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See also [[Digital Images]] for more on processing and organizing images. See my [[/Learning Journal]] for goals and progress.
Toner is MLT-D105L (about $70 at [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16828112188 Newegg.com]).
 
== Techniques ==
 
When you take pictures, there are basically three things you control:
 
* Composition: What's in the frame
* Focus: What you're focused on
* Lighting: How much light reaches your camera
 
Today's cameras do 90% of the focusing and lighting work for you, which means you can focus on composition.
 
Focusing on story.
 
10% of the time, your camera does the wrong thing. This is where the quality of your camera comes into play, specifically:
 
* Quality of your camera's lens
* Quality of your camera's sensor
* Ability to control manual settings ''easily''
 
[http://photography.bastardsbook.com/lessons/big-picture-of-exposure/ "The Big Picture About Exposure"] from the ''The Bastards Book of Photography'' offers a great, simple explanation for how to control the amount of light your camera receives using manual settings. You start with your camera's exposure setting, which essentially manipulates:
 
* [http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/iso-settings/ ISO]
* [http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/aperture/ Aperture]
* [http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/shutter-speed/ Shutter speed]
 
You can also manipulate these four settings manually.
 
[http://kelbytraining.com/ Kelby Training] a possible source for online courses.
 
=== Composition ===
 
Focus:
 
* Focal length and aperture
* [http://www.petapixel.com/2013/02/16/dont-zoom-move-a-video-on-treating-your-zoom-as-a-series-of-prime-lenses/ Don’t Zoom, Move: Treating Your Zoom Lens as a Series of Primes]
 
[http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/telephoto-lenses.htm Using telephoto lenses]
 
[http://regex.info/blog/2011-07-19/1824 The Kind Of Shot That Ultra Thin Depth Of Field Was Made For]
 
=== Lighting ===
 
* [http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/introduction-to-white-balance/ Introduction to White Balance]. Use an [http://lifehacker.com/5659324/use-an-18-gray-card-for-better-color-balance-in-your-photos 18% gray card] for better color balance.
* [http://www.ayton.id.au/wiki/doku.php?id=photo:light_values Light values]
* [http://regex.info/blog/2006-06-28/208 Digital Camera “White Balance”]
* [http://regex.info/blog/2007-12-01/649 Making the Best of Bright Light in Fall-Color Photography]
* [http://regex.info/blog/2009-02-08/1137 Spot On: Camera Metering Basics]
 
Filters:
 
* [http://www.jamesharold.com/blog/2013/3/hoya-variable-density-and-the-om-d Hoya Variable Density ND and the OM-D]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/om-d_user/discuss/72157632065016198/ Live Time / Live Bulb Lessons Learned]
* [http://regex.info/blog/2011-11-07/1880 Heading Out To Photograph The Fall Foliage? Don’t Forget The Polarizer Filter]
* [http://regex.info/blog/2008-06-30/852 A Few Polarization-Filter Examples]
 
=== Aperture ===
 
A nice [http://forums.steves-digicams.com/990799-post2.html explanation] of apertures and focal lengths, and why you can't get good depth-of-field in point-and-shoot cameras (like mine).
 
In general, to [get shallow depth-of field], especially w/ point-and-shoot cameras:
 
* Lower F-stop numbers (larger apertures)
* Longer focal lengths (zoom in)
* Get closer to the subject
 
[http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html Online Depth of Field Calculator]
 
=== Dynamic Range ===
 
* [http://www.ayton.id.au/wiki/doku.php?id=photo:dynamic_range Dynamic range]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/l4/discuss/72157594241560739/ The Definitive Guide to Realistic High Dynamic Range Images]
* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/gimpusers/discuss/72057594090329325/ HDR in Gimp]
 
=== Panoramic ===
 
* [http://gigapan.org/ GigaPan]
* [http://digital-photography-school.com/8-guidelines-to-taking-panoramic-photos-with-any-camera 8 Guidelines to Taking Panoramic Photos with any Camera.]
 
== My Camera ==
 
My primary camera is an [[Olympus OM-D E-M5]]. I also have a [[Canon PowerShot S95]].
 
Digital cameras have [http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/14563/why-is-there-a-limit-restriction-to-the-1080p-film-video-recording-time-duration limitations on video length].
 
Old cameras:
 
* [[Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3]]
* [[Canon PowerShot SD450]].
 
When I was considering the Lumix, I also considered:
 
* [http://www.digitalcamerareview.com/default.asp?newsID=3901 Four new PowerShot models]
* [http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-cameras/review/2009/01/23/Canon-PowerShot-SX10-IS/p3 Canon PowerShot SX10 IS Review]
 
For my upcoming [[BurdensLanding:Korea]] trip, I'm considering a new camera:
 
{|class="wikitable"
!Camera
!Thoughts
!Links
!Examples
|-
|Canon G11
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|
|
* [http://laurencekimblog.com/index.php?link=166 Canon G11 Part 3 (portraits)]. Beautiful portrait shots.
* [http://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/powershot_g11/ G11 shots on Flickr]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/danack/4586801074/in/set-72157623004022169/ Timelapse] (using CHDK) and other awesome pics
|-
|Canon S90
|
|
* [http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canons90/ Digital Photography Review]
|
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mesohungry/4164533630/ Shallow depth-of-field]
* [http://www.flickr.com/cameras/canon/powershot_s90/ S90 shots on Flickr]
|}
 
The [http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/27/olympus-e-pl2-camera-gets-reviewed-deemed-worthy-to-carry-on-th/ Olympus E-PL2] seems like a good option for a Micro Four Thirds camera.
 
