The myth of the white lens

Extending something I wrote about in passing, is this discussion which beats that old Canon horse: “Canon L lenses use white because they absorb less heat from sunlight—a purely functional, not cosmetic consideration.” Is this true?

Keynote makes a movie

I’m finally starting to gear up for my two OSCON talks. This is why I found this article about how Al Gore used Keynote to create his movie interesting. As many of you know, I love this program. I had Caitlin experiment with using this program to make her website, which is sort of like […]

10 ways

Chris just sent to the list The interact 10 ways website from Getty Images.. The one he mentioned was sumona’s “information” page which generates an infinite photomosaic. Getty is using it to promote some new media ideas for their stock photography. (I shudder to think how much some of the infinite photomosaic would cost if […]

Copying vs. stealing

Another person copies Caitlin. It hurts me too. She and I spent days creating a set of core values which drive the copy that she puts on her website. There are many compromises and issues that come with creating your own company, and without a moral compass, it becomes easy to make bad decisions that […]

An instrument to see

“You put your camera around your neck along with putting on your shoes, and there it is, an appendage of the body that shares your life with you. The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” —Dorothea Lange, from J. Star’s Flickr profile

A decisive victory…

Concerning the recent Hamden v. Rumsefeld decision: “I’ve got to say that this decision is a decisive victory in the war to spark ridiculous right wing commentary.” —Andrew, from a comment “Guantanamo Treatment Illegal, Says SCOTUS”

Buffett and the estate tax

There was some discussion via e-mail about Warren Buffett’s recent donation to the William and Melinda Gates foundation. I don’t want to concentrate on that, except to state the inevitability of a man like him donating money on the sure-bet charity created by one of his favorite bridge buddies. Oh yeah, before we go all […]

Blame the troops

What could be more stereotypical “Republican” than this? When things start going wrong, don’t blame the strategy, blame the troops.

A look at image stabilization

A long time ago, someone asked for a hypothetical D200 wishlist feature, I asked for simply one: in-camera vibration reduction. Whatever you call it, this one recent gift from the video world has revolutionized photography by reducing the need for monopods and tripods. A recent article when Gary “saw the light” about image stabilization in […]