eliminates a rare fault occurring during the formatting of SanDisk cards, ensuring compatibility with the Leica M9 and M9-P in accordance with the cameras’ respective standards. All card types available from SanDisk have been fully tested by Leica’s expert technical team and firmware version 1.176 guarantees their proper function, resulting in the previous constrictions on the cards being revoked.
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admin @ December 12, 2011
Photog to be Featured at NYC Art Gallery
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Photographer Barbara Skoblow Leivent’s “Stone To Flesh” To Be Featured At NYC’s Umbrella Arts Gallery
December 6, 2011
By Press Release from photoclique.com
December 5, 2011 (New York, NY) — Portraiture and Macro-lens photographer Barbara Skoblow Leivent’s newest collection of photography will be exclusively featured at an exhibition “Stone to Flesh” at the Umbrella Arts Gallery here, it was announced today.
“Stone to Flesh” will feature 23 of Ms. Skoblow Leivent’s finely- detailed intimate images of the human anatomy as expressed in stone and bronze statuary. Her photos capture human sensuality in both ancient and modern sculpture in a realistic and spiritual way that make the images feel and look like living human beings that transcend time and place.
Located at 317 East 9th Street, the Umbrella Arts Gallery features exhibitions of emerging and well-established artists specializing in painting and photography.
This is Ms. Skoblow Leivent’s first New York City gallery appearance. Her show will run from Monday, December 5, 2011 through Saturday, January 14, 2012. The Gala opening event will be held Thursday December 8, 2011….
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admin @ December 12, 2011
Hugo Shortlisted for Deutsche Börse Prize
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Kawauchi, Hugo Shortlisted for Deutsche Börse Prize
Photo by Pieter Hugo
The Photographers’ Gallery in London has announced the four artists shortlisted for the 2012 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize. The prize of £30,000 (about $47,000 US) is awarded to a living artist who has made a significant contribution to photography in Europe between October 1, 2010 and September 30, 2011.
Rinko Kawauchi of Japan is nominated for the French edition of her book Illuminance…
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admin @ December 12, 2011
Woodford to Resign as Olympus Director
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Former Olympus C.E.O. Resigns as Company Director
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Published: December 1, 2011
In a bid to sweep away the old guard and salvage Olympus from a damaging accounting scandal, Michael C. Woodford, its ousted president, said that he would resign from the company’s board and work with supportive shareholders to plan an eventual return to his former job.
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admin @ December 7, 2011
