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A couple of deals for you! Now that you’ve amassed a huge collection of pictures from the Holidays, it’s time to get some prints for Mom, Dad, Uncle Frank, and Grandma. Check these 2 bargains, but jump on the first one now.
dotPhoto.com is offering 10 cent 4×6 prints TODAY Only 12/31/07. Dash on over there [...]

I hope everyone had a great Christmas Holiday. Personally, I was able to travel to see my sister and spend time with her family. My daughter flew up from Florida too. A good time was had by all.
The only bad part is the nasty cold my brother-in-law gave to us. Coughing, hacking, congestion and all [...]

With only a few days until Christmas, I’m sure you’re finishing up shopping, finalizing dinner plans, running around town and such. I thought I’d put together a little list of important items for successful photos on the special day. The last thing you want is to be unprepared when the frenzy of kids and presents [...]

Taking pictures of Christmas lights, whether indoors or outdoors, can be a challenge. With a little help from the fine folks at the New York Institute of Photography you can master the task.
Using a tripod will be essential for these shots. You shutter speeds will be rather long, especially for the outdoor shots. For [...]

There are 2 photo contests that are awarding the same prizes! Cool. Maybe Outdoor Photographer and PCPhoto are owned by the same company. Either way, you have 2 chances to win.
Both contests have similar entry rules:

enter up to 2 photos
maximum file size is 125K each image, size up to 640 x 480 pixels and resolution [...]

The last week or two has seen updates from both Nikon and Adobe. Users of Photoshop CS2/3, Photoshop Elements 4/5/6, Lightroom and Nikons ViewNX and Camera Control Pro need to pay attention.
Nikon has updated ViewNX to v1.0.3 and added a number of enhancements. The most important items are an error with IPTC info added from [...]