Expanding Business, Nikon Established Subsidiary Company in Brazil

In efforts of expanding its future market to cover more countries, Nikon has just established Nikon do Brasil Ltda.—its subsidiary company in Brazil—located in Sao Paulo. Operations in Nikon do Brasil Ltda has been commenced on April 25, 2011, with approximately 45 first staffs.

Royal Wedding: Millions of Photos will be Taken

According to research commissioned by Nikon, 327 million Royal Wedding-related photos will be taken on digital cameras on Friday, April 29.
The survey of 1,421 UK adults also found that:

65 million photos of wedding-related events will be shared on social networking sites.
49% of people questioned said they’d be taking photos so they can capture a historical [...]

2 World-class Photographers Killed in Libyan Conflict

The world is in deep grief as it has been reported on Wednesday (4/20) that two photographers died in an armed conflict in Misrata, Libya. They were Chris Hondros, photographer for Getty Images, and Tim Hetherington, photographer for Vanity Fair.

Call for Entries in Self-Published Photography Book Competition

The 2011 Photography Book Now competition is open for entries. Now in its fourth year and featuring a US$ 25,000 grand prize, this international-juried competition, presented by Blurb, celebrates the very best in self-published photography books and the photographers behind them.
For the first time, the competition will also celebrate up-and-coming talent with a Student category. [...]

Sony & Nikon Line Up New Models to Compete with Canon in Worldwide Market

According to the analysis conducted by research firm IDC, during 2010, Canon remained perfectly strong in the market sharing at 19%, followed by Sony at 17.9% and Nikon at 12.6%, which both has increased significantly from the 2009 selling.

Photographer Brought to Court for Attempting to Take Photo of Traffic Accident

Photographer Ted Jackson of Times-Picayune was given a court summons by New Orleans police on charges of trespassing a police area and battery on an officer. Jackson was charged while he was attempting to take photo of a multi-car collision near Elysian Fields Avenue, New Orleans, last Tuesday (4/12).

Prince William & Kate Middleton’s Wedding Paparazzi Problem

Prince William and Kate Middleton are about to be at the center of the biggest wedding in a generation. And while the entire world will be watching the royal couple exchange vows, so will hundreds of eager photographers looking to capture their very own multimillion dollar shot.
8,000 journalists are expected to swarm London this month [...]

Again, Pro-Gaddafi Forces Detain Foreign Photojournalists

Less than a month after four foreign journalists—two reporters and two photographers, all for The New York Times—were captured while reporting the clash in Libya, pro-Gaddafi forces again detain four other journalists.

Canon-Technicolor Partnership Moves EOS Cameras into Filmmaking

A strategic alliance between Canon USA, Inc. and Technicolor—international provider of high-end visual effects, animation, and post-production services for motion pictures—to develop a suite of creative tools for cinematographers to shoot motion pictures and get into the television production pipeline using the Canon EOS camera series.

Join This Year’s Pinhole Photography Day

The 11th annual Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day takes place on the 24 April 2011. Start sharpening your pins in preparation for this year’s Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day (WPPD).
Anyone, anywhere in the world, who makes a pinhole photograph on Pinhole Day (24 April 2011), can scan their image and upload it to the Pinhole Day website [...]