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Darkroom News April 29, 2011

Royal wedding photos – how to take them and what to do with them Ideas for your snaps from the big day

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Darkroom News April 28, 2011

New performance space, gallery opens in Brownsville The photography of Jay R. Powell, chosen to inaugurate the new Market Street Academy and Performing Arts Center gallery in Brownsville, opens with a preview from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday.

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Darkroom News April 27, 2011

Famed nature photographer Ansel Adams’ work on display in Tampa The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts honors master of nature photography Ansel Adams with the exhibition “Classic Images: The Photography of Ansel Adams.” The 70-plus works in the exhibit are from the personal collection of Adams’ daughter, Anne. Evolution of the captured image Photographer Michael [...]

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Darkroom News April 26, 2011

Photographer Kevin May gets more exposure as business rebounds Commercial photographer Kevin May is glad that his telephone is ringing again.   “The last couple of years were tough,” said May of the economic downturn’s impact on his business. “During a recession, the first thing to go is the advertising,” he said.

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Darkroom News April 25, 2011

Troubled Land BBC Picture Editor Phil Coomes on Paul Graham’s NI photos

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Japanese design and the Nikon F

I found these two videos very interesting—much more so than just being about Nikon cameras. Nikon was key in developing quality cameras that were desired the world over, developing the first SLR cameras. Because the Japanese Yen had no value after the war, the only way the country could get food and other essential commodities [...]

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If I only had a Nickel

for every time I tickled a penguin. This has nothing to do with photography, but it’s too cute not to post.

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