Adobe Lightroom 2 Released

Following the beta for Lightroom 2 which was released in April, Adobe have now released the final version 2 of Lightroom. Of course the biggest change between version 1 and 2 is the ability to do local adjustments, changing only part of your image, however there have been tweaks and improvements across all the modules. [...]

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Interview with Travel Photographer Peter Adams

The site Magical Place Fine Art continues its series of interviews with photographers that have either won or been highly placed in the Travel Photographer of the Year competition. The latest interview is with Peter Adams. Full of great tips and views, the series of interviews is an excellent read for anyone interested in travel [...]

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Into the Clouds

This is the Jin Mao Tower in the Lujiazui District in Shanghai. I was recently there for a (very) brief visit for work. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t that good and with low clouds and exceedingly high humidity I didn’t manage to get much in the way of good shots.

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Are your photos for sale?

Do you use Flickr? Are the photos you’ve placed there for sale? Jim Goldstein has posted a thought provoking article on his blog titled, “How Every Flickr Photo Ended Up on Sale This Weekend.” The article references a third party, MyxerTones.com who utilized Flickr’s API to put everyone’s (yes that means yours) Flickr photos up [...]

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Third of UK MPs have backed Photography EDM

Amateur Photographer is reporting that more than a third of MPs have now backed Austin Mitchell’s parliamentary petition on the right to take pictures in public places unchallenged by officials, winning cross-party support from 231 of the 646 elected members.

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