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dpBestflow

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Today the new website dpBestflow went live which is in conjunction with a seminar being held in Washington DC this evening.  The goal of the website is to provide a guide of every aspect of the digital workflow which is now common place for photographers.

More information about the website may be found in the following video:

StartHere from ASMP dpBestflow on Vimeo.

It should be interesting to see how this progresses in the future as the digital workflow is an important piece of photography these days.

Art for Edison

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You may have heard about the arts program at Edison Elementary located in Northwest Denver, and how a fundraising effort is in progress to raise $60,000 in order to save the program for the 2009-2010 school year.  As Edison Elementary is located near gallery nrc, I thought I would mention some of the upcoming events and what you can do to help raise money to save the program.

  • Wednesday May 6th – 10% of sales are donated from the restaurants, Duo (2413 W. 32nd) and Red Trolley (2639 W 32nd)
  • Friday May 8th – Artists for Edison – Art Show and Silent Auction – 6-10pm. Namaste (3945 Tennyson Street)
  • Monday May 11th – 10% of sales are donated from the restaurant, Patrick O’Carroll’s (3961 Tennyson Street)
  • Wednesday May 13th – 10% of sales are donated from the restaurants, Shazz (4262 Lowell) and Bang (3472 W. 32nd)
  • Now until Friday May 15th – Optique of Denver (1580 Blake Street) will donate 10% of all sales
  • Wednesday May 20th – 10% of sales are donated from the restaurant, Venue Bistro (3609 W. 32nd)
  • Saturday May 23rd – Run at Sloan’s Lake – More Information coming soon.
  • Sunday May 24th – MADE Festival – The Oriental Theater (4335 West 44th)

Events are being added, so check out the Arts for Edison website for more information and how you may help.

World Pinhole Camera Day

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World Pinhole Camera Day is this Sunday April 26th 2009, and as I read about this event it got me thinking about trying this on my own.  If you are familiar with pinhole photography you know it is one of the original methods for capturing images and even today people still photograph with pinhole cameras.  Today you have the basic and complex portable models, as well as some photographers who turn their car or a room of their house to a pinhole camera.  The premise of the pinhole camera is quite straight forward, as light goes through the hole it will project an image onto the back side of the camera or wall which is then captured on film or a digital sensor.  You may have even seen this when a small amount of light is coming into your house and projecting on a wall.  The smaller the size of the hole the sharper the image, however the perfect size hole depends on the distance between the hole and where the image is bring captured.

In creating a pinhole camera, my approach was quite easy.  I purchased a couple of extra camera body caps and placed a small hole in the center.  This “small hole” or pinhole allows light to come through the “lens” and onto the digital sensor.  While there are advantages of using digital for a pinhole camera since you can see the result on the LCD and adjust as needed, there is also the issue of dust getting through the opening and onto the sensor.

Once I had the camera ready I tried it out around gallery nrc and in the parking lot.  The following images were taken with the above set-up, and had some minor adjustments performed in Adobe Lightroom.

The back wall of The Historical Oriental Theater

There is a lot of playing around you can do with this, and also experimenting with different size pinholes for your camera as it will provide different results as well.  Lastly, I recommend using an older camera as of the issue with dust getting on the sensor and it could take a while to get it totally clean.

Do you have any pinhole shots you have taken recently, feel free to post a link in the comments.