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Stevenson School students at “In Motion”

March 13, 2013 JimK Leave a Comment

Cole Thompson brought his Stevenson School photography class by the CAP Gallery this morning. Tracy Morrison and I talked to them about Hal Eastman’s and my work.

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“In Motion” opens

March 12, 2013 JimK Leave a Comment

The In Motion exhibition opened Saturday. Hal Eastman and I gave a talk to the docents in the morning, did a tag-team lecture in the afternoon, then went to the opening reception. At the end of the reception there were a gratifying number of red dots on the walls; the CPA gets all the money,… [Read More]

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Hanging “In Motion”

March 4, 2013 JimK Leave a Comment

We hung the In Motion exhibition today. Opens Saturday. Lecture at 3, reception 4 to 6. A few snaps from today:      

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Raw processing workshop

February 28, 2013 JimK Leave a Comment

The CPA made this announcement today. I’m glad, because I can finally admit to why I’ve been deluging you with all the ETTR and related SNR-optimizing posts. I’ve been preparing my presentation, and I’ve been using this blog as my sketchpad. Thanks to everyone who aided me along the way. We had a similar panel… [Read More]

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A medium-format camera in your jacket pocket

February 28, 2013 JimK 2 Comments

In the last few months, I’ve been examining ways to get the highest signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in digitally-captured images.  I started with ETTR, then explored the issue of optimal in-camera ISO setting. Now I’d like to explore how to get your camera punching above its weight – producing images with the SNR of a larger… [Read More]

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