Category: Photography

This subject is related or theory of photography, such as an analysis of a specific photograph or a technique or more broadly the philosophy, ethics, concepts, etc.

  • Readings: Photography, Bhutto, Writers strike and calendards

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    richard cleaver ยป Blog Archive ยป Digital Photography Work flow. As my photo library passes 10,000 I’ve started to review my work flow and tooling. Of course, a work flow describes some sequence of steps towards some end (or purpose). Obviously one purpose is to keep order and avoid an electronic shoe-box stuffed with digital…

  • Readings on Social Networking, Drugs, and Photography

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    Readings on Social Networking, Drugs, and Photography

    BBC NEWS | Technology | Bluetooth helps Facebook friends  Annotated The ambition for the Facebook tool is to have mobile phones alert each other when in the proximity of another Facebook user who shares common interests or common friends. A team of UK researchers is combining the power of social network Facebook with communications tool Bluetooth…

  • Recovering old Photographs #2

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    Recovering old Photographs #2

    Another picture to recover. In this case I had a rather washed out picture of my great grandmother. I don’t know the date of the photograph, but I estimate around 1900, probably earlier. The first step was to straighten the photograph. Next I removed spots and other marks. The next part of the process involved…

  • Recovering old Photographs

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    My Dad sent me a CD containing the attached picture of my Grandparent’s wedding. My great grandparents are seated in the front row, Max and Anna Hertha on the left, Gertrude and Heinrich Schellhorn on the right. My grandmother’s brothers are the young men in the second row. Walter is on the left, then Rudi…

  • Get-away Weekend: Boat Picture

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    Some time ago I lamented not having a boat picture, observing that all the real photographers I know have taken at least one. While in the end I was able to find one, it was really only a stop-gap. On this trip, as we were spending most of our time on or near Lake Erie,…