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My Lifelong Quest for Image Clarity
The title sounds ominous enough. My first attempts to produce “snappy” pictures in print started in my sophomore year in college. I was the production manager for our college magazine and was determined to make the images in publication pop off … Continue reading
Posted in Analog and Digital Photography, Opinions
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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To Be (Visibly Appealing) or Not To Be, THAT is the Question!
I’m toying with a new idea, and it all has to do with photo quality. In particular, the real estate photo listings. On my last post I noted that it seems that few people actually care about the quality of … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions, Tonality and Appearance, Underpinnings and Core Issues
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, clarity, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, real estate photos, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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Dreamers, Mechanics, Propeller heads, and Pundits
Pardon my absence for the two weeks or so, I’ve been doin’ some personal rearranging. This started by engaging in some personal reflection. Always revealing, but somewhat dangerous. Please don’t get offended at this silliness. It just lets me grasp … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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The Brain’s Visual Cortex Corrects Color Casts. Naturally.
The setting in the image capture and editing processes known as White Balance is a curious one indeed. The human light perception system is so complex, and so intuitive, that we don’t totally understand how it even works. All human … Continue reading
Posted in Analog and Digital Photography, Opinions
Tagged basic photography, camera modes, camera sensor, color compensation, color correction, color photography, color smart, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, histogram, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, JPG, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, tone distribution, visual cortex, white balance
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You are a victim of mass-media deception.
There is one universal ruse that the media uses openly and effectively every day to deceive the majority of the watching public. Do you know what it is? Leave a brief comment with your best guess. Here are some possible … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions
Tagged abstract art, basic photography, black and white, camera modes, camera sensor, cloudy, color compensation, color correction, color photography, contrast, cookie cutter, Digital Camera, digital image, digital noise, Digital Photography, film grain, graphic equalizer, grayscale, halftone, human eyesight, image editing, image repair, image shaping, internal contrast, JPG, overcast, photo editing, photography, photography basics, photography tips, photoshop, primer for newbies, raw, saturation, shadow detail, spectral, three-quarter tones, tonality, visual cortex, white balance
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