amateur

Hi Johanna,

I will second the first answer you received from Peter. It is best to get a book and study photography a little more before you jump in and spend money or shoot a wedding. I am sure you will get different opinions on what lens to get, but unless you understand the reasons and the diferent lenses, you will not be able to take full advantage of the equipment.

Good Luck!

Press Release

Adobe Launches Photoshop Express Public Beta

Free Online Software Brings Photoshop Technology to Anyone Taking Digital

Photos

SAN JOSE, Calif. ? March 27, 2008 ? Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE)

today announced Adobe?

Photoshop? Express public beta, a free Rich Internet Application (RIA)

available to anyone who wants to store, sort and show off digital photos with

eye-catching effects. During the public beta period, Adobe will solicit

Photoshop Express user feedback on product features and functionality, which

will continue to evolve over time. As the newest addition to the Photoshop

family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe's best image editing

technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience.

Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for

free, make edits to their photos, and share them online in creative ways,

including downloading and uploading photos from popular social networking sites

like Facebook.

"Photoshop is trusted technology that has changed the visual landscape of our

world. Now, Photoshop Express allows anyone who snaps a digital photo to easily

achieve the high-impact results for which Adobe is known," said Doug Mack, vice

president of Consumer and Hosted Solutions at Adobe. "Photoshop Express is a

convenient, single destination where you can store, edit and share photos

whether you're at home, school or on the road."

Simple, Fun and Accessible

With Photoshop Express, digital photos can be uploaded and sorted anytime,

edited non-destructively to always preserve the original image, and shared from

anywhere, on any Web browser. In a few easy clicks, Photoshop Express empowers

anyone to make standard edits, such as removing blemishes and red-eye,

converting to black and white, cropping and resizing, and much more.

No experience is required to add special effects that will impress friends and

family. In keeping with its one-click

approach, Photoshop Express offers tricks like Pop Color which selects an

object in an image, mutes the background color of the photo and allows the user

to swap the object's color so it jumps off the page. Sketch effects help photos

look like drawings and the Distort feature allows you to distort facial

features or objects within the images for a comical or artistic effect. Even

users with limited photo editing knowledge can simply select what looks best

from a line-up of sample photos with visual hints showing different variations

of the added effect.

Photoshop Express offers a variety of creative sharing options, including

uploading and showing off photos and

slideshows in your own online "Gallery" hosted by Adobe, or conveniently

embedding or linking photos to social

networking sites and personal blogs without having to leave the application.

Slideshows never looked better with

animation that makes photos float and fly across the screen, allowing for

viewer interactivity and unique presentation styles.

Adobe Photoshop Family

Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended are at the heart of the

Photoshop family, joined by solutions for users at every level who want to

bring out the best in their digital images. Photoshop Lightroom? addresses the

workflow needs of professional and serious amateur photographers. Photoshop

Elements provides exciting tools and sharing options for photo hobbyists.

Photoshop Express is the latest step Adobe is taking to leverage the advanced

technology that underpins its awardwinning creative products and deliver it to

new online communities. In early 2007, Adobe also announced the availability of

Adobe? Premiere? Express, an online video editing and mash-up tool on partner

sites such as MTV and Photobucket. Adobe Premiere Express leverages the

functionality found in Premiere Elements, a fully-featured desktop video

editing program.

Free and Available Now

Adobe Photoshop Express beta is available now for free via any Web browser at

http://www.photoshop.com/express. Photoshop Express was created with Flex,

Adobe's free, open source framework for building RIAs. Flex applications

provide a consistent, rich user experience across operating systems and all

major browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari and others. An

Internet connection and an up-to-date Flash? Player 9 are all that are required

to experience Adobe Photoshop Express. In its early phases, Photoshop Express

is available to US residents-only in English.

Users may experience slow performance if accessed outside of the US. Future

plans include availability in other

languages and countries.

Hello Everyone. I use D70 and just got C1PRO. What cable do I use and

where I can get it from to connect the camera with the computer so I

can upload the images and view them immediately on the computer as

shooting?

Thanks a lot.

Justin,

The CPA was right. If you need to know more and feel more confident, e-mail me at: darin@taxconsultations.com

Regards!

Hello,

How much the photographer (me) should ask for digital photographs of

jewelery pieces (around 1,000)? Separate image of each piece. By the

way, for US standarts.

Also, does someone have any recommendation for a lighting technique,

considering I don't own any still life shooting table.

Thanks for your help!

Best Regards!

I purchased a Nikon Coolpix 5700 three or four months ago. Since the

last few days I am noticing a "dead" or "stuck" pixel. It is not on

the LCD screen. It coming from "inside". I called the store where I

purchased the camera from and they said that will send it to the

manifacturer for repair. Is this a common problem with the digital

cameras? Can it get worse if I don't send it for repair? Can it get

worse after the repair? I am trying to decide if I should live with

it, repair it, buy a new camera....? I would be thankful for any

advise. Thank you. DM.