1D Mark IV Firmware Update.

As a result of further enhancement, Canon is working to release a firmware update for the EOS-1D Mark IV. This firmware update further enhances the AF tracking performance and should be available for download from the Web starting from late January.Firmware Version 1.0.6 enhances the AF tracking performance of the EOS-1D Mark IV for receding subjects and for subjects that are approaching at a low-speed this info is coming from Canon Europe. Hopefully the release of the new firmware will better improve an already amazing camera. If you would like to read more on this click here.

Thinking About Doing This.

The Story Beyond The Still
Introducing the first user-generated HD Video Contest where photographers become filmmakers, and we all see beyond the still. To kick off the contest, Canon asked photographer, Vincent Laforet, to interpret what story lives beyond this still and to tell that story with the new Canon EOS 7D. His will be the first chapter of seven, each ending with a still photograph for the next aspiring filmmaker to interpret. Posing the question to everyone, what do you see beyond the still? I think this is a really cool idea, I have always liked the idea of callborating with other artists. If your interested in the contest click here .

Sports Illustrated Unveiling e-Reader Product.

Want to see how your editorial images and multimedia might look if they were to be presented on an e-reader?  Time Inc.’s Sports Illustrated is the latest publisher to show how it would translate a print magazine to magazine-friendly e-readers that are expected to come out in the next several months. You can view a video demo of the SI tablet version here. Publishers have been scrambling to figure out how to adapt their print magazines to small screens in response to the iPhone’s popularity and anticipated adoption of tablets offering color, sound and video features. As more and more people are using computers to get their news it is only a matter of time before magazine companies put their magiazien onlien. To read mor on this click here .

Music Photography.

 

As the music industry evolved over the last several years, the business of photographing musicians and bands for record labels changed with it. Despite declining album sales industry-wide, reps who get their shooters work with music labels say they have just as many jobs now as they did a few years ago. They also say there are still big-budget commercial music jobs to be had. What’s changed, they say, is that the fee structures now vary greatly, and that labels, like every other photo client, want more for less.What can make working for a record label worthwhile for photographers, especially jobs with smaller budgets, depends on a number of intangibles, such as the potential for licensing, future assignments in the music industry or the chance to build a portfolio that appeals to advertisers.
I found this article on PDN’s website and thought it was helpful to anyone who is interested in music photography or advertising for major corporations.