Are you in the market for a new digital camera or other photography related merchandise?

Whether your searching for a top of the line professional model or a cheaper alternative, you will find it in our new store. The SMYP Photo & Camera Store offers a large variety of digital and film cameras, along with camcorders, printers, scanners, and other gear for photographers.

Each item in our store also lists product features and offers helpful editorial and customer reviews to assist you in making a wise purchase. You can also find used equipment at bargain prices.

By Ray Silcox

Times have really changed for photographers. Less than a decade ago, most of us were still hand processing black and whites in a darkroom. Today, all but very few hard core film fanatics have switched to digital photography.

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I can’t believe its been four years since I last overhauled this website.

Yeah… I have been busy working on my other projects and letting my own sites suffer, but we finally tackled this three-day coding marathon to hopefully bring you a much more intuitive and pleasing site.

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Ray has picked up a new “hobby”

I have been interested in the internet and technology for a few years now and have enjoyed building websites. My latest venture scored me a collection of arcade sites. So if you like to play games and have a few minutes, please check them out. They are all FREE to play. Hope you enjoy!

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ShowMeYourPix is now offering fast and reliable FREE file hosting and image hosting courtesy of our friends at Kernow-Webhosting. This service is a fast and easy way to share your photos and is perfect for posting images on message boards, online auctions, classifieds, and sharing with your friends and family.

So why not register today for your FREE account and Show Me Your Pix ?

More information can be found by visiting the site at ShowMeYourPix.net.

Well another year has passed by and I was reviewing my old website and realized I haven’t done much with it in the past few years. Updating the old site was always put on the back burner and it look so 90ish. It was definately time for a change.

I began looking at the sites I like to visit often and realized the thing that attracts me, and many others, to today’s popular sites is its personality and interactivity. So in my quest to be able to offer something along these lines, I offer you the opportunity to participate and contribute along with me at the new photosbyray.net.

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SHAMOKIN — The News-Item has won statewide awards for writing and photography in the prestigious Keystone Press Awards contest, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA).

The News-Item won three awards in the 2003 competition, which involves work published the previous year. The newspaper competes in Division V (daily newspapers under 20,000 circulation), which involves dozens of newspapers throughout Pennsylvania.)

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SHAMOKIN - News Item staff photographer Ray Silcox has won a 2002 Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA) award.

His photograph of murder suspect Brandon Brown, his eyes closed, being led out of a court proceeding by police officers, won second place in the News Photo category. A crowd of youngsters and others were looking on in the background of the photograph, which was published Sept. 28. Silcox, who has been a newspaper photographer since 1983, has been with The News-Item for two years. He was previously employed with The Citizen-Standard, The News-Item’s sister weekly in Valley View, for six years.

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