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Two more contest results are in

Photographer Paul Marotta has sent me the results of his judging of the "Outdoor Sculptures" entries, and John Blanding, assistant chief photographer for the Globe, sat with me last night and judged "The Color Yellow" contest.

June contest theme: My Backyard

Let's take advantage of the long days this month - the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, is June 20 - and rediscover beauty that's close to home. Walk out your door and photograph something in your yard or around your house or apartment building. It can be something as sublime as a butterfly on a flower or as gritty as graffiti on a dumpster.

40 powerful photographs

Is Photoshop's fill flash ethical in photojournalism?

Attention April contestants

April contest theme: Photo editing

January contest update

Contests update

Kodak: No more digital cameras

Karsh is History

January theme: "What's That?" v.3

You got camera stuff
for Christmas. Now what?

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Learn about using a flash unit, event triggers, sound triggers, and the problems with wireless shutter releases. (Photo by Michael Melgar via Wikipedia)

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Samsung NX200

The new compact DSLR and its 20.3 megapixels delivers strong image quality and comes with an 18mm-55mm zoom kit lens and on-camera flash. But some balk at the $900 price tag.

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