I assume most that are reading this are already familiar with the What the Duck comic strip. If you’re not, you can read them at WhatTheDuck.com or in the Photography News section of the Corner forums. Aaron Johnson’s minimalist style and dry, satirical dialogue lead us through a variety of adventures in the world of professional photography. The main character is, of course, a duck, as are all the photographer characters in the strip. Everyone else (clients, models, etc) however, are human. Strangely, this seems completely natural. While design/creative amateurs and professionals will particularly enjoy the scenarious and humor throughout the strip, you don’t have to be a pro to be entertained. Even if you simply own a camera, you’ll easily relate to a variety of the humorous situations.

What the Duck started just over 3 years ago (wow, has it been that long??!), and as far as I can tell, all the strips in the full-color, 128 page book, have been previously published on whattheduck.com. There are, however, a number of new drawings for each of the “chapter” headings. You can check out a limited preview here in Google Books. Each drawing looks WAY better in print versus online (obviously). What the Duck: A W.T. Duck Collection (graciously given to me by the author, Aaron Johnson), features hundreds of strips on 8.8 × 8.4 inch pages (paperback).

I have 3 signed-and-framed What the Duck strips in my office (pictured below), so obviously I’m a big fan. What the Duck: A W.T. Duck Collection was supposed to go on sale starting today, but I noticed Amazon was selling it last week. You can now pick it up from Amazon for less than $10, so there’s really no reason for you not to pick up your own copy. If you own a camera, consider it your next “must-have” accessory. Buy your copy today! Read more »

I know this is only news to those of us that live in the Great White North (aka Canada), but since SnapTotes is one of my favorite “photo accessories” companies, and since I, myself, live in Canada, I figured I’d share the news anyways (besides, we have an awful lot of Canadians here at the Corner, you know). Oh, and there’s coupon code at the bottom, too.  Read more »

We don't normally cover a lot of "news" here in the Corner Blog, but this particular issue is one that directly affects us as artists - as photographers. If you only read one thing today, read this article. I wanted to do this issue justice, so instead of writing it myself, I asked Karen, one of the great mods in the PhotographyCorner forums, research and write this, and she did an amazing job. Take the time to read it the whole way through, then pass it along to all your friends, post it on your blog, email it to anyone you know that is an artist, whether they're a photographer, graphic designer, painter, whatever. Seriously. It's that big of a deal. So, without further adieu, I'll hand the rest of the post over to Karen:

Bibble Pro Version 4.9.9 adds Nikon D300, D3, Canon 1Ds Mark 3, G9, Olympus E-3, Sony A700, and adds tethering support for Intel Mac's with Nikon dSLR's. This has gotta be the last version before we get to see version 5 (we'll have to give them award plaques when they finally get it out). In the meantime, here's the press release for version 4.9.9.

It’s been a long time coming, but I’m finally to the point where I can start catching up on photography industry news. Some of this news dates back over 2 months, but better late than never, eh? I’ll try not to cram too much into each Corner Compilation post, so expect about 10-12 “bits of news” in each compilation. Hopefully I’ll be all caught up in a matter of weeks (cross your fingers). Enjoy the news (mostly Delkin and Lowepro this time around, but trust me, there’s a lot more coming)! Read more »

You read it right. Dpreview.com, probably the most popular digital photography review website on the Internet, was acquired by Amazon.com. The announcement appeared on the dpreview website earlier today. Read more »

Here’s another round of interesting/essential photography-related news. Read more »

…Winston Rockwell (aka Rocky, aka squirl033) with his photograph Refraction!!

After a month-long entry period, followed by the first round of voting, which featured 15 voting threads of 9 photos each, followed by the final voting round, Rocky was crowned the winner of the 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest!! Read more »

Jeff Stephens from Bibble Labs and I had a chance to chat recently about Bibble, RAW, and digital workflow. Jeff has been a member of the forum for a while and Bibble Labs is a Premiere Sponsor for the PhotographyCorner.com 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest. Here are some of the things that Jeff and I chatted about. Read more »

Last year, Nikon announced the release of their new image processing and editing software, Capture NX. It claims to be a “powerful and intuitive new software [that] simplifies workflow while reducing the time and effort required to edit and process images.” From what I’ve seen of Capture NX, it is a pretty big improvement over their previous software Nikon Capture 4. If you’re somewhat computer literate, (even if you barely know how to submit your site to a photography directory), it’s easy and intuitive enough to figure out - especially if you have some experience in a program like Photoshop. Obviously the software is only good for those of us that own a Nikon camera (sorry Canon/Olympus/Fuji/Pentax/Other owners), and there are no plans to expand the software to work with other RAW formats (as far as I’ve heard). Read more »

Lexar has announced that new Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC™) flash memory cards will be available as part of the company’s Platinum II and Standard lines of products. SDHC cards from both Lexar product lines will be available next month in 4GB capacity, and later this year in 8GB capacity. Read the full press release below: Read more »

Panasonic has announced plans to launch new Pro High Speed SD Cards with Class 6 SD Speed specification with 1GB/2GB/4GB memory capacity. Sales of the memory cards worldwide are scheduled to begin in February 2007. Even when using the cards with the highest resolution dSLR, photographs can enjoy full performance of consecutive shooting without worrying about overflow of buffer memory. Full press release below:

Sony has announced that the new 8GB Memory Stick PRO Duo will be compatible with all Sony Cybershot, Handycam and VAIO products (launched from the beginning of 2007), and with the Sony A100 DSLR camera. With a software update the Memory Stick will also be compliant with Sony VAIO products launched from the beginning of 2005, all PSPs (with system software ver. 2.81 or later) and Memory Stick Video Recorders. The 8GB Memory Stick PRO Duo (MSX-M8GS) should be available for purchase as soon as the beginning of February 2007. Read the full press release below. Read more »

Last week, Nikon announced that the D40 is now officially Windows Vista Certified. The D40 is the first camera Nikon has announced is Vista certified. You can read the press release below: Read more »

Over the past couple of months we’ve seen thousands of ads around the Corner about the beta release of Adobe Lightroom. Now NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) has announced the launch of Darkroom (http://www.darkroommagazine.com) - the how-to magazine for Adobe Photoshop Lightroom users.  Read more »

If you haven’t seen this video released by Kodak on YouTube yet, you’re really missing out… I’d describe the video to you and comment on it, but it’s probably just as easy for me to show it to you (gotta love new technology, eh?), and honestly, it really speaks for itself (if you find it starts out boring, just wait to the 45-50 second mark… trust me). Read more »

Bibble Labs, one of the Premiere Sponsors of the PhotographyCorner.com 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest announces the first RAW Workflow update of 2007, adding support for new dSLR cameras like the new Nikon D40 and the Pentax K10D. Read more »

For those of you who have yet to enter the PhotographyCorner.com 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest, I’ve got some great news for you… Read more »

While over the next couple of months, I fully expect a flood of similar press releases to come from a variety of software companies, this is the first one to land in my inbox, and subsequently, in the blog. Basically, ACDSee has promised to make it’s products Windows Vista compatible. You can read the full release below: Read more »