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Category Archives: New technology
My week with the Gigapan, Day One
A stitched panoramic photo involves taking a series of images with a special camera mount, then stitching those images into a whole, using software to correct for the overlaps in images, and to un-distort the resulting file. This was my … Continue reading
An iPad and EyeFi card
bring the Holy Grail to pro photographers
I have found the Holy Grail of portrait and commercial photography! Yes, I have done it, and it’s working and I am thrilled. The Holy Grail is a combination of tools, specifically an Apple iPad, an EyeFi Pro X2 SD … Continue reading
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Drawing on the iPad is a joy with Paper
Blognosticator’s update – January 10, 2014: I have written a recent blog about a new Pencil tool sold by 53 to use with this app. You can read that post here. I have tried a variety of “natural” drawing apps on … Continue reading
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Cal Poly students win the annual Phoenix Challenge
At a conference in San Antonio, Texas, two weeks ago, the student team from Cal Poly took top honors for their redesign and printing of packaging materials for Cal Poly’s student-made chocolates. These are the redesigned chocolate products produced by … Continue reading
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2012 TAGA Student Chapter award
Reported partly in-flight on my way home from the 2012 Technical Conference of TAGA On Tuesday evening, at the 64th annual conference of the Technical Association of the Graphic Arts, awards were presented to the student chapters of the organization, … Continue reading
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Steve Simske keynote – TAGA 2012
The first afternoon sessions of the 2012 TAGA Conference were excellent. Among them was an excellent presentation by Steve Simske, an HP Labs Fellow, who addressed the audience on the topic of security printing, counterfeit prevention, and the effects on … Continue reading
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A new lightbulb produced on a printing press
Reported from TAGA 2012, Jacksonville, Florida Bill Ray has been talking about, and demonstrating printed electronics for a long, long time. I am one of the legions of people who have been impressed by his clever, scientific presentations that fall … Continue reading
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Day Three with the Lytro, continued
Greetings, all of you shoot-now-focus-later types… I spent the afternoon walking at Morro Bay State Park, and on the Morro Strand State Beach with my new Lytro camera. It was a gorgeous day (almost 80 degrees). A sand dollar at … Continue reading
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Lytro Camera, Day Three
I’m getting the feel of the Lytro now. It really cries out for photos that have extremes – something close, something far away, and something in the middle. The Lytro camera in its box; it’s an elegant presentation. The technique … Continue reading
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Day One with the Lytro camera
My initial reaction to the Lytro: cool! My blue Lytro camera arrived this afternoon at about 4:00 p.m. I had been out on a photo assignment most of the day, photographing a man and his collection of rare books. It … Continue reading
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