Category Archives: Photography

These are blogs about things photographic.

The Lytro plenoptic camera

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Brian Lawler

I bought a Lytro camera today. The device is due to ship in February or March next year, and I am looking forward to getting mine. I ordered the blue one: “My” blue Lytro camera. I will be waiting by … Continue reading →

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Another nod to early three-color photography

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Brian Lawler

When Sergeii Prokudin-Gorskii traveled around Russia in the early years of the 20th century, he carried a three-color camera, one which exposed three images onto a monochrome negative plate in rapid succession. The result was color separations on film. My … Continue reading →

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Three-color photography on a boat

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This entry originally appeared on What They Think in July, 2010. Fourth of July – afternoon. The conversation ranged from the oil in the Gulf of Mexico to the freshness of the guacamole. At some point someone made the mistake … Continue reading →

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Three-color photography, digitally

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This entry originally appeared on What They Think in July, 2010. In my last blog I described the work of Sergeii Prokudin-Gorskii, a Russian photographer who documented Czarist Russia with a special three-color camera. His work took him over tens … Continue reading →

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Photographer to the Czar

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This entry originally appeared on What They Think in July, 2010. Eight years ago, while visiting the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., I happened upon a photograph that captured my attention, and started a journey that has taken me … Continue reading →

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Mask of ingredients

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This episode originally appeared on What They Think in February, 2011 This is my last blog on masking. I promise. At least for a while. My challenge today was to mask a photo of ingredients for a recipe in a … Continue reading →

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The Mask of Zero!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This episode originally appeared on What They Think in February, 2011. In my continuing effort to make masking easier (nearly impossible), I have come to the conclusion that masking technique must be selected on an image-by-image basis. There is no … Continue reading →

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I wanted to thank that Masking Man

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This episode originally appeared on What They Think on January 22, 2011. Today I’ll take you on a journey to mask one of the same images I used last week, a photo of my gracious wife (she being gracious for … Continue reading →

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Who was that Masking Man?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This blog originally appeared on What They Think on January 18, 2011 In our last episode of Masking Man, I demonstrated how I had used a duplicated channel, which I then modified with the Levels tool, to make a mask … Continue reading →

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The challenge of masking images

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Brian Lawler

This blog originally appeared on What They Think in January, 2011 It’s simply amazing how many images need to be masked. By masking an image, I can separate the subject from the background, and that seems to be my second … Continue reading →

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