This Isn’t a Post
I woke up this morning thinking...there's some sort of sporting contest on today. Indy race? Horse race? The Masters? Oh yeah. That. I think I should just watch a tape of last year's. I'd know how it ends, but that...
Bon Bons
Although they're different for each of us, I would guess that everybody has those dreaded "photographers you're supposed to like." You know, famous photographers whom everybody admires but who for some reason just don't grab you. I can think of...
TOP Down (Briefly)
TOP will be down for maintenance for a few days. However we will be back AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! As early as Saturday, but at least by Monday.
—Mike, TOP Chief Custodian and Facilities Maintenance Engineer
OT: The Art of Tea (for Two)…Pu Erhs
By Ctein When I first wrote about the art of tea, I mentioned pu erhs, and several people asked me what they were. It's no wonder. Pu erh teas have only been freely available in the U.S. for a score...
U.K. Deal on Lightroom 3
Adobe Lightroom 3 is being offered at at Amazon U.K. for 1/3 off the usual price for a limited time. The price of £95 has been extended, and is good through March 2nd. At current rates of exchange, this just...
Random Excellence: Colin Steel (Nikon V1)
Photo by Colin Steel. Notice the young monk on the far left? I was talking to my friend Kevin Kallenbach the other day—Kevin's a sales associate at my local camera store, Mike Crivello's Camera Center in Brookfield—and he was saying...
Improving Your Sensors
I went to have my vision tested yesterday, which for one reason and another ended up monopolizing most of the day. Some vocabulary for your edification, if for some reason you are as ignorant as I was yesterday: Optician: Technican...
First Fuji X-Pro1 Images Hit the Web
Very small detail of a much larger portrait shot by Michael Coyne with the new Fuji X-Pro1 at ISO 1000. Early trials don't contradict the notion that X-Pro1 image quality will be state of the art. AIPP Australian and Western...
Open Mike: Coffee ‘n’ the Car
Coffee I won't be writing a lot more on coffee, and there's a reason for that. I've raised my game considerably when it comes to my morning cup: I'm now roasting all my own coffee; I got myself a good...
Aspects of Aspect Ratios
"I never, ever crop...except when I want to." —Frank DiPerna, about 1983 Sorry I didn't pull "featured comments" for Kirk yesterday. I was feeling unaccountably out of sorts, and probably would have mucked up the conversation. I've never shot square,...
Kirk’s Take (Kirk Tuck #4)
They stole our choice of aspect ratios. Now we’re getting them back By Kirk Tuck When I started taking photographs, back in 1978, I picked up a 35mm camera because that's what matched my budget and, I thought, my needs....
Blue Marble 2012
NASA released this "blue marble" picture two days ago. It was taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite, Suomi NPP, named in honor of the late Verner E. Suomi of the University...
