Kelley McKinlay and Nicole Caron of Alberta Ballet, Banff Centre dance alumni, in the Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation dance studio. Photo Credit: Donald Lee, The Banff Centre.

Banff Centre Opens New Facility For Arts, Ideas

Kinnear Centre completes campus revitalization by Diamond and Schmitt Architects

Toronto (Vocus) July 23, 2010

The Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation opens at The Banff Centre on July 24, 2010, capping a six-year, $100-million capital project at the renowned Rocky Mountain arts and conference centre located in Banff National Park, Alberta.

This 21,000 sq. ft. facility will be the new hub of The Banff Centre, with three levels of learning and meeting rooms, innovative rehearsal and performance space, plus informal gallery areas, cafe/lounge and the Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives.

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Imikimi Frames & FX app (Photography $0.99) now has over 1.9 million frames and 30+ great new FX effects to make it easy to add a personal touch to your photos on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Model Crystal Renn, a Plus-size model and poster woman for curvy girls everywhere, is in high demand, has been published in Vogue and Glamour, walks the runway for Jean Paul Gaultier, and is the face and body of Dolce & Gabbana ads. But as a teen, she fought bulimia and anorexia.

So she saw shocked when she saw the published results of a recent photo shoot she did for charity Fashion for Passion. “I didn’t think it was an accurate portrayal of my body in any way. I’m a size 10, and that’s more like a size 2.”

Photographer (and wouldn’t you believe it’s a photographer the culprit) Nicholas Routzen defends his action: “The minimal retouching that I did do, it’s nothing you wouldn’t see in any magazine today.”

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Fujifilm HS10

“The Fujifilm FinePix HS10 is a technological tour-de-force, cramming as many features as possible into one camera.”

We’ve added a Fujifilm FinePix HS10 [Specs] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

TrustedReviews has posted their review of the Fujifilm FinePix HS10, a 10.3MP resolution (1/2.3-in. BSI-CMOS) ultra zoom digital camera with 30x ultra wide-angle optical zoom (24-720mm equiv.), built-in Sensor-shift image stabilization, 3.0-in. tilting LCD display screen (230k-dot), 10 fps high speed continuous shooting (10MP, max. 7 frames), Multi-Motion Capture Mode, Motion Panorama Mode, Auto, SR Auto, Scene Modes, PASM, manual zoom ring, RAW file format, and full High-Definition (HD) movie 1920×1080 pixels (1080p) at 30fps with stereo sound.

You can read the Fujifilm HS10 Review at: TrustedReviews.

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Nikon Coolpix S8000

“So as a long zoom for casual shooting around town, the Nikon S8000 will do just fine, but leave the action shots to other cameras.”

We’ve added a new Nikon Coolpix S8000 [QuickPrice Check] Review to our Reviews Matrix.

Imaging Resource has posted their review of the Nikon Coolpix S8000, a compact ultra zoom digital camera with 14.2MP resolution (1/2.3-in. CCD), 10x optical zoom (30-300mm equiv.), optical Image Stabilization, 3.0-in. LCD (921-k dot), and 720p HD movie recording at 30fps and HDMI output for easy in camera playback or your TV or computer.

You can read the full Nikon Coolpix S8000 Review at: Imaging Resource.

Canon has posted a firmware update for the EOS 7D that incorporates the following fixes.

1. Fixes a phenomenon in which the set aperture moves when shooting movies in manual exposure mode using some Canon lenses (such as macro lenses).
2. Fixes the AF point-selection behavior of the C.Fn III-7 (Manual AF pt. selec. pattern) custom function when set to [1].
3. Fixes the AF point display for the viewfinder electronic level when shooting in the vertical position.
4. Corrects misspellings in the Spanish and Thai menus for applicable products.

Download the EOS 7D Firmware Update Version 1.2.2 at: Canon.

As a photographer, you may know what to look for in a model. But are you the type of photographer that experienced models want to work for? Aimee J. Martin started modeling at the tender age of 11 and shares her rules of thumb how she choose who to model for: “When I found the best, I stuck with the best. I had suffered through complete failure shoots, and complete extraordinary and prodigious shoots.” And I like the bit of advice she leaves models with at the end.

Read the article at: Scott Wyden Imagery.

Read Don Giannatti’s rebuttal who seems to be telling models to put up and deal with the famous photographers who hit on them. We disagree. The world-is-a-changing and intolerable behavior from a photographer, artist, movie star, even president is not to be put up with anymore.

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is running a workshop to teach stop-motion animation using cut-out images from magazines with an environment focus. Green Screens partner films from the NFB with experts and panellists selected by the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy (CIELAP). The workshop is for participants 18 years or older and will be held August 4 at 7 PM at the NFB building in Toronto, Canada.

Register free at: NFB.

Call 416-973-3012 to register.
NFB MEDIATHEQUE | 150 John St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 416-973-3012 | NFB.ca/mediatheque.

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