Category: Tech Talk

Nice behind-the-scenes look at PetaPixel on how photographer Dustin Snipes made an image of Anthony Davis dunking the sun. Oddly enough, the same day that was published we were doing a similar exercise in my Advanced Photojournalism course, syncing 15 Canon strobes together to overpower the sun … (Exposure was ISO 50, 1/200, f/22 at 4:00 p.m.)

A month ago I wrote a bit about how long it was taking to send photos back from Pluto. Today, The New York Times’ James Estrin looks at the work of Steve Sasson, the man who invented digital photography at Kodak some 42 years ago. How are these related? Read on … Mr. Sasson made a series of demonstrations to...

Okay all you kids out there – don’t ever complain about how slow your internet connection is. Ever. When I began my Associated Press days, in 1993, the first transmitter I worked off of was a Leafax I, one of the earliest portable film scanners. It was wonderful … compared to the option of having to process film, dry it,...