Back in the late 80s and early 90s, when I was doing digital photography research, there was a popular topic in the bar at technical conferences: what would it take for digital capture to equal 35mm quality? It was clear that we needed a whole lot more dynamic range; in those days the highly-portable sensors… [Read More]
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Can You Believe a Photograph?
Serious practitioners of conventional photography know of the many ways that they can stage-manage the truth. It starts in the field. Where do you point the camera? What do you ask of your subjects? Do you move things? What do you leave out? When do you trip the shutter? How do you exploit lens distortions?… [Read More]