Category: Media and Methods
-
John Gossage
John Gossage (born 1946) is an American photographer working from Washington DC. His artist’s books and other publications use his photographs to explore the interplay between landscapes, urban environments, and the unseen or overlooked aspects of the places that are part of our everyday lives. His work not only captures the aesthetic of these locations but also invites viewers…
-
Digital Printing
THE PIXEL: A FUNDAMENTAL UNIT OF DIGITAL IMAGES Every digital image consists of a fundamental small-scale descriptor: THE PIXEL, invented by combining the words “PICture ELement.” Each pixel contains a series of numbers which describe its color or intensity. The precision to which a pixel can specify color is called its bit or color depth.…
-
Print Quotes
NOTE: To be completed. I want to take a practical course on digital printing with the Camera Club and study this in depth. If commercial print companies are used see image guidelines for each lab. Images need to be either JPEG or TIFF), with whatever colour profile is required by the printer (usually Adobe 1998 RGB or…
-
Digital C-type
Digital C-Types (also known as ‘lambda’ or ‘lightjet’) use a digital-analogue hybrid process. This is the method used by high street labs nowadays, regardless of whether you supply them with a roll of film or a memory card. Traditional silver halide photographic papers are used in a machine that exposes the paper to light from…
-
Inkjet printing
Inkjet printers use an array of different colours and tones of ink that are applied onto specially coated paper. Inkjet prints can be produced on inexpensive domestic printers to make prints up to A4 size, A3+ printers can be bought from eg Canon and Epson for slightly more. Costly ‘large format’ printers that can produce…
-
The Zone System
to be further elaborated Human vision is far superior to any camera in terms of the range of tones it can encompass within a single field of vision. Early photographic emulsions were considerably more sensitive to blue light than to other colours on the spectrum of visible light. This meant that landscape photographs, particularly those…
-
DxO Effects
Overall work flow Monochrome: Silver FX Colour Photography Viveza Color FX
-
Topaz AI plug-ins
Topaz Lab Plug-ins work with Photoshop, Lightroom and as Stand-Alone Aps. Topaz AI Plug-ins The Artificial Intelligence plug-ins are professional plug-ins using sophisticated AI algorithms for sharpening (focus, stabilisation and smart sharpening), noise reduction, image enlargement and jpg/RAW conversion to produce better results in much faster and RSI-friendly way than other software currently available. They…
-
Photoshop: jpg artefact and noise reduction
-
Lightroom Black and White
Black and White landscapes