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EXPOSURE EDITORIAL
Every year in February, Photo Life gets set to reveal the long-awaited results of the Image International Photo Contest. After receiving thousands of images from across the world, the time has come to unveil 30 winning images from three categories plus one Grand Prize winner. >>>
EXPOSURE NEWS & EVENTS >>>
EXPOSURE LOOKING BACK: GEORGE HUNTER
By Cate Cameron
VISION DESTINATION: SOUTH GEORGIA
By Colin Bates

If I could invent the ideal place to take pictures, it would be much like South Georgia. This small and remote sub-Antarctic island has it all. Its glacier-topped mountain backbone provides a backdrop and elevation for ­panoramic landscape photos, and the air is filled with massive soaring birds, some with a wingspan longer than the tallest human.
VISION IMAGE INTERNATIONAL 2009 PHOTO CONTEST
The 31 winning images from the 2009 edition of our annual photo contest, Image International. >>>
VISION PHOTO ESSAY: THE CHINESE-PARISIAN CHRONICLE
By Cedric Spilthooren

Their names are Di, Rong, and Yun; they are young and Chinese; they ­decided to move to Paris. Essentially, they come from Eastern China, are ­primarily urban middle class, and often have degrees. They’ve benefited from the Chinese economic boom and they represent a substantial part of today’s Chinese emigration to France.
VISION SHOWTIME: JUXTAPOSITIONS >>>
VISION SPOTLIGHT: BRYAN WILCOX
TECHNIQUE PHOTO 101: HOW TO REDUCE FILE SIZE
By Jean-François Landry

Pixels. An entry-level compact camera has over 10 million. Certain bridges advertise more than 15 million. These enormous files, memory cards, and hard drives fill up in the blink of an eye. So what does having all those ­pixels really do?
TECHNIQUE NIK SOFTWARE’S COMPLETE COLLECTION
By David Tanaka

The Nik Software Complete Collection is a bundle of five Nik titles: DFine 2 (noise reduction), Viveza (colour and brightness control), Color Efex Pro 3 (colour filters and effects), Silver Efex Pro (black-and-white conversion), and Sharpener Pro 3 (sharpening). All of these are using the U Point technology.
TECHNIQUE FAQ: WHAT IS THE BEST BACKUP SYSTEM?
Backing up means to preserve a copy of your photographs, one that is ­protected from all computer glitches. Nothing is forever and nothing lasts ­forever, so we have to find a flawless way to ensure the future of our photos.
TECHNIQUE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE
How ten mediocre images can be turned into a single, quite good, photograph.
TECHNIQUE PHOTOSHOP AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, PART 2
By Sylvain Gingras

Great workflow management is no longer necessary for just the experts. In this second instalment of Photoshop at your Fingertips, we explore the utility of keyboards when working with layers, open adjustment panels, foreground, background, and curves.
GEAR GADGET GUIDE
By Jean-François Landry
GEAR IMAGING PRODUCTS REVIEW
By Peter K. Burian