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This week in the news: Nikon's new products turned a couple of heads; Apple released a new batch of updates to most of their product line; and Samsung announced two new lenses.

This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for October 26^th, 2012. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.

Black and white was once the only means we had to communicate, photographically. That was long before most of us got involved with it. But for some of us, B&W is how we started off in photography, and how we saw our images in print. But since the beginning of photography, black and white has been a very romantic medium. That romance continues to this day, with black and white easier and simpler to do than ever. And yet, for some, it’s just as complicated and difficult as ever. Perhaps this will give you some ideas to advance your black and white photography.

Editor's Note: This is a guest blogpost by Moose Peterson

This week in the news: GoPro announced their highly-anticipated HERO3 camcorders; Canon issued a new product advisory; Sony has a giant tablet for you, and more.

This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for October 19^th, 2012. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.

Brian Smith is a Sony Artisan, and a world-famous portrait photographer. His client list includes many celebrities and major players in the entertainment industry, and he is a recipient of the Pultizer Prize. For the past thirty years, Brian has been in the editorial and advertising photography industry, after having a photo make it into LIFE magazine at the age of 20.

Drawing upon this experience, Brian will be giving a lecture at the B&H Event Space soon. He's also celebrating the release of his recently published book, "Secrets of Great Portait Photography: Photographs of the Famous and Infamous."

We got to talk to Brian for a bit about how to capture better portraits. Here are his tips.

Over the last 15 years, I have worked as a photographer on assignment in over 60 countries, ranging from drug stories in the Horn of Africa to climbing expeditions in the Himalayas. My clients have mostly been magazines, ranging from all the National Geographic publications, to Esquire, Outside, Men's Journal, Stern, GEO and many others, plus a host of commercial clients. Seeing the world with a camera—and sometimes a pen—as a passport to open concealed doors and even hidden worlds can be a magical—often wild—ride. 

While the world of assignment photography has changed in the last decade, pushing photographers like me to acquire new tools like video and audio, many of the tricks for making memorable images haven't changed. 

Here are five simple tricks I recommend to students when teaching workshops, whether in Africa or in my backyard of Colorado.

Editor's Note: This is a guest blogpost from Pete McBride.

This week in the news: Adobe released Photoshop and Premiere Elements 11; Black Magic told us why there is such a delay on their cameras; Apple's iOS 6 made a lot of headlines, and more.

This is your B&H Photo Pulse News Roundup for September 28^th, 2012. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for the latest news as it breaks.

You can go to school, learn concepts and theories, and do very well as a student. But there are some things that you won't learn in school about being a photographer and a creative. Because of this, you'll most often be learning as you go, and trying to adapt to the ever changing environment.

We talked to nine creative professionals about what they learned.

Photo is Ryan - Set up by Shineylewis. Featured in the B&H Photo Flickr Group.