When I moved my main machine to a retina Macbook Pro, I was surprised to notice that the screen made my website images appear blurry. I had thought image sharpness would stay the same (or improve) since the physical resolution of the screen was much higher. I also thought that any resampling by the browser wouldn't affect sharpness since there was an integer scaling factor: i.e. each image pixel should get mapped directly to a 2x2 square of retina pixels. My assumptions were clearly wrong though as my ...
Numbers behind a stock photo and print business
In the spirit of Harper's Index here are some random facts about my photo business: Largest number of prints in a single order: 11 Largest number of images licensed in a single transaction: 12 Biggest reproduction made from my work: 8'x25' (400 sq. feet) Biggest license: $5,840 Biggest license for a single image: $1,400 Smallest sale by a distributor: $27 Largest sale by a distributor: $350 Number of images on my website: 6,890 Number of images in my library: 32,097 Lines of Perl code to ...
My Photography and Computer Equipment
Cameras Currently I'm using Canon 5D Mark II bodies. The 5D is a full-frame digital camera with 21MP sensor. It's a great travel camera as it has fantastic image quality but a relatively small body (at least compared to the professional 1D bodies). The only drawback I see is the relatively poor autofocus performance. Lenses I use a wide variety of lenses and pick and choose depending on my subject. For example, if I am shooting travel pictures I would take a three lens kit composed of the 24-105, ...