Samsung has launched a contest on its Facebook site where you can enter outrageous, funny and spontaneous photos of yourselves for a chance to win the revolutionary new Samsung DualView Digital Camera!

[ View the Contest at: Samsung ]

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Pentax Optio WS80

“An easy-to-use camera that should survive most family holidays.”

PhotographyBLOG has posted their review of the Pentax Optio WS80 [QuickPrice Check], a waterproof (up to 1.5 m / 5 ft) ultra compact digital camera with 10MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 5x optical zoom (35-175mm equiv.), Pixel Track Shake Reduction (digital image stabilization), 2.7-in. LCD (230K dots), HD movie (1280×720) @ 30fps, Auto Picture, Face Detection, Smile Capture, Blink Detection and Dynamic Range Adjustment.

[ Read the Pentax WS80 Review at: PhotographyBLOG ]

Related Link:
- Pentax WS80 Technical Specifications

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Beautiful photographs of Polar wildlife at: PDN

And, just in case you’re wondering, here is a list of Paul’s equipment

Note this part: “I even purchased my own ultralight airplane from which to shoot aerials in the Arctic. I usually fly with 14-20 cases weighing between 60-70 pounds each. Airlines really detest me when I show up with three or four luggage carts all linked together with rope.”

Join celebrity UNICEF Ambassadors Ewan McGregor and David Beckham as well as world renowned photographers to make a photo-pledge in support of children’s rights. Amateur and professional photographers can show their support by making photo-pledges via www.worldphotographyawards.org. All photo-pledges will form a special online exhibition showcased on the World Photography Awards website and the best images will be exhibited in Cannes in 2010.

Note that there is a special Youth Category for photo pledge winners aged 12-18.

Join UNICEF Ambassadors and World Renowned Photographers to make a photo-pledge for children’s rights

- Sony World Photography Awards and UNICEF mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) -

courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009'

The World Photography Organisation and UNICEF are launching a global initiative to raise awareness of children’s rights and mark the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) on 20 November 2009.

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Photo-pledges from Unicef Ambassadors and World Photography Academy Members

Credit: David Turnley© UNICEF UK - courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009'

David Beckham, UK

From 18 to 20 January 2008, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and British football legend David Beckham visited Sierra Leone to call international attention to the issue of child survival. In Sierra Leone, under-five mortality rates are the highest in the world; some 27 per cent of the country’s children die before reaching their fifth birthday. Sierra Leone also has the world’s highest maternal mortality rate, estimated at 1,300 per 100,000 live births.

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Google Street View photographers ( if we can call them that ) have certainly regaled us with pictures that are funny and unexpected — street photography at its best, says Jon Rafman.

[ Read the article at: NPR ]

OK, that takes the cake! A reader makes a stupid (not criminal) comment on an article and, instead of simply deleting that comment, an editor goes overboard to track the IP address and eventually gets the author of the comment fired.

The editor probably thinks he’s a hero; he was pretty proud of what he accomplished.

That raises a number of questions:

• Why was the offending comment published if it was offensive? Don’t they have filters that automatically reject these type of offensive posts?
• Why not simply delete the comment? The problem with most blog software is that once you post a comment you cannot delete it, even if you immediately regret posting it. So, the correct reaction is to simply delete the comment.
• If the commenter is a repeat offender (because you went to the trouble to track his IP address — which is probably illegal, as far as privacy issues are concerned), then block the IP address.

Offensive comments and spam are a fact of life if you run a site. No need to go overboard in your reaction. That was real mean.

[ Read the article at: Gawker.com ]

[ via Strobist ]

A study at the University of California suggest that bringing loved ones’ photographs to painful procedures may be beneficial, particularly if those individuals cannot be there.

[ Read the article at: PDNPulse ]

Canon PowerShot S90

“The Canon PowerShot S90 is an excellent high-spec compact camera.”

TrustedReviews has published their review of the Canon PowerShot S90IS [QuickPrice Check], with 10MP resolution (1/1.7-in CCD), 3.8x wide-angle optical zoom (28-105mm equiv.), optical Image Stabilization, bright f/2.0 maximum aperture, customizable Control Ring (around lens), large 3.0-in. LCD (460K dots), PASM modes, Scene Modes, RAW, High Sensitivity System (ISO 12,800), and Movie 640×480 @ 30fps.

[ Read the Canon S90 Review at: TrustedReviews ]