If you want to turn your photogaphy hobby into a career, it’s more than just taking great pictures. David Weintraub who teaches the “Freelancing for Creative Professionals” course at the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications explains in clear examples why an “Elevator Speech” may be just what you need to clarify in your own mind [and that of a potential client] how you stand out from your competitors.

Read the article at: BlackStar Rising

Canon PowerShot SX210 IS

“The PowerShot SX210 IS [...] has frustrating ergonomics, a weak flash, average performance (at best), and photo quality that could be better. The PowerShot SX210 isn’t a bad camera by any means — it’s just not a great one.”

We’ve added another Canon PowerShot SX210 IS [Specs] review to our Reviews Matrix.

DCRP (dcresource) has posted their review of the Canon PowerShot SX210 IS, with 14.1MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 14x wide-angle optical zoom (28-392mm equiv.), optical image stabilization, 3.0-in. LCD (230k-dot), HD movie (1280×720) @ 30fps, PASM modes, Smart AUTO, Intelligent Contrast Correction, Face-Detection, Face-Detection Self-Timer, Wink Self-Timer and Smile Self-Timer.

You can read the full Canon SX210 IS Review at: DCRP (dcresource).

Western Digital is well-known for its hard drives [I use a 1TB external HD for my backup] and now you can view pictures stored on the HD on your iPhone (or iPod Touch) with the WD Photos Photo Viewer app. There’s no synching required and you can view up to 250,000 pictures. The best thing about this very useful app: it’s free!

Registration with MioNet, WD’s secure remote access service (included with My Book World Edition), is also free and required to use this app.

WD Photos Photo Viewer App Lets You View Images on Your iPhone from Your Home Drive

April 21, 2010

LAKE FOREST, Calif., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — WD (NYSE: WDC), the world’s leader in external storage solutions, today introduced WD Photos photo viewer, an iPhone/iPod Touch app for use with its My Book World Edition and WD ShareSpace network drives, that lets users access up to 250,000 of their favorite photos from anywhere in the world. The WD Photos photo viewer app allows users to easily log in to their drive from anywhere so they can view their entire photo library.

Users’ photos remain private, safe and secure in full high-resolution format, on their network drive, eliminating the need for painstaking uploads to costly online photo services and the need to choose which pictures to sync to their iPhone – with WD Photos photo viewer, they’re all instantly and easily accessible. The app’s powerful search tools, thumbnail previews and viewing options make it easy to find that special picture to show a friend at a coffee shop or remember a special moment.

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