Copyright Carolyn E. Wright, Esq., all rights reserved

It’s easier than ever for someone to steal your photographs in this digital age. While the copyrights for your photographs are created at the click of the shutter, the best way to protect your photographs is to register them with the U.S. Copyright Office. You can register the images yourself, but mistakes in the process can limit your rights.

Text and photos copyright Royce Howland, all rights reserved

Last year was highly fulfilling for me in terms of photography, and I had more goals for this year, building on everything I felt was going well. However, as they say, life is what happens while you’re making other plans. A number of things didn’t work out as needed, and most of my photography goals were scuttled. I fell into a photographic funk, and passed through most of the spring and summer hardly picking up a camera. It was a downward spiral – the more I didn’t photograph, the more I soured about my photography. It took a simple, repeated suggestion and a small pepper plant to help me reconnect with my enjoyment of photography.

Text and photos copyright Brian E. Small, all rights reserved

O.K. – let’s have some fun. Bird photography doesn’t always have to be quite so serious. I want you to break out your Tarot cards, Ouija board, crystal ball, lucky rabbit’s foot, Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America or any other device that may help you predict the future. In my case, a few well-placed phone calls to some of those folks “in-the-know” along with a bit of educated guessing helped me look a little bit into one aspect of the possible future of North America’s avifauna, namely, which sub-species, races or perhaps color morphs of birds that currently breed in North America may someday become fully recognized species.

Adobe has released updates to its Camera Raw Plug-in for Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2.  This update includes the previous Camera Raw update for CS3.

Adobe has also officially released Lightroom 2.1, improving integration of Photoshop.

Both updates can be found here:  link