It ain't about mega pixels kids.....

This is pretty sweet. Low tech photography at it's finest. Shaun Irving is a clever guy.

The Camera Truck.

Thanks to my friend Holly for sending me this link.

Michael Flomen...brilliant

Check out this video on Michael Flomen.

Pretty inspiring to me. Let me know what you think.

pete

image copyright Michael Flomen.

Adobe Announces Lightroom 3 public Beta

Adobe has made the Lightroom 3 Beta available for free download. I watch some of the videos they posted about the changes, and there is some pretty exciting stuff (film grain slider? cool....).

Check it out here.

Keep in mind that this is a beta, which means that there is some things in the program that may be buggy, or not quite operational. They even pointed out a few things that are not active yet (grayed out) in the video. I think I am going to wait to download it, but I like the direction that it is going. I'll be keeping my eye on it.

Still Room available for the Transfer workshop this Saturday 10/24.

Hey all-

There are still a few spaces left for this weekends images transfer workshop at the Washington Glass School. If you are interested, either call 202-744-8222, or email washglassschool@aol.com.
You can read the class description here.

hope to see some of you there.

pete

I think my heart just shuddered.....

Good news! Go tell it on the mountain! Polaroid is not dead!

Frankencamera?

So some folks over at Standford University (they seem to be a pretty smart bunch) have developed what appears to be a camera that does HDR (High Dynamic Range) photos all on it's own. In a typical HDR photo, one would take 3 or more images of varying exposures an combine them using Photoshop© or Photomatix Pro© to make one evenly exposed shot. Well, this camera would take several shots and combine them "in house". Pretty cool.

The extra odd ball thing in this is that the designers used a Linux based software and plan to keep it open source so that any developer can add features to it (think iPhone apps).

You can check out the NPR interview here.

And the YouTube video here.

Whaddya think?

Another Legend Lost......

Irving Penn has passed at age 92. Check out the WaPo article here.

If you are a fan of portraiture, then you should be a fan of his work. He was brilliant. Apparently grumpy as all get out, but brilliant none the less. He is in the conversation with Avedon, Arnold Newman, Helmut Newton and others as one of the finest portrait photographers ever.

Happy trails Irving. Thanks for the images you left us.

The world's first camera for Narcissists?

what does this say about our current "please get me on reality TV" state of pop culture?

just sayin'....