Category: Digital Photography

Star Trail Photos Extraordinaire

November 27, 2011December 8, 2011 P U 2 Comments

Shooting stars: Photographer Lincoln Harrison

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Photographing star trails is always a bit of an endurance test. Long, usually solitary hours in the dark, and often on wintry cold nights, are required obstacles to overcome. The results of such late-night shooting are sometimes, well, less than stirring.

The art and craft of star trail shooting reach new visual heights with the

Digital Photography

HDR Time Lapse Video Tutorial with Digital SLR Still Camera

February 12, 2011August 30, 2011 P U No Comments

hdr-video-mike-curtis — HDR Time Lapse Video Still using still DSLR digital camera images

Use your digital DSLR still camera to create High Dynamic Range (HDR) time-lapse videos.

Digital Photography

Apple Releases Another Update Fix for Aperture 3 for HD on Snow Leopard

March 16, 2010March 17, 2010 P U No Comments

Apple-Aperture-3-w-apple — Apple Aperture 3 boxshot - with stylized apple

Apple has released another update to Aperture 3. It is intended to

Digital Photography

High Speed High Resolution Digital Video and Still Imaging from the Same Chip at the Same Time

February 16, 2010July 26, 2011 P U 2 Comments

100214143129 — The still image has a 16 fold greater spatial resolution (see swirls of milk in the beaker), and it can be decoded into the video frames played in sequence to reveal the high-speed motion content. (Credit: Copyright Dr Gil Bub, University of Oxford)

Scientists have been able to use off-the-shelf DSLR cameras and digital movie projectors to create a high speed high resolution tool capable of advancing detailed scientific imaging at consumer market prices.

Digital Photography

Apple Aperture 3 Reviews

February 13, 2010December 14, 2011 P U No Comments

Apple has officially announced the release of Aperture 3, long awaited by avid fans of Apple’s alternative to

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Digital Photography

Modified Canon 30D DSLR Uses Infrared to Reveal Artwork Painting Underlayers

January 6, 2010August 17, 2011 P U 11 Comments

The Man of Sorrows with Saints and Donors © The University of Arizona Museum of Art

Using a modified Canon 30D DSLR (purchased off eBay) Professor Charles M. Falco has been able to reveal underlayers of existing artwork showing details previously unknown about the artwork.

Digital Photography, Museums and Galleries