Category Archives: Photography

These are blogs about things photographic.

The Very Large (and very cold) Array

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Brian Lawler

The crack of dawn cracked especially hard this morning in Socorro, New Mexico. It was our day to go to the Very Large Array, a group of 27 radio telescopes spread across a mesa to the west of Socorro. I … Continue reading →

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Father-son bonding experience, Part II

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Brian Lawler

Sunrise comes early at The Bosque. Though the official sunrise was 7:11 a.m. today, the birds were very active at about 6:35 a.m. The big Sand Hill Cranes had already started taking off in flights of three or four when … Continue reading →

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Father-son bonding experience, Part I

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Brian Lawler

I’m in New Mexico, home of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the White Sands Missile Range, and the Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Among other things. I’m here with my son Patrick to take photos of migratory birds. There … Continue reading →

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The prepress petri dish

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Brian Lawler

This post was originally made on June 11, 2010 on my blog at What They Think. I have updated the information in it here. When I am not teaching, I am usually sitting in my home office, the master of … Continue reading →

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Get a Grip!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Brian Lawler

Wherein the Blognosticator acts as Key Grip for his son in a beautiful redwood forest My Son Patrick is a cinematographer in Los Angeles. You have probably seen his work if you watch music videos, or have looked through the … Continue reading →

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Fine art reproduction, complete

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This blog originally appeared on What They Think in September, 2010. I have updated it here with new information about fine art reproduction. In my last two blogs I discussed the process of reproducing fine art. So far we have … Continue reading →

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Fine art reproduction, continued

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This blog originally appeared on What They Think in September, 2010. I have updated it here, and will add new information on the topic in the coming days. In my blog yesterday I described how to make a “fine art” … Continue reading →

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Wherein The Blognosticator attempts fine art reproduction

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This blog originally appeared on What They Think in September, 2010. I will supplement it in the coming days with more up-to-date information. I made a deal sometime back with my friend Carlen that I would make a reproduction of … Continue reading →

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A story of amazing proportion

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Brian Lawler

Back in the Awkward Years (1960-1984) we used to make paste-ups, then photograph them on large process cameras to make large sheets of film from which aluminum printing plates were made. Photographs were handled separately from line art, and the … Continue reading →

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Working with the new iOne Display Pro

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Brian Lawler

I’ve been monkeying around with the new iOne Display Pro, a new color instrument from X-Rite that replaces the iOne Display instrument that some of us have been using for years. The iOne Display Pro, and its not-too-distant cousin the … Continue reading →

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