We recently heard the news of brands like BHS and Austin Reed, which remained on the high streets of London for more than 200 years, having to shut down. There has not been an increase in offline retail revenue in the UK for a few years now, after the arrival of eCommerce into the world. […]
The Poisoning of Flint Michigan’s Drinking Water
This story was on the front page of the New York Times on January 20. Pretty shocking story. But if you look into it, it’s been all over the front pages of the state press in Michigan for months. Local papers and MLive have been talking about it nonstop for at least five months — that’s […]
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY #101: HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE through TONE MAPPING
HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE with BRACKETING Part 1: High Dynamic Range Defined Part 2: High Dynamic Range Software Part 3: Single Image Tone Mapping Part 4: Data Distribution for Tone Mapping Part 5: High Dynamic Range Implementation Sub Section A: Bracketing Sub Section B: Combining Bracketed Images for HDR output Sub Section C: Cropping final version _________________________________________________________ If you are just joining us, the PRELUDE & SYLLABUS section is the logical starting […]
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY #101: HISTOGRAMS Part 2 – Physics Can’t Be Beat
HISTOGRAMS Part 2: Physics can’t be beat, we’re just trying to compete. Entering the World of Computer Algorithms Section C: Histogram Digital Data Distribution Sub Section 1: Bits define Tonal Depth Sub Section 2: Divvying up the Data […]
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY #101: THE DIGITAL DARKROOM – CREATIVE CROPPING
Life is a series of moments that leaves us with memories, both splintered and whole. If you are just joining us, the PRELUDE & SYLLABUS section is the logical starting point for the series. Welcome to Digital Photography #101 by Virtual Studio Photography (VSPHO) _________________________________________________________ Welcome to the first section on: The Digital Darkroom […]
On Establishing a Tenable, New World View — It’s Time
by Donald Croft Brickner Hello everyone. It’s been some nine months since I’ve last published an essay — there’s lots of reasons for that — and while what will follow quickly has very little to do with greed and avarice, the two key already-locked-into-play reflections of these times, I wish to open with but a […]