Archive for January 2012
All About Memory
Posted by: Mark Mizen on: January 27, 2012
- In: Digital Photos | History | Scrapbooking
- 2 Comments
Physiologically we are no different than our ancestors who painted images of bison on the walls of the Lascaux cave in France, among the earliest cultural artifacts to have survived to the present day….All that differs us from them is our memories. Not the memories that reside in our own brains, for the child born today [...]
Page Prints and the Transition from Silver Halide to Digital Printing
Posted by: Mark Mizen on: January 24, 2012
With digital printing, Creative Memories Page Prints now have improved sharpness, improved image stability, and a better color match to photo books. As the Page Print illustrates, photographs no longer require chemically processing light-sensitive silver halide paper. At the Digital Imaging Marketing Association meeting in January, I presented a technical presentation on Page Prints: The [...]
Predicting the Photo Book Revolution
Posted by: Mark Mizen on: January 20, 2012
“I will tell you that when people are making online albums and want to print them out, they’re not going to print them out as 4 x 6 images, they are going to print them out as albums that can be assembled on the spot. For those of you that are looking around at what [...]
Kodak Files for Bankruptcy
Posted by: Mark Mizen on: January 19, 2012
This morning’s headlines include Eastman Kodak’s bankruptcy filing. What does this mean? My suspicion is not much, although the articles I read are unclear as to what will happen to traditional silver halide films and papers. Film is largely unnecessary given the prevalence of digital cameras and may or may not remain. Traditional photographic paper, [...]
Snapshot Camera of Today
Posted by: Mark Mizen on: January 12, 2012
- In: Cameras | Digital Photos | Mobile | Uncategorized
- 4 Comments
I now have a new camera. Following Annie Leibovitz’s recommendation, I purchased the “snapshot camera of today,” the iPhone 4s and I received a free phone. Another way to look at it is that I purchased a phone and received a free camera. Either way, I spent $200, signed an AT&T two-year contract, and now [...]
What Makes a Good Photo?
Posted by: Mark Mizen on: January 4, 2012
Xerox’s new Aesthetic Quality Image Search evaluates image quality. The current site uses only test photos, but even with this limitation it provides useful information and example photos which help improve quality. In the future, look for the ability to analyze your photos, as well as the ability to automatically improve aesthetic image quality. Ideally, evaluation [...]
