Doing Good Things for the Planet: Shft.com and Adrian Grenier of Entourage
I recently visited one of my favorite web sites, Chase Jarvis Live, and was introduced to Adrian Grenier. He’s of the handsome young guys on Entourage which I think was or is playing on HBO. I’ve seen one or two 5 minute segments so I don’t really watch but do… Read More »
Revenge of the Electric Car: Independant Lens Documentary
Another great program that originally aired on Sunday night. It’s about the electric car and how several different companies are moving ahead to make it happen. It includes Nissan, Tesla, and General Motors. So many interesting things seem to be happening on the environmental front. I’m hopeful maybe our work… Read More »
Aperture’s Third Party Plugins
Aperture itself is an amazingly powerful workflow tool. But improving it’s capabilities is something you can do by adding third party plugins. What plugins do can vary. Some reduce noise, others allow you to combine images for HDR composites, there are lens correction tools and artistic filters, interpolation software as… Read More »
Biologist Speaks Out on Recent Polar Bear Surveys in Canada
Ian Stirling and Andy Derocher, two polar bear biologists that have worked closely with Polar Bears International, were recently interviewed by the Canadian newspaper Edmonton Journal. In the article a Nunavut Inuit organization claims to have done studies refuting current polar bear numbers that were compiled by Stirling and Derocher as… Read More »
Nikon’s D800: A Very Short Hands-On Preview
I recently returned home from India, walked down to my local camera shop and found one of Nikon’s D800s sitting on the shelf. It wasn’t there due to lack of interest, rather it had been set aside as a demo. So I asked Jen, “Hey Jen, any chance I could… Read More »
New Natural Exposures Website Coming Soon!
My goodness how time flies. The first Natural Exposures website appeared clear back in 1996. Around 2006 we rebuilt our web presence to what you see today. Now we’re in the process of completely changing it all once again and I thought I would share this process with you. Amazing… Read More »
Jeffrey Conger, Mentor Extraordinaire, Hot Rod Photographer
A good friend of mine, Jeffrey Conger, who is a professor of design and program chair at Montana State University, also has a passion for motor sport photography. This past week he showed a collection of his documentary work in the bygone days of custom hot rod cars. Jeffrey has… Read More »
EARTH: The Operator’s Manual Airing on PBS
I just finished watching a great program this evening on PBS called Earth: The Operator’s Manual. What an eye-opening documentary on how there is still hope for the world to reduce our carbon footprint. We always hear about how China and India are the two world economies we’ll have to… Read More »
Introducing Joseph Linaschke: THE Aperture Expert
Workflow, the process of managing and working with your digital photos, is one of the most daunting, yet important aspects of being a competent photographer in todays digital world. Even if you don’t sell your images, the ability to put a finger on a particular picture, at a moments notice,… Read More »
Canon Announces 4K Ready Video/Still Camera, The EOS 1D-C
Several years ago I wrote a post about new cameras that produce a combination of stills and video. I’ve been predicting for several years how eventualy stills and video will merge. The first camera to really make that a reality was the Red One Video Camera that captured 4K resolution… Read More »