Jackie Green rolled through San Diego on Friday night and I was lucky enough to be able to shot the show. (Thanks Marty) This show had a lot going for it musically and some real problems photographically. With Jackie being the opening act, the stage setup was a little crowded and with no photo pit [...]

Some quick updates: Sex, Lies and Photoshop. New York Times Opinion piece. Why magazines should let readers know if images have been retouched. Watch it HERE. Apple iPhone 3.0 announcement tomorrow, March 17th. Wacom Intuos 4. There might be a new Wacom tablet out soon. Some new features include a wide format tablet area, some customizable [...]

Adobe has released an update to the Camera Raw Plug-in for Photoshop CS4.  The following cameras are now supported in Camera Raw. Canon EOS 5D Mark II Canon PowerShot G10 Panasonic DMC-G1 Panasonic DMC-FX150 Panasonic DMC-FZ28 Panasonic DMC-LX Leica D-LUX 4 According to Adobe: Lightroom has not been updated with the new camera support listed below. Lightroom will [...]

One of the advantages to being part of the NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) is the News Photographer magazine that shows up every month. The first column I read every month is by Mark Loundry and is called Common Cents. Mark finishes off each column with The Good, The Bad & The Ugly to do [...]

I don’t own a Nikon D300 and I probably never will unless someone gives me one. But I do like to see what can be done with firmware to improve a camera. The new firmware will take A to version 1.10 and B to 1.10. Here the list of fixes and improvements to the D300. [...]

Years ago I was working with a musician friend of mine on images for his album, the problem was that he was in Los Angeles at the time, and I was in San Diego. This meant that we were emailing the image proofs back and forth and it became really clear to me that he [...]

The president, board members and CEO have all resigned with the assets being controlled by Diablo Management – a liquidation company –  the company apparently faces two options: filing for bankruptcy, or being bought at a bargain basement rate. It looks like Digital Railroad is at the end of its life. I received the following email from the National [...]

This book really got my interest. Not that anyone can afford to actually buy books any more.  “Regardless of whether you believe we were right or wrong to go into Iraq, the time has come to reconsider our commitment. Estimates on the cost of this war now range from one trillion up to three trillion [...]

Want more megapixels? Hasselblad has entered the medium format camera market with the H3DII-50, a 36x48mm 50 megapixel sensor. The sensor is made by Kodak and is in the same housing as H3DII-39 predecessor. The camera comes with a 3″ monitor and can shoot up to ISO 400. List price only $39,995 Info found at [...]

Apple has released a update for Aperture. The update 2.1.2 improves the quality of the books cards and calendars ordered via the Apple printing service. The update is available now at apple.com

Sorry for the lack of new posts. There will be new stuff soon.   In the meanwhile here is whats being going on around the Photography / Photoshop / Technology world. Adobe has released the new Creative Suite 4. For more info, go here: CS4  Apple released an update to the Macbook Pro and Macbook [...]

You would think that with the American economy in the trouble it is in, and the government trying to figure out a good way to spend the tax payers money, they wouldn’t have much time to worry about much else. This was not the case last Friday night when the United States Senate passed the Shawn Bentley Orphan [...]

As Expected, Adobe announced the new Photoshop today, Creative Suite 4. You can read the whole press release here: PRESS RELEASE. According to the press release, the Abobe CS4 products will be: Delivering radical workflow breakthroughs that bring down the walls between designers and developers — and packed with hundreds of feature innovations—the new Creative [...]

New versions of the Adobe creative suite will be announced on 9/23/2008 and the only way to see the unveiling is to register with Adobe. You will need to go to  www.adobe.com/go/somethingbrilliant and sign up.  There has not been much leaked info on the new features of Adobe Photoshop CS4, except for a few tidbits from John [...]

I use the Sony A700 and I am always on the outlook for updates to the firmware from Sony. With the release of the A900, a firmware upgrade to the A700 was leaked and downloaded.  This has prompted a reply from Sony to be posted here: http://news.sel.sony.com/electronicsblog/?p=30 “UPDATE: September 9, 2008 Hello again from Mark Weir, in Sony’s [...]