Category: Technology
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Over the last few months, I have been working on a virtual exhibit project with the University of Colorado Boulder Media Archaeology Lab. My colleague Dr. Jessica FitzPatrick and I have been putting together an augmented reality popup book to tell stories of some fascinating technology artifacts. One of these artifacts, a Polaroid Land camera,…
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A few months ago I did some product and team photography for the guys who created BoXZY – an all-in-one maker’s dream machine – a mill, a laser cutter/engraver, and a 3D printer, all in one device. Well, it turns out that their Kickstarter campaign kicked butt and they raised enough money to put this…
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Most of the work that I post on this blog has to do with either Bar/Bat mitzvahs or weddings, with occasional portrait session mixed in. Few people know that a decent chunk of my photography business comes from commercial photoshoots. One of the drawbacks of commercial photoshoots is that most of the time I cannot…
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Last night I gave this presentation to an amazing group of Pittsburgh photographers at the Pittsburgh Pictage User Group (PUG). I am a huge geek and found a great niche for myself and my business – combining photography with engineering and becoming a cross between a photographer and a mad scientist. I build things because…
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I finally got a few minutes of downtime from editing so I made a few updates to my Lightroom Reporter application. I got a lot of wonderful feedback from my photographer friends; based on that feedback I added a few new features. You can now report on statistics by camera/lens setting, adjustments and presets used.…
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A few days ago I was meeting with a client in a coffee shop. When she walked in, I was sitting at a table with my iPad, answering emails. As it turned out she was an amateur photographer and we spent the first 15-20 minutes of our meeting talking about something that all photographers love…
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A few months ago I posted a blog entry about remotely controlling a camera with two laptops and an ad-hoc wireless network. So far I got 27 emails from photographers asking for detailed instructions on how to set this up. Since my original post my remote shooting technique changed a bit – I recently bought…
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Check out this handsome guy! His name is Jonathan and a few days ago Jenny and I photographed his Bar Mitzvah. When we got to the party, Jonathan`s mom asked me if I could shoot a short video clip of their grand entrance. Normally I don`t shoot event video; I`m not a videographer and the…
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Today I found a couple of large format film holders while cleaning my basement. I wonder how many photographers of my generation (for the record, I`m 34) have ever used a large format camera?
Dmitriy B. 
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