Feel like publishing your photo? Dunno where to go or how to get a deal? Well, maybe it’s time to take matters in your own hands and DIY (do it yourself)!

MyPublisher, the industry leader in custom photo book software, manufacturing and fulfillment, today announced the launch of BookMaker 2.05 for Mac.

BookMaker, is a FREE photo-organizing and book-making tool. It even comes with a selection of book jackets.

“With Bookmaker, we have combined the latest printing and software technology with traditional book publishing elements to provide our customers the highest quality product for showcasing their photos,” [...]

“Our book jackets transform traditional photo books into stunning, attention-grabbing coffee table books with book store-like quality,” says founder and CEO, Carl Navarre.

You can simply drag and drop photos into the sophisticated new layouts which offer a variety of unique decorative graphics for each theme including passport stamps & postcards, baby imagery and classic background colors to create highly personalized, one-of-a-kind photo books.

There are over 120 page layouts and 3 background colors to choose from. You can use from 1 photo to up to 12 photos on each page.

There is an automatic Book Build that enables you to organize all of your photos on handsome pages in seconds.

BookMaker is compatible with Mac OS 10.4 and later, Safari 2.0 and later, and Firefox 1.5 and later.

SeeSaw is an on-line photography magazine dedicated to work that successfully captures, represents, and encourages acute observation via the photographic medium.

They started in 2004 and I am quite surprised I never heard about it before…

SeeSaw editors believe that the most powerful and compelling photography is made in response to reality itself.

When it’s inspired by the gravity of experience, draws attention to what might otherwise go unnoticed, preserves what one marvels at in a moment, or evokes that which one feels should never be forgotten.

With a new issue every season, they will consider any new submission, if you feel up for it, just contact them!

They also encourage writers to engage directly with photography, and regularly preset essays, reviews, and interviews that delve deeper into the stories, histories, emotions, meanings, and abstract issues that often lie behind photographic imagery.

I encourage you to check the previous issues as well, some damn fine works!

The TIPA just awarded Apple Aperture 1.5 “Best Photo Software 2007“.

The TIPA is like the European ‘Oscar’ of the Photo & Imaging Industry.

“Apple Aperture 1.5 is a high quality, all-in-one post production tool for photographers, that
makes shooting in RAW as easy as shooting in JPEG.

It features sophisticated file
management including ‚ÄòSmart Albums’ for automatic searching, comprehensive RAW image support and non-destructive image editing for JPEG and TIFF files.”

Some other winners include:

• Nikon D40x won the “Best D-SLR Entry Level” award,
• Nikkor AF-S DX VR Zoom 55-200mm f/4-5.6G IF ED won the “Best Entry Level Lens“
• Epson Stylus Pro 3800 won the “Best Expert Photo Printer“
• Delkin SensorScope won the “Best Digital Accessory“
• EIZO Color Edge CG211 won the “Best Monitor“

For the full winners’ list, just follow this link.

© 2007 Aaron Johnson

There is nothing unusual about this tech support call.

Thousands just like it happen every day,

it’s exactly like every customer service call you’ve ever had to make.

Perhaps you can relate… Listen for yourself.

Apple Board Members Bill Campbell, Millard Drexler, Albert Gore Jr., Arthur D. Levinson, Eric Schmidt and Jerry York today released the following statement today, two days after a statement made by Fred Anderson’s attorney regarding settlement of claims with the SEC…

“We are not going to enter into a public debate with Fred Anderson or his lawyer.

Steve Jobs cooperated fully with Apple’s independent investigation and with the government’s investigation of stock option grants at Apple. The SEC investigated the matter thoroughly and its complaint speaks for itself, in terms of what it says, what it does not say, who it charges, and who it does not charge.

We have complete confidence in the conclusions of Apple’s independent investigation, and in Steve’s integrity and his ability to lead Apple.”

By issuing such statement, the board backs up Steve 200% where usually, CEOs get their heads chopped off on similar issues.

We’ll all agree that the whole thing is messy and that Steve fucked up pretty good on this one, but c’mon Fred, no need to pour buckets of oil on the fire.

Ratting Steve out was bad enough!

Anderson settled the charges for a payment of a civil penalty of $150,000 and disgorgement of “ill-gotten gains” of approximately $3.5 million.

Speaking of Steve, he is not quite out of troubles just yet.
Mainly because another co-worker also claims they were just following Steve’s instructions…

Last year, Jobs handed back to Apple 4.6 million of his restricted shares - worth $295 million - to pay the taxes on his restricted share grant.

His remaining restricted shares are worth about $496 million.

But given the rise in Apple’s stock over the last four years, even that turned out to be a bad deal… Had he held on to all of his options, they would be in the money by about $4 billion right now, even if the 2001 grant had been given the December date.

And since the S.E.C. also says it won’t enforce charges on Apple, there is still little debate that mistakes were made, even if they were more likely a result of incompetence than criminal intent. The stock climbs on the news.

It’s quite possible Apple will have a rather large fine levied against it.

For those of you who don’t know what to do with their old Canon EOS (you’ll still need a few 70-210mm as well) here is an idea for you!

I know I am not gonna make new friends with our Canon users but it’s a damn fun picture

No pun taken right?!