Category Archives: Photography

They came (to the Library) from outer space

Posted on December 20, 2022 by billcomstock

3D models of meteorites, created using photogrammetry. Meteorites by Harvard Library on Sketchfab

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Digitization: Current Practices to Future Prophecies

Posted on February 7, 2019 by AK

“Digitization: Current Practices to Future Prophecies” Chris Edwards, the Getty’s Imaging and Digital Media Architect, presentation at Documenta conference in November 2018. https://player.admiralcloud.com/?v=dfd621a1-bbe9-4196-8166-802d117d7dc2 full conference info: https://www.documenta-archiv.de/en/aktuell/termine/1362/conference-archiving-the-unarchivable-das-unarchivierbare-archivieren

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RetroReveal

Posted on November 30, 2018 by billcomstock

retroReveal provides documentation and web based image processing algorithms designed to help people discover hidden content. While the current version of the site provides basic assistance with image processing, we will be adding support for collaborative work among scholarly communities … Continue reading →

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Photographing glass: Lighting techniques for transparent glass objects

Posted on April 30, 2018 by billcomstock

Corning Museum of Glass This is the first of a series of blog posts addressing photographic lighting techniques for transparent glasses.

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This is CS50 VR, coming Fall 2016

Posted on May 2, 2017 by billcomstock
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Kodak’s first digital camera

Posted on September 17, 2015 by AK

“Imagine a world where photography is a slow process that is impossible to master without years of study or apprenticeship. A world without iPhones or Instagram, where one company reigned supreme. Such a world existed in 1973, when Steven Sasson, … Continue reading →

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Captain Capture

Posted on December 3, 2014 by featheringill

  http://dpo.si.edu/sites/dpo.ocio.si.edu/files/DPO_CaptainCapture_Comic-FINAL_pagebypage.pdf

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Nixie: A Tiny Flying Camera Drone You Wear On Your Wrist

Posted on September 29, 2014 by billcomstock
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Fascinating Video Explores Director Wes Anderson’s Masterful Use of Symmetry

Posted on March 18, 2014 by billcomstock
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Yale exhibit: “Reflections on Bindings”

Posted on March 13, 2014 by billcomstock

“Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) offers exciting new possibilities for safely capturing a book’s surface decorations, revealing details that cannot be seen using traditional methods or the naked eye.”

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