15 posts tagged ‘Photography’
A Limousine Driver Watches Her Passengers Transform
The New Yorker,
In the eighties, the photographer Kathy Shorr became a chauffeur, capturing working-class New Yorkers on their way to new lives.
Everyone loves photos of natural color gradients—and should stop using them without credit!
Boing Boing,
These photographs of the stunning and at times almost unbelievable color gradients in food, rocks, ornaments, leaves, and more are simply amazing! My favorites are these citrus slices, radishes, tomatoes, and dipping sauces. These — Read the rest The post Everyone loves photos of natural color gradients—and should stop using them without credit! appeared first on Boing Boing.
Why Is Lightroom Always Generating Thumbnails?
mjtsai,
I really like working in Lightroom Classic except that—despite continually updating to newer versions that promise performance improvements and newer Macs with faster processors, SSDs, and more RAM—it still feels slow. Maybe it’s my imagination, but I don’t think it was always thus. I think I used to be able to import a thousand photos […]
iPhone 18 Pro Variable Camera Aperture Rumor
Hartley Charlton (Ming-Chi Kuo): Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro models will feature an upgraded main rear camera with a variable aperture for the first time, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.[…]The iPhone 14 Pro, 15 Pro, and 16 Pro’s main cameras feature a fixed aperture of ƒ/1.78. A variable aperture on future iPhone models would allow […]
iPhone 16 Adds JPEG XL
Jeremy Gray (Hacker News, Reddit): Apple and its various software iterations have supported JPEG XL for at least a year, including in Finder, Preview, Final Cut Pro, Pages, Photos, Mail, Safari, and more. Adobe has also supported the format for a while, including in Adobe Camera Raw and Lightroom Classic.Despite JPEG XL supporting reversible JPEG […]
Lightroom Classic 14
Agen Schmitz (release notes): Adobe has issued Lightroom Classic 14.0, a big update with several new features. The release enhances the Generative Remove feature with improved selection and object detection for easier removal of unwanted objects and distractions; introduces Content Credentials to help secure digital assets by attaching credentials like digital signature, editing information, and […]
HP's Portable Photobooth Is A Must-Have for Parties
Gizmodo,
HP has finally given us what we’ve wanted for so long. A photo booth that is 1) portable and 2) doesn’t make you spend a fortune trying to get good shots. The HP Sprocket Photobooth unveiled at CES 2024 could be the next cool thing if its quality-related promises are kept. Read more...
Computational Bridal Photo
Matt Growcoot: A woman says that “the fabric of reality crumbled” after she looked at an iPhone photo of herself trying on a wedding dress and noticed that her reflection looked different.Standing in front of two large mirrors, Tessa Coates’ reflection does not return the same pose that she is making, and not only that, […]