Stitching images sequentially photographed has been around for quite a while and the software that can assemble the images have come a long way from the early days of panoramic photography. I enjoy creating wide-view images using single or multi-row stitching as the vista covered takes a different … [Read more...]
A New Infrared Camera: Canon M5
I have been doing infrared photography for quite a while now which started with a Canon G7 point-and-shoot converted for this purpose. With that camera, I took many photographs from the window of commercial airplanes as I flew from Providence to Salt Lake City over a course of four years. … [Read more...]
Infrared Channel Swapping in Lightroom
Lightroom has had some weaknesses when it came to processing infrared images like channel swap and white balance. The primary problem has been and continues to be the range of white balance options not being wide enough into the blue end of the slider. That has had a fix for quite some time which I … [Read more...]
A Leica Older than I
When I was in elementary school, my father worked at the Sariyar Dam construction project. It was in the middle of nowhere and I got to spend a little time one summer there and my sister and I stayed in Istanbul with my grandmother as we attended school. I remember a few things from the limited time … [Read more...]
This and That, Dogs and Cats
This post contains a few pieces of information I wanted to share with all who follow this blog. Nothing earth-shattering, mind you, just a few things I stumbled upon, about dogs and cats, and a couple of useful services. Enjoy what matters to you, ignore the rest. Online Storage Online storage has … [Read more...]
Sweet? No, Sour! HP Spectre x360
Summary: HP Spectre x360 Is a Lemon! Details? Read below and in the previous article linked. (Read the two updates at the end, I added them after HP contacted me.) I wrote about the problems I had with a new HP Spectre x360, and I thought that was the end. Someone from HP sent me an e-mail … [Read more...]
Quad HD (QHD) Displays and Photoshop Follow Up
A while back, I wrote a post that explained how to make Photoshop CS6 or below to honor the changed screen size elements. Since then I have discovered a critical setting, this is to update the earlier post. On high-resolution laptop, and even some desktop displays Photoshop CS6, and even some … [Read more...]
Your Photo Editing Workspace
During some of my presentations, I get asked about the work environment for editing digital photographs. I also get individual inquiries about the subject. In this post, I will address those questions with some workspace examples including my own. Vision, the perception of luminance and color are … [Read more...]
JPEG Voodoo: Or, Does JPEG File Size Matter
Would you say the above photograph has any compression artifacts? Compressed too much, not enough, or just right? What exactly is "just right" anyway. This post will explore the concept of compression, why and how do we do it, and how aggressive should we be in either reducing the file size or … [Read more...]
Working With a Canon G1X Mark II
A few years ago I purchased a Canon G1X, a large sensor compact camera. I was very pleased with its image quality and enjoyed its portability. After I gave it as a gift, I found another one on eBay and purchased it. Recently I received as a gift the new and improved Canon G1X Mark II. In the last … [Read more...]