One day, I'm going to get a Leica M8:
 
* [http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/leica-m8.shtml Leica M8 Hands-on Field Review]
* [http://www.flickr.com/cameras/leica/m8/ Flickr pictures taken with a Leica M8]
 
Other possible equipment:
 
* [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16830997660 Solica ST500 Tripod]
* [http://www.adorama.com/ALC/Article.aspx?alias=15-Low-Light-High-ISO-All-Stars 15 Low-Light High-ISO All-Star Digital Cameras]. My S95 wins the compact category here.
 
== Managing Photos ==
 
Most of my public pictures are on [http://www.flickr.com/photos/eekim/ Flickr]. View analytics via [http://stats.vispillo.org/ flickrstats]. One day, I'll [http://faenwp.blogspot.com/2011/06/mass-uploading-your-flickr-photos-to.html upload some of these to Wikimedia Commons]. I'm intrigued by [[ThisLife]] and [[Everpix]].
 
I'm migrating over to [[Adobe Lightroom]] for editing and photo management.
 
I wrote some of my own tools for cataloging my digital prints, which are now heavily outdated.  They were inspired and based heavily on [http://impressive.net/people/gerald/ Gerald Oskoboiny]'s [http://impressive.net/software/photo/ digital photo publishing software].
 
I'm experimenting with [[exiflow]] for managing my digital photography workflow (renaming files, metadata, etc.). F-Spot has an extension that supports an exiflow workflow.
 
I'm constantly disgruntled by F-Spot, but I keep returning to it, because it keeps getting better. I'm not crazy about F-Spot for importing images off of my digital camera, so I'm thinking about [http://akoumjian.blogspot.com/2008/05/dont-like-f-spot-go-back-to-gutsys.html switching the default] to gThumb.
 
I pondered a move to [[Google Picasa]], but decided against it due to lack of development of its Linux client. If I ever do make the move, I'll need to [http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Picasa/thread?tid=272fbccf1252f208&hl=en import my F-Spot albums].
 
And now I've moved to Shotwell, because that's now the default in Ubuntu. I'm thinking about [http://www.lynapp.com/ Lyn] on my Mac.
 
Other tools of interest:
 
* [[DVD-Slideshow]]
* [http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec PhotoRec]. Recovering photos from faulty flash memory
 
Services for scanning old photos:
 
* [http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/09/05/preserve-your-memories-theyre-all-thats-left-you/ ScanDigital.com]
* [http://photofocus.com/2013/03/03/lazy-scanning-photoshops-crop-and-straighten-command/ Lazy Scanning — Photoshop’s Crop and Straighten Command]
 
=== Notes ===
 
Tags + types.  Tags can have types.  If I want to get really funky, types can have relationships -- an ontology!  For example, the "Eugene Eric Kim" tag could be of type "People."  This would allow me to do faceted classification.
 
Collections (or albums) cannot be tags, because you want to be able to do special things, like define cardinality and other metadata within a collection.  However, you ought to be able to assign a photo to multiple collections.
 
I'd love to integrate [http://duhblog.com/ Greg Elin]'s [http://www.fotonotes.net/ Fotonotes] for granular annotations.
 
== Favorites from Eugene Chan ==
 
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/3088932284/ lobsters]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/2253611822/ under the golden gate]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/2174555802/ pig pastries]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/2147925579/ piano]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/385653843/ leaf]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/380224315/ underwater calder]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/379789044/ Bay Bridge]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/379788960/ sailboat]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/231611398/ ray]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/231611344/ jellyfish]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/61737832/ rays of light]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/eugevon/2363591914/ bus]
 
== Photo Mosaics ==
 
The best tool for doing these on Linux seems to be [http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/schani/metapixel/ metapixel]:
 
* [http://www.fsckin.com/2007/12/09/generate-awesome-photomosaics-on-linux-with-metapixel/ Generating Awesome Photomosaics on Linux with Metapixel]
* [http://linuxappfinder.com/blog/create_photo_mosaics_with_metapixel Create Photo Mosaics with Metapixel]
* [http://www.linux.com/feature/125624 Three photo mosaic apps compared]
 
== See Also ==
 
* [http://photography.bastardsbook.com/toc/ The Bastards Book of Photography: An open-source guide to working with light]
* The Ideal Digital Photographer's Workflow, [http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4439 Part 1], [http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/4536 Part 2]
* [http://www.macdevcenter.com/lpt/a/2849 Top Ten Digital Photography Tips]
* [http://betterdigitalphotography.blogspot.com/2010/11/top-10-misconceptions-about-photography.html Legal Misconceptions]
* [http://curbly.com/bruno/posts/9304-how-to-set-up-a-diy-photo-booth-using-your-computer-free-software-download-included DIY Photo Booth] (on Mac)
* [http://www.brokencitylab.org/blog/how-to-make-a-time-lapse-video-from-stills/ How to make a time-lapse video from stills] (using iPhoto and QuickTime)
 
== Photographers ==
 
* [http://www.tomrobinsonphotography.com/ Tom Robinson Photography]. Love this guy's photos.
* [http://www.neilta.ca/ Neil Ta]
 
Mentions from my photography class (April-May 2013):
 
* [http://www.toddhido.com/ Todd Hido]. Look at his use of color.
* [http://www.macfound.org/fellows/859/ Uta Barth]
* [http://www.dougrickard.com/ Doug Rickard]

Latest revision as of 19:32, 13 September 2021

Toner is MLT-D105L (about $70 at Newegg.com).