Tag Archives: Photography

It was two weeks after two jetliners had plowed into the towers of the World Trade Center. His good friend, photojournalist Bill Biggart’s body had been recovered from the rubble. His personal effects, including his cameras had been released by authorities to his widow, Wendy.
Some of his images are amazing and all the more real to me today as I spent a few days in New York last August.. He was really very close to the buildings.
(Via Ryan)

For those of you who think brand is more important than function, this Ferrari branded camera is just what you’ve been looking for!
In “stylish” Ferrari red with the same logo plastered all over it you can’t help but be noticed by fellow tourists and passers-by as you raise your camera to snap a few photos.. oooh! ahhh!

The May issue of the Digital Journalist is now available. Unfortunately they don’t have a direct link to that issue but delve into the archives for past articles.

Digital to Analog – an essay exploring the transititon from film to digital. The author laments the attitude novice photographers have these days – it’s digital, it’s somehow “better” than film, but we’re “picture builders”, not “takers”.
I agree with him to a certain extent, but the freedom afforded to me by the digital medium and a half-decent camera has helped me get much better in my art.
I understand completely how choosing a simple camera, without automatic controls of any sort, will force a photographer to learn “how” to take photographs properly. When I want to experience that I simply set my camera to Manual mode and I get a lot more control over the camera. That doesn’t help my technique or eye of course. That comes with time and practice and I think I’ll never stop developing that!

If you consider a picture as a frozen moment in time… Can you alter that moment? Yes and no. Yes, you can tweak the image in a darkroom or in Photoshop… But more importantly: you can never capture THAT moment again.

The sun rises on a beautiful summer day!

Only this morning I searched through my 35mm photos for photos from my holiday in Barcelona and I had to smile or grimace as I flicked through several years of photos – Paris, Spain, Chicago, Ireland.. All memories, good and bad. That’s fine for a once in a while trip down nostalgia lane but searching my digital images is easier.
Lance Ulanoff asks, Will Digital Images Last? in this PC Mag article. My 35mm snaps all fit in a small box but my digital archive already requires 3 DVDs to backup. What do we lose by not having the tactile feel of photos?
(via Photography Blog)

Here’s a couple of interesting digital camera hacks. The first one, an explanation of how the camera histogram works, is something I kept meaning to learn about for a while now!

What you want to be leery of is when the graph information bunches up on one side or another. A graph heavy to the left usually indicates underexposure with the image appearing dark (move exposure compensation to +1). If everything is scooted over to the right, that often indicates overexposure with blown highlights and washed out shadows and midtones (move exposure compensation to -1).

Later… There’s another 10 hacks on the book sample page!

Mark Goldstein described this article as informative and opionated and it certainly fits both those categories! Take it with a pinch of salt.
I can’t wait until The STF stumbles across it!

I just love the silhouette used as the main photograph in this essay shot in Spain. Shooting in the rain isn’t something I normally do. I don’t want my camera getting wet!
Maybe if I had someone to hold my umbrella.. any takers? 🙂

Walter’s been busy messing with the GIMP and scheme! His script is a handy way to interlace an image. Must have a look later!

Picture of the Day from Photosig for me -> Postcard from Venice