Photography Data Management – hardware considerations
One of the challenges photographers face is the storage, management and protection of digital images taken over the years. Digital asset management (DAM) tools have emerged to assist with this task, basically a database of images and a search front…
Photography Data Management – NAS and network performance
This is a conversation that stems from the need to manage vast numbers of images spanning decades, being able to find what I want quickly and then edit and export. The requirement has evolved alongside changes in image processing technology…
Plant portraits and the catadioptric lens
While in Japan I encountered a photographic installation of plant portraits in the Gallery Shuzenji Garo. This is a collection of images of Shujenzi through the four seasons, plant portraits and intimate landscapes. One image was intriguing, it had a…
Reducing noise redux
In 2013 I wrote about noise reduction and best practise for minimising noise in images. Since then a lot has changed including much better image sensor sensitivity and image processing software which has become a lot smarter and way more…
A mobile phone is not a camera… or is it?
Today I’ve set out to look at using an iPhone 11 for close up photography as compared to a traditional DSLR and specialist lenses. I’ve not gone to a whole lot of trouble since the whole point of using a…