Understanding RAW Files By Michael Reichmann originally posted March 2, 2011 There is probably more misinformation, disinformation, and lack of information regarding what raw files are all about than on any other digital imaging topic. There are also many reasons why one should shoot in raw mode, but also quite a few reasons why many people don't. Let's have a look at … [Read more...]
Favorite Effects Apps for Mobile Photographers!
Taking Your Image Further A lot of what is so fun about mobile photography is what we do with an image after we capture it. Sometimes I like to leave an image, like a landscape or a portrait, in its realistic form. In these cases, I limit post-processing to cropping, sharpening, and minor color adjustments in apps like SnapSeed. This image made in The Palouse was shot with … [Read more...]
A Quick Review: Are You Ready For Your Close Up?
When I moved to Paris in the late 70s, to study at the Paris Conservatory to become a classical concert harpist, I had no idea that one day, I would instead end up a photographer. At that time, I did not own a camera, and never even thought about taking pictures, but for some reason, the French edition of PHOTO magazine caught my attention, and I was fascinated by the large … [Read more...]
Stress Testing The Printer Workflow (Extended Printing Accuracy Assessment)
Introduction When taking the time and effort needed in a digital workflow to make prints that translate our photographic vision onto paper (for example – the contrast and vibrancy of tone and colour), we first express that vision on a properly calibrated and profiled computer display, ideally under soft proof, editing the photos until we’ve achieved our intended vision. That … [Read more...]
Breadth
Some years ago I was reading Henry Peach Robinson's book Pictorial Effect in Photography (a text from the 1860s) and ran across a compositional device he termed "breadth" under the discussion of chiaroscuro. I hadn't seen this term before and spent some time with his rather confusing description of it. The general idea, as nearly as I can tell, is this: while a photograph is … [Read more...]
