Post photography and the use of high dynamic range
Friday’s front page carried a photograph marking the 30th anniversary of the crash of Air Florida’s flight 90 into the 14th Street Bridge. The photo was taken using a high dynamic range. Several readers and journalists have questioned its use. On Saturday, Poynter.org ran a story about the photo and some of the reactions to it. Read full article >>
Multi-awarded film and photography experts judge Cebu Pacific’s Wandering Juan Video Contest
Three of the country’s top filmmakers and photographers will judge the entries of Cebu Pacific’s Wandering Juan Video Contest when it ends on January 31, 2012. Cebu Pacific Air, in partnership with the Department of Tourism’s Tourism Promotions Board (TPB), is giving travel aficionados who are into documenting their trips, the opportunity to help promote [...]
Commercial Drones Unseen by Controllers Pose Test for Air Safety
Pilot groups are raising safety concerns about letting small unmanned aircraft fly in U.S. skies as Congress orders regulators to speed up introduction of drones for domestic, non-military use.
Commercial Drones that Controllers Can’t See Challenge U.S. Air Safety
Pilot groups are raising safety concerns about letting small unmanned aircraft fly in U.S. skies as Congress orders regulators to speed up introduction of drones for domestic, non-military use.
Local stunt worker put pizazz in Super Bowl ad filmed here
For Greg Gasson, the thrill of seeing his work appear on TV in front of a national audience will probably surpass that of plunging through the air on a sky dive.
The 100-Year Prediction About Air Conditioning That Came True
LONDON , January 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --In the year 1900, an American civil engineer called John Elfreth Watkins wrote an article making a number of predictions about what the world would be like a century ...
Bad Choices, Not Just Photography Going Digital, Put Eastman Kodak Into Bankruptcy
Eastman Kodak along with IBM and Motorola each invented their successor industries decades ago as the world moved to digital. Of the three, only IBM was able to successfully move on to transform itself. Bad choices about where to deploy its cash flow at Eastman Kodak sent it down fruitless paths that inevitably led to bankruptcy despite a patent portfolio most companies would die for. Google is ...
Bonjour Malaisie!
The annual French Language Week is back and if you have a talent in photography, here’s your chance to win an all-expense trip to Switzerland and Mauritius where you can practise your French with the locals and go trigger-happy capturing scenes of nature and people.
Civil Air Patrol will practice for emergencies
Civil Air Patrol will practice for emergencies Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 10:36 p.m., Friday, January 20, 2012 The Civil Air Patrol has scheduled an exercise across Texas to brush up on skills used in emergency operations like Hurricane Ike.