http://www.photographyuncapped.com Ken Storch Photo Blog - All Things Photographic, All Thoughts Photographic Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:38:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/underwater-experiments-uw-photography-of-alexander-semenov/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/underwater-experiments-uw-photography-of-alexander-semenov/digital-photography/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:00:07 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=9392
Lovely Underwater Photography 'Experiments' by Russian photographer Alexander Semenov, Chief of the diving team at the White Sea Biological Station (WSBS). Much of his site, Clione 1.0,  is unfinished, or is in the process of being translated from Russian to English but the photos speak for themselves. He uses several cameras, both conventional (for in-lab [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/underwater-experiments-uw-photography-of-alexander-semenov/digital-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/nyc-crime-scene-panoramics/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/nyc-crime-scene-panoramics/digital-photography/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:30:31 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=8843
The New York City Police Department has been using digital panoramic photographic tools to record crime scenes in 360° surround images. Since 2009 the department has employed a Panoscan camera to photograph crimes scenes providing a more detailed view of evidence in situ than that provided by normal stills. It takes a reported 3 - [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/nyc-crime-scene-panoramics/digital-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/star-trail-photos-extraordinaire/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/star-trail-photos-extraordinaire/digital-photography/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:58:16 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=8802
Updated to include Comments, and the Photographer's Response: Photographing star trails is always a bit of an endurance test. Long, usually solitary hours in the dark, and often on wintry cold nights, are required obstacles to overcome. The results of such late-night shooting are sometimes, well, less than stirring. The art and craft of star [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/star-trail-photos-extraordinaire/digital-photography/feed/ 2 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/hdr-time-lapse-video-tutorial-with-digital-slr-still-camera/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/hdr-time-lapse-video-tutorial-with-digital-slr-still-camera/digital-photography/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:12:50 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=7193
Use your digital DSLR still camera to create High Dynamic Range (HDR) time-lapse videos. Here is a good tutorial for creating such videos. Create HDR time-lapse video with a digital camera by Mike Curtis at MacWorld. Fans of HDR will really appreciate the technique. (HDR is a method for getting around the limited exposure latitude, [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/hdr-time-lapse-video-tutorial-with-digital-slr-still-camera/digital-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-releases-update-fix-aperture-3-hd-snow-leopard/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-releases-update-fix-aperture-3-hd-snow-leopard/digital-photography/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:21:05 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=4781
Apple has released another update to Aperture 3. It is intended to fix HD playback issues. From Apple: "This update addresses an issue affecting the playback of HD video clips used in Aperture 3 slideshows on Snow Leopard. Audio and video tracks now remain properly synced in video clips that have been trimmed. The update [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-releases-update-fix-aperture-3-hd-snow-leopard/digital-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/high-speed-high-resolution-digitial-video-imaging-chip-time/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/high-speed-high-resolution-digitial-video-imaging-chip-time/digital-photography/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:43:40 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=4450
Scientists have been able to use off-the-shelf DSLR cameras and digital movie projectors to create a high speed high resolution tool capable of advancing detailed scientific imaging at consumer market prices. See: Cameras of the future: heart researchers create revolutionary photographic technique "Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and the British [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/high-speed-high-resolution-digitial-video-imaging-chip-time/digital-photography/feed/ 2 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-aperture-3-reviews/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-aperture-3-reviews/digital-photography/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:50:15 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=4425
Apple has officially announced the release of Aperture 3, long awaited by avid fans of Apple's alternative to Adobe Lightroom. Here are links to some of the sneak peeky mentions of Aperture 3 and it's features for your reading pleasure. Macworld: First look at Aperture 3, Apple's photo editing and archiving software dpreview: Apple unveils [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-aperture-3-reviews/digital-photography/feed/ 0 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/modified-canon-30d-dslr-uses-infrared-to-reveal-artwork-painting-underlayers/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/modified-canon-30d-dslr-uses-infrared-to-reveal-artwork-painting-underlayers/digital-photography/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:37:08 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=3906
Using a modified Canon 30D DSLR (purchased off eBay) Professor Charles M. Falco has been able to reveal underlayers of existing artwork showing details previously unknown about the artwork. The technique of using infrared (IR) to examine old artwork is certainly not new, but Professor Falco's camera mod allows pretty much anyone, with or without [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/modified-canon-30d-dslr-uses-infrared-to-reveal-artwork-painting-underlayers/digital-photography/feed/ 11 http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-releases-digital-camera-raw-compatibility-update-2-7/digital-photography/ http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-releases-digital-camera-raw-compatibility-update-2-7/digital-photography/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:34:27 +0000 Ken Storch http://www.photographyuncapped.com/?p=3783
Apple has released an update to their Digital Camera Raw Compatibility 2.7, or at least it's been announced. At th4e time of this writing, the download still doesn't appear on their support page. The previous Digital Camera RAW update 2.6 is still showing. Good Deal from Amazon on a Apple MacBook MC207LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop DESCRIPTION [more...]]]> http://www.photographyuncapped.com/apple-releases-digital-camera-raw-compatibility-update-2-7/digital-photography/feed/ 2