Oct 20

Photographs and Memories

Author: albert  |  Category: Blog
Just recently, my uncle working in Dubai, posted an album in Facebook of pictures of our clan taken between 1960′s to 1980′s.  It didn’t take long before everyone picked on each other’s looks, hairdo and of course their oversize collars and bell bottom jeans. Some would brag about their looks and shapes during their wonder years and of course their failed dreams of becoming a beauty queen.
It was fun.  One thing I realized on that event, is we were able to reconnect with our relatives no matter where they are in the world.
I wonder if the same situation can happen in the future knowing that we seldom print our pictures anymore.  Especially now that most of our pictures are stored in our computers and of course in many social sites in the internet.  No one even knows if Facebook will last for another 10 years, more so our hard drives.
The digital age can really change the way we do things and taking pictures is one of them.
Will your digital pictures last a decade from now?  Ask us how.
 
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Sep 30

DSLR Era

Author: albert  |  Category: Blog, Photographic Post Processing
Have you noticed that a lot of people are slinging a DSLR camera in their necks this time instead of the regular point and shot camera? Do you know that a significant number of them don’t even know what DSLR stands for?  Well for those who don’t know, it stands for Digital Single Lens Reflex. A lot of consumers are now considering DSLR over point and shoot because of the slim difference in price. Although owning a DSLR is a bit challenging especially if you start to tinker on the many functions of the camera.  There’s the aperture, shutter speed, focal length, ISO settings and the rest. Of course you can always set it to full auto mode and use it like a point and shoot.
There are different classes of DSLR in the market today and most of them fall under the cropped sensor classification.  Canon Rebel, Nikon D60, Canon 40D and Pentax K20D are among the cameras that fall under the cropped sensor classification. It means that the sensor is smaller than the regular frame size of a 35mm film (negative).  Those expensive DSLR such as the Nikon D3, Canon 5D, Sony Alpha A900 and Nikon D700 are classified as full frame which obviously has a bigger sensor matching the size of a 35mm film and of course a bigger price tag as well.
In digital camera, the bigger the sensor the better the quality. However, it doesn’t apply the same with megapixel. Higher megapixel with smaller sensor has lower quality than having smaller megapixel with bigger sensor.  Bigger sensor also means that it can operate better than the others when it comes to low lighting condition.
Currently, the bridge camera is gaining popularity both from the professional photographers’ stand point and consumer’s choice.  Bridge is between DSLR and point and shoot camera. It has a bigger sensor than point and shoot but smaller than DSLR. It has the full functionality of a DSLR with the physical size advantage of a point and shoot.
Back in the mid 90′s, my first SLR was a Nikon FG with the massive SB-15 speedlight that’s almost as big as the camera body. There were no megapixel during those times since it was purely film. Whether digital today or analog yesterday, the art of photography remains the same.  It’s all about the light and composition.  In GRP Digital Imaging Institute, we understand the science and respect the art of photography.
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