Photo Business News archive, 2006–2026. New writing is at Substack.

FotoQuote 6: A Worthwhile Upgrade

Like fine wine, a new version of FotoQuote has been highly anticipated, but Cradoc, the programs’ creator, on the verge of releasing the software last year, opted to do more research and has finally released the fruits of that labor, in FotoQuote 6. (Click images to see larger)Now with 304 categories, meticulously researched, this software, … Read more

Smithsonian Folklife Festival Mis-Steps

The Smithsonian is responsible for a lot of amazing things. This year, they’re responsible for one thing that is, frankly, an abomination – the devaluation of intellectual property – at the annual 2009 Folklife Festival.A call when out recently, which read, in part:We are specifically looking for volunteers with experience in audio, video, and photo … Read more

Book Scanning Technology

Ever wonder how it’s possible to digitize books by the thousands? Who’s turning all those pages? Well, wonder no more, as here’s the answer – a neat little contraption with two Canon EOS cameras, and a vacuum that automatically turns the page after a high resolution image is made of each page. We recently had … Read more

Get the DAM Book!

Get ’em while they’re hot! Peter Krogh’s The DAM Book, Second Edition is now out!Peter’s First Edition is great, and I strongly recommended it in my book. Now, he’s updated it (the First Edition was from 2005!) and he includes all sorts of pointers for the latest Lightroom and Photoshop workflow solutions. It’s the best … Read more

Pete Souza – Recording History – A CBS Profile

Below is a nice piece on Pete and the work he is doing documenting history in the making. Embedded content archived.(Comments, if any, after the Jump)Please post your comments by clicking the link below. If you’ve got questions, please pose them in our Photo Business Forum Flickr Group Discussion Threads.