How much difference does 10MP vs. 8MP really make. This very informal test is the start of a deeper look at resolution issues. There was a lot of disappointment that the 20D replacement, the 30D wasn’t a 10 or 12MP camera. But just how significant is 10MP compared to 8MP? Well, while I have a …
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Phaidon Themes and Movements book covering the role of photography in the visual arts. Art and PhotographyEdited by David CampanyPhaidon Themes and Movements Series, 2003ISBN 0 7148 4286 9 Phaidon’s Themes and Movements series is one of the really great series of art books in the publishing world. They combine great editorial insights, great art …
Phaidon Themes and Movements book covering this often difficult area of conceptual art Conceptual ArtEdited by Peter OsbornePhaidon Themes and Movements Series, 2002ISBN 0 7148 3930 2 Yet another in Phaidon’s Themes and Movements series, this one looks at the redefinition of art to be focused on ideas. As in all the books in the …
A book covering how to do it, what you need and how you might apply it. Digital Infrared PhotographyBy Patrick RiceAmherst Media, 2005ISBN 1584281448 This book is one of a small number that cover this topic. The author is a professional photographer from Ohio. The book claims to cover everything you need to know about …
Phaidon’s Themes and Movements series is one of the really great series of art books in the publishing world. This book continues that and does a great job of covering the minimal art movement. MinimalismEdited by James MeyerPhaidon Themes and Movements Series, 2000ISBN 0 7148 3460 2 Phaidon’s Themes and Movements series is one of …
A great introduction to scrapbooking Scrapbooking Your Favorite Family MemoriesBy the Editors of Memory Makers books, distributed by Reader’s DigestMemory Makers Books, 2003ISBN 1 892127 33 4 This interesting book brings together four individual books under one cover:* Michele Gerbrandt’s Scrapbook Basics* Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks* Baby Scrapbooks* School Days Scrapbooks Profusely illustrated, this …
A book that gets photographers to describe for themselves important aspects of the digital process The Advanced Digital Photographer’s WorkbookBy Yvonne J. Butler, EditorFocal Press, 2005ISBN 0 240 80646 8 The idea is a sound one, take a group of great photographers who can also write and get them each to provide a chapter or …
Music and the Visual Arts from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century That Divine OrderMusic and the Visual Arts from Antiquity to the Eighteenth CenturyBy Peter VergoPhaidon Press, 2005ISBN 0 7148 4351 2 The links between the visual and music arts has always been a strong one. This can be at the inspirational level, the structural …
A musing on what is digital fine art. This is a question that keeps popping up and is usually answered badly, in my opinion, from missing some of the areas of digital or from misunderstandings. Even worse are the endless discussions of ‘Is there a Digital Aesthetic?’. I used to engage with these discussions but …
Infrared test The Nikon D200 is a lovely camera to use and handle. For IR photography, the light meter on the D200 is much more sensitive than the sensor is, and the sensor has a very effective IR blocking filter. This means long exposures, though the results are stunning. Full sun exposure times of 15 …
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