The 2008 Encinitas Street Faire this past weekend (4/26 & 4/27) was very successful.  We’ve added note cards to our product line and they sold really well.  But more importantly we were able to talk with hundreds of wonderful people who enjoyed our photographs.  We got some very fine complements.
While over 21 different photographs sold [...]

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It’s exciting to discover a new photographer who opens your eyes with a wonderful way of seeing the world.  I’ve done just that with a new friend - Johan Dermaut.  You don’t need to speak or read Dutch to appreciate his beautiful photographs.  They convey a warmth that is inspiring.  Please do yourself a favor [...]

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I vividly recall avidly reading Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, savoring every idea, every concept, every technique they discussed.  I guess I’m a zone system kind of guy at heart.
One thing they both said that baffled me were their comments on previsualization.  Seeing the final image in one’s mind’s eye before snapping the shutter was beyond my [...]

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As a follow-up to How to Shoot Panoramas, here’s a checklist of things to remember.

Level your tripod
Switch to manual exposure
Switch to manual focus
Switch to a preset white balance such as Daylight
Select an f/stop that gives the necessary depth of field
Select an ISO setting that gives reasonable exposure times
Don’t use a focal length wider than 50 mm (on [...]

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This is not so much a comment on Genuine Fractals as it is on the workflow end game, namely, resizing (Genuine Fractals) and output sharpening (Photokit).  Here’s the test.

Resize a 6 M pixel image using Genuine Fractals to 16″X24″.
Create output files at three resolutions - 180 ppi, 240 ppi and 360 ppi
Sharpen the image using [...]

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I was listening tonight to a conversation between Jim Svejda and the amazing Hilary Hahn on Classical KUSC, my favorite radio station here in Southern California.  For those who don’t now, Jim Svejda is the most knowledgeable person on classical music probably on the planet and hosts several absolutely fascinating programs on KUSC.  And Hilary [...]

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I’m doing an interesting project - shoot 360 degree panoramas in the desert during sunrise and sunset.  And I’ve learned a lot about panos that you don’t readily find when you research this subject.

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I picked up Genuine Fractals by onOne software this weekend.  What does it do?  It allows you to upscale your digital images.    And just what is upscaling?  It comes down to adding pixels to your image to make it larger.  Whenever you add pixels you have a problem.  What color and intensity should the new [...]

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