John Keatley was featured again last year in "The American Photography 26," a collection of the best photographs of 2009. The selected image, a portrait of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, was an outtake from a cover shoot for Palin's memoir, "Going Rogue."

The previous year, American Photography chose Keatley's portrait of Annie Leibovitz to appear in AP25.

At the end of 2010, several images made by celebrity and fashion photographer Michael Grecco were chosen to be part of the New York Photography Festival's show titled "Human Kind." Grecco's portrait of director Martin Scorsese was also selected for an upcoming cover of Dilema magazine.

Upcoming projects for Grecco in 2011 include a major shoot for Porsche in Palm Springs, Calif., entitled "An Appreciation of the New and the Old." He will also present his work during the Photo LA + artLA Project and the Daniel Azoulay gallery later this year.

Lynda.com, a digital media tutorial hub, has again recruited Seattle-based commercial photographer Natalie Fobes to instruct a basic photography class on color, composition and light that will be available in May. As part of her seven-chapter course, Fobes will use photographs from her assignments to explain the elements of two-dimensional design, color theory, light temperature and basic lighting...

Traveling 8,000 miles throughout Washington state in the summer and fall of 2010, Seattle-based location photographer Patrick Bennett shot a series of images to promote tourism and travel in the region.

These photos, which will be used for periodicals such as the Washington Wine Tour Guide,, Washington Scenic Byways and the Washington State Travel Planner, feature images of local and international travelers exploring the state while rock climbing, parasailing, rodeo riding, beachcombing, fishing, hiking and wine tasting.

Images for all three publications will be available in the first part of 2011.

Northwestern landscape photographer Bruce Barnbaum's "The Art of Photography," a 348-page, 150 full-color photobook on photographic composition for both film and digital imagery, hit the art-store shelves in September 2010, selling all 5,000 copies in its first month of publication.

Last year, Barnbaum also taught two photography workshops at a worldwide water policy issues conference in Patagonia, Argentina. Seven of his new destination workshops are scheduled for 2011.

Why Photographers Should Care about Search Engine Optimization

The majority of searches for a photographer and photography products begin with the internet. While they are online, approximately 70 percent of those people searching will use Google. This powerful search engine is helping brides, high school seniors, small business owners and other professionals find exactly...

The FinePix X100 may look retro, but its sensor technology and hybrid rangefinder system are definitely modern.

It was designed for professional photographers who need a lightweight but high-quality camera, and the priority when designing it was picture quality. The X100 has a 12.3-megapixel APS-C sensor, an EXR processor and a specially tailored lens.

The prime, fixed 23mm f/2 Fujinon aspherical lens is unique for compact cameras on...

Zacuto has released a new Z-Finder Pro, an optical viewfinder attachment that offers 2.5x or 3x focusable magnification of the DSLR LCD screens. This device makes it easier for videographers to watch and adjust video capture, which is normally viewed on the electronic viewfinder screen.

The Z-Finder Pro has a 40mm diameter Zacuto optical designed lens and an antifog coating protective shield...

One-Bag Convergence: The restrictions of modern travel and the rise of video technology convince one travel shooter to economize.

Not all that long ago, flying with camera gear to a location for a shoot was fairly painless and could even be considered fun most of the time. Flash a business card or your APA membership card, and you were easily able to skirt the baggage limits. Slip the curbside baggage handler a $20 bill, and you could get all the bags you wanted on for free. Sadly, those days have disappeared with the advent of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), baggage fees and oversold flights.

As someone who flies for 80 percent of my work as a photographer, PhotoSafari trip leader and trainer, I had to figure out a way to get what I needed onto the airplane with me without breaking the bank or...

Along with many other camera manufacturers, Olympus has just released their own version of the popular lightweight, ultra-zoom compact camera design.

Olympus's SZ-10 model has an 18x ultra-zoom 28-504mm equivalent lens, 3.0-inch high-resolution LCD screen, 720p HD video and 14-megapixel resolution.

This unit has been tailored with new magic art filters for stills and video (watercolor and sparkle mode), 3D photo mode (compiled by superimposing an image from two different angles) and eye-fi compatibility...