Once again, Beth Conantis showing us her world. Today Beth is inviting us to spend "photography" time in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.

Boothbay Harbor is a quaint town in New England, and a study right out of a blend of Norman Rockwell, and Ansel Adams. Beth has captured the spirit of the rugged coast and it's long history with the sea! Well done!!!

If you would like to contact Beth directly about something special, like to arrange a private photography tour, please feel free.

Beth is guiding us from one place to another.....

Read Combining Photography With A Boothbay Harbor, Maine vacation
by Elizabeth Conant

Shutter speed is perhaps the most creative adjustment available to the digital photographer. It allows us to freeze action or use motion blur to create a variety of effects, and is expressed in seconds or fractions of seconds depending on the length of exposure.

At this time year you can find a lot of contests concerning "2008 calendars". Just google "photo contest 2008 calendar", and you will be busy the whole weekend submitting your great photos. Please check only a few below: flowers, pets, beautiful gardens, races, national parks, fireworks in a night sky...
For sure, you have a lot of great shots to submit, do it!

Images 32 is distributed free of charge to a specially targeted list of 4,000 UK and European art buyers in summer 2008 and sold worldwide. The complete annual will be published as part of the Images archive on the AOI's website promoting the selected illustrations online.

This project uses "Taiwan International Poster Design Award 2007" competitions endorsed by ICOGRADA and supported by JAGDA to enlarge Taiwan's design perspectives and internationalize.

The competition is open to designers from all regions and countries

The winner of the Golden Lion Award of the 52nd International Art Exhibition has been named; he is Malick Sidibé from the African state of Mali.
The 72-year old master has received Award for contribution to photoart. As related by BBC News, the main prize of the biennial is awarded to the photographer for the first time in the history of the Exhibition.

7 June 2007 -- Florence, Italy (Europe) -- Working towards a seamless photo workflow

Photographers must describe the content properly and permanently assert their authorship. Photo agencies and aggregators must collect and normalize the metadata from different photographers, and then add their own information to allow quick pinpoint access by their customers. The publisher's photo desk wants to easily see search results from photo databases. and the production department aims at having the photo printed or displayed at the best possible quality.

Photo Metadata Conference

The Alleghenies invites all amateur photographers to submit images that best capture the essence of the region.

Contest Grand Prize Winner will receive a magnificent Tamron AF18-250mm Di II zoom lens for a Canon, Nikon, Pentax or Sony Digital SLR camera.
Plus, the winning image will be showcased in the Tamron Online Gallery in the Learning section of tamron.com with up to 20 of our favorites.
The contest is judged by professional photographer André Costantini.
Deadline is 11/30/07 to submit by mail or email.

San Francisco mayor, Gavin Newsom, has once again declared June 11-17 as Design Makes a Difference Week in San Francisco.
AIGA SF will be sponsoring a full week of events and an exhibit highlighting the diversity and professionalism of the design community.

At the end of May, PC World, the most widely-read computer and business related magazine, announced the winners of its "100 Best Products of 2007" Awards.

The products included the best PCs, HDTVs, components, sites and services.We will list those products related to photography and imaging, ie. cameras, photo printers, and photo/image editing tools.

Bad weather doesn't mean bad photographic opportunities -- there's no need to leave your camera at home. Just read Chris' instructions, pack your equipment, and shoot, believing that a rainy day can bring some interesting surprises.

Source: PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNEY.com

HDR (High dynamic range photography) is photography that captures a very wide range of brightness levels ranging from direct sunlight to the deepest shadows.
John from Okinawa Photography was very kind to give us a permission to publish his tutorial "Creating HDR images".
Photo: HDR Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building

Hang on to those old cameras, they may be worth something.
Vienna, May 26 (DPA) The oldest commercially built photo camera, a so-called Daguerrotype Susses Freres was auctioned at Vienna's WestLicht Gallery and auction house Saturday for 588,613 euros ($792,333), making it the most expensive camera ever sold.

Backgrounds in the hands of experienced designers can result in outstanding productions.
Visit these examples to see how background textures impact website design.
Check out examples of background textures that will open up many interesting visual design possibilities.

If you are using images that provide important information (not just design elements), insure that there is sufficient contrast to allow the visitor to discern that information.
Reveal how your images may appear to users with a variety of color blindness conditions.

Google Inc. announced its critical first steps toward a universal search model. The company will incorporate information from a variety of previously separate sources – including videos, images, news, maps, books, and websites – into a single set of results. Ensure that you are fully taking advantage of the images on your site.

A script makes any image appear dull before the mouse moves over it; as the mouse moves over it, the image gradually changes to its original appearance
The good old "Gradual Highlight" image effect seen on many web pages, is an old one, but it can still be used in image galleries. It is useful for navigation buttons as well.