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Yale University Library – Reflections on Bindings

Posted on May 21, 2015 by AK

Exhibit at Yale last year using Reflectance Transformation Imaging to reveal “details unattainable by traditional methods and the naked eye,” on blind-stamped German books’ bindings from the 15th – 18th centuries. Click through the multiple tabs for info about the exhibit, … Continue reading →

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Planning for this?

Posted on May 15, 2014 by AK

“In 2013, Climate Central shared some of its sea level rise mapping data with artist Nickolay Lamm so that he could develop photorealistic images of U.S. city scenes under different future scenarios. One scenario was 12 feet of sea level rise — … Continue reading →

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Imaging Challenge

Posted on May 6, 2014 by AK

Level: Expert 271 Years Before Pantone, an Artist Mixed and Described Every Color Imaginable in an 800-Page Book http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/color-book/    

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Elena Bulat in the Boston Globe

Posted on February 4, 2014 by AK

http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/02/02/photo-conservator-sees-big-picture/0kP1iCYrRtiCCEP6SdZ5FK/story.html

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Happy Merry Spectral Response

Posted on December 25, 2013 by AK

http://xkcd.com/1308/ http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/christmas_lights.png

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Leica acquires Sinar

Posted on December 3, 2013 by AK

Interesting… Any ideas what this might mean for us? http://petapixel.com/2013/11/26/leica-acquires-swiss-large-format-view-camera-manufacturer-sinar/

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The future – remote photo assignment rig

Posted on July 26, 2013 by AK

Not pretty… o.0 http://petapixel.com/2013/07/25/strobepack-wearable-portrait-studio-and-cutting-edge-fashion-statement/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29

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Lightzone RAW processing/photo editing software is now open source and completely free

Posted on July 10, 2013 by AK

haven’t tried it yet, some limits on camera compatibility, but it is a well reviewed (and not new) competitor in the wake of Adobe’s recent announcements… http://petapixel.com/2013/07/09/lightzone-photo-editing-software-is-now-open-source-and-completely-free/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29

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Free denoising and enlargement from UT Austin

Posted on April 29, 2013 by AK

The web app is a free service provided by the Center for Perceptual Systems at the University of Texas at Austin that applies a computational method called recursive condition means (RCM) to perform certain image processing tasks. http://petapixel.com/2013/04/28/ut-austin-provides-advanced-denoising-web-app-for-photogs-to-experiment-with/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29

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largest photo lab in the US

Posted on April 25, 2013 by AK

http://petapixel.com/2013/04/24/go-behind-the-scenes-at-the-largest-pro-photo-lab-in-the-united-states/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PetaPixel+%28PetaPixel%29 haven’t watched the 27 minutes yet, but this is interesting stuff to many of us, I’ll wager…

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