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Indonesian Photographers’ Pictures Shorlisted in 2012 Sony World Photography Awards

The shorlist of 2012 Sony World Photography Awards was already announced last week. As reported by Exposure, seven photographers from Indonesia appears in the shorlist of Open Competition.
“I’m glad to have my picture appear in the shortlist,” said Anom Manik Agung, one of the seven Indonesian photographers. He sent his photo entitled “Happy Cheerful” in [...]

5D Mark III & D800 to be Announced on the Same Day?

Rumors could be deceiving but could be interesting as well when we chat about something obscure. And it becomes more interesting that the rumors are now growing more and more.
Canon EOS 5D Mark III that has been rumored last week got a new rumor dealing with a date it will be announced. Prior to it, [...]

Rumors on Canon EOS 5D Mark III

It’s been more than three years since Canon 5D Mark II was launched in the last quarter of 2008, and, until today, still we do not see its successor. Rumors, however, began to spread in the air yesterday that 5D Mark III had been talked about.
It is rumored that 5D Mark III gets GPS related [...]

Kodak Files for U.S. Bankruptcy Protection

Eastman Kodak Co., which invented the hand-held camera and helped bring the world the first pictures from the moon, has on early Thursday morning filed for bankruptcy protection, capping a prolonged plunge for what remains one of America’s best-known companies.
The 131-year-old photographic film pioneer, which had tried to restructure to become a seller of consumer [...]

2012 Hasselblad Masters Awards Winners Announced

Hasselblad has just  announced the eleven winners of the prestigious Masters Award, one for each of eleven categories. A distinguished and diverse panel of international judges representing different sectors of the photo industry selected the winning images.
“The Hasselblad Masters Competition is a showcase for photographic excellence and provides both up and coming and established photographers [...]

G1X: Canon’s New High-end Compact Camera

Still remember the Canon PowerShot G12? It will be taken over by the newest one, namely G1X. This Canon’s next high-end compact has been leaked ahead of its expected official launch at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2012 in Las Vegas, January 10-13. The International CES is the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow.
According to the leak, [...]

Entries for the 2012 WPP Contest: Deadline Approaches

The deadline for submitting photos to the 2012 World Press Photo (WPP) Contest is approaching. All the press photographers and photojournalists are invited to participate in this 55th WPP Contest, which has already been open for entries since last December.
The deadline for submissions is January 12, 2012 at 23.59 CET (Central European Time). However, before [...]

Fotografer.net’s 9th Anniversary: It’s Unstoppable!

The ninth anniversary of Fotografer.net, the biggest online photography community in Southeast Asia, were simultaneously celebrated in three cities in Indonesia by its members. Attended by more than a hundred people in Batam, Surabaya and Jakarta last night (12/30), the celebration ran modestly but full of fun and comradeship. The members in some other cities, [...]

Travel Photographer of the Year 2011: Winning Images

A former professor at the University of California, Louis Montrose of the USA, has become the overall winner of the 2011 international  Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) awards, with two striking, and very different, portfolios; one documenting life in a painted village in Burkina Faso and the other depicting the Dia de los Muertos [...]

Surabaya Workshop: Simple Things to Captivating Fashion Photography

There are many people doing fashion photography nowadays and a lot of great works created. To be creative and distinguished become our “survival kits” in this kind of photography business which is growing more and more competitive.
A Jakarta-based professional fashion photographer, Darius Manihuruk, described it in a workshop held at the Grand City, Surabaya, yesterday [...]