Free Fall Photography Webinar

Bogen Imaging, Ramsey, N.J., announces a free webinar titled "Capturing the Brilliance of Fall: Roundtable with Adam Barker." Part of the company's Bogen Café series of free instructional webinars, the seminar will be held from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT, on October 5th.

Three lucky winners who attend this free webinar will win one of three Prize Giveaways of the National Geographic Earth Explorer Large Shoulder Bags (NG 2477), a value of $140.

Training for $1/hour

If you would love to attend professional training workshops, but you can't get away, now there's a solution. Photovision2009 is a series of "behind the scenes" training done by some of the biggest names in portrait and studio photography. This series of DVD's captures the actual shoot with explanations by the photographers themselves. You'll also get lessons on marketing your studio, hot new gear and techniques.

Now thru 12/31/09 you can sample this training by visiting http://photovision2009.com. Just enter the promo code subscriber and get the first four hours of training for only $4.00.

Bizarre cameras

Just in time for your Christmas wish list, Gizmodo has assembled a list of most unusual cameras for getting that impossible shot. While we probably couldn't afford most of them, they sure would make great conversation starters. http://bit.ly/4skWP6

National Geographic photo app

National Geographic has rolled out a facinating application for photographers and photo lovers. http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ You can upload your own photos and create your own National Geographic photo gallery page. From there, you can create assorted puzzles to play online and much, much more.



Also check out www.ngm.com/infinite where your photos and those of others make up what's known as an infinite photo - really a mosaic image made up of thousands of smaller images. Submit your photo and it could be featured as part of their next photo.

More inspiration

SmashingApps is a website dedicated to providing free and useful resources to creative professionals. They recently posted a great collection of photos called 23 Breathtaking Moments And Ideas Captured By Photographers. Some of the photos are truly outstanding, and hopefully many will give you ideas for projects you might like to try on your own. (Be forewarned, as of this posting, some of the photos are not oriented correctly, so be prepared to tilt your head to view them.)

Ready for some hiking and shooting

Just finished packing for tomorrow's Second Annual PhotoWalk, where I and 30,000+ of my closest photographer friends will be out and about shooting millions of pictures across the world. It's not too late to join us.

You notice I packed the night before....and there's a good reason. Try as I will to take everything I think I might need, and leave everything behind that I probably wouldn't use, I'll still think of something else before I go. That way I've still got time to pack it before I walk out the door in the morning.

In the old days I packed right before leaving and invariably a couple hours later I would think of something I should have added. Back then though, I was already on the road. This works so much better.  Try it.

Hot new iPhone app

Just released, from onOne Software, an app to allow remote triggering of your Canon SLR. (Nikon shooters, hold on a little longer, that app is coming.)

From the onOne site: "DSLR Camera Remote is the next-generation cable release for your Canon EOS DSLR camera. Just connect your camera to a WiFi enabled computer and the DSLR Camera Remote software enables you to use your Apple iPhone or iPod touch to wirelessly adjust cameras settings, fire the shutter, review images, even get a live viewfinder preview. DSLR Camera Remote is a must-have for remote shooting applications like high or low angles, self portraits and children. With its advanced timers it makes remote monitoring a snap. No internet connection required!"

The app even lets you review the shot you just took, to confirm you got what you wanted.

Two versions are available - lite for $1.99 and professional for $19.99. Both are available through the iTunes Store.