Video Compression: your friend and enemy Video compression is clearly our friend because without a lot of compression we would have a very hard time handling the massive data we get from a 1080p video stream. Think of two mega pixels per frame at 24, 30...
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By Lawrence Beck In the mid-80’s, while on a flight to New York, I met a San Francisco photographer named Jimo Perini. What caught my eye was two bricks of film sticking out of his tote bag: Tri X and Ektachrome 160. I asked him where he...
By Lawrence Beck In the mid-8...
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Amore Mio is Italian for "My Love." Judging by this excellent wedding production done by Austin, Texas, wedding filmmaker Joe Simon, that love certainly shines too. Joe shot Amore Mio using a prototype software version of the new Panasonic GH3. Joe's thoughts? Well, the quality of...
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Did you ever wonder how food commercials capture that perfect shot of beer cascading into a glass, or perfectly moistened vegetables falling elegantly onto a plate? Let's go behind the scenes for a visit to the German studio The Marmalade, where they specialize in slow...
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From the folks who present ShootSmarter.com, the new website DiscoverMirrorless.com is the product of what happens when photo innovator Will Crockett collaborates with other photographers and photo educators to realize that the photography industry is changing. Technology is going to change the way that we create, view and share portraits and images with our...
From the folks who...
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