The Portland Metro Photographic News

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge has a total of 5,150 acres of marshes, grasslands, and woodlands. Preservation of the natural Columbia River floodplain is the management objective of the Carty Roth and Ridgeport Dairy units. The River(s) and Bachelor Island units are managed to maximize habitat for waterfowl and other wetland wildlife.

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Compact Flash (CF) cards are the predominant in-camera, storage media for the majority of modern DSLR cameras. This post looks at Compact Flash cards and the jargon you will encounter when making a purchase decision.

The original compact flash by IBM (left) and a current CF card sold by Calumet Photo

Enter the 2010 Oregon Wild Outdoor Photo Contest

In 2010 Oregon Wild hosts its 6th annual outdoor Photo Contest.

Grab your camera, hit the trails, and enter the sixth annual Oregon Wild Outdoor Photo Contest!  The contest is open...

A Bike Photo Contest sponsored by Pro Photo Supply, Canon and Bicycling Northwest

Contest Prizes and Categories:

• Grand Prize: Canon Rebel SLR Camera Kit
• 1st Place in Each Category: Canon Powershot Digital Camera

Categories Include:

• Racing – The Northwest is full of racing, you name it, on the track, roads, hi...

by Tom Hubbard

This article may be considered blasphemy by those die-hard, heavy-duty DSLR users in PMPN land.  But, there are times in my photographic life when lugging a big DSLR seems like extreme overkill.  For years, I've craved a full-featured small camera that would compliment the quality and flexibility of my professional equipment -- something that I could throw in my camera bag and that my wife would find easy enough to take pictures...

After months of teasing us with two public betas of Lightroom 3, Adobe has finally released the finished product. Whether you’re currently a Lightroom user or not, you should pay attention to this latest version. That’s because Lightroom has matured into a complete workflow solution for most photographers – especially those shooting RAW.

What is Lightroom?

The Chicago Tribune newspaper partners with Image Fortress and Masterpiece Marketing Group
to digitally archive their vast photographic archive and market the original historic
photographs to collectors worldwide.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) June 2...

PMA announces PMA 2011 will be September 8-10, 2011

Fall event kicks off key holiday promotional season for industry

Key points:

• PMA 2011 will be Sept. 8-10, 2011, in Las Vegas, Nev.

• DIMA conference will be Sept. 6-9.

• PPFA conference will be Sept. 6-9.

• PIEA conference will be Sept. 8-11.

• Photo enthusiasts welco...

Editor's Note: Mark Alberhasky is not only a friend but also a visionary photographer who holds the distinction of being a physician as well. Photographer, author, inventor, and physician, Mark’s passion for all things photographic leads him down uncharted paths all over the globe. Mark is a Nikon mentor for the Mentor Series Worldwide Treks. His award winning photography...

The power of photography to emotionally move and focus society's attention is clearly evident in the work and art of Phil Borges. Phil's latest photographic achievement is now a milestone publication, Women Empowered: Inspiring Change in the Emerging World. It is a testament to this Visionary's sensitivity and craftsmanship as well as visual ...

There's no debate that Canon and its EOS series of film and digital cameras have had a profound impact on the face of photography.  First introduced in 1987, the EOS line presented a wake up call to other SLR camera manufacturers.  The race for cameras of exceptional quality, technolocially superior and digitally ehanced user-friendliness was on.  Now with over 40 million cameras in the hands of users worldwide (20 million being DSLRs), EOS has become a...

Newspace Center for Photography invites you to enter our 6th Annual Juried Exhibition. Winning images will be shown at the Center during the month of July 2010.  The competition is open to all photographic themes and processes, but the work should have been created in the last three years.