If you want to follow along with me as I explore the world of true raw histograms — defined as histograms in the native color space of the sensor — you’re going to need a a program you probably don’t have. The one I suggest is called Rawdigger. Point your web browser here, and download… [Read More]
Raw histograms
For the past nine months, I’ve been using the Betterlight scanning back. The software that runs the back has a capability that, as far as I know, is unique among all the current crop of digital cameras: it will display the histogram of the captured image in its native color space. In fact, that is… [Read More]
JPEG 2000
In the January, 2013 issue of Shutterbug, which arrived at my house last week, David Brooks has his usual column, “Q&A Digital Photography”. A reader asks a question about an earlier column (that I didn’t notice) that said the JPEG 2000 used lossless compression. Mr. Brooks gives the following answer: The file formats supported by… [Read More]
Hedonic adaptation
I’ve observed an effect for years, but, thanks to this article in today’s New York Times, I now have a name for it and an elegant definition. A salient quote: …human beings are, as more than a hundred studies show, prone to hedonic adaptation, a measurable and innate capacity to become habituated or inured to… [Read More]
Where do photographic ideas come from?
From the mailbag: [Several compliments on the Staccato series removed due to possibly-misplaced modesty] I would love to know what inspired you to create these images. What was the motivation for the multiple layers? How did you find this technique? Thanks. Almost all of my successful photographic ideas stem from making other images. Maybe some… [Read More]
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