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Canon EOS Discovery Day @ Unique Photo This Saturday 3/21/09

Creative Photography with the Canon EOS Digital Camera System (Intermediate)
If you’re a more experienced SLR user, this three-hour session is your ticket to learning about the more sophisticated features of your EOS camera. We’ll take you to the next step in crafting great photographs, with details about the advanced controls in your camera and how [...]

PMA: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Las Vegas is the city of choice for most conventions. And that is true for this year’s PMA (Photo Marketing Association) International Trade Show. It is suppose to drive extra traffic and excitement.This year, however, given the already steady decline of the show due to the shrinking numbers of photo retailers, and given the “depressing” [...]

Largest US Camera Store Chain Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

Largest US Camera Store Chain Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

Ritz Camera Centers, the nation’s largest retail photography chain, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.  The Beltsville, Md.-based company submitted its filing Sunday in federal bankruptcy court in Wilmington, estimating assets and liabilities at between $100 million and $500 million. The list of its top 30 unsecured creditors is led by Nikon Inc. and [...]

The fotobamaweek contest 1/15/09 - 3/15/09 From FotoWeekDC.org

In keeping with our mission to bring you the best of all things photographic, FotoWeek DC and The Newseum proudly announce fotobamaweek, an international photography contest celebrating the Presidential campaign and the Inauguration of Barack Obama.
Take that amazing image during Inauguration week, or find one you have already shot that captures the spirit of the [...]

CES and the recession: What was the impact? - CNN.com

Actually, it’s been very hard to judge the effect of the recession on this show, which in the past has been one of the largest in the world. Ask five different CES veterans what they thought, and you get five very different answers.
But over the course of the four days I’ve been in town, some [...]