Entries tagged with digital photography - Channel 10

FrameIt: Photos Delivered to your Digital Photo Frames

brianjo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:39:00 GMT

Ever since digital photo frames came available, I've been dreaming of the day you could make them more useful by displaying more dynamic content on them. Now Windows Live FrameIt makes getting this content to your digital photo frames easy and fun. FrameIt allows you to choose data from a number of set sources, or it lets you add your own RSS feeds to a collection that can be picked up automatically by your digital photo frame. Sources include learning sites, digital photo collections, news and information sites, entertainment sites, and your own RSS feeds.

If you don't have a digital photo frame that supports FrameIt, you can still use the RSS feed generated by the program to pull the data into a screen saver or any other RSS reader for a similar effect. Also be sure to check out the FrameIt blog to get more details and updates about the product.

ShutterSpeed Episode 02

Nic — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:31:00 GMT

Welcome to ShutterSpeed Episode 02

My guests in the studio: Michael Palermiti, Bill Crow & Jeff Greene.

Links mentioned and topics covered in this episode:
[01:29] Photosynth on CSI: New York (YT Clip)
[05:22] Top 100 Iconic Photo Locations of the World - Contest
[09:46] Microsoft Pro Photo Tools with Geotagging (free download)
[16:56] What is Metadata and why is it important for photography?
[17:50] Hands-On: Using (the free) Windows Live Photo Gallery to import digital photos directly from the camera, add tags and look at basic automatic adjustment options such as brightness, contrast, saturation, red eye removal, curves and cropping.
[38:15] The first photo Bill Crow ever took; an early example of metadata from the 60's

On the next episode of ShutterSpeed Art Wolfe gives us a tour of his Seattle gallery and talks about the stories and technical challenges behind some of his favourite photos. Stay tuned.

Feedback? Comments? Suggestions? Please let us know via the comments section below or email Tim Grey, Michael Palermiti & Bill Crow join me in the studio to discuss online video storage and photo editing tools. We also get back to basics and talk about the principles of photography and what to look for in a digital camera.

I also visit the home studio of award winning photographer Phil Borges. Phil shows me the equipment he uses in the field - including his home-made lighting rig - and talks about some of the techniques he uses to capture his magnificent portraits.

We hope to make ShutterSpeed a regular series here on Channel 10. For comments on the program or ideas and suggestions for future episodes please email us at Eye-Fi Card is a wireless memory card. It automatically uploads pictures from your digital camera to your PC or Mac and to your favorite photo sharing, printing, blogging or social networking site. Here's why this is so great. Because you don't have to drag any wires and have access to a computer to share great pics. And it's all for under a hundred bucks. You can't take video yet with the 2GB SD card but that certainly is the future. They have over twenty partners for photo-sharing including Flickr and Windows Live. I chat with one of the founders of Eye-Fi.

Windows Vista: What's in it for Photographers?

Barnaby_Jeans — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:48:00 GMT

I just came across the following article on PopPhoto.com that talks about some of the features in Vista that are most relevant for Photographers.

Without reprinting the entire article they outline 4 key areas:

Windows Photo Gallery
RAW support
Media Center
Forward-Looking Approach

If you are a photographer and wondering about Vista, I encourage you to read the article and let me know if you have any questions. Additionally, you may want to take a look at the Microsoft PhotoBlog at http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/ and specifically their FAQ at http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/FAQ.aspx which address some of the common questions.

Technorati tags: Microsoft, Windows Vista, Photography, Windows Photo Gallery

eStarling (wi-fi enabled LCD picture frame) now available for pre-order

Duncan — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 19:51:00 GMT

I've been wanting to buy a LCD picture frame for quite a while, but to be blunt... they've all sucked in various ways. I don't want to have to take it off the wall to hook up a USB cable to my PC... I don't want to have to fill up a SD card and refresh it every once in a while ... and I really don't want to pay a monthly fee to download photos from some online service. What I really want is to just upload my photos to Flickr like I already do... tag them appropriately and have them just show up in the picture frame.

Enter the eStarling, a RSS/wi-fi/email enabled picture frame that has mostly been rumour for the past year or so... the Think Geek page has been showing them as unavailable (even for pre-order) for months and months. But they are available now, pre-order quick before they shut it down! Of course, at $250 ... it isn't quite an impulse buy, but this is definitely the picture frame that geeks have been wanting for awhile.