Some photographs look more or less the same in HDR with perhaps a few specular highlights growing lighter, the photograph looking maybe a tad more lifelike than before. Infrared photographs, however, seem born for HDR. The white of the photographs, indicative of a high degree of IR reflectivity, comes alive…
When I received my converted Fuji XT3 back at Christmas, transformed into an infrared camera, the first thing I did was to walk around the neighborhood with it looking at the world in this new light. What first strikes you, looking through through the viewfinder, are the classic telltale signs…
About fifteen years ago I switched from shooting 4x5 film to shooting small sensor digital. The switch was a big one—I had to give up resolution and important controls regarding what was in focus and the shape of things as projected on the film. But what I gained was mobility,…
Writing these thoughts about how I am teaching my kids photography causes me to pause and ask myself--How did I learn photography? I don’t know if that is a story worth telling but I do want to mention the very first step I took down that path. I was a…
In the first installment of this series, I shared a few thoughts on how to teach kids photography--ideas that I tried out with some success with my own daughters. To organize my thoughts in order to share them with you I’ve broken down the lessons I’ve learned so far into…
Originally published on some long-ago blog of mine on November 9, 2011, updated slightly here. There’s a sort of mythology growing in some quarters that once-upon-a-time cameras required knowledge of the craft of photography to use. That you had to know a little about f-stops and shutter speeds in order…
My iPhone doesn't have a camera. Like all iPhone 12s (the iPhone 12 Pro Max, to say its full name, just this once), it has three cameras. Each of its three lenses has its own sensor chip behind it and the sensor chips aren't all the same. That makes it…
During the early years of the Depression one began to notice, here and there, young men with what appeared to be leather-cased opera glasses slung about their necks. They were the pioneers of the camera craze who had discovered that the Leicas and other tiny German cameras, which took postage-stamp-size…
(This post is part of an ongoing review of the iPhone 12 Pro Max.) From oral arguments John G. Roberts, Jr.: Counsel, this probably doesn't have anything to do with anything, but I'm just kind of curious, why is this cross put up -- you know, in the middle of…
(This post is part of a series of posts reviewing the Fuji 50mm f/1.0 lens.) Every December gear reviewers Chris and Jordan at DPReview TV put out a video naming the year's best and worst in cameras and lenses. They make it a trivia game and not only pick winners…