Nun gibt es auch eine wissenschaftliche Untersuchung zum Abgang des Photojournalismus It is no secret that digital technology has been a disruptive innovation to journalism broadly, and to photojournalism acutely (Christensen, 2013; Gade, 2011; T. Mortensen, 2014). The nearly infinite ecosystem of information and visual content available on the Internet, most for free, has created […]

Leider hat das Atelier Elvira in der Von-der-Tann-Straße 15 schon lange geschlossen. Aber das Studio, 1898 von August Endell gebaut, war die deutsche Version des Art Nouveau bis die Nazis 1937 das Drachenornament abschlugen. Über die zwei Gründerinnen Anita Augspurg and Sophia Goudstikker ist nun ein Buch erschienen: Evas Töchter: Münchner Schriftstellerinnen und die moderne Frauenbewegung […]

We are currently working on a larger project using Magicmusicvisuals but unfortunately MMV can not play video and audio at the same time. After some research I found a special edition of VLC, called VLCSyphon, that can transmit frames to MMV while the sound is being routed by the Soundflower extension.

Harold Merklinger hat mal geschrieben, dass der wichtigste Beitrag der Fotografie das unscharfe Bild sei, da historische Gemälde Objekt immer scharf dargestellt hätte. I often think that photography’s greatest contribution to the graphic arts is the unsharp image. Prior to the invention of photography, man tended to paint all images sharply—the way the autofocus human […]

The maximum timelapse period of the Session 5 is 60s. Unfortunately the 1,000mAh battery is non-removable allowing only 1:30 video recording and <6h timelapses. The easiest way would be to buy an intervalometer but unfortunately the developers removed the original project, selling now a device called BlinkX for $315 which is way too expensive if you […]

How instagram destroys iconic landscapes

Die Materialkosten liegen bei 0,62€ pro Blatt Epson Premium Glossy auf dem Epson R3000; die Originaltinte 0,65€ und Druckerverschleiss/Service 0,50€. Dazu kommt die Foamboard Airplac Expo 750g mit 1,90€. Macht also 3,67€ Selbstkosten pro Print, Fehldrucke, Arbeitszeit sowie MwSt nicht mitgerechnet

Roundtable discussion of Chris Burkard, Pete McBride, Jacob Riglin, Erin Babnik, and Keith Ladzinski.

Every famous photograph was made with a camera less advanced than the one you are using now (Ted Forbes)

The perception of our visual environment changes constantly. We blink but we experience the world as a stable, unified whole. A new study now shows the functional involvement of prefrontal cortex in preceptual memory. This form of memory is not limited to the visual cortex but interfaces with higher-order areas whose functional properties optimally accommodate perceptual […]

Die deutschen Meisterschaften Strasse und Bahn 2018 sind vorbei. Dabei fielen mir gleich drei unglaubliche Geschichten in die Hände. Die erste ist die Geschichte von Katharina Venjakob , die erfolgreichste Jedermann-Fahrerin der Welt. Die zweite Geschichte geht über Tanja Erath, dem Radprofi “aus dem Schlafzimmer” und die dritte ist über Adelheid Schütz, die nur geradeaus fahren […]

I am always taking written notes during sports events as the audio comment recorded on the D4 does not show up in Lightroom. It seems that Lightroom 6.4. finally can import the audio which is so helpful with later rider identification. The UCI allows rider names on jerseys (which was forbidden so far) while I […]

Das PC Nikkor 19 mm ist ein Tilt-Shift Objektiv (PC steht für Perspective Control), das ansonsten nur aus dem Mittel-  und Großformat bekannte Verstellmöglichkeiten mitbringt: ±12mm vertikale Verstellbarkeit ist sehr gut und wer dazu neigt ;-) bekommt auch noch eine ± 7,5° Neigung dazu. Das sind brauchbare Verstellmöglichkeiten, für die man bei Alpa/Cambo/Phase ein Vermögen ausgeben müsste, ohne […]

Ghoto2 is a very capable piece of software but unfortunately the documentation is not very complete, even missing some import documentation. Last weekend I changed the photobooth software by letting the camera (and not the macbook) create the jpgs. This results in a faster workflow bring down down the click-to-server time down to <2s which is as […]

It is incredible how current technology can reconstruct now holes in pictures. A new paper using partial convolution shows new test pictures. Some (but not the current algorithm) is on GitHub.

This is the fourth entry about digital tech cameras. After answering the question why they are still important, the options and physical restrictions, here is  the final answer how the different types compare to each other. The world of digital tech cameras splits into pancake type cameras, where the front and back plates are very close, and view […]

Having running the photo studio at Minimünchen for the last few years, we always had difficulties connecting multiple windows and apple computers, displays, cameras and printer with no extra budget for soft- or hardware. In the beginning we just moved SD cards around between camera and computer but when we lost a camera due to broken […]