Archive for April, 2008

A Photo Editor’s dream?

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

I read this article recently about a new algorithm at Google that takes their image search capabilities a huge leap forward by enabling visual recognition.    If you have ever tried to search for images on Google or any other search engine, you know of the huge variety that can come up as results.   […]

Better than the real thing

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

 
Perhaps not completely photography related, but I wanted to make a post about a recent experience in seeing the IMAX U2 3D film.   This is concert footage of perhaps one of the most well known bands on the planet.   What made this particular film so unique, so special was that it was actually […]

Spring Wildflowers in bloom

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Spring wildflowers are popping up everywhere in Southeast Michigan finally.   With all the snow we had this winter, hopefully it will be a great year.   Through the rest of the season, I will be posting new images in my wildflower photography gallery.   Latest editions include Hepatica and Bloodroot.

Bloodroot pictures

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Last year, I completely missed the bloom of bloodroot.   While walking my dog this morning, I noticed it was already springing up on the side of “Wildflower Ridge.”  This ridge is a small section of Clinton River Park in Sterling Heights that has an abundance of spring wildflowers.   There is a complete progression […]

Large Prints

Friday, April 18th, 2008

As much as I agree with much of Brooks Jensen’s commentary on print size, I can’t deny there is some unmatched excitement when seeing some of your images printed very large. By large, I am referring to 20×30, 24×36, 30×45 (inches) and up.
Now and then, I get requests for prints at these sizes. […]