New Editors' Picks: Portrait Photography

The Photo.net editors have published a Portrait Photography article, highlighting some of the members' best and most unique portrait work.

"Unique Portraits: bold colors contrasting with muted background tones, candid portraits of distinguished gentlemen, water droplets accentuating a girl's face, a bold necklace highlighting the colors of a model's eyes, patterns and textures framing the delicate features of a young girl's face, strong expressions evoking intense feelings..." -Photo.net editors

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Image by A. Hunt

Pentax K20D Preview

Pentax released details on the latest addition to the Pentax DSLR line, the Pentax K20D.


"The Pentax K20D is Pentax's latest offering in the mid-range DSLR market, replacing the previous K10D. As is inevitable these days, the pixel count has been increased, not to the 10MP or 12MP of its competitors from Canon, Nikon, and Sony, but to a class leading 14.6MP. Currently only the Canon EOS 1Ds MkII (16MP) and 1Ds MKIII (22MP) outgun the Pentax K20D in terms of number of pixels. The Pentax K20D is expected to sell at around $1300, while the Canon 1Ds MkII sells for around $6000 and the MkIII is even more expensive!" -Bob Atkins

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Next Topics in the Business of Wedding Photography Series

Learning to make excellent images is only half of the equation to being a professional photographer. Learning to build, promote and run a successful business is equally important if you want to make a career of photography. To help with this process, Managing Editor Hannah Thiem has gathered a group of Photo.net's most active and successful wedding photographers for a discussion on the business of wedding photography. Covering everything from promotion to legal issues, there will be 11 articles in all. The next 2 topics have been published:

7. Organization on the Job - Before, During and After the Wedding
8. Working with assistants and second shooters

"There are three parts to my paperwork: the contract, the model release, and the information sheet. The info sheet includes all details about the couple, the day booked, who will be the contact for each part of the day/venue, etc. I then archive a digital copy of everything (I scan the paper copies) and do as much as possible through email." -David Wegwart

"I only use assistants in about 20% of my weddings. Having special knowledge about cameras is not needed. I want someone who is totally reliable, very friendly, knows how to interact with guests in a smooth manner, and knows what is going on photographically." -Conrad Erb

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Image by Marc Williams

Nikon D60 Preview

Nikon released details on the latest addition to the Nikon prosumer line, the Nikon D60.


"Nikon's new D60 appears to be a replacement for the D40X, though Nikon doesn't explicitly say that. The cameras seem very similar indeed, with what seems to be an identical body and mostly identical specifications. The D60 adds "active d-lighting", which helps to maximize dynamic range, an improved system to keep the sensor free of dust, an eye sensor function, which turns off the LCD when the user looks through the viewfinder, and an electronic rangefinder display, which indicates the deviation from the in-focus point when using manual focus mode." -Bob Atkins

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Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III Review

Philip has taken an in-depth look at the latest incarnation of the EOS 1Ds line,
the 1Ds Mark III.

"The 1Ds Mark III turns on almost instantly and is very responsive, on par with
the cheaper Canon bodies that are not tangling with 25 MB RAW images. The camera
can capture 5 pictures per second, but it can't write them to the memory cards
that fast. After you've captured about 56 JPEGs or 12 RAW images, the viewfinder
and top-deck LCDs will read "BUSY" for a few seconds until some of the images
have been saved, freeing buffer memory for additional photos."
-Philip Greenspun

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Image by Philip Greenspun