Too-Smart Phone Cameras

I thought this was a really interesting article, and something I've thought about a lot with some of the newer smart phone photos I've seen both in some of my classes and out on the webs; what smartphones do by default becomes what we assume is normal. For years I've been trying to retrain students...

Gnarbox 2.0

What is a Gnarbox? Gnarbox is a rugged backup device. It’s a tiny computer, that you control with your phone and can be used to back up your photos from memory cards, USB card readers or external drives. I first heard about it from this website: https://www.hdrshooter.com/2019/06/08/gnarbox-rugged-backup-device/ But it seems to have been updated with...

How to turn your camera into a webcam

Ok, so I don't think this is really crucial information, but it is fun information. It is possible, if you have a dslr or a mirrorless camera, to turn your camera into a webcam for zoom. Why on earth would you do this? Control of depth of field, less distortion of facial features, and maybe...just...

New (free) Raw Editor

Filmulator is an open-source RAW photo editor based on the process of developing film, and while far more limited than software like Lightroom or Capture One (it lacks tags, for example) its tone mapping algorithm is supposedly designed to be faster and easier to get a good result that mirrors the depth of color film.  Filmulator...

QWD Film at Freestyle

Quiet We’re Dreaming (aka QWD) was started as a way to use motion picture film in a still camera to scout for motion-based projects. After years of trial and error, they figured out how to process ECN-2 on a small scale and can now share that knowledge with photographers and cinematographers around the world. Keeping...

Drone Photography

I found this article from Design You Trust while surfing photo contests.  Drone photography used to be grainy images or super expensive machines, and now they are commonplace enough we have whole photo awards for them! Most people don't know but we have drone photography classes at ARC.  A drone photographer has to have passed...