by Chris, posted Oct 28, 2009 0
In short….you can get your subjects in focus when using a large format camera or a tilt-shift lens. Anyone use it much these days?
Here’s some info: Wikipedia & The Luminous Landscape.
by Chris, posted Jul 9, 2009 0
June 22, 2009 – “Eastman Kodak Company announced today that it will retire KODACHROME Color Film this year, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.”
Can’t say that I used it much but the images I’ve seen shot with Kodachrome easily rivaled the quality of Velvia or Ektachrome.
via Kodak
Photo credit – Robert Couse-Baker
by Chris, posted Jun 2, 2009 0
Another great Photoshop (CS3 & CS4) tip via John Nack of Adobe. As of CS3 you have the ability to mirror any clone source in Photoshop. It doesn’t seem like it’s a documented feature:
“Open up the Clone Source panel, then specify a negative number for the width value (e.g. just put a minus sign in front of the “100”). Now Photoshop will flip the source data so that you can clone a mirror image.”
This also works on the Healing Brush.
See it in demonstrated in this video by Russel Brown.
by Chris, posted May 27, 2009 0
Artist Jorge Colombo draws the June 1, 2009 cover of New Yorker Magazine using the iPhone application Brushes.
“Using the Brushes application, one of thousands of available for the iPhone and iPod touch, he has digitally painted dozens of iconic New York scenes, including Grand Central Terminal, classic downtown delicatessens and the Empire State Building.
This week, one of his sketches will assume a spot coveted by artists in New York and all over the world: the cover of The New Yorker magazine.”
via abc NEWS
A short interview with Jorge here.
And more coverage in The New Yorker and New York Times.
by Chris, posted May 27, 2009 0
An update to the original Polaroid post from 01/25/2009.
“The digital storm, Mr. Kaps says, has left analog opportunity in its wake. “If everyone runs in one direction, it creates a niche market in the other,” he said.”
via NYT – Article
by Chris, posted May 23, 2009 0
“Celebrating the magic of analog instant photography and making these rare and limited products accessible worldwide.” POLAPREMIUM
by Chris, posted Mar 30, 2009 0
Hewlett-Packard introduces MagCloud, a new service that “enables you to publish your own magazines.” Coming at just 20¢/page to purchase a magazine (plus shipping), publishers will have to create their magazine in-house and submit it as a finalized high-res PDF. MagCloud then farms out the printing to local and global printers and also handles the shipping and billing.
Costing much less than traditional printing, especially when it comes to making last minute changes, the service hopes to establish itself as “your new printing press.”
via NYT – Article
by Chris, posted Mar 26, 2009 0
“With the Diana Instant Back+ create all Diana+’s looks in an instant photo!”
At first read I thought that it was a digital back that could be attached to the Diana (and maybe hacked onto a Holga?) but this is cool too.
by Chris, posted Feb 2, 2009 0
Disappointed to hear that Brandeis University in Waltham MA is closing the Rose Art Museum. (via nytimes.com and Boston.com)
by Chris, posted Jan 25, 2009 0
Dissecting the difference in film presentation and aspect ratios from the 1950’s until today. Some nice comparison examples on the second page. (via The Digital Bits)