Digital photography and digital camera news, reviews, and tips, including iPhoto, Photoshop, SLRs and point-and-shoot cameras

Create Events-based iPhoto albums featuring specific people

Rob Griffiths — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:34:00 -0700

Learn how to create an album in iPhoto to show all photos from all events that contain at least one photo of a selected person.

Choose a MobileMe account for publishing iPhone media

Dan Frakes — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:30:00 -0700

The iPhone doesn't let you choose which MobileMe account to use for photo and video uploads, but there's still a way to change that setting. We show you how, thanks to a Mac OS X Hints reader.

Review: PhotoMarkr for iPhone

Brian Beam — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:24:00 -0700

This watermarking utility simple, effective and easy to use. If you like to share photos and are concerned about their proper attribution, then you shouldn’t do without PhotoMarkr.

Review: Canon EOS Rebel T1i digital SLR

Ben Long — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:00:00 -0700

If you’re looking for an SLR under $1,000 that takes great images and movies, then the Rebel T1i is an excellent choice.

Review: Sigma DP1 and DP2 digital cameras

Russ Juskalian — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Sigma DP1 and DP2 feature image quality that's truly on the same scale as entry-level SLRs, but they have clunky controls.

Review: Flickit for iPhone

Jeff Phillips — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:38:00 -0700

Uploading photos to the Flickr photo-sharing service from your iPhone or iPod touch should be simple. Flickit gets it right.

Cooliris helps showcase photos and videos

Kris Fong — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

Cooliris is a super-handy browser plug-in that lets you scope out images and video content in a unique way, displaying everything in a full-screen, horizontally expanded, interactive 3-D “wall” view.

Review: Nikon D5000 digital SLR camera

Melissa J. Perenson — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Nikon D5000 is well positioned to stand up to competing entry-level SLRs and crossover cameras.

Using iPhoto's Places without a GPS-enabled camera

Rob Griffiths — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:22:00 -0700

iPhoto '09's Places features lets you tag the location where an image was shot. But what if you don't have a GPS-enabled camera? Here's how you can recreate the location-tagging feature with the help of an iPhone.

Shape Collage turns a collection of photos into creative collages

Kris Fong — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

Shape Collage turns a collection of photos into a collage of practically any shape, whether you’re going for a traditional design or something totally out there.

iLovePhotos uses face detection to sort photos

Kris Fong — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

You’ve probably heard about the Faces feature in iPhoto ‘09 that makes it quick and easy to find all photos of a particular someone in your iPhoto library. But if you don’t have iPhoto ‘09, iLovePhotos can give you a similar result for free.

ViewIt helps sort your camera's photos

Kris Fong — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

With ViewIt, you can simply drop your camera’s photos onto the ViewIt window, view and mark what’s good with just a key press, and copy only those images to your Mac.

First Look: Olympus E-P1 digital camera

Derrick Story — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 03:45:00 -0700

The retro-chic E-P1 blends SLR flexibility with point-and-shoot sizing. Derrick Story spent the day trying out the newest—and most interesting—entry into the Micro Four Thirds standard and shares his thoughts.

Nik Software releases Complete Collection Lightroom edition

Digital Arts staff — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:14:00 -0700

Nik Software updated its Complete Collection, which bundles all of the company’s award-winning digital imaging software tools at an affordable price, to include Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 support.

PhotoPresenter helps make creative slideshows

Aayush Arya — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

Rife as Mac OS X already is with slide-show capabilities, PhotoPresenter builds onto those and puts many more options and styles at your fingertips.

Review: Sony Cyber-shot DSC-W230 digital camera

Tim Moynihan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

This slick Cyber-shot has a great LCD, neat in-camera features, and a wide-angle lens, but image quality and stabilization could be better.

Klix recovers deleted photos and movies from memory cards

Kris Fong — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

Whether you’ve deleted photos, reformatted your media card, or had a card go bad, Klix recovers photos and movie files despite the vacuous state your media card appears to be in.

Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LS85 digital camera

Tim Moynihan — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

For a bargain-bin camera, the Lumix DMC-LS85 offers nice stabilization, good images, a Leica lens, and great scene modes

Enlarging images with Alien Skin's Blow Up 2 plugin

James Dempsey — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:37:00 -0700

Pros know that enlarging photos is not always as simple a task as it looks. James Dempsey shows you how Alien Skin Software's Blow Up 2 can produce high-quality enlargements without a lot of fuss.

Olympus unveils E-P1 camera

Peter Cohen — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:03:00 -0700

Olympus' new E-P1 is portable but sports interchangeable lenses, like a DSLR.

Photo Wrangler makes it easy to quickly scan through a folder of photos

Dan Frakes — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 05:01:00 -0700

Photo Wrangler makes it easy to quickly scan through a folder of photos and sort them into separate folders.

Review: Pentax Optio E70 digital camera

Chris Holt — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Optio E70 is good for beginning photographers who don't want to bother to learn the nuances of exposure, framing, and lighting.

Bugs & Fixes: Fixes for iLife problems

Ted Landau — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:40:00 -0700

Ted Landau looks at solutions to a pair of potential problems Apple has identified with the iLife suite.

Casio's latest Exilim snaps 1,000 pictures before a recharge

Martyn Williams — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:20:00 -0700

Casio will launch in July the Exilim Hi-Zoom EX-H10 that can shoot 1,000 images on a single battery charge.

Review: Fujifilm FinePix Z30 digital camera

Tim Moynihan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Fujifilm FinePix Z30's design (which makes it look like a teen-centric toy) may drive away some prospective buyers, but it does take excellent photos.

