Tag Archives: camera

The Painter and HDR

I have probably learned as much about photography through looking at paintings as I have learned from photography.

Lytro Infrared – Another Plus for Light Field – Cool!

  Back in the winter, I had been thinking it would be pretty cool if the Lytro camera could produce Infrared images that re-focused, or do any of the other…

The Art of Seeing – IMHO – An ongoing dialogue

The art of seeing allows us to find something in any environment. The right place can be anywhere. However, the timing and framing of what you experience is critical. The…

Fine Focus With Your Head

A simple technique that works with DSLR cameras. It can also work with others.   Achieving fine focus can be a problem when hand holding a camera with close up subjects…

Fisheye Fun – Rokinon 8mm and the Sony NEX 6

I am always much more interested in the way the final image looks than I am in the look and feel of a lens. The optics on this lens can produce some amazing results. Much better in my estimation than other fisheye lenses selling for much more money.

Amazing Multi-copter Video Views

Here is another great example of video possibilities using a multi-copter as a camera platform. Often referred to as remote controlled helicopter drones, these are the latest craze for shooting video…

Film or Digital – Something crazy to think about!

“There is a creative fraction of a second when you are taking a picture. Your eye must see a composition or an expression that life itself offers you, and you…

Why Black Cameras? Black is Beautiful, Cool and Professional

Black is Beautiful, Cool and Professional…But there are good reasons for camera black than you might think. Black cameras are usually synonymous with professional grade cameras. Black makes them stylish,…

The Masters Are Not Gods (Cont.)

For what it’s worth Part 2 of 2 I tend to store any findings into my personal database as pieces of knowledge that I may use to knit into a…

I Love Vintage Cameras

A small sampling of some old favorites Over the past few months, I started to shoot pictures of some of my old cameras. The images in the gallery are a…