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Laura Miner, editor at JPG Magazine, announced today that because of public outcry, after the announcement of the magazine's imminent shutdown, several potential buyers have stepped forward. This could be good news for JPG fans, though at this time, who the actual buyer might end up being, has yet to be revealed.

Everyone knows that you can google your name to see what others might be saying about you. Some of us are so vain, that we even have alerts set up to send us e-mails, whenever there's something to report. I have used this technique for years, hoping to find my stock photos in use. With moderate success.

The social photography magazine, JPG Magazine, just announced that they are shutting down, not just the printed version but the entire website. This will come as a shock to many of the contributors, I am sure, many of whom are extremely talented photographers. The content of JPG has been consistently brilliant ever since its first issue, and for that reason alone, I'll be sad to see it go.

Technology in photography has been advancing incredibly fast in the last few years, to the point where even low end cheap cameras aren't all that bad, when it comes down to it. In other words, digital photography and videography is now available in decent quality to anyone who wants it.

Microstock pioneers iStockphoto announced today, that exclusive contributors at the "silver" level can now become Getty contributors. Silver, by the way, means that the member has sold at least 2,500 photos. Until now, becoming a Getty contributor was reserved for "gold" and "diamond" members (10k and 25k sales respectively).

With sites like Flickr and Facebook, where you can share your photos with an already established community, you might wonder why anyone would want to set up an actual photo blog. Nevertheless, that is what I recently did, and I did it for completely selfish reasons.

In case you don't know, World Press Photo is an annual honoring of the best in photojournalism. Photographers from all over the world submit pictures from all sorts of news stories, from single shots to complete series. The submissions are carefully judged and winners in each category are picked, as well as an overall winning photograph. The collection is then turned into an exhibition, travelling the world.

Way back when, I posted about the demise of the Polaroid. There are many of us, who were sad to see it go, but in this world of creative people, when one fun thing goes away, another is ready to step up. Meet Poladroid, a cute little application that can transform any photo to something vaguely resembling a Polaroid.

I know, I've talked about challenges and stuff here before, so it should come as no surprise that I have launched a brand spanking new photo blog. I needed a place, specifically designed to be an outlet for any experiments or response to challenges, and after weighing my options, I went with a(nother) blog.

This is actually more of a design-related post, than it is photography, but it just has to be said: Web designers of the world, please stop making sites that re-size my browser window!

One of the best sources of inspiration (and a major timesink) has got to be Flickr. More specifically the many fascinating groups out there, where people post images around a common theme or concept. I want to present some of them here in a short series of blogposts.

Here's an idea for all you microstock photographers out there: Why not train your eye for useful imagery by applying captions to images in your portfolio? It's like a game meant to measure the usefulness factor of your photo. And as we know, usefulness is key when it comes to stock photography.

These are exciting times for iStockphoto contributors. Not only did they just open a new European headquarters in Berlin, but they added German forums as well. This could potentially be huge for increasing sales in Europe, which has never quite been able to match the US market. In spite of the financial crisis, iStock continues to grow and expand, perhaps because the micropayment business is perfect for tight budgets.

Here's the follow-up to James Nachtwey's wish. This is the story he's been working on, and though this may be straying slightly from the normal posts here, which are mostly about photography gear and other lighter subjects, it is a story worth telling.