Technicalities
Featured Artist at Fotomoto
Oct/12/10 11:49
Not a big deal... but still nice to see...
Who would have thought? When I
opened my mailbox this morning, I found the
email from Fotomoto,
telling me that I am the featured artist of the
day. Whoohoo. Not that this means very much, but
it still makes me a little proud.
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The Histogram and the Advantage of High Bit Files
Apr/30/10 10:55
The histogram in photography explained in an easy way.
I had the honor of guest-blogging at www.ThePhotoArgus.com. I was writing a brief article about the histogram from shooting to image editing in the digital darkroom and explained the advantages of using 12 bit files. I am explaining there the "tonal distribution" and the correct interpretation of a histogram, details about the data depth of a photograph (12bit RAW vs. 8 bit JPG) and how it pays for a photographer to pay attention to little details happening in that graph. If you are interested in this type of techinical level, read the article "Histogram and the Advantage of High Bit Files" here.
Going 520p
Feb/10/10 21:46
adjusting my fixed height site to my visitors needs.
I have been listening to my critics and to Google: A significant amount of my visitors is browsing the web with a screen resolution of 1280 x 800 pixel or less. And, with the rise of netbooks with even less screen real estate is available to the average internet user. Considering that a large amount of the screen real estate is lost to (very often unecessary) browser toolbars and the likes, my old site layout fit less visitors screens properly than I hoped. And that number was shrinking. With a fixed site layout as you experience here, that is a real disadvantage and no fun for the visitor.
So I went through an entire site overhaul and limited the page height to 520 pixel. This did require to downsize the thumbnai images - which is not only a bad thing: that will make browsing the photographs on this site quite a bit faster.
I hope you enjoy the new gallery and site layout and spend some time browsing my photographs.
One year of experience using the NIKON D60 dSLR
Feb/04/10 00:13
the good, the bad and the ugly - a photographer's experience report.
I wanted to share those thoughts with you without writing an extensive review about this camera. Technical reviews can be found here at dpreview.com and at plenty of other places around the internet. What I wanted to share with you is more in the realms of an experience report with the Nikon D60. And this post has no claim of being complete: I simply want to mention a few facts about this camera which stuck out to me while using it over the past twelve months....
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The best camera is the one you have with you...
Jan/25/10 11:57
or dealing with selective seeing.
A recent trip brought me back to my old home town: Boston, Massachusetts. Well, Boston was not really my home town, but it is close enough. Anyhow, the point is that after two months not being there, I was glad to be back. And, as it is very often, once one has not been at one place for a while, I tend to look at it the next time we are there with different eyes. Read More...
Legal matters with photography in public - II
Oct/13/09 23:37
A brilliant resource for legal issues with photography.
Browsing through the internet today, I found this absolutely great blog page which I wanted to share with you.
It
is run by Carlos Miller, a photojournalist in Miami,
Florida. He was arrested in February of 2007 for
photographing them against their wishes.
Read
More...
An eventful year
Oct/10/09 22:33
First and foremost, this site went through a significant change in appearance. I changed the gallery layout and find the photo book type look rather pleasing. Second the blog became more readable using larger fonts and wider line spacing and tags have been reorganized to let you find your way around better.
Second were the photography changes. Read More...
The "San Francisco Gallery" at the Applefest in Northborough, Mass.
Sep/27/09 20:27
Is the 2009 Mac mini fast enough for photo editing ?
May/22/09 03:55
A photographers experience with Apple's small desktop computer.
Legal matters with photography in public.
Mar/08/09 03:37
A collection of resources about photographers rights
It is very sad to begin with that photo enthusiasts, amateurs or professional photographers that simply want to express their point of view of the world in an artistic way have to worry about such banal matters. But, we live in a society and not in an agglomeration of individuals - or so wee'd like to think or make ourselves believe. Hence there are certain and thoughts and aspects that may concern the uninvolved individual in a complete different way than the photographer and vice versa. So consequently some rules and regulations have been put into place and it's worth it to have at least an overview over the basics. Read More...
Good bye to an old friend...
Jan/17/09 02:11
Switching from a Sony Cybershot DSC H2 to a NIKON D60
After almost three years of learning and growing with and close to each other, I decided that it is time to move on. Well, I actually decided that a while ago. Although one could not call it a decision perse - it was more of a mutually growing apart which was ironically a part of growing close. But that how the flow of life takes sometimes it very own turns... Foreseeable, exciting and yet painful at the same time.
But back from the philosophical paths to the real deal: I ordered and received my all spankin' new NIKON D60, as a kit with the NIKKOR 18-55 mm kit lens and the 55-200 mm VR lens on top of it (AF-S DX VR 55-200mm F/4-5.6G IF-ED - holy marketing!). This is one big step up from where I am coming from. The previously owned and used SONY Cybershot DSC-H2 sparked the interest in photography in me and this camera was a great learning tool, which I have been using since early 2006.
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An all new homepage
Oct/23/08 01:18
After a while of thinking and pondering, I came finally up with a home(front) page design that I really like. For those of of you that did not see the old front page - well, you did not miss much. I will try and keep the slideshow there somewhat up to date and will exchange the pictures over time. I hope you like it. Let me know if you don't.
It's fall outside
Oct/11/08 10:44
The Folia-O-Meter
Oct/10/08 10:45
An overdue portfolio facelift
Oct/06/08 10:50
The final overhaul?
Aug/23/08 01:27
I most certainly doubt it. But since its launch in early July 2008 this site finally grew out of its infanty. The overall appearance, as well as the photo viewer and the picture organization have changed. So that would be pretty much everything, correct? Well, welcome and enjoy the show...