Comments on: Thursday News Stuff (and another embarrassing photo)

By: Naomi

Naomi — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:11:41 +0000

First time visitor but great post and great pic.

By: Pelle Piano

Pelle Piano — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:14:34 +0000

Yes, those 80’s. I have my own embarrasing photos =) I worked with a synth company called Ensoniq with their samplers and synths, making sounds and demos, lots of fun ( and lots of hair ). My thing was to play “guitar” on the keyboard, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scX42B3LNXk&feature=channel
Thanks for sharing your “embarrasing” photos. Korg did some good stuff.

By: Chris Ward

Chris Ward — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:09:16 +0000

I have a Korg DW-8000 in the next room (very dusty) that needs a tape player to load and save sounds. It used to sit beside a Commodore 64.

By: Amy Dunn

Amy Dunn — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:54:40 +0000

Does anyone else have, “I Ran” by A Flock of Seagulls stuck in their head?

By: Richard Chan

Richard Chan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:15:38 +0000

Scott-

I never thought I’d be glad my musical career crashed and burned at an early age. But if it hadn’t, I’d have to start posting embarassing photos of myself on my own photography blog…which I just started. I don’t think anyone could keep standing up from the all the gales of laughter…

Looking forward to volume 3 of the Digital Photography Book!

By: Loopsta

Loopsta — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:26:35 +0000

The 80’s shot brings something to mind in as much as how things are similar in photography… That era (early 80’s) spawned some of the more “clinical” sounding synths, digital oscillators that didn’t drift or go out of tune, but left them sounding more “sterile” and really lets face it that trend continued through the 90’s to some degree. Not to say im knocking it, especially not Korg, I owned an M1,T2,Wavestaion,01w in the 90’s.

Now look at the “softsynth” scene of today, mostly modeled on analogue synths bringing back the phatness with algorithms that simulate oscillator drift. Whether we know it or not, we enjoy a certain amount of the right kind of grunge.

I would suggest that current noise adding software is like playing a digital synth through a valve amp hoping to sound a bit more edgy.

By: Jim Thomas

Jim Thomas — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:58:53 +0000

This is my first post and I don’t know if this is the right place for my question. However, here goes.

In “The Digital Photography Book, Vol II” (page 13) you address “dragging the shutter”. However you do not provide the camera settings for taking the initial EV. I assume that you are saying that the camera is set for flash and that the flash is in front sync mode. Is that right? If so, I understand why one would need to open up a couple of stops to light the background. However if the initial EV is taken either without the flash engaged or if the flash is set in rear sync mode I do not think one would usually have to open up the EV at all. In circumstances like you describe, I use rear sync mode and, usually, can use the EV the camera provides when the reading is taken with the flash turned on and in rear sync mode.

Related question: I believe that the use of rear sync mode produces the same result as using manual mode as you describe in the book. If any adjustments to the EV need to be made, I make them by using exposure compensation. Is there any reason to use the manual mode instead of the method I am using? Any comments or advice will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Jim Thomas

By: JBT

JBT — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:47:12 +0000

You know what this blog really needs? An archive, gallery, folio (call it what you will) of “Embarrassing Photos”. Much like a showing at a fine gallery, these will have much more impact when viewed as a complete body of work… Would you tuck a Liechtenstein into a pile of Dilbert clippings? No. Let the art stand on its own, a veritable shrine to acid wasted jeans and parachute pants.

By: Gregg

Gregg — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:03:55 +0000

While the bolo tie provides a subtle cohesiveness to the look, the gloves are TOTALLY RAD DUDE.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:32:30 +0000

The bolo tie really pulls that ensemble together… ;c)

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:30:01 +0000

What??? No blog post from Photoshop Insider? That’s like a day without coffee…don’t do this to us, please! (Just kidding Scott, enjoy the downtime, sip one of those island beverages (whether it’s coffee or something else…LOL), and just take time to recharge! You’re always going a million miles a minute, so God knows you could use a break…)