Stills, retouching and real-time 3D. Writes about color management, asset pipelines and getting heavy visual work into a browser.
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Packaging finished images with the formats, naming, metadata and rights information the client actually needs. Why does it matter? Delivery is where a good shoo...
Storing originals, working files and deliverables so they can be found and used years later. At a glance Backup convention three copies, two media types, one of...
The FAA rules that apply to commercial drone photography in the United States, from pilot certification and altitude limits to airspace authorization and Remote...
Combining several photos of the same subject, each focused at a slightly different distance, into one image that is sharp from front to back. Where most project...
Photographing very small products or fine details at close range, often at or near life-size magnification, such as jewelry, watches, cosmetics and electronic c...
Photographing a chart of known color patches under the shoot's lighting and using it to build a camera profile, so colors in the images match the real products....
Photographing a product on a turntable at regular intervals and combining the frames into an interactive view that shoppers can rotate. What is at stake A spin...
Photographing rooms and buildings so spaces look accurate and inviting, with straight lines, balanced light between windows and interiors, and honest representa...
The opening in a lens that controls how much light reaches the sensor, expressed as an f-number, which also controls depth of field. Why does it matter? Apertur...
How long the camera's sensor is exposed to light, which controls motion blur and affects exposure. At a glance Fast speeds freeze motion, such as 1/1000 second...
The camera setting that amplifies the sensor signal, allowing shooting in less light at the cost of more visible noise. What is at stake Keeping ISO low preserv...
How cameras focus, including single and continuous autofocus, focus points, eye detection and manual focus with magnification. The key figures Single autofocus...
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