February 7, 2010
on the west coast of canada, nestled between coast mountain range and the american border is vancouver, british columbia – my home since 1953. vancouver is hosting the 2010 winter olympics. the winter of 2010 (if we can call it that) we’ve had a very strong el niño year, resulting in the warmest january on …
February 5, 2010
vectorial vancouver is up and running! this amazing light display over english bay was created by rafael lozano-hemmer, an internationally acclaimed light artist. check his work out at lozano-hemmer.com i’ve been asked recently what the “best” settings for a digital SLR camera might be. here’s some thoughts … use either M (manual) or Tv (shuTter …
February 1, 2010
since i posted on Matthew Campagna’s The Turning Gate website that i had modified his TTG Pages to use my own contact page and modified TTG Pages and TTG HighSlide gallery to work with my WordPress blog, i have frequently been asked how i did this. before i get into this too deep let me …
January 31, 2010
in assignment two we explore white balance, also know as gray balance, neutral balance, or colour balance. white balance once again we run into the man – machine conundrum discussed in the last session. the human visual system has capabilities and a sensory range that far outstrip modern technology. when we look at a piece of …
January 31, 2010
the second session of the Introduction to Digital Photography workshop met January 27. as we reviewed assignment one, it became clear that the image quality and image size wasn’t always obvious on the surface. only after zooming deeply into an image could we begin to see the image degradation and artefacts symptomatic of lower-quality JPEG …
January 25, 2010
i use Google Analytics to collect all types of data on visitors to my website (what browser they use, the size of their browser window, JavaScript enabled, Flash enabled, …). this information helps me ensure that visitors get the best experience from my website and influences how i design and layout my websites pages. but …
January 18, 2010
this sessions assignment introduces us to JPEG image size and quality and it’s impact on digital developing and post-processing (printing or editing). we also look into camera RAW. JPEG digital cameras usually record images in the JPEG format. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group, formed in 1982. JPEG uses a lossy compression method for …
January 17, 2010
the first session in the Introduction To Digital Photography workhop was held last Wednesday, January 13. after introducing ourselves and our cameras we shared our expectations and i presented a proposed workshop outline. the goals of session one were to introduce the software that will be used in the rest of the workshop, and to understand …