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Photography News | Issue 39 | absolutephoto.com
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Portrait Pro v15 is a powerful software that lets you improve all aspects of yourpeoplepicturesverysimplyandquickly.Youcanbanishskinblemishes, add or repair make-up and even adjust and improve facial features. Making changes is done with sliders and clicking on your subject’s face, and you can let the software do the work or you can take control manually and make your own presets. If great portraits are your goal, Portrait Pro is an essential software and it can do wonders for your work. There is 50% off this software at the moment so it is available for under £30 but for a limited time you get an extra 10% by using the code PNGIFT. Save onPortrait Pro
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London Stereo
The London Stereoscopic Company has launched the OWL Virtual Reality Kit, which allows you to use it with a smartphone to view online 3D images or those taken by yourself an adapter. The OWL features high-quality optical lenses and a fully adjustable focus. The OWL VR kit is
available for £25. Alternatively you can purchase theVictorianGemsNest Set for £95which comeswith an OWL or the Queen set for £90 which includes the PlatinumOWL Stereoscopic viewer.
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Macphun’s new Luminar all-in-one photo editor for Mac is available to purchase now. It offers an adaptive user interface, more than 35 fully adjustable custom filters and over 50 built-in presets. Other features include noise reduction, object removal and Raw file support. Luminar can be used standalone or as a plug-in to software such as Lightroom, Photoshop, Aperture and more. Download a trial or buy it for £44. Existing Machphun users can get an additional discount. Luminar release
Introducing its first portable solid state drive, G-Technology has announced the G-DRIVE slim SDD USB-C. Available in 1TB and 500GB capacities it offers speeds of up to 540MB/s and is compatible with Macs. The 1TB is priced at £329.95, while the 500GB is £199.95, and both sizes are available in space grey and silver. G-Technology expands its G-DRIVEportfolio The Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers’ (SWPP) convention takes place at theHiltonLondonMetropole, Edgware Road, London W2 1JU, on 11-15 January 2017. A trade show attended bymany of imaging’s biggest names takes place 13-15 Jan and entry for this is usually £10 but if you book now, entrance is free. Visit the website for more details. Get in for free swpp.co.uk
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Photography News has teamed up with expert photographic printers LumeJet to bring you this chance to win £200 to spend on its website. LumeJet is passionate about printing great photographs and uses its own developed S200 printer for high-end photographic and commercial print use. This high-resolution printer features the LumeJet RGB Digital Print Head and Fujifilm professional-grade Crystal Archive materials to achieve a unique, ultra-high quality with extraordinary colour fidelity. Upload your best low light or night shot and you could be the happy recipient of this wonderful prize. Our technique feature is full of hints and tips on the subject of shooting in low light so if you’ve never done it before, now’s the perfect opportunity. Whether you go for a light trail shot, a candid in a dimly lit pub or even a street scene complete with festive lighting, you have to be in it to win it. Upload your entry to flickr.com on bit.ly/2eititO. Only one photograph per person can be submitted and the entrant must be UK-based. Images should be 1500 pixels across and we will contact you if we need higher resolution files to judge or publish. The editor’s decision in this contest is final and for full terms and conditions please see absolutephoto.com. The closing date for entries is 9 January 2017 and the winner will be announced in PN issue 40 out the week beginning 16 January 2017. Win in the night
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