In 2007 the DSLR camera market grew by 40% in North America, compared to the point-and-shoot market, which grew by 24%, according to a new InfoTrends report. “Consumers who are upgrading to DSLRs are no longer just hobbyists, but also include families with young children who are looking for cameras with no shutter lag. A profitable DSLR market is able to support research and development (R&D), and we expect innovation in DSLRs that may cause consumers to regularly upgrade their camera body,” commented Mette Eriksen, Director of InfoTrends’ Digital Photography Trends Service. Inf
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Balancing work with a social life can be a challenge even for single photographers, but adding a husband and two kids to the mix can lead to disaster, or worse, a desk job. Annie Griffiths Belt found the perfect solution, bringing her family along for the ride. After 20 years of marriage and 18 years of parenting, the 55-year-old National Geographic photographer’s plan is a proven success. Her daughter Lily, 18, is about to begin her freshman year of college with plans to become a physician and Charlie, 15, is attending high school. Lily and Charlie Belt spent much of their
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The photographic community is incredibly diverse, made up of photographers who shoot from the sky to the sea and everywhere in between. Each month we look at a different segment of the industry, interviewing top professional photographers about life, their careers, and what sets their piece of the photographic industry apart from the rest. This month we focus on Steve Winter, 52, a contributing photographer at National Geographic magazine since 1991. Focusing on conservation photography, Winter’s subjects have included volcanoes in Iceland, grizzly bears in Russia, and the natural
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The Pentax Gear Up Rebate offers big savings on individual products or a K20D or K200D system. For example, you can save $375.00 on a system including a K20D body, an smc PENTAX DA*16-50mm lens, an smc PENTAX DA*50-135mm lens, a BG 2 Grip and an AF-540 FGZ Flash. This offer runs from May 22 through July 26, 2008. Accessories included in this rebate must be purchased at the same time as a K20D or K200D on the same receipt to receive full rebate. Pentax Imaging Company Press Release PENTAX Announces Digital SLR Gear Up Rebate GOLDEN, Colo., May 22 /PRNewswire/—PENTAX Imaging
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It’s always deep in the heart of the forest where the evil lurks. Hansel and Gretel come across the evil witch and her gingerbread house, Little Red Ridding Hood meets the wolf, and countless other fell and dangerous creatures are known to lurk there. Our relationship to trees and forests has a history of being adversarial; in order to establish outposts of civilization, homesteaders would clear away trees to grow the meager crops that keep them alive. As hard as it for us to imagine, most of the world’s temperate climate land masses, North America, Europe, and parts of Asia were at one time
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