Wall Grips: New Life-Sized Photo Prints Introduced by Nations Photo Lab

OWINGS MILLS, MD, June 06, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- After much anticipation, Nations Photo Lab, an industry leading professional photofinishing lab, is pleased to announce a new addition to their product repertoire, the Wall Grip. Nations' Wall Grips allow a photographer's imagination to blow up to an adhesive life-size possibility. Made with a special no-wrinkle and no-rip premium material, a Wall Grip can be applied with ease to many different surfaces, and can even be applied many times over. Unlike most adhesive objects, it does not leave a dirty residue behind when removed. Plus, with sizing from 18" to 60", the limits for the usability of Wall Grips are endless.

Ordering a Wall Grip from Nations Photo Lab is simple. Whether you are a professional or amateur photographer looking to build your product offerings or a consumer looking to spice up a boring room, you need to merely upload your desired image to Nations Photo Lab through their easy to use remote ordering entry software (ROES), which is quickly downloadable at http://www.nationsphotolab.com. Once the image is received, it is checked by one of Nations Photo Lab's skilled lab technicians, who have the ability to size the image and enhance its features through color optimization. After the image is set to perfection, the custom Wall Grip program takes care of the outlining and cutting.

Whether you plan to use a Nations Photo Lab Wall Grip in a business environment, at home in a child's play room or as a special gift to a loved one, this product is sure to stick around for years to come. Visit http://www.nationsphotolab.com/wallgrips.htm for more information and to see samples of printed wall grips.

About Nations Photo Lab

Nations Photo Lab is a leading provider of premium photofinishing products and services for professional photographers, emerging professional photographers, and corporations, based in Owings Mills, MD. Nations Photo Lab prides itself on superior quality, extremely competitive pricing, fast turnaround time, and unparalleled customer service. Additionally, they stay on top of the quickly evolving digital photography industry and only use state-of-the-art machinery and technology to introduce new products regularly to meet the specific needs of their clients. Visit http://www.nationsphotolab.com for more information.

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Tech Bytes 6-7-09

Syracuse, NY - Top Stories of the day -- Tech Bytes 6-7-09

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Nikon Podcast #20: Tyson Ritter of the All American Rejects

All American Rejects front man Tyson Ritter talks about his experience with photography and the Nikon D60.

Nikon Podcast #20: Tyson Ritter of the All American Rejects

From the “Visions of Rock” interview series, All American Rejects front man Tyson Ritter talks about his Nikon D60 D-SLR camera, his new photographic perspective, and his experience with the Make-A-Wish foundation.

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age fotostock and THP select imense® Similar Image Search

Leading international picture agency age fotostock and their technical services arm THP Photo Services have selected Similar Image Search from imense® to further improve the way that clients search on their industry leading websites.

Similar Image Search from imense® provides image agencies and their picture buyers with a new and exciting visual journey through image and video collections. Users of Similar Image Search reduce wasted time scrolling through large image collections to find the image they require, resulting in a faster time to purchase and a more satisfying search experience from the image agency website.

In addition to age fotostock using Similar Image Search from imense® on their own website, they will also be offering the service to all of the picture agencies on the THP network. THP has long standing relationships with picture agencies from all over the world and offer a wide range of hosted website and image retrieval services. Agencies who have their websites hosted by THP will be able to capitalise on the benefits of Similar Image Search to enhance their customer user experience.

Tony Rowland imense's Director of Sales said "we are delighted to be working with age fotostock and THP on the implementation of Similar Image Search. The combination of our technology and age fotostock's leading technical solutions provides a compelling value added service for picture agencies on the THP network and their clients, whilst making age fotostock's own website even more user friendly for their direct sales clients".

For more information how Similar Image Search from imense® can benefit your picture agency visit www.imense.com or email sales@imense.com.

About imense :
imense is a Cambridge (UK) company producing leading image recognition and retrieval software, which understands and interprets the visual content of digital images.

About age fotostock :
age fotostock is a photographic agency that manages image reproduction rights for professional use in the corporate, editorial, advertising and design worlds. The company has offices in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris and New York

About THP Photo Services :
THP Photo Services delivers the world's best images to end users, managing the IT infrastructure, software, security, service levels, and IT governance, allowing stock agencies to focus on their core business: selling pictures.

