Adding the DSC-HX100V and DSC-HX9V models to its Cyber-Shot line, Sony has created two new compact cameras with 16.2-megapixel resolution, full HD 1080p recording and increased zoom functions.

The lenses (and resulting zoom range) differ between the two cameras. The HX100V houses a 27mm Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonar T lens with a 30x optical zoom, while the HX9V offers a 24mm Sony G lens with nearly half (16x) the optical zoom. Both lenses have been outfitted with optical steady shot technology, which uses a three-way shake cancellation for crisper images...

Version four of the Olympus PEN camera line, the E-PL2, came out in January with a couple of notable improvements including in-camera advancements, alternate lens options and 720p HD video.

In-camera features include "live guide" playback for reviewing and editing video and stills in real time, the ability to overlay multiple creative filters, a higher ISO sensitivity (6400) for lower-light shooting. New "eye detect" autofocusing reduces blur by tracking up to eight sets of eyes before releasing the shutter...

Samsung has launched the NX11, the latest addition to the NX interchangeable lens family. This new model will have three i-Function (iFn) lenses to choose from when it hits the market, a 18-55mm, a 20mm pancake and a 20-50mm zoom silver color lens.

With the i-Function lenses, users can quickly adjust fundamental camera settings—such as aperture, shutter speed, white balance, ISO sensitivity and focus—without having to look at the menu screen and reset the shot. For more intricate adjustments, users can still use the 3-inch LCD screen...

On the cover: Travel photographer Felix Hug's image of a woman snorkeling off Kurumba Island, North Male Atoll, Maldives

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An ambitious program encourages children from around the world to share their cultural heritage with one another.

The work of photographer Phil Borges is instantly recognizable: selectively toned, medium-format portraits of people in indigenous and tribal cultures set against sweeping black-and-white landscapes. These photographs are remarkable because they clearly are collaborative works; his subjects engage the viewer with gazes so direct that the images appear to be authored just as much by...

Best known for his award-winning advertising images and jazz portraits, is embarking on a quest to establish international image licensing standards for the good of all photographers.

Imagine a man in his mid-40s, with short, dark hair and a slight five-o'clock shadow, standing in the center of a life raft with a camera in one hand and a paddle in the other. This is a good visual metaphor for the work of Jeff Sedlik, award-winning photographer and industry mover and shaker. A rising tide lifts all boats, so the saying goes, and if Sedlik has his way, the photography tide is about to get higher. Besides maintaining a successful career as a high-level advertising photographer, he's dedicated to buoying the profession as a whole and teaching other photographers to navigate the rising waters...

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Johnny Depp and Cameron Diaz are just a few of the faces picked up by Getty Images in August through a deal to subsidize celebrity images by Los Angeles Times photographers.

This new collection of images will be available on Contour, a division of Getty Images that focuses on professional licensing of celebrity portraiture...

The International Color Awards Photography Masters Cup has awarded Seattle photographer Kristen Gill the 4th Annual Photography Masters Cup Nominee title in the portrait category.

Gill's winning piece, "Girl with Heart on Sleeve," and other finalists can be viewed at thecolorawards.com. This award show honors excellence in color photography.

For more of her work visit: kristengill.com

Home and Studio: Venice, Calif., or wherever his pictures take him (jeremykidd.com).

Hobbies: Lots, including surfing and guitar playing. “I write songs, [do some] martial arts, soccer,” he says. “I’ve skated a little.”

Equipment: A Canon 5D and “any tripod that I have handy,” Kidd says. “I love my Epson 3800 printer. I love Photoshop.” But, he adds, “I feel that...

After establishing himself as a painter and sculptor, this Los Angeles artist has turned to the medium of photography to create his asymmetrical, multi-dimensional cityscapes.

It takes more than a single snapshot to appreciate the intricacies of a place. The artist Jeremy Kidd, who is perhaps better known in Los Angeles as a painter and sculptor, discovered this fact a few years ago when he decided to pick up a camera as a new artistic tool.

His inspiration was, of all things, a Sylvia Plath poem. Eve Wood, a curator for the Cirrus Gallery, one of the most prestigious galleries in Los Angeles, asked Kidd to read Plath’s poem “Ariel” and create a piece for the gallery. He was traveling in Desert Hot Springs, Calif., when he saw a...