I can’t believe it’s already Friday (this week has flown by!). Before we get onto the news, a big thanks to Syl Arena for his excellent guest post this week. He didn’t have an easy job being the next person to guest blog after Zack Arias’ mini-epic movie post (which is now the #1 most commented post on this blog ever, with 458 comments), but Syl did a kick-butt job with his post, and a lot of you told him so in your comments. Thanks Syl—you done us proud, son! ;-)

Now, onto the news:

  • Adobe Releases CS4 Update
    A couple of days ago, Adobe released an update to Photoshop CS4 with bug fixes that address a number of issues, including “A number of issues that could cause slow performance have been addressed. Pen barrel rotation with Wacom tablets now works correctly. Photoshop now correctly recognizes 3D textures edited by a plug-in. The quality of the results of Auto-Blend Layers (Stack Images) has been improved. A problem that could result in a crash when pasting formatted text has been fixed. A crash that could result from a corrupt font no longer occurs.” You can download the free update right here for Mac, or right here for Windows.
  • Concert Photography Must-Read Article
    Photographer and musician Scott Diussa did an absolutely excellent, in-depth article on concert photography on his blog this week, and if you shoot concerts, or ever wanted to learn how, this is a must-read article (plus, there are some great concert shots there as well). Here’s the link.
  • Photoshop World Survival Guide Posted
    If you’re going to Photoshop World in Boston next month (it’s not too late—and we’ve extended the $100 off Early Bird discount until today), make sure you check out Nancy’s “Photoshop World Survival Guide” over at the Photoshop World Blog (here’s the link).
  • New Movie to Open with Photography Playing Key Role
    One of my readers (Edwardson Laohoo) turned me onto a movie trailer for a new movie (coming out March 9th) called Everlasting Moments. Edward told me, “It’s based on a true story.  It’s a story of a woman who was in an abusive marriage but found solace in her newfound freedom in the world of Photography.” Here’s the link to see the trailer.
  • Your Feedback on Launch of our New Weekly Show for Nikon DSLR users Yesterday.
    Thanks so much to everyone who supported the launch of our new weekly show for Nikon DSLR users yesterday. The feedback we’ve gotten has been tremendous, and we’ve already taken a lot of your ideas and worked them into the next few shows (including one thing that will make a lot of people happy right off the bat—check out next week’s show which goes live on Thursday). Here’s the link.
  • Photography Blog List Top 20 Favorite Photographers
    My humble thanks to Ronald R. Martinsens’s Photography Blog for the honor of being included in his list of his “Top 20 Favorite Photographers.” That totally made my day! Here’s the link to his list, which includes a link to the portfolios of all his picks.
  • Very Clever Photography Gallery
    Lastly, check out the online portfolio site of photographer Lee Crum. Besides his wonderful photography, he has put together a very clever way of displaying his work as framed art which appears one-by-one arranged on a wall. You just kinda have to see it for yourself—here’s the link.

That’s it for today. Have a great weekend everybody!