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Name Your Dream Assignment Grand Prize Winner: The Shutter Sisters

asorokas — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:23:59 GMT

Photographers and storycatchers Jen Lemen and Stephanie C. Roberts were awarded $50,000 and named the grand prize winners of the Name Your Dream Assignment photography competition sponsored by Lenovo and Microsoft for their Picture Hope submission—a competition...(read more)

Bob Rosato: Sports Journalist, Road Warrior

asorokas — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:54:00 GMT

//by Amy Sorokas Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a professional sports photojournalist? To travel to sporting events around the country, documenting professional athletes at the top of their game? Seeing one of your photos...(read more)

Call for Entries: 2010 International Conservation Photography Awards

asorokas — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:46:00 GMT

//by Amy Sorokas Do you have a fantastic photograph that showcases conservation and the environment? The call for entries for the 2010 International Conservation Photography Awards (ICP Awards) is now open through February 28, 2010. The ICP...(read more)

Deanne Fitzmaurice on NPR Discussing the Images from Haiti

asorokas — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:35:41 GMT

//by Amy Sorokas The media coverage of the tragedy in Haiti has brought forth a discussion about the graphic nature of the imagery that is being presented in the media. Deanne Fitzmaurice, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Icon of Imaging...(read more)

Reed Hoffmann’s Wounded Warrior Project

asorokas — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:16:38 GMT

//by Amy Sorokas Our Icons of Imaging are an amazing group of folks. Many work on projects that give back to the community and it is always a pleasure to see those projects take shape. One of these projects is Reed Hoffmann’s Wounded Warriors ...(read more)

John Moore’s Spirit – the Book

asorokas — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:02 GMT

//by Amy Sorokas It is always more fun to work with people who are really into what they are working on, no matter your occupation. For me, it is even better when it is one of our photographer friends who is working on a great project and their...(read more)

REPOST: Expression Media 2 - Known Issues on Windows 7 & Snow Leopard

asorokas — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:28:28 GMT

by Expression Media Support Team <Repost of 10/22/09 post on the Expression Media Support Team blog. Direct link: http://blogs.msdn.com/xmediasupport/archive/2009/10/22/known-issues-on-windows-7-snow-leopard.aspx > ...(read more)

The Shutter Sisters “Picture Hope”

asorokas — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:53:24 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / The winning project, Picture Hope , from the Name Your Dream Assignment contest continues to form into the story Jen Lemen and Stephanie Roberts envisioned. In fact, they are journaling their experience as they work on it. ...(read more)

Photo Happenings in Seattle – September and Beyond

asorokas — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:30:38 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / Seattle is alive with many great photography related events over the next few weeks! Hopefully many people who visit our blog can take advantage of these. Our friends at Blue Earth Alliance and Glazer’s Camera have...(read more)

Tips from A Pulitzer Prize Winning Photojournalist – on Marc’s Photo Show

asorokas — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:58:32 GMT

/by Amy Sorokas Recently, Deanne Fitzmaurice was interviewed by Marc Silber on his photo show . Deanne is one of our Icons of Imaging and she is as Marc points out, “an amazing mixture of talent, curiosity, sensitivity, yet raw courage, rolled...(read more)

One HEART in Tibet by Phil Borges

asorokas — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 03:50:54 GMT

Guest Post by Phil Borges / < editor’s note: it is with great pleasure that we get to share with you the second guest post from Phil Borges , Microsoft Icon of Imaging , who was working on a project in Tibet with One HEART . We hope to...(read more)

Practice Makes Perfect – Even for Professional Photographers

asorokas — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:27:05 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / Kostas Mallios, Microsoft’s General Manager of Rich Media Labs, is the opening keynote speaker for a new educational event for all levels of professional photographers, “ Skip’s Summer School ’09 .” The program created by Skip Cohen...(read more)

