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Tag Archives: Brian Lawler
Line Art – the One and Only True Bitmap format
This is the second of several blogs about scanning and reproducing line art from 19th century copper engravings and similar artwork. When converting scanned line art into printable line art there is only one file format that will work without … Continue reading
Reproducing line art with digital technology
In the pre-halftone era (printing before the 20th century), illustrations printed by letterpress (relief printing) were made by engraving into wood or copper to make an image. It was a laborious task, and the quality was determined by the skills … Continue reading
A photography day at the Monarch Grove in Pismo Beach
Last week my wife and I with our cousins visited the famous Monarch Grove in Pismo Beach State Park. This is the site where twice each year thousands of Monarch butterflies gather to mate, and to impress visitors with their … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged Brian Lawler, Canon 5D, Monarch, Monarch butterflies, Pismo Beach State Park, telephoto photography
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Printing on a 126-year-old press, and loving it!
I am engaged as a human printing engine this week (and next). The president of our university and his wife want a letterpress Christmas card this year, so have engaged the design and production forces at-hand to produce these cards. … Continue reading
A hole in future history
I took over 400 CDs and DVDs to the shredding company this week. This was a collection of old System disks, software that won’t run anymore, and 828,000 photos in an archive that I once thought to be impregnable. Optical … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Gadgets, New technology, Technology
Tagged Brian Lawler, large scale storage, NAS server, Samsung SSD, SSD storage
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Phinal phase of the Bishop Peak Portrait Project
My summer is coming to an end, and I am engaged in the phinal phase of the Bishop Peak Portrait Project (BPPP), the making of the final display panels. On my previous large-scale photography projects, I have had the luxury … Continue reading
Thanks to my readers, all 200,000 of you!
Five years ago I launched The Blognosticator on this site after it spent some time at What They Think, and several years on Graphic Arts Monthly magazine’s site. Today my readership passed 200,000. I have posted 220 blog articles on … Continue reading
The Bishop Peak Portrait Project ecosystem
Over the past eight months I have been documenting my year-long “portrait” project of Bishop Peak, the 1,559 foot mountain in San Luis Obispo. That project, which began in December, 2015, is well on its way, and will soon be … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Photography, Photoshop techniques, Software, Technology
Tagged Alupanel, AppleScript, Bishop Peak, Brian Lawler, Cal Poly, CNC router
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Visiting Palomar’s 200-inch telescope
After visiting Mt. Wilson’s two observatories in September, 2014, I began a reading marathon to learn as much as I could about the big telescopes that were used to usher-in the era of astrophysics. It was at the 100-inch Hooker … Continue reading