Microsoft has teamed with Fuji Photo Film USA to connect digital photographers with retailers for convenient printing of digital pictures. Fujifilm's Get the Picture Online service is now accessible through the Windows XP Online Print Wizard, MSN Photos and Microsoft Digital Image Suite. This will allow consumers to order professionally processed digital prints directly from a Windows XP-based PC for pickup in as little as an hour at participating Fujifilm retail photo centers, including those at Sam's Club, Ritz Camera Centers and Wolf Camera.

Once a photo or group of photos is selected on the Windows XP desktop, consumers can click on the Order Prints Online icon and elect to pick up their prints at the photo center of their choice or have them mailed to their homes. Pickup locations are chosen via...

London-based Alamy Images has joined the Image Partner Program of OnRequest Images, Custom Stock, with headquarters in Seattle. Alamy will market OnRequest photography on its stock site at alamy.com, allowing clients to search and license images online.

The creation of the Image Partner Program and partnership with Alamy enables OnRequest Images to increase the exposure of its more than 1,600 professional photographers.

The Alamy web site was launched in February 2001 to provide a single source for royalty-free and traditionally licensed images. Currently, it offers access to the work of more than 2,500 photographers and 175 specialist agencies...

Reuters.co.uk has launched a photo section featuring the work of the Reuters International team of photographers. Visitors to the site can choose from a range of galleries offering images related to world news stories, major sporting events and the entertainment world, taken by the service's network of 600 photographers. The site also offers animated slide shows displaying some of the more striking collections of recent Reuters photography, and allows users to browse and buy prints.

New York City's Metropolitan Transit Authority is seeking to ban photography from the city's subways and buses, and the National Press Photographers Association is asking journalists to join in the fight against the proposed ban by submitting public comments. The change in MTA policy would make photography on the historic subway system punishable by a $25 fine and up to 10 days in prison, according to NPPA. The MTA cites the need to increase security on the transportation lines and to prevent terrorism as the reasons for the ban.

Although the proposed regulations contain an exception for journalists with NYPD press...

The American Society of Media Photographers, having reviewed a copy of what is allegedly a new freelancer contract from Condé Nast, calls it one of the worst the organization's staff has ever seen. Although the contract appears to leave the photographer with marketable rights, the reality is that it comes very close to assigning all rights to Condé Nast, according to ASMP, which is urging photographers to negotiate changes before signing the contract.

The contract does not deal with compensation, leaving the specifics of each assignment to be arranged on a case-by-case basis, ASMP reports. The society also warns that Condé Nast will have the exclusive rights to first publication...

Jack Dykinga has published his first book devoted entirely to the state of Arizona. The coffeetable book, written and photographed by Dykinga with a foreword by Charles Bowden, captures the diversity of the state in more than 120 images.
The 128-page, 11 x 11 hardcover is available at bookstores or through Westcliffe Publishers for $50.

SanDisk’s new Multi-Level Cell and advanced controller technology have allowed it to quadruple the capacity of its high-speed SanDisk Ultra II cards. The company now offers 8GB CompactFlash Type I cards, 4GB SanDisk Ultra II Memory Stick PRO cards and 2GB SanDisk Ultra II SD cards. All cards maintain their minimum write speeds of 9MB per second and minimum read speeds of 10MB per second...

Delkin Devices has introduced a new version of its BurnAway portable combo media player that burns DVDs. Both the CD and DVD BurnAways feature slim-type recordable disc drives, digital slide show players and DVD/MP3/CD players. The DVD BurnAway features a DVDR/RW/CDR/RW drive, which allows the making of CDs and DVDs with one unit.

Both units operate independently of a computer. Two built-in Memory Card slots support...

Lonely Planet’s new “Travel Book” seeks to represent every country in the world with images and text in an A-to-Z format. With the intention of showing a slice of life in each place, it focuses on a location’s beauty, singularity and most fascinating qualities.
The “Travel Book” features full-color, double-page spreads combined with cultural insights, key facts and maps. Original content was written by Lonely Planet’s expert staff and authors. The hardcover “Travel Book” is 448 pages and lists for $39.99.

Photoflex's Web Photo School has relaunched its website, www.webphotoschool.com, with new free and paid digital photography lessons that offer online learning for all skill levels. The library of more than 200 lessons is grouped into nine general categories: basic camera, basic lighting, portraits, products/still life, business websites, Internet/auction photos, outdoor photography/travel, digital manipulation/Photoshop and new lessons.

Fifteen free lessons are available, on topics ranging from...