Want to Zoom? Seadragon.com

asorokas — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:24:07 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / Our friends on the Live Labs team here at Microsoft just released a cool new service at www.seadragon.com . You can now transform your own photos into zoomable images by using Seadragon and then embed them right on your website...(read more)

It’s A Photographic Journey of Historical Significance

asorokas — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:12:35 GMT

The Library of Congress and The Official Whitehouse Photostream by Amy Sorokas / The trend of making photographs easily accessible and available for anyone to view at any time online is great thing for institutions with a plethora of images of...(read more)

“Women Empowered” New Website and Mini-Documentaries by Phil Borges

asorokas — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:55:00 GMT

Borges Works with CARE to Raise Awareness By Amy Sorokas / Phil Borges , Microsoft Icon of Imaging , has a new website, Women Empowered , built in conjunction with liveBooks to showcase short documentaries Borges created for the organization...(read more)

‘One HEART’ Addressing the High Rate Maternal and Infant Mortality - Tibet’s Nomadic Population

asorokas — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:12:00 GMT

Guest Post by Phil Borges / < editor’s note: it is with great pleasure that we get to share with you this guest post from Phil Borges , Microsoft Icon of Imaging , who is currently working on a project in Tibet with One HEART . We hope to...(read more)

Video Capture on My (Next) D-SLR

asorokas — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:09:21 GMT

The Nikon D-Movie Screening Room by Amy Sorokas / I recently had fun playing with both the Nikon D5000 and the Canon EOS Rebel T1i , the new D-SLR’s with video capture. They were only on loan, so I have yet to make the plunge and buy one...(read more)

Interesting Ways to Personalize a Book and Be Part of History

asorokas — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:59:00 GMT

The Obama Time Capsule by Amy Sorokas / Recently, the cards aligned for Rick Smolan and he was able realize a vision to create a book about the journey of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States with personalization of the book for...(read more)

The Shutter Sisters Prepare for the Launch of Picture Hope

asorokas — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:41:57 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / The winners of Name Your Dream Assignment are getting ready to embark on the next phase of their incredible project, Picture Hope . Jen Lemen is currently in Rwanda scouting the stories that the Shutter Sisters will attempt...(read more)

Introducing the Monthly Theme Assignment – July is “Places”

asorokas — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:59:00 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / Inspired by all the great photographers, images and videos I encounter every day, it is time to share some of that inspiration. In an attempt to get those creative juices flowing and make you pick up your camera and go shooting...(read more)

Congratulations 2009 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition Winners!

asorokas — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:36:00 GMT

By Amy Sorokas / There are always exciting things happening around the office, but today we got to announce the winners of the 2009 Microsoft Future Pro Photographer Competition , a photography contest for students designed to discover and showcase...(read more)

Icons of Imaging – What are They Up To?

asorokas — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:06:48 GMT

by Amy Sorokas / I had the pleasure of speaking with many of the Icons of Imaging this week, and man, are they busy! A quick round up of what just some of them are working on might make your head spin. So hang onto your hats! Bob Rosato just got home...(read more)

Hot Photo Jobs: Corky Trewin, Seattle Seahawks Photographer

asorokas — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:53:45 GMT

Insight into the Life of a Professional Sports Photographer by Amy Sorokas / Managing massive volume comes to mind when Corky Trewin starts talking about just how many frames get fired off on the sidelines of a typical Seattle Seahawks game. He says typically...(read more)

Did You Say Free?

asorokas — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:20:10 GMT

Free Applications from Microsoft Make Your Workflow Easier and More Fun by Jim Lewallen / Microsoft is continually investing in big and small ways to create solutions for photographers through software and services. In this post, I want to point...(read more)

Music Can HELP Bring Your Photos to life

asorokas — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:03:08 GMT

Technorati Tags: Photography , Music Triple Scoop Music Provides Award Winning Music to Photographers by Amy Sorokas / My experience is – add music and people will watch longer. No matter what there is to watch, music makes it more engaging and...(read more)