October 7, 2011 The Myths Behind Apple’s Apple CNN has a neat piece up that delves into the myths surrounding Apple’s apple logo. I had heard some of these, but not all. Totally geeky read if you’re a graphics guy or fanboy. Categories Graphic Design/Tech Talk
October 2, 2011 Photos for Video We’ve all done it … tried to slide a still photo into our video project, but it never works quite right. They get squeezed and stretched, they’re too big or too small … Richard Harrington has a guest post up over at PhotoFocus that walks you through a quick way of getting images ready in Photoshop for use in your... Categories Tech Talk/Video
September 30, 2011 Arts & Crafts Time: The Homemade DSLR Viewfinder Photojojo has a little project write up on how to create your own DSLR screen viewer for use in bright sun. Sure, you could go buy one, but here’s a chance to be three-dimensionally creative. Categories Tech Talk
September 29, 2011 Behind E:60 The crew of ESPN’s E:60 show has a Production Notes blog that tells the stories of telling their stories. If you’re interested in sports video storytelling, worth sticking in your RSS reader. Categories Craft/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 26, 2011 Over at the Gear Geek … This week I take a look at the Gymbl, a case and tripod combo for the iPhone that will help smooth out your video and make panoramas easier to stitch together. Categories Tech Talk
September 23, 2011 Deals on Macs I tend not to get involved with these things, but this may be useful for some students … CowBoom.com (proving, again, that all the good domain names are taken) is running a MacAttack Deal of the Day – all day long, they’re featuring refurbed Macs of various vintages at pretty good prices. A few things to note … some of... Categories Tech Talk
September 21, 2011 New Nikon Mirrorless Cameras Hrmm … this could be interesting: Nikon has introduced a new class of “mirror-less” cameras, similar to those from Olympus, Panasonic and Sony. As a big-fan of the Olympus E-P2, I wish Nikon had decided to invest into the Micro 4/3 standard. The chip size there is bigger than what Nikon has decided on. Still, would love to play with... Categories Tech Talk
September 14, 2011 Shooting Baseball Nice piece on the pressure of shooting baseball and transmitting from the field on the Milwaukee Brewers’ web site. It’s different from my days at Fenway Park, shooting for 45 minutes and then running to the darkroom to soup and ship a couple of images, then get back to the field for PMers. Not sure if it’s better or worse... Categories At Work/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 14, 2011 A Well Turned Phrase Photography is full of jargon … f-stops, dragging the shutter, pop a strobe, blow out the background and (the one that first horrifies my students before they settle into a comfortable usage) kill your babies.* Picked up a new on in this post from Gordon Lewis this morning for describing the noise in a digital image: Because I braced myself... Categories Tech Talk
September 12, 2011 Over at the Gear Geek … This week, I take a look at the Eye-Fi – a wireless transmitter built into a Secure Digital Memory card. Categories Tech Talk