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Image Source Announces Launch of ‘Cross-Media’ New Product Category for the Visual Content Industry

NewswireToday - /newswire/ - London, Soho, United Kingdom, 06/04/2009 - Image Source, the world’s leading producer of royalty free stock imagery, today announces the founding and launch of a totally new product category, known as ‘Cross-Media Pack’, at the annual CEPIC congress in Dresden.

The ‘Cross-Media Pack’ delivers a new concept to the visual content industry, offering customers the ability to purchase matched high-end stills and motion using the same premium models, styling and location all under one simple, royalty free licence. The media can be linked, providing style consistency across a multi-media campaign. Cross-Media still images and motion elements can also be purchased individually, but more significantly as a combined single licence product. The ability to match the multi-media types is what makes this new product truly unique and a first for Image Source and the imaging industry.

Christina Vaughan, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Image Source comments ‘this is an incredibly exciting time for the industry with the launch of a completely new product category and concept. The new Cross-Media pack supports the current global media trend for the increasing demand and usage of motion but with the added benefits of being able to support a multi-media campaign using ready-to-use combined media content. Introducing the new product category is also part of our vision to seek new opportunities and instigate change in these challenging times.’

Duncan Grossart, Chief Executive Officer of Image Source adds ‘as ever, we are intent on creating the world’s greatest imagery for inspirational communication through new and innovative solutions. Image Source, as pioneers of this brand new product category, will be the market maker and market leader in this arena.’

The new royalty free Cross-Media packs will consist of 60-100 images and approximately 10-20 motion clips. Images will be available from web-res to large format whilst motion clips will range from web quality to broadcast and HD quality. Both will continue to uphold Image Source’s industry leading quality and legally hygienic standards.

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FolioLink Unveils Exciting BIG Photography Websites

Wednesday, June 03, 2009 (Webwire) - Falls Church, VA, June 2, 2009, Foliolink, the popular online website service for photographers, announced the immediate availability of scaling technology in their latest FLASH design. With scaling websites, photographers no longer have to choose between large or small images for their online portfolios. Instead, photographers upload big images that display beautifully on large screens while still impressing their clients on small laptops or iPhones™. The latest FolioLink website design seamlessly scales the images down to fit the viewer’s monitor.

Big images usually mean a better client experience. Past arguments that most web visitors do not have sufficient bandwidth to view large images or that most screens are 15 inches or smaller no longer apply. Technology trends have led to the use of large, high resolution screens and increased Internet bandwidth. Professional photographer Joel Grimes only needed one look at the latest FolioLink FLASH design with its scaling abilities to embrace it.

“I spend a lot of time making sure my images are fully detailed and meet the quality of my clients and editors. With small online images you can barely see the quality of my work. Bigger photographs make for a much stronger impression. FolioLink’s new scaling feature helps me showcase my images bigger and I don’t have to worry that someone with a small screen would not see them. The fact that I can upload huge optimized images that fit virtually on any monitor is fantastic!”

FolioLink calls the new scaling capability of the Santiago II FLASH design the first of several planned improvements to enhance the experience of users accessing FolioLink subscribers’ websites with large monitors.

FolioLink is a service of ISProductions, a Virginia-based technology company founded in 1987. The company focuses on the development of Internet tools geared to help photographers and artists capitalize on the business opportunities of the web.

iPhone™ is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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Tech Bytes 6-5-09

Syracuse, NY - Top Stories of the day -- Tech Bytes 6-5-09

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Photo Contest

Photo Contest Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:17:00 EST

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Tech Bytes 5/31/09

Syracuse, NY - Top Stories of the day -- Tech Bytes 5/31/09

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SNTV - Paris Hilton is such a poser

Paris Hilton poses for a new photo shoot in Malibu.

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Washington Week in Photos: Nominating a judge

In this week's edition of Washington Week in Photos, the president nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court.

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Cutcaster - 250k images and 25% discount

Cutcaster library is hitting 250,000 images and vectors. They are celebrating this quarter of a million with a 25% off coupon for buyers. Coupon Code - 25%offCCAB

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Online Product Demos, Tips, Tutorials Enrich H3DII Owner Experience

The hottest H3DII resource available today on the Hasselblad website is “The H3DII Virtual Experience.”

A multimedia program, “The H3DII Virtual Experience” enables you to tour the camera system, experience its myriad features, watch the software at work, see photographers work on different projects, and gain insight into how they work and use the equipment.





