Among the six professional photographers recently inducted into Microsoft's new Icons of Imaging program, three were from the western United States: Bambi Cantrell, a portrait photographer based in Pleasant Hills, Calif.; nature and landscape photographer John Shaw, who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and wildlife and nature photographer Art Wolfe, who has a studio in Seattle.

The other photographers honored by Microsoft were Reed Hoffmann of Kansas City, Denis Reggie of Atlanta and Matthew Jordan Smith of New York (see microsoft.com).

Among the photographers recently recognized as Epson Stylus Pros by Epson America for their outstanding use of Epson printing technology were: John Paul Caponigro, Jim Chamberlain, Bruce Dale, Jody Dole, Douglas Dubler, Don Emmerich, Greg Gorman, Bob Krist, George Lepp, Jay Maisel, Lisa Jane Murphey, Jack Reznicki, Ralph Romaguera, Jeff Schewe, John Shaw, Joyce Tenneson, Vincent Versace and Stephen Wilkes.