Microsoft Photo Community Blog

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 CARE . The...(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 hear more...(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 each and...(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, it is...(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 the...(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)