The last several months have been a busy time for acclaimed Seattle portrait and wedding photographer Natalie Fobes.

In April, Fobes was profiled in the Huffington Post. The article illustrates the highlights of Fobes' career, including...

After many months and several public betas, Adobe finally released Photoshop Lightroom 1.0, its professional photographer’s “toolbox” for importing, processing and managing digital images.

Designed from the ground up, Lightroom incorporates the latest digital imaging concepts and technologies, such as automated workflow processing, nondestructive editing and support for multiple file formats, including JPG, TIFF, DMG, PSD and more than 150 raw file formats..

In recognition of the centenary of Victor Hasselblad's birth, Hasselblad has unveiled the 503CWD Anniversary Kit, a high-end photographic system in a classically designed Hasselblad 503CW body.

The kit comprises the 503CWD integrated digital camera with waist-level viewfinder, specially marked focusing screen, chrome winding lever and Zeiss Planar CFE 2.8/80mm lens. The camera features Natural Color Solution, Instant Approval Architecture and a CCD that is 50 percent larger than...

As part of an aggressive growth strategy, OnRequest Images, a provider of custom imagery, recently opened new offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas.

Cindy Lee, a creative services director with more than 20 years of experience, has been hired as the senior account executive for the San Francisco office. Michele Fleury, a producer and photographer with more than a decade of experience, will serve as the senior producer in the Los Angeles office. Steve Klekamp, who also has more than 20 years of creative and photography business..

Repeat camera buyers soon will play a much bigger role in the growth of the digital still camera market, according to industry analysts at InfoTrends, based in Weymouth, Mass. The report also says the demand for digital SLRs will continue to grow in North America and is expected to peak later this year.

Competition in the photo print market will remain intense, but InfoTrends foresees that the focus will shift from persuading digital camera owners to choose one printing method over another to simply providing customers with more reasons...

This spring, WireImage began distributing selected pictures and photographs from the Conde Nast Archive, under the rights-managed category of WireImage Creative. The specially edited collection contains iconic images from the 1930s to the late 1970s, from publications such as Vogue, Glamour, Vanity Fair and House & Garden. The images, produced by such well known names as Tom Leonard, William Grigsby, Samuel Gottscho, Rico Pulmann, John Rawlings and Susan Wood, are available...

An Edward Steichen photograph, "The Pond, Moonlight," recently sold at Sotheby's New York for just over $2.9 million, easily setting a world record for the highest-priced photograph ever auctioned, according to the auction house.

The final bid on Steichen's "Pond," one of only three known prints of this image, was almost three times its high estimate of $1 million. The purchaser was Peter MacGill, of Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York city, on behalf of a private collector.

The February sale featured 113 photography lots from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including works from...

Brooks Institute, with campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, Calif., has re-established the Alumni Association of Brooks Institute and named a 13-member board of directors. The board will be charged with creating programs aimed at enhancing student life on campus, establishing alumni connections and offering networking opportunities...

While in Santa Fe, N.M., this past week, I managed to pick up a copy of PhotoMedia. What a great publication, and I seriously regret it is not available [for] free on the East Coast. After reading the story written by Ted Fry about Louis Psihoyos (Spring 2006, page 14), it struck me that very few photo periodicals take the time and space to print in-depth, well written material. I especially liked that more than one or two of Louie’s great photos were printed. The article, photos and editing demonstrated a commitment to very classy photographic journalism.

Steve Lingeman
Hartsdale, N.Y.

"One Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity," by Nicolas Hulot, is illustrated with photographs by a team of renowned nature photographers. The book celebrates the variety of species and ecosystems, and explores how various forces affect them positively and negatively. French journalist Hulot describes eight ecosystems (forests, oceans, deserts, poles, mountains, wetlands, grasslands and cities), the species that inhabit them and the role humans play in...