Archive for August, 2006

Stumbling and new photography podcasts

Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006

Podcasts are a great thing to occupy your mind with while driving to work, driving to a shooting location, or simply doing work around your house. (That is when not listening to NPR.) It is listening on demand to virtually any subject you can think of. I think this will be the […]

Bear petition

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Below is a link regarding Alaska’s Brown Bears near the McNeil River sanctuary and the proposal to begin hunting them;
http://www.petitiononline.com/mcneil66/petit
Please show them your support.

Will technology save our images?

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Researchers take the blur out of shaky photos
The above story links to an interesting article where some researchers at MIT and the University of Toronto have developed algorithms to significantly sharpen blurry images, in many cases to a usable state.
It seems like one more step that might make you hesitate before pressing that delete button. […]

Collages of nature

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

I started playing with a couple of images today with a collage concept, a little something to do during downtime. Since I like to take lots of pattern shots, particularly of leaves, rocks and shells - I think these collages could turn into some interesting pieces in the future. A lot […]

Signs of global warming at -112°F

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Just passing along an interesting story at this link.   These clouds were photographed above Antarctica, and only form at temperatures lower than minus 112 deg F.   They reveal deterioration in parts of our atmosphere, so the article states.
On that note, I’ll share an image from one of my favorite shoots out on frozen lake St. […]