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Posted on October 25, 2021February 23, 2022

As Good As A Phone…?

The other day, on a photography forum, a guy asked if there was a point-and-shoot camera he could buy that would take pictures as good as his smartphone. Yes. We have reached that point.

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Posted on October 16, 2021May 4, 2022

Make Even More

Andy Warhol soup cans
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Posted on April 27, 2021February 23, 2022

Our Photo Bandwidth Is Declining

There’s a thread right now over at DPReview: “how do you accept that nobody cares about your photography?” I can’t answer that, but it got me thinking about a different one: how will we get anyone to even see our photography, when we’re losing photo bandwidth?

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Posted on April 13, 2021February 24, 2022

The Nautilus Spiral

It’s an endlessly interesting shape, although not quite in the way generally believed.

Spiral Nautilus shell photograph
Prints available. Photo copyright: Jim Hughes
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Posted on March 30, 2021February 24, 2022

Sky Replacement: Go Big or Go Home

To my eye, it never really works: a photo of a landmark or landscape under a dull and lifeless sky, transfused with instant awesomeness via “AI Powered” sky replacement software. It’s about as convincing as a bad hairpiece.

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  • I Gained Ground against Google – Or Did I?
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  • Photograph of the Old Cedar Bridge in Bloomington, Minnesota.Start by giving up.
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  • Blue Tracks on Vinyl
  • Carhenge, and car keys
  • A Train to Nowhere
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