Just got forwarded this press release (I get tons of them on a daily basis - I'm only 1 man, so I only pass along the interesting ones) and thought it was worth mentioning and might generate some discussion. "SmileCheck" enables a new type of picture taking mode called “Smile Shutter” in digital cameras. Once the camera’s trigger button is depressed, the shutter is not engaged until smiles are detected on all faces within the frame, ensuring photos with all smiles. Read the full press release below, and then I'd love to hear your thoughts on this technology advancement - think of it - is this a dream come true for portrait photographers, or what??!

Hamrick Software, the developer of VueScan, the most widely used scanning software, has released VueScan 8.4.46 with full support for Apple's Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (also, look for Hamrick/VueScan to be sponsoring a contest or two in the upcoming months!!). Read the full press release below.

BenVista announced today the release of PhotoArtist 2, software for creating picturesque artwork based on digital photos. Read the full press release below: Read more »

As we mentioned a little over a month ago, Delkin introduced the new CardBus 32 UDMA CF adapter. They’ve just announced they’re now shipping. Read the full press release below: Read more »

There’s a new photography-related charity on the block, and they just passed along a note to me and I thought I’d pass it along to the community. The name of the charity is Photographers Without Borders, and their website is http://www.photographerswithoutborders.org. Read more »

Lowepro, one of the sponsors for the PhotographyCorner.com 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest, just announced they will be expanding their line of Slingshot AW camera bags to include for larger model dSLRs (I might even be giving one or 2 of these away as prizes in the PotY Contest). This is great news for those who really enjoy the slingshot style camera bag (great for short day trips to the zoo, etc), but could never get all their “stuff” to fit, so had to use a larger, backpack-style bag. Read the full press release below:  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 »

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 »

GoDaddy.com introduces an affordable and easy way to show your photographs on your own website. Read more »