Flora with a digital camera
There are several reasons why flowers are a favorite subject for photographers: they don’t move; they are colorful and if you miss the opportunity this year they will return in ten to twelve months giving …
How many pixels does a photograph really need?
The early HP LasetJet printers produced text and graphic output at a resolution of 300 dots per inch (dpi). Output from these printers looked sharp and a resolution of 300 dpi was standard for about …
Changing seasons?
[a pet peeve]
Almost every culture in temperate latitudes has the four seasons we learnt as kids; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Most of us, especially if we grew up in Europe, notice the seasons changing but we …
The Ken-Burns Effect
Anyone who has watched a documentary produced by Ken Burns will have noticed the way he brings old photographs to life. Instead of showing a large static photo on screen, he crops to a detail, …
Family Portraits
I read somewhere that almost 1.2 trillion photos are made each year using everything from cell-phones, digital cameras of every shape, size and complexity, to those who still insist that film is the only real …
October 2020 – A Baker’s Dozen*
At some time, most aspiring photographers receive the standard advice to “join a local camera club”. For many years work-related travel stopped me from regularly attending meetings at my local camera club. Retirement removed that …