ACDSee has now released a beta version of ACDSee Pro, a professional photo editing and management application, for Mac OS X.

Built from scratch to adapt this program for Mac users, top features in this 1.4 version include non-destructive editing, a feature which allows users to edit their images without having to save new files or affect the originals...

Medl Mobile has created MediaPad Pro, a portfolio application designed for the iPad that allows users to easily present, display and share digital their portfolios and catalogues.

With the app, users can upload static images, audio files video files and webpages. Along with a fully customizable interface, users can do on-the-spot edits by swapping out photos, changing colors and fonts, and editing background images...

Thomas Frank Martin, a Seattle-based photographer known in the Pacific Northwest region for his large-format printmaking, passed away in December.

On the forefront of technology in the digital print age, Martin's store, Western Photographics, was one of the first companies in Seattle to offer digital scanning and printing services. Throughout his career, he was...

A well-known advocate for poor and underprivileged people in America, social documentary photographer Milton Rogovin died in January at the age of 101.

Influenced by photographers such as Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine, he bought his first camera in 1942 and began to take stark black-and-white images as a hobby.

Rogovin began his career as an optometrist, but his compassion for the disadvantaged inhabitants of his....

Documentary photographer and educator Carlan Tapp will travel the length of Route 66 as part of her latest social commentary project.

Riding an American-made motorcycle from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., along historic Route 66, Tapp will raise money for Question of Power, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the effects of coal-fired energy on the health of individuals, families and communities.

Those interested are welcome to join Tapp along the 2,450-mile ride and pledge their support for Question of Power.

Photographer Matthew Bell, of Olympia, Wash., won this year's National Park Service National Historic Landmark Photo Contest. His photo, titled "Mount Rainier in the Morning," is a pastel landscape shot of Mount Rainier National Park.

This year's competition broke the record for number of entries, drawing 500 images of landmarks from throughout the United States.

Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke, the former governor of Washington state, has invited Seattle photographer Barry Wong to install his fine-art photograph "Jasmine Tea & Black Teapot" in the Diplomatic Room at the Department of Commerce Building in Washington, D.C.

The photograph is one in a series of Asian still-life images created by Wong. Other noted Pacific Northwest artists in the....

Dan Sweet, public relations manager for Columbia Helicopters, Inc., won first place in Vertical magazine's annual photo contest. His winning image depicted employees conducting a pre-flight inspection of one of the company's Model 234 Chinook helicopters, silhouetted against a vivid sunrise in Nebraska.

Vertical magazine's annual photo contest draws hundreds of entries from around the world each year that show current and relevant stories about the helicopter industry.

Seattle-based photographer Dave Schiefelbein had six of his images displayed as part of "The National Parks in Washington State," an exhibit at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in January.

The images, which feature the landscapes, flora and fauna in the region, can still be viewed on his blog, daveschiefelbeinphotography.blogspot.com.

The board of trustees of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund announced that San Francisco-based photographer has been awarded the prestigious 2010 W. Eugene Smith Grant for Humanistic Photography.

Padilla won for her essay "The Julie Project," an in-depth look at AIDS, poverty and drugs in America. The project earned her a $30,000 grant to continue her work. Her essay was chosen out of 182 entries from 32 countries.

The Smith grant is presented annually to a photographer whose past work or proposed project best displays the concern and dedicated compassion of the photography industry.