This is Friday post to wrap up things I wanted to share with you in terms of news and cool videos I have seen on the web. Take some time to check it out and then pack up to go home and relax. Tomorrow you can go out shooting and have some fun with your photography.

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Artwell Nwaila is the Editor of SA Creative Network “a platform where creatives, thought leaders and idea engineers network”

This is my challenge to all publication managers and editors: to break away from the pack with a ‘photographic revamp’.

The state of photography in the commercial world – namely: magazines – is at its lowest. That is not to say that the photographers have lost their skill, but that the requirements and briefs have suppressed the art form. It is all about formula these days and it is pretty basic. Celeb + over-processing = sales. This formula may have been hugely successful in the mid-1990s, but not anymore.

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News Round Up: Kodak Bankruptcy, New Sony Sensor,

News Round Up: Kodak Bankruptcy, New Sony Sensor,






There has been little bits of news all over the web in the past week or so. Some of it bigger than others. Like Kodak filing for bankruptcy. It is sad to see a company which was actually rather innovative – after all they practically invented digital photography – fall because it was too scared [...]




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One Week Left to Win in our Reader Survey

One Week Left to Win in our Reader Survey






There is just one week left for you to complete our Reader Survey and stand a chance to win a Vanguard Heralder 38 camera bag. Be sure to complete the survey at the link here. What are you waiting for.




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Web Picks: 30 Years of BAD Photography, Virtual B&H Store Tours, Kodachrome

Web Picks: 30 Years of BAD Photography, Virtual B&H Store Tours, Kodachrome






Inside this Web Pick. Take a tour of B&H in New York using Google Street View. A short documentary about Kodachrome and Bruce Dale shares his story about shooting for National Geographic over the past 30 years. 30 Years of BAD Pictures from Bruce Dale on Vimeo.




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Guest Post: The lens hood is $200?!!?!?! by Scott Hutchison

Guest Post: The lens hood is $200?!!?!?! by Scott Hutchison






Tristan Hall asked me last week if I would like to give my thoughts and feelings on the Leica M9. He told me that I would have free reign on length, but that I should write an article – and include some pictures – that I would be interested in reading. “Wonderful!” I thought. “A [...]




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Nikon 1 V1 - Review

Nikon 1 V1 – Review






The Nikon 1 system of cameras and lenses marks quite a radical leap of change for Nikon. Having used the F-mount on their SLR’s for 55 years, spanning both the film and digital age, the Nikon 1 marks many firsts for the brand. On paper, many things about the Nikon 1 system are simply mind [...]




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New Craft & Vision eBook - Making the Print

New Craft & Vision eBook – Making the Print






Making the Print: Printing Techniques for the Digital Photographer by Martin Bailey is the second eBook in our Masterclass series and it’s the perfect primer regarding all things related to fine-art printing. No stone is left unturned as Martin explains in-detail everything you need to know about making beautiful, frustration-free prints.




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PhotoComment Podcast Episode 006 – CES 2012 News and Epson R2000 Preview

PhotoComment Podcast Episode 006 – CES 2012 News and Epson R2000 Preview






It is 2012 and this is the first episode of the PhotoComment podcast of the year. We recorded it last week during CES news announcements that were flying around on the web fast and furious. Check it out and comment on it of give us a thumbs up on Youtube if you like it. Also [...]




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Time Thieves

Time Thieves






The inspiration for this article comes from another that I recently read and identified with. I have had many conversations with people in the photographic, as well as many other industries related thereto. All of them came back to me with the result that the nail was hit on its flat, round head: time thieves [...]




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News Round Up: More CES 2012 - Android Polaroid Camera and Much More

News Round Up: More CES 2012 – Android Polaroid Camera and Much More






It is still CES week and I am very excited to see something I was predicting recently would come in the future, now on route, an Android based camera! The company bringing this to market first is Polaroid. Grab more about that and other CES news when you click on “Continue Reading” below.




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News Round Up: CES 2012 Updates from Canon, Sony etc

News Round Up: CES 2012 Updates from Canon, Sony etc






With this week being CES there is a lot of news to catch up on and it seems like it is steaming in faster than we can keep on top of. Some of it we have posted as individual articles like the Canon PowerShot G1X. What follows is a round up of the other new [...]




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CES 2012: Canon PowerShot G1X

CES 2012: Canon PowerShot G1X






This is quite likely the camera everyone has wanted from Canon for many years while still being the camera few people expected. It is a G-series on steroids. It features a 14.3MP CMOS sensor that is just a tiny bit smaller than the 1.6x crop APS-C sensor they use in much or their DSLR range. [...]




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News Round Up: Sony XQD Cards, Kogeto's, Camera Trace...

News Round Up: Sony XQD Cards, Kogeto’s, Camera Trace…






Welcome to the News Round Up. These posts will serve as a way of consolidating the many news stories that can break, sometimes on a single day. News Round Up will just highlight some of the most interesting news items we want to share and be accompanied with a comment or two from us plus [...]




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Web Picks: Wet Plate Photographer and Other Stories

Web Picks: Wet Plate Photographer and Other Stories






Some of you may recall some time back that we used to have a Website of the Week feature. As time went on we focused on other areas and gradually the feature phased out. Today I want to try a new feature and get your feedback on it. Some ideas on what to call it [...]




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Iraq's Eight-year-old Photographer

Iraq’s Eight-year-old Photographer






I became interested in photography towards the end of my primary school years. I would sit in the media centre during several break periods a week and page through the National Geographic magazines that were there admiring the images… and possibly even more so, the camera ads. I took my first “real” pictures on an [...]




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Joao Silva Interviewed

Joao Silva Interviewed






By now most of you are familiar with the story or Joao Silva are you not? A brief recap, he was one of the members of the Bang Bang Club and is a highly celebrated war photographer who stepped on a landmine in Afghanistan in Oct 2010. He lost both of his legs as a [...]




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