By Peter Phun, on July 28th, 2010%
Two posts back, I mentioned Eye-Fi as a possible solution for digital photographers who have a “wait problem.”
It is inevitable, we get so used to the immediate nature of digital photography.
I’m sure I’m not alone.
As soon as we are done taking pictures, we’d like for those images to get to our computers ready to edit by the time we sit down.
Not everyone using a digital camera wants to edit their pictures.
Some may just want to shoot, upload to an online sharing website.
And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
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By Peter Phun, on July 16th, 2010%
36 exposures only–You’ve got to make them all count, right? It’s been at least 12 years maybe more since I loaded my Nikon F3.
I can’t picture myself loading film into a camera, finding inspiration and going out to capture images worthy of printing in a traditional darkroom these days.
The convenience and immediacy of digital photography has a way of doing that.
I’m actually getting worse. Now, not only am I lazy, I’m also impatient.
Finding my card reader, taking the memory card out of my camera is even too taking too long.
Previously, if seeing my pictures almost instantly after I take them was sufficient, now I want them to appear on my computer as well. Continue reading Is digital photography making me lazy?
By Peter Phun, on March 19th, 2010%
In the 6 years I’ve been gone from the newspaper industry, there has an unprecedented push for content creation especially for the web.
Nowhere is this change felt more than by still photographers.
No longer is it enough that an image is a good still image.
Now, as seen in the embedded video, we are told they have to . . . → Read More: Change is good for photography but…
By Peter Phun, on November 19th, 2009%
I’m as easily tempted as the next person by ads. That’s why I’m on a first-name basis with the Fedex gal and the UPS guy.
Used to be as long as you stayed home, you were safe and couldn’t give in to temptation.
The internet, e-commerce websites, overnight shipping with tracking capability and a credit card changed all that.
When I saw this video shot with a Canon 5D Mark 2, I didn’t even have to close my eyes. I was instantly transported behind the camera imagining it was me saying to the model “Yes, sweetie work this, the camera loves you et cetera!…” Well, you get the picture.
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