The “Virtual Experience” presents a Product Overview comprised of segments on the H3DII Camera System, Phocus, and Shooting Gallery segments, as well as a section dedicated to The Studio. Video highlights include the features and benefits of the award-winning H3DII System:

- the camera’s incredible image quality and intuitive handling
- the integrated Mac- and PC-compatible Phocus software
- diverse dedicated lens line
- accessories - including the well-received HTS 1.5 tilt-and-shift adapter

The Studio segment takes you behind the scenes with Hasseblad H3DII shooters: Gregor Halenda, still life; Andy Ryan, architecture; and portrait/fashion photographer August Bradley. You may choose to “attend” one, two, or all three of these up-close online shoots.

Get the Virtual Experience here

To further enrich your online experience, check out “Hasselblad in Motion,” another quality video presentation which delivers tips and tricks to help you get the most from your Hasselblad gear, learn more about the Hasselblad product line, and meet some of the talented shooters who use Hasselblad cameras in their daily work.

These Tech Tips, Product Spotlight, and User Profiles are highly enlightening, informative, and entertaining. While there is no substitute for a live, hands-on demo, “The H3DII Virtual Experience” brings you as close as possible to the real thing.

Watch the videos here

And while you’re on the Hasseblad website, be sure to vote for your favorite 2009 Master and images.

Watch and vote here

Text by Alice B. Miller

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onOne Software Announces New iPhone Application

Next-Generation Remote Release Enables Photographers to Use the Apple® iPhone® or iPod® Touch to Control Their Canon EOS DSLR Camera Via a WiFi Enabled Computer

PORTLAND, Ore.--(Business Wire)--onOne Software, Inc., a leading developer of time-saving software solutions for professional and advanced amateur photographers, today announced a new application to remotely control Canon EOS DSLR cameras using an iPhone or iPod Touch. The new DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone application allows photographers using a supported Canon EOS DSLR that is connected to a WiFi enabled computer to remotely control the settings of the camera, fire the shutter, review images, and even get a live viewfinder preview. This gives photographers a new level of freedom when shooting camera angles where it is difficult to see through the viewfinder, self-portraits, or events where multiple cameras are set up and the photographer just can’t be behind them all.

Key capabilities of the DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone:

• Remotely fire a supported Canon EOS DSLR over any WiFi network
• Remotely control camera settings like shutter-speed, aperture, white-balance, etc.
• Preview images on an iPhone or iPod Touch
• Look through the camera’s viewfinder remotely with Live View
• Built-in Intervalometer for advanced timer shooting
• Zero configuration Apple® Bonjour® networking finds the camera automatically

“We are very excited about what this application offers the photography community,” said Craig Keudell, president of onOne Software. “DSLR Camera Remote allows photographers the opportunity to get out from behind the camera and interact with their subjects while still maintaining full control of the technical details.”

Availability and Pricing

DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone comes in two versions – the Professional edition, which is available for $19.99 with a limited time introductory price of $9.99, and the Lite edition, available for $1.99. The DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone may be purchased immediately from the App Store within Apple® iTunes® software. After purchasing either edition from the iTunes App Store, users will need to download a free application that runs on their supported Mac or Windows computer. This free application is required to communicate between the iPhone and the supported Canon EOS DSLR, connected via USB or Firewire to a WiFi enabled computer. There are no trial or demo versions of the DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone application. For a full list of system requirements and supported cameras, visit: www.onOnesoftware.com/iPhone.

Supported Cameras

Initially, in version 1.0, the DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone application will only support selected Canon EOS DSLR cameras. However, an updated version that adds support for a wide variety of Nikon DSLR cameras is currently in development and is planned to be released as an update to the DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone application.

For the most complete list of supported cameras, please visit the onOne Software website at http://www.ononesoftware.com/detail.php?prodLine_id=38.

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Stock Photography Sales Statistic May 2009

This is my stock photography sales statistic for May 2009. You can find a complete list of stock photography agencies that I work with at H. Lehnerer Photography.

This are for me the best 4 preforming stock agencies for May 2009:

1. Zymmetrical
   
2. Fotolia
3. Shutterstock
4. StockXpert

Zymmetrical was the big surprise in May 09 with an EL sale. May 09 showed an increase of 36%.

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