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April, 26 • 2024 • Issue 81
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Happy Memorial Day Weekend!
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I'm free! I was recently given an official release from my total knee replacement doctor/surgeon. After x-rays he said every looks fine and "it looks like it should." Whew! After one full year of two operations and ensuing physical therapy after each I can now go for walks, hikes and even ride my bike. The biggest challenge was climbing stairs, which is a bit of a wonky pursuit, at this time. I am getting better, though.
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It's here! Shadow & Light Magazine, May/June 2024 is out and about. In this issue we are featuring Showcase Portfolios from: Cig Harvey (cover image), J. Alan Constant, Gary Pikarsky, Beverly King, and Kevin Black. Steve Immel and Eric McCollum are back with their regular columns and Tim Anderson offers a review of “Atacama,” a new publication from Jamey Stillings.We also offer our Annual Single Image Showcase, with single images from: Mara Zaslove, Maria Monserrat Zendejas, Meredith Mullins, John Custodio, Lori Pond, Michael Allan, Bob Stevens, Joyce Lopez, Debbie Cain, Kaisa Sirén, and Mason Bryant. Subscribe and you will receive this issue free! Your first subscribed issue will be the July/August issue. It's on $10/6 issues!
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If you grab a $10 PDF subscription (annual/6 issues), you will receive the current issue (described above) free and your first subscribed issue will be the July/August 2024 issue, which will be The Horse issue!
Here's the link if you can't refuse this offer.
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• New Call for Entry, "The Horse" (image above, Helen K. Garber): As you might guess, there are a few people around New Mexico who love horses, so much so that it has come to my attention that in our 10 years of publication, we have never had an issue dedicated to these life-affirming, family oriented, four-legged friends. The July/August 2024 issue of Shadow & Light Magazine will feature nothing but horses! More details are being formulated at this time, but if you would like to enter, you can click below to sign up for a low $25/15 image, fee. By the way, you don't have to live in New Mexico to enter! Guest Jurors are Helen K. Garber (image, above) and Tony Bonanno.
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• If you like this newsletter, please forward it to a friend of like mind!
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Still alive! Sigma's most outrageous lens lives another day
After a conversation with Sigma USA, Petapixel has kindly pointed out that the "Bigma" is still in production as a special order product.
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"This is a special order lens," Sigma told the outlet. "It is not discontinued."
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Good news for anyone still hoping to drop $26,000 on the Sigma APO 200-500mm f/2.8 EX DG – which remains arguably the most audacious lens currently on the market.
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Lessons Learned from Photo Critiques
As many of you know, a recent project we’ve been publishing for our Members is a monthly photo critique livestream. It’s always nice to see the great work you sending us, and we also get to discuss a lot of the non-technical aspects of photography, like composition, light, and color.
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The Best Online Photo Printing Services
Suburban America used to contain roughly one 1-hour photo lab for every 500 people. Little kiosks were sprinkled across strip mall parking lots like pepper on a bad steak. Then came the digital camera, and suddenly there was no film to develop. Those kiosks abruptly disappeared, taking our photo printing options with them. Developing film isn't commonplace today, but the desire to have our favorite photos on the wall has never faded. In place of the 1-hour photo booths, there are endless online printing services, most of which produce far better results than those kiosks ever did. Unfortunately, some of them are truly awful at printing your images.
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Glossy Adhesive Sticker Inkjet Paper
This glossy photo paper features a durable adhesive backing, perfect for creating stickers, labels, and more. Its strong adhesive ensures a firm grip on smooth, flat surfaces, making it ideal for a wide range of applications. Whether at home, school, office, or studio, unleash your creativity and customize personalized stickers for scrapbooking, party favors, branding, product labels, and more.
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How Photography Changed My Life: My Story of Becoming a Photographer
What does photography mean to you? In this article, I share my story about how photography changed my life and my journey as an artist. See my ups, my downs, and see what it took me to get where I am today.
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Complete reverse cycle: smartphones are now looking like cameras
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The latest Vivo X100 Ultra smartphone comes wiht an optional SmallRig handle accessory that makes it look like a compact camera - so we basically abandoned compact cameras in favor of smartphones, just to make smartphones look and handle like compact cameras.
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(-ed. This is probably not much of a surprise!)
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“There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you must know with intuition when to click the camera. That is the moment the photographer is creative. Oop! The Moment! Once you miss it, it is gone forever.”
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