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DigitalPro 6 for Windows: The Best DAM Software. Period.

We’re pleased to announce the availability of DigitalPro 6 for Windows, the first and only Digital Asset Management (DAM) software designed entirely by and for photographers. For nearly a decade thousands of pro and enthusiast digital shooters have used DigitalPro to review, organize and catalog their images.

With the release of DigitalPro 6, Pro Shooters LLC once again breaks new ground with industry-leading features including integrated image validation and safe backup, background multi-threaded captioning, image stacks, support for HDR and Panorama image editing and up to six different user selectable editors. It is also faster than ever and includes support for media file management and thumbnailing as well as a full implementation of both IPTC and XMP standards for image files….

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Skill & Luck: A Good Photo Strategy does not equal Photo Success

When a pro photographer is paid to shoot a product or model in a studio they are judged by their results—which makes perfect sense because they have control of nearly all the variables involved. Barring a natural disaster or a series of unforseeable equipment failures they should be able to deliver the goods. But applying the same expectations to wildlife and even other kinds of action photography is a recipe for disappointment…

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Go High-Speed on Your SD Cards Without Breaking the Bank

When SD cards were the exclusive province of point and shoot cameras their speed didn’t matter much. But now that they are used in many D-SLRs for main slots, overflow slots, and HD video capture speed has become just as important as with CompactFlash cards. Unfortunately the big price advantage of SD cards has traditionally gone away when you shop for higher speeds. But no more…

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Thirty Minutes That Can Save Your Photo Vacation

Whether you are going on a casual vacation and want to capture some images of your trip or a full-fledged photo safari where you are hoping to capture the “images of a lifetime” there is hardly anything more distressing than looking at your images and finding them blurry. The camera normally gets the blame, but with a simple exercise before you go you can prevent this disaster… DOF Test SetupDOF Test Setup

Snow: Your Portable Light Source

I was reminded repeatedly on my recent trip to Yellowstone that metering in snow scares people. Any time we were near other photographers you could hear the timid “now snow is +1, right?” call out to a companion. From reading his latest BT Journal my friend Moose Peterson heard plenty of the same when he was there. But as Moose points out, snow can be your friend…

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