We all remember Steve Jobs’ personal blog post criticizing Adobe for their proprietary business practices surrounding Flash Player.  It was big for a day or two; we had a laugh at the grand hypocrisy of the whole issue, and then silently hoped that one of these evil giants would take down the other in their vie for monopolistic dominance.  Well, it seems that Adobe wasn’t content to just sit back and let everyone else’s “I told you so” make their argument for them.  Heck, they weren’t even content to leave the original argument remotely intact.  Adobe has officially issued their response in the form of a very strong marketing campaign, and they may come out smelling like roses this round.

We've been reporting for months on The Impossible Project, the group that made it their goal to resurrect instant photography by re-inventing instant film.  With all of the press and excitement around the project, Polaroid had announced that it would develop a new line of instant film cameras now that the film will be available.  Wednesday Polaroid held true to that promise and released the "first of many new products" that will bring back that classic feel. 

The Impossible Project seems to be on a roll!  In just one short month, the group has announced that it has finalized the process to manufacture a new instant film compatible with classic Polaroid Cameras, released two versions to the market, and started its own “Impossible Collection” in homage to the original Polaroid Collection.  And now The Impossible Project is opening its first Project Store here in the U.S.!

In a press release sent out today, The Impossible Project announced that only four weeks after they released the PX100 Silver Shade instant film for Polaroid cameras, they are already debuting the next generation, PX600 Silver Shade.  The PX 600 is said to be more for everyday use versus the PX100, which is more for artistic use.  The film can be used on the Polaroid SX70 cameras and Impossible claims that the new generation is "astonishingly precise and sharp."

Earlier this month we mentioned that in order to pay off some creditors, Polaroid was being forced to sell their Polaroid Collection, a collection of instant shots that show the history and creative possibilities of the Polaroid Instant Film, at Sotheby's in New York.  Well, after announcing that they will be re-creating analog instant film, The Impossible Project has also made a bid to keep the Polaroid Collection in the family where it belongs.  Impossible has placed a binding offer to purchase the collection in order to preserve and protect the collection and expand it with their own contemporary extention "The Impossible Collection."

After a delay due to unforeseen problems, the future of the Impossible Project was uncertain and the group questioned whether they would be able to follow through in re-producing analog Instant Film that was used in traditional Polaroid cameras.  At an event held today in New York City, The Impossible Project announced that after 17 months of development, they have indeed succeeded in achieving their goal!

We’ve been closely following the much anticipated results of The Impossible Project, a group determined to reinvent the instant film used in the classic Polaroid camera.  Last month it was announced that the project unveiling would be delayed due to some unforeseen issues and that the future of The Impossible Project was uncertain.  We received this week the new press release announcing that the group will reveal the status of the project this month in New York City.  

As you may recall direct digital distribution of movies has finally become something that your living room can legitimately have access to. You may also recall that the only thing really stopping such a format shift is someone providing access to digitally distributed movies on the scale of a true corporation. The time may have come that such a niche will be met. According to the New York Times, Walmart is to buy streaming movie provider known as VUDU.

After the press release from The Impossible Project was sent out stating that there is a delay in the development (no pun intended) of the instant film meant for Polaroid instant cameras, the question is: What does Polaroid do?  Along with the project, Polaroid decided to resurrect their instant film cameras and develop the PIC 1000, based on the classic Color 600 instant film camera.  The Impossible Project is focusing all of their efforts on the issue that they encountered, hoping that a 1 month delay will be enough time to say whether the project is now possible.  We're all hoping for a positive result, and that the event in New York City held by the Impossible Project will announce the success of the product. 

Back in January, we brought you the news that the instant film that made Polaroid popular (and that was discontinued in 2008) was being brought back by a group who called themselves The Impossible Project.  The group set out to reinvent instant film, seeing as some important components of Polaroid's version were discontinued and becoming too expensive.  This was no easy task.  With a time limit of one year, it seemed as though the group would be successful.  They had found that components of existing film and some new components could actually produce an improvement over Polaroid's integral film.  With excitement surrounding this project, Polaroid even decided to resurrect their instant film camera and production of the film was supposed to start at the beginning of this year.  The Impossible Project had an event planned for this month in New York City for the big unveiling.  Well, unfortunately, due to some issues, a press release has gone out stating that the event will be postponed, and until then, the future of The Impossible Project is uncertain.

YPI KIDS was formed in 2006 by C. Paul Denckla. The first showcase of Project: Tomorrow took place in 2007. There were 9 participants in the 2007 project. These kids ranged from 10 years old to 18 years old. The project was conducted in partnership with Maine Children's Cancer Program.This project focused on children that had cancer or were in remission. The 2008 project on the other hand focused on children whose parents had cancer. In 2009 there was no project.

I am a photographer and a photography writer and through this trait I meet several interesting people and have been fortunate to work on several inspiring projects. But I have never come across anything as special as YPI KIDS. Have you ever wondered about the point where your profession becomes passion? Or when photography become more than just photography? That happens, and it has probably happened to all of us - an image that we shot meant so much to someone else. The point where a photograph becomes an object of endearment is the point when photography becomes more than just photography, more than a profession or an art, it becomes an important factor in someone's life. In my previous article about YPI KIDS I gave a brief introduction of what they did. Moving forward, this article will analyze the projects sponsored by YPI KIDS to enable kids "at-risk" or suffering from cancer photograph precious moments.

After all of the media attention focused on Polaroid reintroducing the Instant Film camera, interest has been building about the 12 men who were determined to make instant film a possibility again.  They call themselves "The Impossible Project," a group from the Netherlands who, when integral film by Polaroid was discontinued, made it their mission to bring it back.

Last Wednesday Howcast offered a webinar for the Creator’s Corner entitled “Learn the Secrets to Low-Budget, High-Creativity Filmmaking.”  The webinar focused on providing new filmmakers solid tips for how to make a high quality video with low or no budget. I’ve highlighted three of the  top tips below.

Now that Polaroid has appointed Lady Gaga as its Creative Director, it is set on making some other grand changes to it's brand and products. On the product side, Polaroid is bringing back the instant camera in two ways, which are sure to bring excitement to the photography market.  First, Polaroid is bringing back the instant film that was discontinued in 2008.