Seattle-based action, sports and commercial photographer John Terence Turner died this past May. The cause of death was ruled to be suicide.

An avid adventurer and former Peace Corps recruit, Turner spent many years outdoors capturing colorful, on-site images of sports including rock climbing, cycling and sailing.

A former student at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, Turner later spent time in the...

Postwar jazz photographer Herman Leonard died of leukemia in August at the age of 87.

Born in Allentown, Pa., in 1923, Leonard took his first photographs as a child and later studied photography at Ohio University. After school, he apprenticed for Canadian photographer Yousuf Karsh before opening his own New York City studio at age 25.Although Leonard shot many portraits in New York and Paris between...

A recent study has found that printing of digital photos and merchandise will be a key revenue generator for those in the photography business for the next five years. The “U.S. Consumer Photo Merchandise Forecast for 2010-2015,” prepared by InfoTrends, predicted that the photo merchandise market will see considerable growth, reaching $2.2 billion in revenue by 2014...

The Young Photographers Alliance, a photographic educational foundation, has launched a new international mentoring initiative. Created with the help of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), the program pairs college students and recent graduates with leading photographers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom to collaborate on a photo essay on a compelling social issue. This year’s essay theme, “Answering Adversity,” is about facing global economic hardship. The photo essays were published this fall and will be exhibited in...

PLUS (Picture Licensing Universal System), an image rights management group, received funding this summer to develop its PLUS Registry.

An online resource, the registry will include features such as unique identifiers for image rights; holders and protections; secure and diverse metadata tools; and a centralized hub for licensing and registration.

Released in 2010, Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 and Lightroom 3 include numerous PLUS metadata fields.

Kenneth Starr, a former financial advisor for photographer Annie Leibovitz and other celebrities, has been arrested for embezzling $30 million of his clients’ money.
Starr, who was placed in charge of Leibovitz’s financial assets and income, is accused of diverting money to pay for personal expenses, such as a $32,000 wedding band and a condominium worth $7.5 million...

In the second such case heard in the federal court system this year, an Arizona judge has rejected a photographer’s copyright infringement claims on the grounds that the images were improperly registered under Corbis Images’ bulk copyright program. The suit, Bean vs. Houghton Mifflin, was filed by photographer Tom Bean against Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, alleging that the publisher used more than 100 of his images between 2000 and 2009 beyond the scope of the licenses granted by Corbis. In June, a New York court also ruled in a suit brought by photographers Marc and David Muench that Corbis’ bulk copyright program inadequately registers images...

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) is rallying against a proposed IRS rule that would require businesses to report all vendor transactions greater than $600 on their income taxes.ASMP has drafted sample letters opposing the bill and is urging its members to send them to the feds to protest the new requirement. Currently, businesses report only independent contractor payments above $600...

The Ansel Adams Publishing Trust has officially refuted the claim that 65 glass plates found at a garage sale in Fresno, Calif., were made by photographer Ansel Adams. In a lawsuit filed in August, the trust said it believes the negatives were created by previously unknown photographer Earl Brooks.
As the owner of Adams’ images and trademark, the trust is filing suit to stop Rick Norsigian, who purchased the plates 10 years ago for $45, from selling prints online under Adams’ name at ricknorsigian.com...

Sony has engineered a series of new Alpha SLR cameras with translucent mirror technology, enabling simultaneous autofocusing and image capturing.

With this new technology, SLT-A55V and SLT-A33 models can capture images during autofocus mode at a rate of 10 frames per second (Alpha 55) or 7 frames per second (Alpha 33).

When the shutter is released, light travels through the lens and then simultaneously hits both the CMOS image sensor and the...