I came across a great discussion of the difficulties in getting consistently sharp pictures using medium format digital cameras. Although it was written more than 3 years ago and updated about two years ago, I believe the basic situation still obtains, and therefore what Joseph Holmes has to say about it is important to anyone… [Read More]
Archives for May 2011
Who is this guy?
I took the picture at a Laguna Seca USRRC race, probably in 1968. It sure looks like Chuck Parsons, and what you can see of the car looks like the Simoniz number 10, but I’m not 100% sure. I’d like some help with the identification before I put it up in the new auto racing… [Read More]
Droid X battery: RIP
You know how it is when you get new glasses. Before you go to see the ophthalmologist, you think you can see just fine. Your vision has deteriorated so slowly that you’ve adapted to it. When you pop on the new specs and walk out the door, it’s a shock. The world is so much… [Read More]
What’s your site’s rank?
If you’re at all compulsive, you should probably stop reading right here. For the rest of you, and for the compulsive ones who just can’t help themselves, I’d like to pass on a little tidbit that I got from Brooks Jensen at last weekend’s workshop. You’ve probably noticed the sales rankings at Amazon. If you’ve… [Read More]
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain
For the past 25 years, much of my photographic work has been a study of motion and its representation in a still image. The techniques that I’ve used have evolved from simple and classical (take a look at Alone in a Crowd) to esoteric and peculiar. Over the last 10 years, as I’ve shown the… [Read More]