photography
Popular photography: the involution
So, here’s a concept I think is mostly true, even if what follows is greatly exaggerated.
The concept: Popular photography is getting worse each time.
By “popular” I mean, the sort of pictures people take on holiday. Here’s a brief history of popular photography during my lifetime, with examples:
70’s. Pictures are perfect. Everyone has a nice, fixed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Digital portraits: color to B&W
Recently, I run across an interesting article on how to convert color digital photos to B&W. It seems a direct approach yields cerulean skin and other undesirable features that are absent in traditional B&W portrait photography. The process is a bit involved, and I am writing this post so I don’t forget the details. I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )My header
My header photograph was taken from wikimedia commons, made by Blue Elf. It was featured in the capillary wave wikipedia entry.
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