Review: 101 PhotoFilters for iPhone

Jeff Phillips — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:51:00 -0700

This collection of photo filters looks to bring some image-editing fun to your iPhone and iPod touch. And while not every filter is a must-have, enough of the effects are appealing to make this app a success.

Review: Canon PowerShot A480 digital camera

Roman Loyola — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

If you’re a tripod-shooter, a steady-handed photographer, or just want a bargain-bin camera with good image quality, the PowerShot A480 is worth a look.

Review: Nikon Coolpix L20 digital camera

Tim Moynihan — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Nikon’s Coolpix L20 is a great representative of a growing category of cameras: very affordable, easy-to-use point-and-shoots with surprisingly stellar image quality and a bit of fashion sense.

Review: Postage for iPhone

Lex Friedman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:29:00 -0700

This app, which lets you take the photos stored on your iPhone or iPod touch and create customized e-mail postcards out of them, is a joy to use. It doesn't merely work -- it works beautifully.

Review: Pentax Optio P70 digital camera

Paul Jasper — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

A good fit for your pocket and your pocket book, the Pentax Optio P70 is easy to operate and boasts a wide-angle 4X optical zoom lens.

Exploring Photoshop Actions

James Dempsey — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:36:00 -0700

Though its been part of Photoshop for some time now, Photoshop Actions doesn't get the attention that it deserves. James Dempsey looks to remedy that in the latest Creative Notes post.

Review: Olympus FE-5010 digital camera

Derrick Story — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Olympus FE-5010 takes good pictures and is easy to use. And if that’s all you’re looking for in a compact, then you’ll probably be satisfied with this camera.

Postino turns your iPhone pictures into real postcards

Dan Moren — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:32:00 -0700

Postino is a new iPhone application that transforms your iPhone pictures into real, physical postcards that you can have sent worldwide.

DSLR Camera Remote for iPhone controls Canon digital cameras

Peter Cohen — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 07:57:00 -0700

OnOne has produced an iPhone app that lets you remotely control a Canon DSLR camera tethered to a Mac or PC.

Review: Olympus Stylus Tough 8000 digital camera

Derrick Story — Fri, 29 May 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Stylus Tough 8000 is the camera you can take anywhere, from freezing European ski slopes to the tropical waters of the Caribbean.

Review: Night Camera for iPhone

James Savage — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:41:00 -0700

Night Camera adds many valuable features to the iPhone’s much-maligned camera, chiefly the ability to shoot photos in low-light situations.

Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS25 camera

Tim Moynihan — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Offering a wide-angle Leica lens, very good image quality, a big LCD, and excellent battery life, Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-FS25 is a great well-rounded pocket camera.

Prosopagnosia connects contacts to iPhoto's Faces

Stuart Gripman — Sat, 23 May 2009 05:01:00 -0700

This program aim taps into iPhoto's Faces feature so you can attach images to Address Book entries.

ACDSee Pro beta finally launched for Mac

Cyrus Farivar — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:34:00 -0700

This week, ACD Systems launched a beta of its ACDSee Pro photography application for the Mac.

Review: Olympus Stylus 7000 digital camera

Derrick Story — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:00:00 -0700

The Stylus 7000 certainly delivers in terms of style, ease of use, and a creative feature set.

Review: Casio Exilim EX-FC100 digital camera

Ben Long — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:00:00 -0700

It’s the high-speed shooting features that really set the Exilim EX-FC100 from other point-and-shoot cameras. Otherwise, it's a very capable device, offering all of the features you’d expect in a compact, pocket-size camera.

Epson intros $100 photo printer

Philip Michaels — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:26:00 -0700

The Artisan 50 ships in June. The inkjet printer lets users print photos, including printing images onto inkjet-printable CDs and DVDs.

Simulating tilt-shift photography with the Bokeh plugin

James Dempsey — Tue, 19 May 2009 06:02:00 -0700

Alien Skin Software's Bokeh does more than just add and adjust out-of-focus areas of an image to enhance the subject matter. It can also add tilt-shift effects to an image, as James Dempsey explains.

Review: PhotoCalc for iPhone

Rob de la Cretaz — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:25:00 -0700

From its stunning accuracy to an impressive library of incredibly useful information, this photographer's reference tool is a welcome addition to the iPhone or iPod touch of any dedicated shutterbug.

Face Fun for iPhone lets you remix faces

Cyrus Farivar — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:58:00 -0700

A new iPhone application, Face Fun, lets you isolate faces from your photo library and apply fun effects to them.

Review: Nikon D90 digital SLR camera

Ben Long — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:22:00 -0700

If you shoot pictures with a digital single-lens reflex (SLR) camera and carry a point-and-shoot for its video capability, then Nikon’s D90 might be the camera for you.

Review: Canon PowerShot A1100 IS digital camera

Ben Long — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:00:00 -0700

Canon's PowerShot A1100 IS provides a very good price/performance ratio, and it’s even available in four fashionable colors. If you’re looking for a good entry-level camera, you should consider the A1100.

iPhoto Library Manager 3.5 adds Faces, Places compatibility

David Chartier — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:36:00 -0700

A new version of this powerful utility for creating and managing multiple iPhoto libraries now transfers Faces and Places information.

Add focus to your images with Bokeh

James Dempsey — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:50:00 -0700

If you want to apply the visually distinctive appearance of light in the out-of-focus area of a photograph -- a term known as "bokeh" -- you've come to the right place. James Dempsey shows you how to do it with a $199 plug-in from Alien Skin Software.

Review: GE A835 digital camera

Ben Long — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:00:00 -0700

If you’ve finally decided to jump on the digital camera bandwagon, GE's A835 isn’t a bad choice, but for just a little more money you could get a camera that delivers better image quality.