Recently returned from Tibet, Phil Borges is now touring to promote his latest work, which focuses on the changing roles and lives of women on the Tibetan Plateau. Dedicating much of his work to advocate for the empowerment of women, Borges has released several books about this issue, including "Tibetan Portrait" and "Enduring Spirit."

On June 23, Borges will speak at Museum of History and Industry in Seattle to help with fundraising for Bridges to Understanding. For more information, visit bridges2understanding.org.

Nikon has introduced the P100 Coolpix compact digital camera with a 3-inch LCD vari-angle screen, a 10.3-megapixel backside illumination CMOS sensor and 26x, long-range optical zoom range. Full 1080p HD video capabilities have also been inaugurated into this line of cameras.

With advanced flash control, the P100 takes more natural-looking shots in low-light settings. Other Coolpix features include...

Canon has launched two new PowerShot digital cameras, the SX210 IS and SD3500 IS. Both cameras have enhanced smart auto modes, as well as newly added scene modes and image effects such as fish-eye and miniature mode.

Smart camera features include a face detection self-timer, a smart shutter scene mode that takes pictures after detecting a smile or a wink. Both cameras can also be set to...

Bay Area advertising photographer Mel Lindstrom of Mel Lindstrom Images Inc. received bronze-, silver- and gold-level ADDY Awards from the American Advertising Federation (AAF). At the February event, Lindstrom also won Best of Show for the year. In the long history of the AAF program, no other photographer — or entity other than an ad agency — has received this recognition.

Olympus' SP-800UZ and SP-600UZ ultra-zoom cameras have hit the market. With 30x and 15x zoom lenses, respectively, the two cameras are equipped with SD card slots, dual image stabilization, HD video recording and AF tracking lenses.

The SP-600UZ has 1 GB of internal memory, a 2.7-inch LCD screen and a 12-megapixel sensor. Besides the doubled magnification capabilities, the SP-800UZ has 2 GB of...

Hasselblad has launched the H4D-40, a 40-megapixel medium-format camera that incorporates a 33×44mm CCD sensor — nearly twice the size of a full-frame 35mm DSLR sensor.

The HD40 employs a "true focus" AF system that adjusts for the angular velocity movement that occurs when focusing a subject that is not in the center of the shot. To compensate for this shift, which often causes blur, an absolute-position lock processor logs the camera's exact movement to...

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Books: “Rainforests: Lifebelt for an Endangered Planet.” Working on an upcoming monograph.

Recent awards: The Prince’s Rainforests Project Award (2009), ILCP Photographer of the Month (February 2010), ABC News Person of the Week (November 2009), Global Vision Award from the Pictures of the Year International Competition (2008), World Press Photo award-winning images (2006, 2007).

Preferred equipment: Canon 5D Mark II (“Smaller cameras are nice,” Beltrá says). Lenses: 24-70mm f/2.8 L, 500mm f/4 L and 24mm f/2.8 TSE. Mac computers. Think Tank roller bags...

Canon has created a new PowerShot camera — the SD4000 IS Digital ELPH. This is the first ELPH camera to offer the HS System, a high-sensitivity technology that uses a 10-megapixel CMOS sensor, a bright f/2.0 lens and 8.4-fps shooting capabilities.

In conjunction with the f/2.0 lens, Canon's HS System enhances image quality in low-light situations and...

The landscapes of Spanish-born photographer Daniel Beltrá help convey the urgent need for environmental conservation in the world’s most ecologically sensitive regions. If you talk to someone as deeply enmeshed in environmental conservation issues as Seattle-based photographer Daniel Beltrá and ask something like “Does global warming exist?”, you might expect an angry, exasperated response. But you’d probably be surprised...

Mamiya has added the DM40 to its line of professional large-sensor SLR cameras. The camera has a 40-megapixel sensor and two user-selectable shutter systems: leaf or focal plane.

For bright daylight shots, users can use lenses equipped with leaf shutter planes inside the lens that more quickly sync with the flash and better compensate for...